Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson are a winning duo of Olympic hosts
Andrew Lawrence
Data, dollars and dunks: why NBC, Amazon and ESPN paid $76bn for NBA rights
June 2024
‘Nowhere other than TNT’: Charles Barkley says next season will be last on TV
Charles Barkley said on Friday that next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with the NBA’s media deals
May 2024
US firm Comcast to offer Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ streaming bundle
Owner of NBC and Peacock says StreamSaver will be available at ‘vastly reduced price’
March 2024
‘Pretty bad’: NBC condemned by top US historian over role for Ronna McDaniel
Timothy Snyder says former RNC chair ‘tried to disassemble our democracy’ and should not have been invited to take up position
January 2024
Trump campaign blocks NBC journalist from New Hampshire event
Vaughn Hillyard excluded a day after pressing Republican Elise Stefanik on whether Trump had sexually assaulted E Jean Carroll
October 2023
‘Oh my god, I’m in the game’: inside The Last of Us’s horrible Halloween treat
Fans of the video game and TV show can scare themselves silly in a live-action ‘haunted house’ spin-off at Universal Studios Florida theme park. Co-creator Neil Druckmann takes us on a tour
September 2023
‘Full fascist’ Trump condemned after ‘treason’ rant against NBC and MSNBC
Former president vows to investigate TV networks for ‘country-threatening treason’ should he win US election next year
July 2023
Universal Studios denies trimming trees to expose strikers to heatwave
NBC Universal claims it is not trying to make conditions uncomfortable for writers and actors who will be picketing with no shade as temperatures soar
April 2023
Three high-profile firings cast harsh light on US TV’s workplace culture
Three big names – Tucker Carlson from Fox News, Don Lemon at CNN and the NBCUniversal CEO – were shown the door
What’s behind all the US media firings this week? Hint: it’s not equality
Jill Filipovic
Fox News, CNN and NBC Universal all let go of male anchors and bosses accused of sexism – for self-interest
NBC Universal chief Jeff Shell out over inappropriate relationship
Media giant parent Comcast says investigation by outside counsel led to departure of executive
February 2023
Podcasts in pivotal moment as number of new shows drops by 80%
Analysts uncover dramatic worldwide decline, even though demand for content remains high
January 2023
Sportblog
NBC should finally call time on Tony Dungy’s amiable right-wing zealotry
Andrew Lawrence
The football analyst has consistently leveraged his ample platform and gravitas against reproductive rights and LGBTQ people – and it doesn’t seem like NBC or the NFL care
August 2022
Yes, elite football is a plaything of global wealth. But it could be part of another, better England
David Goldblatt
A new US television deal enriches the Premier League further still. Will the game remain insulated from wider society, or help reshape it?
February 2022
Covid, Uyghurs and viewer apathy: is Beijing 2022 in danger of a US ratings flop?
The Olympics is no longer event television and Tokyo 2020 drew the smallest US audience of any televised Games. Worse could be in store in the coming weeks
January 2022
Golden Globes 2022 will have no stars, red carpet or TV show
Diversity and ethics scandals leave the ceremony without a network broadcaster, or famous faces to broadcast, after a film industry boycott
May 2021
It’s not just racism and sexism. The Golden Globes have been sunk by sheer stupidity
Peter Bradshaw
Golden Globes body unveils plans to deal with crisis over diversity and ethics
April 2021
Golden Globes crisis deepens as former president expelled and advisers resign
Hollywood Foreign Press Association expels Philip Berk after he shared article calling Black Lives Matter a ‘racist hate group’
