YouTube TV: One Carriage Battle After Another; More Kimmel Corporate Fallout; Sandler & Baumbach Q&A

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. YOUTUBE TV'S GROWTH AND STRATEGY INCREASE CARRIAGE TENSIONS NBCU & OTHER MEDIA COMPANIES SAY THAT BY LOOKING TO 'INGEST' THEIR STREAMING PROGRAMMING, TECH GIANT IS OVERSTEPPING Having rapidly grown from startup to dominant pay-TV operator, YouTube TV now appears to be looking to level up again by incorporating partners’ streaming programming directly into its user interface. This drive to “ingest” content, as opposed to merely “integrating” third-party services as many operators already do, has become a point of contention in a carriage standoff with NBCUniversal. In the model preferred by YouTube, even streaming exclusives (like Premier League soccer on Peacock, for example) would be accessible directly via YouTube TV as opposed to having to leave the app. The expected result for the tech giant is better engagement and improved advertising and subscriber metrics, though media companies trying to goose direct-to-subscriptions could have a tougher time attracting and keeping subscribers. >>> Saber Rattling Deadline Exclusives & Originals An Alien Concept - This is something we have rarely seen in the streaming wars era: a current original series from one major streamer getting a release on another major streamer. That’s what happened Sunday, Sept. 28, when all five seasons of Hulu's sci-fi animated comedy Solar Opposites quietly became available on Netflix in the U.S., with an international rollout slated for later this year. >>>How It Happened Kimmel Corporate Fallout Continues - Disney risks a high-stakes legal showdown if the Bob Iger-run media giant doesn't cough up documents related what really went down with Jimmy Kimmel's much-criticized suspension. >>>Deadline Is Today Billy Ray On The Comey Indictment - Billy Ray adapted the James Comey memoir A Higher Loyalty and directed both episodes of the CBS and Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule, which starred Jeff Daniels as Comey and Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump. Here, he discusses the merits of Comey and his recent indictment by Trump’s Department of Justice for allegedly making false statements. >>>Guest Column ‘The White Lotus’ & Blackpink’s Lisa Inks With WME DGA Promotes Mitchell Schwenz To Lead Communications In Brief - MSNBC acquires Rachel Maddow documentary Andrew Young: The Dirty Work, watch trailer... Vigilante series adaptation in works at Peacock... Kristin Chenoweth starring in church choir comedy in works at NBC THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW Noah Baumbach and Adam Sandler Talk ‘Jay Kelly’, Clooney, Family And Oscar Buzz Adam Sandler is getting Oscar buzz (again) for his role as Ron, the ever-loyal but conflicted manager to George Clooney's major movie star going through an existential crisis of identity in Jay Kelly. It has brought Sandler critical raves (and so has the film for Noah Baumbach who directed it) after its Venice and Telluride launches. While in Telluride, Sandler and Baumbach sat down to talk about their second teaming together and just what made Sandler perfect for this role. >>>Q&A      Quotable   "It’s been a kind of masochistic exercise" -  Emerald Fennell discussing production on her film adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights' CASTING ABOUT Exclusive Two-time Oscar nominee Bette Midler has inked a deal to star alongside Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig in Cut Off, the new comedy that Hill co-wrote and will direct for Warner Bros. Pictures.   EXCLUSIVE Filmmaker Duane Edwards’ independent thriller Laura Louise has set its cast including Corbin Bernsen, Denise Sanchez (Bosch: Legacy), Gilbert Owuor (Emancipation), Patrick Mulvey (The Girlfriend Experience), Kristen Bush (Paterno) and Campbell Krausen (Ghostlight). Patricia Clarkson has boarded Netflix’s Ransom Canyon Season 2 as a guest star. She will portray Quinn’s (Minka Kelly) mother Claire O’Grady. Nicole Beharie (The Morning Show) has been cast as a series regular alongside Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and John Douglas Thompson in All the Sinners Bleed, Netflix's series adaptation of S.A. Cosby’s novel from the Obamas’ Higher Ground and Amblin Television.              RENEWALS, CANCELATIONS & PICKUPS EXCLUSIVE Netflix Greenlights Lauren Iungerich YA Drama Series ‘Poser’ EXCLUSIVE Prime Video To Play ‘Murder In The Dark’ With A Series Based On Dan Turèll’s Crime Novels ABC Picks Up Scott Speedman Pilot ‘RJ Decker’ To Series For Midseason 2026 In Brief - Netflix boards mystery Playing Gracie Darling... Mid-Century Modern canceled by Hulu BY THE NUMBERS   $24.5M - Amount YouTube will pay to settle Donald Trump's lawsuit against it MORE NEWS 🎵 Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek is segueing to the role of executive chairman of the music streaming giant. Starting in January 2026, two co-CEOs will succeed him: Gustav Söderström, co-president and chief product and technology officer, and Alex Norström, co-president and chief business officer. 🤼‍♂️ John Cena will enter the ring for his final WWE match in December. Following his year-long farewell tour that included stops at WrestleMania 41 and SummerSlam, the wrestling icon is set to bring this chapter of his career to a close by headlining Saturday Night’s Main Event, the WWE revealed Tuesday. The event will take place on December 13. 🚨 Josh Hartnett was involved in a collision with a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary patrol car in St. Johns, last week. Hartnett was in St. Johns shooting Netflix‘s untitled Newfoundland series and reportedly was on his way home from the set when the vehicles collided last Thursday. Hartnett was a passenger. ON THE RADAR Tue - Stephen Colbert on Kimmel & Jimmy Kimmel on Colbert; Chad Powers series premiere Wed - Julia Roberts on Colbert; Abbott Elementary S5 premiere Thu - Jeremy Allen White & Bruce Springsteen on Kimmel Sat - Bad Bunny hosts SNL; Mr. Scorsese doc world premiere at NYFF Mon - Taylor Swift on Fallon PHOTO OF THE DAY 'Jay' Walking - George and Amal Clooney at the Jay Kelly premiere during the 63rd New York Film Festival. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 11355 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90064 View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Your Privacy Rights | Ad Choices | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe