NBCU & YouTube TV Extend Carriage Talks; Mangold Pacts With Paramount; Glen Powell Q&A

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. NBCU & YOUTUBE TV EXTEND TALKS AS THEY NEGOTIATE CARRIAGE RENEWAL MEANWHILE, UNIVISION GOES DARK ON PAY-TV SERVICE NBCUniversal and YouTube TV have reached a short-term extension as they negotiate a new carriage deal. The companies’ current agreement was slated to expire at midnight ET on Tuesday. They announced the interim plan a few minutes after the deadline. In a statement provided to Deadline, a YouTube TV spokesperson said, “We’ve reached a short-term extension to avoid disruption to our service while we work toward a new agreement with NBCUniversal. We appreciate our subscribers’ patience while we negotiate on their behalf.” The news came shortly after TelevisaUnivision‘s networks, including giant Hispanic broadcast outlet Univision, went dark on YouTube TV. The streaming distributor, which launched in 2017, has become one of the top pay-TV operators in the U.S., with more than 10 million subscribers. >>>Disney & ESPN In Talks, Too Deadline Exclusives & Originals Mangold Makes A Deal - Paramount Pictures has just inked an overall deal with five-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker James Mangold, under which the Logan and Ford v. Ferrari filmmaker will develop, direct and produce feature film projects for the Skydance owned studio. >>>Reteam With Chalamet Media Messaging Blame Game - The U.S. government shut down early on Wednesday, the first such federal funding impasse since 2019, during Donald Trump‘s first term. News networks marked the moment with post-midnight ET special reports as GOP and Democratic leaders blamed each other. >>>Senate Fails To Pass Funding Prime Video Grabs Costner-Freeman Epic - Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman produced Civil War epic The Gray House has landed with Prime Video in the U.S. The streamer has snapped up the limited series, which is about a network of female spies who help turn the tide of the war. >>>Set For Early 2026 Trump's TikTok Deal Could Prove Treacherous - Trump's proposed TikTok deal is already making influencers, many of whom rely on TikTok for a living, nervous. TikTok has significantly more left-leaning news content creators than other apps. Under this new regime, that split might change. >>>Already Cracking Down Toni Braxton To Headline ‘He Wasn’t Man Enough’ Inspired By Her Song & ‘Breathe Again’ Movies For Lifetime Sony & Atlas Set Tom Wolfe Classic ‘The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ For Film Doc Talk Podcast: Raoul Peck On ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ In Brief - Robert Attermann launches Atts Entertainment... L.A. Times announces new season of short docs, series  THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW How ‘Chad Powers’ Co-Creators Michael Waldron & Glen Powell Adapted Eli Manning’s Viral ESPN Sketch Into A Half-Hour Comedy With Chad Powers, co-creators Michael Waldron and Glen Powell had some pretty lofty ambitions. Adapting Eli Manning’s viral ESPN sketch into a half-hour comedy series for Hulu, they wanted audiences to walk away thinking they’d just witnessed “the greatest college football you’ve ever seen on screen,” Powell proclaims. They know how that sounds. The greatest college football audiences have ever seen, at least in a scripted series? That seems like quite a serious undertaking for a half-hour comedy about a disgraced former college football player who sets off to redeem himself by catfishing his way into becoming the quarterback for an underdog team in south Georgia. Well, that’s because it is. >>>Interview Related: Steve Zahn Says He Gets A Kick From Playing Glen Powell’s Coach In ‘Chad Powers’      Quotable   "I just keep my head down" -  Jimmy Fallon confirming he will continue to steer clear of politics after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension CASTING ABOUT Exclusive Mads Mikkelsen and Diane Kruger have been set to star in Ami, a sci-fi survival thriller, which is currently in production in Spain. EXCLUSIVE After successfully launching the Cross TV series on Prime, Amazon is looking to stay in business with its star as Aldis Hodge is set to join Jake Gyllenhaal in a sequel to Road House for Amazon MGM Studios. Exclusive Cut Off, Jonah Hill’s new comedy for Warner Bros. Pictures, has another new addition in Nathan Lane, Deadline has learned. Exclusive Five-year-old child actor Wesley River, who recently made his screen debut on hit TV series The Pitt, has joined indie movie Foster, alongside James Franco, Ron Perlman and Natalie Burn. ‘Reba’ Reunion: JoAnna Garcia Swisher To Guest Star On Reba McEntire’s ‘Happy Place’ Scott Wolf Sets ‘Doc’ Return Exclusive Maria Bakalova & Georgina Campbell Join LaKeith Stanfield In ‘Double Blind’ In Brief - Benjamin Norris joins survival thriller In Tandem... Frances Fisher, Will Patton, Lauren Holly lead Ruby Road              RENEWALS, CANCELATIONS & PICKUPS ‘Lioness’ Renewed For Season 3 By Paramount+ ‘Very Young Frankenstein’ Gets FX Pilot Order EXCLUSIVE ‘Rock The Block’ Renewed For Season 7 By HGTV BBC Pop Music Television To Explore David Bowie’s Berlin Years With ‘Bowie In Berlin’ Documentary BY THE NUMBERS   $3.8M - Weekly B.O. take for 'Hamilton' on Broadway, thanks to the limited run return of original cast member Leslie Odom, Jr. MORE NEWS ⚖️ A judge in the Diddy trial ruled that "the government proved its case many times over." The ruling now fully clears the way for the long-scheduled October 3 sentencing of the 55-year-old Bad Boy Records founder. 🏛️ The FCC launched a new review of its media ownership limits, amid broadcasters’ lobbying push to modernize the restrictions in the face of competition from tech giants. ⚽ Stockholders of FuboTV approved a planned merger of the company with Hulu + Live TV to form a larger company that will be controlled by Disney.  ⚕️ Dolly Parton, who was set to receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscar organization’s annual Governors Awards in November, will not attend the ceremony in person. The news comes as Parton canceled several December concerts, saying that she has “been dealing with some health challenges.” 🤝 Judy Schwab, a pedigreed exec with more than two decades of experience at companies like Apple and Disney, has been hired as UTA's Chief People Officer. ON THE RADAR Wed - Julia Roberts on Colbert; Abbott Elementary S5 premiere Thu - Jeremy Allen White & Bruce Springsteen on Kimmel Fri - Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl released; Diddy sentencing  Sat - Bad Bunny hosts SNL; Mr. Scorsese docuseries world premiere at NYFF Mon - Swift on Fallon PHOTO OF THE DAY Strike Force Three - Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert on the Brooklyn set of Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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