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THE POLITICS OF THE COMCAST SPLIT |
D.C. ENTANGLEMENTS COULD ALTER FUTURE DEALS |
Comcast’s plan to split from NBCUniversal isn’t expected to draw much in the way of antitrust scrutiny. After all, the companies are essentially de-consolidating.
But after Monday’s news of the move, questions remain as to what the company will face, perhaps not so much for the split but if either of the two new entities is eventually sold.
Comcast co-CEO Brian Roberts said on an investor call today that the plan was “absolutely not” to prime the company for M&A, but to “put each company in the strongest position to create value, fully monetize its assets and aggressively pursue its own organic growth strategies.”
That said, speculation will likely continue, particularly if Paramount completes its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a $110 billion mega merger that has been expected to lead to other transactions. >>>Trump Not A Comcast Fan
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals
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B.O. Kryptonite - Supergirl opened to an aenemic $37M domestic, yet breakeven for the Craig Gillespie-directed space opera resides in the $315M global range after a reported $170M-$186M net production cost and $120M global P&A. >>>What Happened?
Colleen Hoover Producing 'Love' - Amazon MGM Studios has landed film rights to New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood’s novel Love, Theoretically. It Ends With Us author Colleen Hoover will produce with her Heartbones Entertainment partner Lauren Levine alongside Max Siemers and Tanner Anderson for Magic Hour Entertainment. >>>Sofia Alvarez Directing
'Traitors' Meets 'Taskmaster' - Running Man, a venerable Korean variety series, is eyeing a move to the U.S. The series, which is ostensibly a weekly game of tag, comes from Korean broadcaster SBS, which is working with Pippa Lambert’s Hellcat on a U.S. adaptation. >>>Celebrity Urban Chase Show
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Few characters on FROM have changed as dramatically as Fatima, played by Pegah Ghafoori. First introduced in Season 1 of the MGM+ series as a source of optimism in a town built on fear, she’s become increasingly entangled in the show’s darkest mysteries. By the end of Season 4, Fatima realizes that in order to save her friends, she must fully embrace her fate by undergoing a monstrous transformation. That sense of self-sacrifice and character evolution is exactly what made this season such a challenge for Ghafoori.
Ahead of the Season 4 finale, Deadline spoke with Ghafoori about charting Fatima’s journey, filming the season’s most physically and emotionally demanding scenes, and finding the humanity in a character confronting an unimaginable transformation. >>>Watch
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Oscar winner Alicia Vikander is set to star opposite Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Enigma Variations, Netflix‘s limited series based on Call Me By Your Name author André Aciman’s bestselling novel.
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Fire Country has cast Olivia Thirlby as a new series regular for Season 5. She will play a new firefighter, CJ.
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Krysten Ritter is returning to New York as a guest star for another season of Showtime's Dexter: Resurrection for Paramount+.
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Diane Lane has joined the recurring cast of Netflix's A Hundred Percent, the upcoming comedy series starring Nick Kroll, Sam Richardson, Jason Mantzoukas, and Vanessa Bayer.
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Joely Richardson is set as a series regular opposite Stellan Skarsgård in Apple TV‘s untitled thriller drama series from Alex Cary and Sony Pictures Television.
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Chase Yi has landed a lead role in the new Paranormal Activity movie from Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount Pictures.
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BY THE NUMBERS
$100M - New financing round for the Premier Lacrosse League, which counts Glen Powell and Rob Mac as investors
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MORE NEWS
👩🏻⚖️ UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy has said she is “minded to intervene” in Paramount‘s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The minister has concerns about the potential impact on UK audiences on plurality grounds. The companies, which have promised to close the mega-deal by September, have until July 6 to make final representations before Nandy makes a formal decision.
📺 The Television Academy has selected seven television legends for its 28th Hall of Fame. The 2026 honorees are Ed Bradley, Ted Danson, Jean Smart, Sheila Nevins, Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Ted Sarandos.
⚖️ Almost two months after Keanu Reeves wrote to Judge Jed Rakoff asking that 47 Ronin director Carl Rinsch’s sentence might be “tempered with measures of leniency and mercy as well as justice,” the judge handed the first-time-convicted filmmaker 2½ years in prison.
🏆 The Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a new producer. Producer and former Academy Producers Branch governor Jennifer Todd will take the reins of the 17th edition.
🏈 Paramount+ is chronicling the Texas Tech football team’s offseason in a new, upcoming docuseries. The series, which is currently untitled, follows the team through the most recent offseason. Cameras began rolling in January 2026.
🤝 The Daily Telegraph's sale to Germany’s Axel Springer for £575M ($761M) has completed. The deal brings to and end a long period of uncertainty at Telegraph Media Group, which publishes the 172-year-old Telegraph tabloid newspaper in the UK, and closed after regulatory approval was gained in the UK, Ireland and Austria.
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ON THE RADAR
Wed - U.S. vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina World Cup game
Sat - Independence Day
Sun - NBC’s Star-Spangled Sunday with 15 MLB games
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World Is Watching - Fox Sports' Alexi Lalas predicted the Netherlands-Morocco World Cup match would be "must-see TV," and he was right. After Morocco tied the game 1-1 in the 91st minute, Ismael Saibari won the round of 32 knockout game versus the Netherlands in the final kick of a shootout.
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