Conan O’Brien’s departure from late-night linear television after 28 years is shining a spotlight on the sustainability of the nightly format outside of the broadcast networks.

O’Brien, who will end his TBS show in June 2021, is heading to HBO Max for a weekly variety show. It comes after a storied career hosting NBC’s Late Night from 1993-2009, followed by a controversially short tenure on The Tonight Show and the last 10 years spent hosting his eponymous show on the WarnerMedia-owned cable network.

Last month, Conan showrunner Jeff Ross told Deadline that he’s questioned the future of the genre and believes late-night shows are now “kind of dinosaurs in the business,” adding that linear networks are “just like death” due to lower ratings.

The former SNL and The Simpsons writer seems perfectly suited for a weekly variety show on a streaming service, giving him more space for his...

Netflix has produced many hit TV shows over the past seven years, ever since they started pumping out their own original programming. However, the streaming service has developed a reputation for not letting its series go on for too long. Fans know to be wary of getting attached to their favorite new Netflix shows as they could be unceremoniously cancelled after one or two seasons.

Earlier today, for instance, Hilary Swank vehicle Away was given the chop by the company after just a single outing. This makes it the 56th original series that Netflix has cancelled. That number only includes shows that were original to the platform and produced in-house, so it doesn’t count pick-ups like Lucifer, for example. Those series luckily enough to end on the creators’ own terms, such as House of Cards, are likewise not included. Shows that were axed by Netflix before being picked up elsewhere,...

Elvis Costello will revisit his 1979 album Armed Forces with a huge vinyl box set that boasts scores of B-sides, demos, outtakes, alternate versions, and more than 20 unreleased live recordings.

The Complete Armed Forces contains nine records in total — three 12-inch LPs, three 10-inch LPs, and three 7-inch singles — that include the newly remastered album alongside four live recordings from the era, the outtakes compilation Sketches for Emotional Fascism, and three singles dedicated to the hits “Oliver’s Army,” “Accidents Will Happen,” and Nick Lowe and His Sound’s “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace,...

Exclusive: NBC has put in development a single-camera comedy written by and starring Talk Show The Game Show creator Guy Branum. It hails from Todd Milliner and Sean Hayes’ Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where the company is based.

In the untitled project, which is based on Branum’s life, after his father’s death, a gay lawyer (Branum) moves his mom and niece from their small conservative farm town to West Hollywood, upsetting their lives but helping them find a new definition of family. Branum executive produces with Hayes and Milliner for Hazy Mills. Universal TV, part of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

Branum, who attended the University of Minnesota Law School, is known as the creator and host of Talk Show The Game Show, which aired for two seasons on truTV. A mashup of the two television formats, the show pitted comedians and celebrities against each other...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Lovecraft Country, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Big Brother and Lucifer! But first, a special Democratic National Convention section:

1 | Can the DNC from now on always do its Roll Call using video clips of representatives standing in their picturesque states (and sometimes brandishing yummy calamari)?

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Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix weekly talk show “Patriot Act” won’t return for a seventh season, the comedian announced on Tuesday.

“What a run,” Minhaj wrote on Twitter. “‘Patriot Act’ has come to an end. I got to work with the best writers, producers, researchers, and animators in the game. My 2 babies were born and grew up with the show. Ty to @netflix and everyone who watched. Now it’s time to return these screens to Best Buy.”

What a run. @patriotact has come to an end. I got to work with the best writers, producers, researchers, and animators in the game. My 2 babies were born and grew up with the show. Ty to @Netflix and everyone who watched. Now it’s time to return these screens to Best Buy...

In addition to celebrating the horror genre's past and present every October, the Salem Horror Fest also celebrates the diverse voices of the genre all year long with special events and experiences. This year is no exception, as Salem Horror Fest has announced the first Women with Guts conference, which will take place this May and showcase talented women from the horror genre, including Dr. Rebekah McKendry, Chelsea Stardust, Ashlee Blackwell, Andrea Subissati, Sady Doyle, Alison Lang, and Alexandra West.

The Women with Guts horror conference will take place from Friday, May 8th to Sunday, May 10th at the Salem Waterfront Hotel. More guests and the full event schedule will be announced soon, and we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on future details. In the meantime, we have the roster of announced guests below, and for more information, be sure to visit Salem Horror Fest's official website:

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Gone too soon. Multiple outlets confirm Chuy Bravo's cause of death was by heart attack. In a statement from the star's rep, they revealed, "On Saturday, December 14 at approximately 1:30 p.m., Bravo was rushed to the emergency room due to a Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (GI Bleed.) After complications he suffered an Acute Myocardial Infarction that led to his passing." A funeral service for the star took place on Monday, with a memorial service set to take place in Los Angeles on a later date. It's been less than 48-hours since Bravo's death was announced, but his absence is deeply felt by Hollywood and his Chelsea Lately co-stars,...

Chuy Bravo, who served as Chelsea Handler’s sidekick on her E! talk show Chelsea Lately, died suddenly Saturday night in Mexico City. He was 63. Bravo’s exact cause of death is unknown.

Born Jesus Melgoza in Mexico in 1956, Bravo was the youngest of seven children. The actor/entertainer immigrated to the U.S. at 15, moving to the San Fernando Valley in California before embarking on an acting career in the ’90s. Bravo’s credits included films like The Honeymooners (2005) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007).

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Wme has signed Condé Nast Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The video network, which produces content based on IP from Condé Nast's prestigious portfolio of publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired, currently has 65 film and television projects in active development, including Netflix's Joseph Kosinski-helmed Spiderhead, Jake Gyllenhaal-produced Gilded Rage, James Ivory-adapted The Judge's Will and Ansel Elgort starrer The Great High School Imposter.

Current projects include Netflix's unscripted series Last Chance U, Fastest Car and Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, as well as the features Only the Brave and The Old Man & the Gun, the latter of which earned Robert Redford ...

Wme has signed Condé Nast Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The video network, which produces content based on IP from Condé Nast's prestigious portfolio of publishing brands, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, GQ and Wired, currently has 65 film and television projects in active development, including Netflix's Joseph Kosinski-helmed Spiderhead, Jake Gyllenhaal-produced Gilded Rage, James Ivory-adapted The Judge's Will and Ansel Elgort starrer The Great High School Imposter.

Current projects include Netflix's unscripted series Last Chance U, Fastest Car and Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea, as well as the features Only the Brave and The Old Man & the Gun, the latter of which earned Robert Redford ...

Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions has named former Netflix exec Terry Wood as its executive vice president, a newly created role. She will spearhead production of original content for the partnership between Winfrey and Apple, said the company.

“Terry has broad experience across the media industry and an extensive knowledge of what connects to viewers in a meaningful way,” said Winfrey in a statement. “I look forward to working with her as we create content for Apple that can impact people around the world.”

Winfrey and Apple inked a multi-year content deal last year to create original programming. Those projects will be released as part of Apple’s original content lineup.

Wood, who will report to Winfrey, was most recently part of the creative team at Netflix that oversaw the launch of Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” Chelsea Handler’s “Chelsea,” and David Letterman’s Emmy-nominated “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,...

Harpo Productions has tapped Terry Wood as executive vice president and will oversee the company’s content partnership with Apple.

A veteran of Netflix, CBS Television Syndication and Harpo Studios, Wood will oversee production of original content for the partnership, reporting directly to Harpo boss Oprah Winfrey in the newly-created position.

“Terry has broad experience across the media industry and an extensive knowledge of what connects to viewers in a meaningful way,” Winfrey said in a statement. “I look forward to working with her as we create content for Apple that can impact people around the world.”

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“This incredible opportunity to once again work with Oprah is truly a full circle moment,” Wood added. “I am invigorated by this new partnership between Oprah and Apple and will bring my full range of experience to create inspiring and entertaining content.

Netflix has renewed “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman” for a second season, Variety has learned.

The streamer has ordered another six-episode season of the talk show series, which will debut on the service in 2019. Guests for the season will be announced at a later date.

Letterman launched the series in January of this year, releasing approximately one episode per month for a total of six. Guests in the first season were: Barack Obama, Jay-z, Malala Yousafzai, George Clooney, Tina Fey, and Howard Stern.

The show, Letterman’s first since departing “The Late Show” in 2015, received mostly positive reviews from critics and was nominated for an Emmy in the outstanding informational series or special category.

Letterman hosts the show. Lydia Tenaglia, Sandy Zweig, Chris Collins, and Chris Cechin-De la Rosa executive produce for Zero Point Zero Productions along with Tom Keaney and Mary Barclay for Worldwide Pants.

Talk about a reversal of fortunes: While the movie box office world recovered this summer after a disappointing 2017, television — at least the programming that’s measured by Nielsen ratings — took a dip. Blame some of that on the lack of “Game of Thrones,” which dominated last summer among adults 18-49.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” still scored plenty of eyeballs, as once again the summer’s most-watched program. But Simon Cowell and company were still down to 14.56 million viewers, vs. 15.28 million last year.

IndieWire has compiled the summer 2018 rankings for broadcast and cable, using the most recent Live+7 ratings (which include seven days’ worth of DVR and video on-demand usage). Here’s a final look at some of the hits and misses of the summer, followed by our complete list of the most-watched shows of June/July/August, according to both adults 18-49 and total viewers.

Highs

“Yellowstone”:...

Joel McHale spoke about the recent cancellation of his Netflix talk show during a guest appearance on the “Jim Norton and Sam Roberts” show on SiriusXM.

The reason Netflix pulled the plug? “I don’t think they liked my sweaters,” McHale joked. “Obviously Netflix has trained their audience to binge watch, and we actually tried that, as well. But so far people aren’t watching Netflix that way.”

The cancellation came just months into the run of “The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale’s,” following only 19 episodes. On the talk show, the former “The Soup” host featured celebrity guests and discussed comical moments from television, internet videos and the entertainment world at large.

Now that the show is canceled, McHale, said he no longer has to watch some of the nonsense television that he normally covered such as the “Real Housewives” television series. Instead, he can spend time getting back into his Dostoyevsky books,...

Producer, director and documentarian Eddie Schmidt has signed an overall deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal Television. Under the terms of the deal, Schmidt will produce both scripted and unscripted fare.

A celebrated documentary filmmaker, Schmidt most recently served as executive producer, showrunner, and episodic director of the Netflix series “Ugly Delicious” He is also the executive producer and director on “In Search Of” starring Zachary Quinto for History.

“We are thrilled that a filmmaker of Eddie’s caliber is joining our studio family after seeing his impressive work firsthand on History’s ‘In Search Of,’” said Meredith Ahr, president of Universal Television Alternative Studio. “With his directorial eye and documentary storytelling instincts, he brings a fresh perspective and breadth to our studio’s development slate, and we can’t wait to collaborate with him on his next big ideas.”

Previously, Schmidt was executive producer, showrunner, and director...

TNT is expanding its relationship with “Claws” star Niecy Nash.

The cabler has ordered a pilot for a late-night series that Nash will host and executive produce. Currently titled “Naked with Niecy Nash,” the series would see Nash offer advice on love, sex, romance and relationships with everyday people.

Sue Murphy, who served as an executive producer and writer on the Netflix talk show “Chelsea” and as an executive producer on E!’s “Chelsea Lately,” will serve as an executive producer and showrunner on the pilot.

Should the project get ordered to series, it would mark the first late-night series in TNT’s history. Nash would also be one of only two female late-night hosts on network TV, with the other being Samantha Bee, who hosts “Full Frontal” on fellow Turner network TBS.

“I’m so excited to add my voice to the late-night landscape,” said Nash. “Love is the...

Chelsea Handler and Netflix are getting back together to talk about race.

The streamer’s former talk show host revealed during an interview with BuzzFeed on Sunday that she’s working on a new book and a Netflix series about white privilege. “I intend for it to be very funny and I intend to hang myself out to dry,” she said of the show. “I’m a perfect example of the American dream, if you’re white and borderline pretty.”

Handler announced she was leaving her show “Chelsea” last October to focus on political activism, which included speaking at universities and teaming up with Emily’s List to support getting more Democratic women who are pro-abortion rights into office.

Netflix did not immediately respond to TheWrap‘s request for comment on Handler’s comments on a new series.

Handler expanded...

Netflix has decided to cancel a pair of talk shows on Friday: “The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale” and “The Break With Michelle Wolf.”

Both shows had finished their respective runs, with “The Break” wrapping up its 13 episode order on July 31. The streamer will not order any more episodes.

The two talk shows were on the air for less than a year. “The Joel McHale Show With Joel McHale” debuted in February, while “The Break With Michelle Wolf” premiered over Memorial Day weekend.

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Wolf’s debut for “The Break” came right after her hosting gig during April’s White House Correspondents Dinner that got some major pushback because of its caustic tone. “The Joel McHale Show” and “The Break” were ordered for 10 and 13 episodes, respectively. The two shows followed Netflix’s Chelsea Handler-hosted talk show,...

For Chelsea Handler, money really does grow on trees. The star of Netflix’s “Chelsea” revealed to fans on social media she was developing her own line of marijuana. “I want everyone to know that I’m going to a weed farm today. Yep. I’m gonna go pick a grow,” she told her followers. “It’s called a grow...