Lifestyle | The Guardian US4d ago
Gossip, gowns and Agas: could Ladies of the Cotswolds be reality TV’s next big thing? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/19/ladies-of-the-cotswolds-reality-tv-grand-designs-english-countryside #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #Gloucestershire #Gentrification #Worcestershire #Warwickshire #Lifeandstyle #Oxfordshire #Television #RealityTV #Wiltshire #Culture #UKnews #Media
Gossip, gowns and Agas: could Ladies of the Cotswolds be reality TV’s next big thing?

Grand Designs team to make show set in wealthy English countryside that promises to be part glittering social whirl and part bloodbath

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 11
‘We’re location scouting’: where next for White Lotus and who will star? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/11/location-scouting-where-next-white-lotus-who-will-star #UStelevisionindustry #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #TheWhiteLotus #Television #Culture #Hotels #Travel #USnews #Media #Drama #HBO
‘We’re location scouting’: where next for White Lotus and who will star?

HBO renewed Mike White’s hit drama before third season aired and rumours abound about luxury settings and return of stars

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Business | The Guardian USMar 13
NBC Universal agrees $3bn extension to broadcast Olympics in US https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/13/nbc-universal-olympic-broadcast-rights #InternationalOlympicCommittee #UStelevisionindustry #LAOlympicGames2028 #WinterOlympics2026 #Televisionindustry #WinterOlympics #OlympicGames #NBCUniversal #Business #USsports #Media #Sport
NBC Universal agrees to $3bn extension to broadcast Olympics in US

NBC Universal has unveiled a $3bn extension of its Olympics deal, ensuring the Summer and Winter Games remain on NBC and its Peacock streaming service

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 11
‘I demand to have some booze!’: how do actors fake being drunk or on drugs? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/11/how-do-actors-play-drunk-and-drugged-industry-the-white-lotus #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #TheWhiteLotus #Television #Alcohol #Culture #Drugs #Film
‘I demand to have some booze!’: how do actors fake being drunk or on drugs?

From The White Lotus to Industry, hedonism is everywhere on TV at the moment. Actors, and the ‘wellbeing facilitators’ tasked with keeping them safe, reveal the trick to acting under the influence

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Technology | The Guardian USMar 7
BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/06/bbc-news-ai-artificial-intelligence-department-personalised-content #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Televisionindustry #Technology #TVnews #UKnews #Media #BBC
BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content

Boss says BBC News’s reach is ‘defying gravity’ and it must use AI to ‘support and accelerate our growth’

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US news | The GuardianMar 5
Political poll news site 538 to close amid larger shuttering across ABC and Disney https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/abc-news-538-shut-down #UStelevisionindustry #Televisionindustry #USnews #Media #ABC
Political poll news site 538 to close amid larger shuttering across ABC and Disney

Disney is reportedly cutting staff across ABC News Group and its entertainment network as media layoffs continue

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 4
Oscars telecast ratings fall 7% to 18m viewers https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/04/oscars-telecast-ratings-fall-7-to-18m-viewers #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #Awardsandprizes #Filmindustry #Business #Culture #Oscars #USnews #Media #Film #Hulu #ABC
Oscars telecast ratings fall 7% to 18m viewers

After three consecutive years of growth, viewership fell this year after 2024’s Barbenheimer buzz

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 2
And the winner is ... the rising generation of older female actors https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/02/older-female-actors-hollywood-women-age-cultural-shift #IsabellaRossellini #Televisionindustry #Television&radio #Awardsandprizes #GoldenGlobes #NicoleKidman #Filmindustry #Television #DemiMoore #Culture #Society #Oscars #Women #Women #Media #Film
And the winner is ... the rising generation of older female actors

With this year’s Oscars about to be handed out, Hollywood women of a certain age have never been more bankable or in demand. What’s behind the cultural shift?

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US news | The GuardianFeb 25
Rachel Maddow says MSNBC laying off ‘non-white’ hosts and staff is ‘indefensible’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/msnbc-layoffs-rachel-maddow #UStelevisionindustry #Televisionindustry #RachelMaddow #USnews #TVnews #MSNBC #Media #Race
Rachel Maddow staff to be let go as part of MSNBC overhaul

News comes as leading network star criticizes management for decision to cancel shows hosted by non-white anchors

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Business | The Guardian USFeb 23
‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/22/were-clearly-heading-towards-collapse-why-the-murdoch-empire-is-about-to-go-bang #Newspapers&magazines #UStelevisionindustry #Televisionindustry #Nationalnewspapers #RupertMurdoch #PrinceWilliam #JamesMurdoch #Newspapers #Technology #Worldnews #TheTimes #Hacking #NewsUK #TheSun #UKnews #USnews #Media #Fox
‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang

An explosive succession trial and an astonishing interview with one of Rupert’s sons have exposed the paranoia and hatred at the heart of global media’s most powerful family. This could get messy…

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