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In a sign of the times, Peacock and independent network Reelz have struck an unusual carriage deal putting the linear channel and on-demand programming onto the NBCUniversal streaming service.

Billy Zane is set to star in a new original movie for Lifetime that’s based on the true story of an ex-con who moved in with his daughter at Sarah Lawrence College and created a cult-like influence over her friends.

Reelz is sticking with On Patrol: Live.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Reelz has given another 90-episode order to “On Patrol: Live,” which will keep the weekend franchise on the network through January 2025. The series, hosted and executive produced by Dan Abrams, has been a hit for the small cabler — as Variety recently noted in its ranker of 2023’s top-rated broadcast and cable networks. “Since picking up the series, which was essentially a revival of A&E’s canceled ‘Live PD,’ Reelz has seen its average ratings shoot up dramatically,” Variety wrote last month.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jellysmack has acquired Law&Crime Network, the legal and true-crime video network and production company headed by Dan Abrams. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; Jellysmack said Law&Crime Network is the company’s largest acquisition to date. Recent deals include Jellysmack’s investment in creator commerce platform Fourthwall; its deal to buy creator-development community Network Media; and its acquisition of AI video editing company Kamua.

EXCLUSIVE: Investigation Discovery is getting into the topical space with a dark twist.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Fox’s Tubi and Dan Abrams’ Law&Crime have teamed up on a true-crime series, “Behind the Crime.” The limited series will launch Sept. 20 with an episode about the 2019 murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle.

Dan Abrams has signed a new multi-year deal with NewsNation, in which he will continue to host its primetime Dan Abrams Live.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Dan Abrams, one of the founding anchors in NewsNation’s primetime lineup, aims to continue his work at the Nexstar Media-backed outlet. Abrams and NewsNation reached a “multi-year” pact that will extend his work there, where he hosts “Dan Abrams Live” at 9 p.m.

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Grace is set to make her Investigation Discovery (ID) debut with a quick turnaround special on the Gilgo Beach serial killings.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Cops Reloaded” is headed to Dan Abrams’ Law&Crime Network, Variety has learned exclusively. Consisting of 158 episodes, “Cops Reloaded” features some of the most memorable suspects, car chases and action-packed moments from the long-running series “Cops.” The show will be available to stream across Law&Crime’s platforms and clips from all episodes will be available on the network’s YouTube channel. “’Cops Reloaded’ is the perfect addition to our content library,” Law&Crime president Rachel Stockman said. “We have a robust and rapidly growing fanbase that’s highly interested in content surrounding law enforcement so we are eager to continue to deliver them more of what they want to see.”

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Reelz, the small independent cable network behind the live P.D. series “On Patrol: Live,” has landed distribution on Peacock. Reelz’s linear feed will be available to Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus subscribers starting March 1. Some Reelz library content, including next-day episodes of “On Patrol: Live,” will also be available on-demand on the platform. Reelz programming also includes “On Patrol: First Shift,” “Jail,” “Cops,” “Autopsy: The Last Hours of…” and more. The deal means Peacock subscribers will be able to stream “On Patrol: Live” on Peacock as it airs live on Reelz every Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to midnight ET.

Police series On Patrol: Live will remain on the air through January 2024 after Reelz handed out a 90 episode renewal order.

Elizabeth Vargas is the latest news veteran to join Nexstar’s NewsNation, with plans to launch a weekday news program on April 3.

Chris Cuomo debuted his new NewsNation show on Monday with a pledge that his nightly hour “won’t be typical.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Dan Abrams wants to expand the offerings at the bar. After launching Whiskey Raiders, a digital outlet devoted to the review and discussion of whiskey and bourbon, in late 2020, the entrepreneur’s Abrams Media wants to do the same for tequila, rum and gin. The company has launched Tequila Raiders, Rum Raiders and Gin Raiders, each devoted to offering online resources and content around each spirit — creating a large database of liquor reviews. Just as Whiskey Raiders does, the new sites will aggregate individual reviews from respected outlets across the internet and use a proprietary algorithm to assign one average score for each bottle. In addition to reviews, the sites will also provide news and lifestyle coverage on tequila, rum and gin.

Chris Cuomo’s nightly NewsNation show will debut on October 3, with Alexandra “Dusty” Cohen named as its executive producer.

featuring the same primary hosts, content, format, segments, and more, and sold that virtually identical show to REELZ, a cable network seeking its first breakout hit, which then aired the show over AETN’s repeated and vociferous objections,” the complaint continued.Reelz said in a statement it had not been served with nor had a chance to review the lawsuit in detail and “thus has no comment at this time beyond denying liability and expressing its ongoing commitment to ‘On Patrol: Live.'”A&E’s complaint claims Reelz and other defendants did not “bring back” “Live PD,” but that they “co-opted AETN’s intellectual property.”“On Patrol: Live” premiered July 22 on Reelz with returning anchor Dan Abrams. “Live PD” was canceled by A&E and producer Big Fish Entertainment in June 2020 following the death of George Floyd.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A&E filed a lawsuit seeking to block rival network Reelz from airing “On Patrol: Live,” which it claims is a blatant ripoff of its own show, “Live PD.” Both shows feature live footage from police ride-alongs, both are hosted by Dan Abrams, and both are produced by the same company. A&E canceled “Live PD” — one of its top-rated shows — in June 2020, at the height of protests over the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Reelz debuted its version of the show last month. In the lawsuit, A&E argues that “On Patrol: Live” copies nearly every aspect of its own show’s format, down to specific catchphrases. The Reelz show even occupies “Live PD’s” old time slot.

NewsNation interview released Tuesday.“I never contacted any media who were covering my brother to try to affect their coverage,” the former CNN host told Dan Abrams, noting that he talked to people in the media “all the time.”Cuomo also insisted that he “never lied and there were no secrets” regarding his involvement in his brother’s sexual harassment scandal.When Abrams pressed Cuomo on whether he did make calls to the press, Cuomo insisted that there was a “meaning difference” between talking to the press and trying to influence their coverage of the controversy surrounding his brother.“The concern would be, not that I called you and said ‘what do you think is going on?’ It’s me calling you and saying ‘hey, tonight in your segment I hope you remember that-,” said Cuomo, before being interrupted by Abrams.The journalist, who was fired from CNN in December 2021, also pointed to his commitment to his family and “love” for his brother that led Cuomo to advise his brother on allegations of sexual harassment.“The rule in my family is very simple: family, trouble, goal,” said Cuomo, “For me it was about helping my brother in a hard way and doing it in a way that I didn’t think compromised what matters. That’s what guided me.”Despite his termination from the popular news organization, Cuomo said he does not feel like he is a victim of cancel culture, saying “I don’t feel sorry for myself; I’m certainly not a victim.”The interview comes a week after Cuomo launched a podcast titled “The Chris Cuomo Project” after teasing a comeback.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter a long and much-publicized interruption, Chris Cuomo wants to get after it again.Cuomo, who made that phrase the mission statement for his 9 p.m. program on CNN, is taking his bulldog demeanor and lean-in anchoring style to NewsNation, the still-nascent news outlet backed by large station owner Nexstar Media, which has in recent months made a series of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its presence in the media sector.

In his first sit down interview since he was fired by CNN, Chris Cuomo denied that he tried to influence media coverage of his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as he was facing allegations of sexual harassment.

On Patrol: Live, the follow-up to reality hit series Live PD, opened strongly on Friday night despite a technical glitch.

William Earl “Live PD,” the hit A&E police ride-along show that was canceled in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, has been revived under the new name “On Patrol: Live.” But the debut episode, which aired July 22 on Reelz, was hindered with technical difficulties which lead to a 70-minute delay.When viewers tuned into the show, which was set to premiere at 9 pm EST, they were met with a black screen for several minutes. Commercials then started looping for Reelz programming, including an upcoming documentary about the band Kiss, followed by two nearly full reruns of “Jail: Las Vegas.”16 minutes into the broadcast, Reelz tweeted from their official account, writing, “Sorry folks.

The successor to reality hit Live PD on A&E was dead on arrival for its scheduled start time tonight, roiling the fans eager to get more real-life police action.

which was canceled in 2020, returns July 22 on Reelz as “On Patrol: Live” — with Dan Abrams once again anchoring the real-time series that follows police officers on patrol across America. “This show has become a part of my DNA, and I certainly want a partner who feels the same way,” Abrams, 56, told The Post.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe producers of “Live PD” are reviving the show’s live format on Reelz, but under a new working title: “On Patrol: Live” is set to premiere later this summer, the network announced Wednesday. Just like “Live PD,” the show will air live, twice a week (on Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m.

Live PD is making a return to TV. The hit reality show is coming back with a new name and network. On Patrol: Live (w/t), from the producers of Live PD, will premiere this summer, live, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 pm to 12 am ET on Reelz, with Dan Abrams back as host.

Chris Stirewalt, who was a veteran politics editor at Fox News until he was let go in the aftermath of the 2020 election, is joining NewsNation, Nexstar’s non-partisan news venture.

a memo reportedly sent out on Thursday, NPR informed their employees that a tip line has been created for anyone who wants to express “anonymous concern” about co-workers who aren’t masking up in the office, as COVID cases begin to rise again. And for the most part, the hosts of “The View” were not fans of the idea.“I would never do that,” Joy Behar said. “I’m Italian, we don’t snitch.

Wilson Chapman editorEpix’s four-part docuseries “Fall River” and Oxygen’s “Cold Justice” were among the key winners of CrimeCon’s first annual Clue Awards, announced on Saturday night at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel.The event took place during CrimeCon, a live event for true crime content creators, industry professionals and fans. Law & Crime network founder, NewsNation host and ABC chief legal analyst Dan Abrams hosted the ceremony.Winners of the awards were selected from a panel of over 30 true crime professionals, ranging from executives at NBC, iHeart Media and Spotify, to authors and podcast hosts.In the television categories, Epix received the award for best docuseries, for its Blumhouse Television and Pyramid Productions series “Fall River.” The series, which was directed and produced by James Buddy Day, ran in May 2021 and centered on a series of crimes in Fall River, Mass., where three young women were killed in 1979.

Wilson Chapman editorThe nominees for the first-ever Clue Awards, which honor the best in true crime content over the past year, have been announced. Created by CrimeCon, a live event geared toward true crime fans and professionals, the Clue Awards feature six categories across television, film, books and podcasts. Nominations in the television categories include streaming docuseries such as Peacock’s “Dr.

Pipe, which is behind a platform that allows users to treat their recurring revenue streams as assets, meaning they can unlock capital to upscale their businesses, is getting into the entertainment space.

Political columnist George Will is joining Nexstar Media’s NewsNation as senior contributor.

UTA co-president Jay Sures told staff in a memo, “Richard’s impact has been unmatched … His career highlights could be an entire segment of ‘60 Minutes.’” CNN’s Brian Stelter wrote in his “Reliable Sources” blast: “Richard has been like a father to me, offering witty observations and hard truths and bear hugs along the way.” Leibner is in the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. His wife, Carole Cooper, is also an accomplished agent at UTA with clients including Anderson Cooper, Dan Abrams, Bill Hemmer, Dana Bash and Juju Chang.Variety wrote: “His exit from UTA will mark the end of an era.

NewsNation, Nexstar’s nearly year-old news network, is expanding its lineup with the launch of a morning news show hosted by Adrienne Bankert and a primetime program headlined by Dan Abrams.