Lucas Manfredi joined TheWrap in November 2022 after four years at Fox Business. He can be reached at lucas.manfredi@thewrap.com.
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Lucas received a Bachelor of Science degree in Television-Radio from Ithaca College
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Conan O’Brien’s Oscars Host Prep Includes ‘Invaluable’ Advice From Billy Crystal, Jimmy Kimmel
“If I think something could be funny, I will do it to my own detriment,” the comedian teases ahead of the March 2 ceremony
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Football, Scripted Dramas and Trump Inauguration Boost TV Viewing in January
Streaming accounted for 42.6% of viewership for the month, while broadcast and cable’s shares were 22.5% and 24.4%, respectively, according to Nielsen
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Jodie Foster Murder Mystery ‘Vie Privée’ Heads to Sony Pictures Classics
Rebecca Zlotowski’s French murder mystery out of EFM follows a renowned psychiatrist who investigates the suspicious death of one of her patients
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Paramount and YouTube TV Reach Carriage Renewal, Averting CBS, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon Blackout
The multi-year deal also gives the pay TV operator’s qualifying customers the option to bundle Paramount+
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‘Family Guy’ Boss Says ‘Top Gun’ Episode Kicks Off New Wave of Hollywood Spoofs in Season 23
Rich Appel tells TheWrap the Fox animated comedy is taking big swings with takes on “Only Murders in the Building,” “The Bear” and “The Dropout”
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Prime Video Snags Exclusive Streaming Rights to ‘The Chosen’ and Bear Grylls’ ‘Chosen in the Wild’
Amazon MGM Studios and producer, writer and director Dallas Jenkins’ 5&2 Studios also enter into a first-look series and film deal
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‘Beast Games’ Season 1 Winner Revealed: Who Took Home the $5 Million Prize?
The Prime Video competition series hosted by MrBeast ended with six contestants facing off for the big prize… with a surprise twist
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‘The White Lotus’ Halo Effect Blooms for Tourism and Local Economies
After boosting Italy and Hawaii, Mike White’s HBO anthology could bring “set-jetting” travelers to Thailand
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Roku Q4 Net Loss Shrinks to $35.5 Million, 2024 Revenue Climbs 18% to $4.1 Billion
The streamer and hardware maker, which is in a total of 90 million streaming households, posted its first $1 billion quarter in platform revenue
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Cher, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Dave Grohl and More Join ‘SNL50’ Concert Special
Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg were also added to the celebrity lineup of Friday’s kickoff celebration
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The CW Taps Michael Perman as Sports Senior Vice President
The former NBC Sports executive will oversee strategy, programming and media rights for the division
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Sony Raises 2024 Outlook as Gaming, Music Boost Q3 Revenue 18% to $29 Billion
The Japanese multinational conglomerate’s quarterly results were weighed down by an 18% drop in operating profit at Sony Pictures Entertainment
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‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Renewed for Season 3 at Prime Video
The latest episodes of the Amazon prequel series will be directed by Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri and Stefan Schwartz
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Hollywood Rattled by Trump’s Big Assault on DEI
An FCC investigation into “invidious” DEI policies at Comcast and Disney’s shift raise concerns that hard-won equality gains will be lost
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New York City Pension Funds Sue to Pause Paramount-Skydance Deal Over $13.5 Billion Offer
The unsealed class-action complaint alleges the media giant failed to sufficiently consider the alternative option from Project Rise Partners