Lucas Manfredi is a TV Business reporter at TheWrap, writing about the programming, executives and trends in the television and streaming industries. Prior to joining the TheWrap in November 2022, he spent four years at Fox Business as a production assistant and a reporter on its digital team. He has a Bachelor of Science in Television-Radio production from Ithaca College and can be reached at lucas.manfredi@thewrap.com.
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Fox, News Corp Merger Proposal Withdrawn by Murdochs: ‘Combination Is Not Optimal for Shareholders’
As a result of the withdrawal, the special committees of News Corp. and Fox Corp.’s boards of directors have been dissolved
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ABC Refutes Report That Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight Is on the ‘Chopping Block’
The Daily Beast reports that the politics, economics and sports analysis website could be sold by the summer
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‘Morning Joe’: Ilhan Omar Dreads ‘Really Challenging’ McCarthy-Led House With ‘Most Ridiculous Members’ Landing Committees (Video)
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has threatened to remove the Minnesota Democrat from the Foreign Affairs committee for comments criticizing Israel
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‘The Last of Us’ Episode 2 Grows Viewership by 22%, Breaking Record for HBO Original Drama Series
The show’s second episode drew 5.7 million viewers on Sunday
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Netflix CEOs Defend Canceling Fan-Favorite Series: ‘We Have Never Canceled a Successful Show’
“A lot of these shows were well-intended but talk to a very small audience on a very big budget,” co-CEO Ted Sarandos told Bloomberg
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Pelosi Responds to C-SPAN Bid for Transparent House Coverage: ‘Don’t Think It Should Be Used as a Tool Against Members’ (Video)
The former House speaker said she’s pro-transparency, but doesn’t “want it to curb the inter-party action that might happen on the floor”
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Is Stepping Out on a High Note – and the New Co-CEO Has Work to Do | Analysis
“Incoming Co-CEO Greg Peters will have a number of major decisions on his plate,” one analyst told TheWrap
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Netflix Misses Q4 Earnings Expectations but Beats on Subscribers
The streamer added 7.66 million subscribers during the quarter, bringing its global total to 230.75 million
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Disney Ups Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul to DGE Head of Comms, Taps Hulu’s Candice Ashton to Lead Television Studios Publicity
The shakeup follows the exit of Charissa Gilmore, Disney General Entertainment’s senior vice president of corporate communications
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Inside the Real-Life Arconia From ‘Only Murders in the Building’
Yes, it’s a real place. And yes, it’s extremely expensive
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Netflix Earnings Preview: What Wall Street Will Be Watching
The streaming behemoth is slated to report its fourth-quarter results after the market close on Thursday
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From Franchises to Spy Shows: The Biggest Takeaways From the Winter 2023 TCAs
There were notable post-pandemic differences to the annual event, but you can still count on TCA for a barometer of where the TV industry stands
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Billy Crudup Takes Us to the Moon as a Dreamy Traveling Salesman in First Trailer for ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ (Video)
The half-hour dramedy premieres globally Feb. 17 on Apple TV+
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‘Public Defenders’ Pilot From Creator Eddie Quintana Greenlit at ABC
The single-camera comedy comes from 20th Television and the “Not Yet Dead” producer
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‘The Last of Us’ Scores 4.7 Million Viewers, HBO’s Second-Biggest Premiere Since 2010
The post-apocalyptic drama holds HBO’s second-largest debut – behind only “House of the Dragon” – since “Boardwalk Empire”
