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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NBCUniversal Promotes Distribution Execs Amy Geary, Pat Hicks
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Nicole Clemens to Lead Prime Video International Originals
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Fubo and DAZN Strike Multi-Year Sports TV Network Partnership
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Paramount Nominates 3 New Board Members Amid Trump Lawsuit, Pending Skydance Deal
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Comcast’s Versant Finds Temporary Location for New York HQ
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Disney Cuts Hundreds of Jobs Across TV, Film, Corporate Finance and More in Latest Round of Layoffs
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TelevisaUnivision US Ad Sales President Donna Speciale Steps Down
She will be replaced by Tim Natividad, who will assume the role starting June 9
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Allen Media Group Hires Moelis to Explore Sale of TV Stations
Byron Allen’s media company has 28 owned and operated ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX affiliate television stations in 21 U.S. markets
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Michael C. Hall Meets Star-Studded Group of Serial Killers in ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Trailer
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California Senate Launches Paramount-Trump Settlement Talks Investigation, Invites Bill Owens and Wendy McMahon to Testify
The lawmakers argue settling the $20 billion lawsuit to clear regulatory approval of the pending $8 billion Skydance merger could violate federal anti-bribery laws and the state’s unfair competition law
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National Legal and Policy Center Proposes Replacing Comcast’s Brian Roberts With Independent Chairman
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Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz and Stephen Graham to Star in Apple TV+ Drama Based on Lars Kepler Crime Novels
Rowan Joffe and John Hlavin will serve as showrunners and EP Tim Van Patten will direct the first two episodes
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Starz Posts Widened $136 Million Operating Loss, 6% Revenue Decline in First Report After Lionsgate Split
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Meryl Streep to Return for ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 5
The actress will reprise her role as Loretta Durkin, who tied the knot with Martin Short’s Oliver Putnam at the end of Season 4
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Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video Claim 92% of Streaming Sports Programming
The three streamers, along with Apple TV+ and Paramount+, saw TV, movie and sports programming grow 5% in the second quarter of 2025, with the latter category up 7.8%, per Nielsen’s Gracenote
