Tess joined TheWrap as the company’s first reporting fellow in 2024. Tess is from Birmingham, Alabama and attended the University of Southern California, graduating with degrees in theatre and journalism. She also served as the executive editor for Annenberg Media, closely overseeing coverage of campus protests amidst the Israel-Hamas War.

Tess Patton
Experience:
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WBD’s David Zaslav Soothes Staff ‘Trepidation’ Over Merger Layoffs, Says Netflix Wants ‘To Keep Most People’
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO tells staff at a town hall meeting Friday that the pending sale to the streamer feels like “a good fit”
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SAG-AFTRA Says Netflix’s WBD Deal ‘Raises Many Serious Questions,’ Must Lead to More Production
Actors’ union vows a “complete and thorough analysis of the details of the deal”
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Connie Chung Slams Bari Weiss, Says CBS News Has Crashed ‘Into Crumbles’ Under ‘Greedy Owners’ | Video
“It distresses me so terribly,” the former CBS anchor says of the David Ellison-led media company
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Female Entertainment Execs Call for Truth-Telling Amid Industry Upheaval: ‘We’re Living in the Change’ | Video
Power Women Summit 2025: Executives from 3 Arts Entertainment, A+E Studios, AMC and Sony empower the next generation of female leaders
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‘Clue’ Scripted Series From Dana Fox in Development at Peacock
Nicholas Stoller will direct and executive produce the board game adaptation from Sony Pictures Television
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Versant Acquires FAST Channel Provider Free TV Networks
The Comcast cable and media spinoff now owns Indy Cinema Group, which will be operated by Fandango
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7 Shocking Moments from ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Season 3 Reunion
The MomTok women get to the truth behind the Marciano drama, unpack sexual traumas and attempt to reconcile differences in the reunion
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Constance Zimmer Has a Rallying Cry for Women Hitting Menopause in Hollywood | Video
Power Women Summit 2025: “Being in midlife does not make us irrelevant. It makes us undeniable,” the Emmy nominee says while presenting a new study from the Geena Davis Institute
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Andrew Scott Joins ‘The Comeback’ Season 3 With Lisa Kudrow
The third and final season of the comedy series will debut on HBO in March over a decade after Season 2’s release
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Amanda Zurawski, Who Nearly Died After Being Denied Abortion in Texas, Delivers Rallying Cry for Fighting Back | Video
Power Women Summit 2025: “Pluribus” star Rhea Seehorn introduces the abortion activist before her keynote address
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Meet the Queens of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 18
Fourteen new queens hit the main stage in January
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‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Trailer: Tom Blyth and Emily Bader Debate Ruining the Friendship
The highly anticipated Emily Henry adaptation will premiere on Netflix in January
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‘Heated Rivalry’ Creator Says Sexuality of Steamy Hockey Series’ Leads Shouldn’t Matter: ‘Can’t Ask Questions Like That’
Jacob Tierney weighs in on the growing online speculation around Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie’s personal lives
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Ed Weeks to Star in Vampire Comedy Pilot ‘Eternally Yours’ at CBS
The project from “Ghosts” creators Joe Port and Joe Wiseman has not yet landed a series order
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35 Most Anticipated TV Shows of Winter 2025-2026
From “Fallout” on Prime Video and HBO’s “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” to “Bridgerton” on Netflix and ABC’s “Scrubs” revival














