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The Super Bowl Has Generated $3.6 Billion-Plus in Ad Revenue in the Past 10 Years
Average price for a 30-second spot last year was $4.5 million
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David Stern, Former NBA Commissioner, Dies at 77
Longest-tenured commissioner oversaw the league’s popularity explosion in the 1990s
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Fox and CBS Score Best NFL Sunday Viewership Since 2016
All of the league’s broadcast partners have posted multi-year highs
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Baby Yoda Movie? Bob Iger Says Disney+ ‘Star Wars’ TV Shows Could Become Films
“I love the ability to really be agnostic in terms of what platform it’s being made for,” Disney chief tells “The Star Wars Show”
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ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ Hits 4-Year Viewership High
Cable network’s “MNF” is up 8% in total viewers for the second straight year
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10 Most Epic Fails in Hollywood This Decade, From Qwikster to the ‘Dark Universe’
Even Netflix didn’t get out of the 2010s unscathed
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Ratings: Seth Rogen’s Appearance on ‘Price is Right’ Leads CBS to Pre-Christmas Eve Win
Network takes both demo and viewers on a sleepy Monday night
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos to Get Pay Hike in 2020 – Each Will Earn $34.7 Million
Top two execs lined up for a 10% pay increase after Netflix hit 158 million global subscribers this year
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‘Carrie’ Remake in the Works at FX as a Limited Series
Project has no writer attached
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Ratings: CBS Tops ABC in Battle of Pre-Christmas Specials – Both Still Sacked by NFL Football
NFL overrun boosted Fox to second in the demo and viewers, despite airing “Masked Singer” repeats
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Watch the ‘Pawn Stars’ Guys Fawn Over George Lucas’ Original ‘Star Wars’ Script (Exclusive Video)
This IS the script you’re looking for…
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Comcast and Starz Set New Carriage Agreement That Will Include Lionsgate Content on Peacock
Starz will shift to a digital-only option for Comcast customers
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8 Ways Netflix and the Streaming Revolution Upended Hollywood This Decade
From binge-viewing to the death of the bundle, here’s how Netflix changed everything
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11 TV Winners and Losers of 2019: From Fox’s ‘The Masked Singer’ to Jussie Smollett
And if you’re a “Game of Thrones” or Marvel TV fan, this really wasn’t your year
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6 Major Lessons Hollywood Learned in the 2010s, From Binging to #MeToo
Netflix began the 2010s by toppling Blockbuster and ended the decade by upending the entire industry
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