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15-05-2025
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‘Good Night, And Good Luck's Penultimate Performance On Broadway To Air Live On CNN
George Clooney is making it possible for a heckuva lot more people to see his Broadway appearance in Good Night, and Good Luck: CNN will air the penultimate performance live from Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre on June 7. This marks the first time a Broadway performance has been televised live. Following the live production at 7 p.m. ET, CNN will host a special to discuss the production and state of global journalism. More from Deadline CNN Reunites With Playtone's Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman On 'Decade In Sports' Series CNN's Mark Thompson Provides Some Additional Details For What He Calls Its "First True News Streaming Service" CNN Picks Up New Eva Longoria & Tony Shalhoub Series, Renews 'Have I Got News For You' As Part Of Originals Slate The performance will be available to stream later on HBO Max. In Good Night, and Good Luck, Clooney makes his Broadway debut as Edward R. Murrow. As McCarthyism casts a shadow over America, Murrow and his news team choose to confront the growing tide of paranoia and propaganda, even if it means turning the federal government and a worried nation against them. The production closes its theatrical run with a matinee performance on Sunday, June 8. 'I can't tell you how exciting it is to do something that's never been done,' Clooney said in a statement. 'CNN is the perfect place to bring this story of courage to so many more people than we could have ever hoped. Live TV. No net. Buckle up everyone.' Den of Thieves is producing the live show. Executive producers are Clooney, Deena Katz, Grant Heslov, and Todd Wagner, as well as Jesse Ignjatovic, Evan Prager and Barb Bialkowski from Den of Thieves. Grant is a co-director with Micah Bickham. Good Night, and Good Luck has surpassed the previously held box office record by The Music Man (with 9 performances) on Broadway and is now the highest-grossing production in the history of the Shubert Organization. It recently received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for Clooney. Clooney is well aware of the power of a live TV performance. In 2000, he headlined a live telecast of the play Fail Safe that also starred Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel and Noah Wyle. It was telecast in black and white on CBS. And it was his idea — along with Anthony Edwards — to do a live telecast of an ER episode back in 1997. 'Ambush' kicked off the fourth season of the NBC drama and was filmed live for the east and west coast. It was seen by 42.7 million of Deadline Where To Watch All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies: Streamers With Multiple Films In The Franchise Everything We Know About 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
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14-05-2025
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CNN's Mark Thompson Provides Some Additional Details For What He Calls Its 'First True New Streaming Service'
CNN's upcoming streaming service, set to debut in the fall, will be 'one simple way to explore the very best of CNN journalism on your phone, your connected TV or other digital device,' the network's chairman and CEO Mark Thompson told advertisers this morning. At the Warner Bros. Discovery upfront, Thompson said that the service, which he called 'the first true new streaming service,' would include live channels and news feeds and exclusive programming and other content. He said that further plans will be revealed in the coming weeks, but the launch will be first in the U.S. and then internationally. He also said that it would be part of a new 'all access' subscription, as the network has gone the subscription route on More from Deadline CNN Picks Up New Eva Longoria & Tony Shalhoub Series, Renews 'Have I Got News For You' As Part Of Originals Slate CNN Films Is Back: Chevy Chase Film & Cancer Project Usher In New Phase For Doc Strategy Octavia Spencer, Jennifer Love Hewitt & Tom Bergeron To Host WBD Cable Net Titles The service will be available to current cable and satellite subscribers at no additional cost. CNN said that it will continue to have a presence on Max, headed for a rebrand to HBO Max. The service will be the network's latest effort to establish a standalone presence to counter cord cutting and draw in younger audiences who have shunned traditional cable and satellite subscriptions. A previous effort, CNN+, lasted just less than a month when it was introduced in 2022, even though tens of millions were poured into drawing new talent for the platform. Thompson also said that the network's first lifestyle app, CNN Weather, would launch later this year. 'CNN is changing,' Thompson told advertisers. 'We're racing to find new ways to connect with our audiences across the day and around the world.' Best of Deadline Everything We Know About The 'Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far TV Show Book Adaptations Arriving In 2025 So Far Book-To-Movie Adaptations Coming Out In 2025
