Some personal news….

RT @TheAnkler: SCOOP: Starz is raising cash to buy Lifetime and History unless Hearst gets there first. Roku’s Charlie Collier and Byron Al….

This week for @TheAnkler: @claireatki & I explore what's next for all the cable brands already (or about to be) for sale — which have value, and who are the potential buyers?

This week for @TheAnkler: A look at what to expect from Cindy Holland, who, once the Paramount-Skydance deal closes, is expected to run Paramount+

RT @TheAnkler: Yesterday @Snoodit revealed that Neil Druckmann is departing The Last of Us, leaving Craig Mazin to fly solo. Lesley, @natja….

RT @whitesox: FINAL: Congratulations to Clayton Kershaw on 3,000 career strikeouts.

RT @Dodgers: Clayton's journey to 3,000.

RT @TheAnkler: The Last of Us game co-creator Neil Druckmann will not be returning as a writer-director on the show's third season. @Snoodi….

RT @natjarv: HUGE scoop from @Snoodit. And she's got all the details you won't find anywhere else.

S3 of #TLOU will be written entirely by Craig Mazin, with the "writers room" consisting of three people — one of them from game publisher Naughty Dog

Also not returning for S3 is Halley Gross, who co-wrote with Druckmann the second #TLOU video game and co-wrote episodes of S2

More on this: Druckmann was involved in pitching out what S3 is with Mazin but will not be writing or directing any episodes and won't be on set

First on @TheAnkler: Neil Druckmann, the creative force behind #TheLastOfUs, is leaving the HBO hit

RT @SouthPark:

RT @TheAnkler: Cable is splitting apart. Budgets slashed. Layoffs everywhere. But there is a path forward. @Snoodit reports on the chaos in….

This week for @TheAnkler: A look inside the anxiety at cable networks as WBD and NBCU try to reinvent the wheel

RT @TheAnkler: Benito Skinner’s Overcompensating started as a stand-up show in 2018. He tells @snoodit how his “cringe,” cathartic story bl….

Exclusive: Apple is no longer involved with J.J. Abrams' live-action #SpeedRacer TV series, which has also parted ways with its writers. This and more in my deep dive about why everyone is taking a swing at scripted sports fare for @TheAnkler

New: Why sports scripted shows are red-hot, w/ exclusive details about the status of J.J. Abrams' #SpeedRacer & voices including #FNL's Jason Katims, the #CobraKai trio, @michaelwaldron & the creator of #Stick; + execs from WBD, Disney and Skydance: .

#WeWereLiars boss and all around TV genius @julieplec opens up about the state of YA programming (she's got another show at Amazon), why she re-upped with Universal TV (despite going 0-for-2 on NBCU platforms) and her long-term hopes for 'Liars'

ICYMI: @glaad and other industry execs are sounding the alarm for #LGBTQ-themed TV programming this #Pride season.