June 29-July 1 Weekend Actuals 1. Ted (Universal) NEW [3,239 Theaters] R Friday $20.6M, Saturday $17.9M, Sunday $16.0M, Weekend $54.4M 2. Magic Mike (Warner Bros) NEW [2,930 Theaters] R Friday $19.4M, Saturday $11.4M, Sunday $8.4M, Weekend $39.1M 3. Brave 3D (Pixar/Disney) Week 2 [4,164 Theaters] PG Friday $10.4M…

Luke Y. Thompson is contributing to Deadline's Comic-Con coverage. This year’s event runs July 12-15. Ever since 20th Century Fox showed the naked wrestling scene from Borat a few years ago at Comic-Con, the convention has been a lot stricter about R-rated clips, and companies like The Weinstein Co. and Lionsgate have…

Lost alumna Elizabeth Mitchell is reuniting with the ABC drama’s co-creator/executive producer JJ Abrams. Mitchell is joining Abrams/Eric Kripke's upcoming NBC series Revolution as a regular. The action drama, which landed NBC's marquee post-The Voice time slot, follows a group of people, led by Miles (Billy Burke)…

NBC dominated Friday evening with NBC Sports' coverage of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which swept the night's six half-hours in 18-49 demos and total viewers and represented the No. 1 and No. 2 shows of the night in both categories. From 8-9 p.m. ET, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Swimming Finals (1.5/6 in adults…

Netflix, Instagram and Pinterest services in the Northeast were interrupted last night when Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud in Northern Virginia went offline because of severe thunderstorms, Forbes reports. Amazon EC2 servers handle web traffic for numerous companies in addition to those mentioned. Service was…

Deadline’s indefatigable TV Editor Nellie Andreeva will be on vacation out of the country with her family from Monday, July 2nd, until Monday, July 23th. (She will cover the Emmy nominations inbetween.) If humanly possible, please refrain from phoning, emailing, or texting her during this period. She deserves some…

Luke Y. Thompson is contributing to Deadline's Comic-Con coverage. This year’s event runs July 12-15. Jodie Foster at Comic-Con? Absolutely believe it. She and Matt Damon will be part of a panel that day for Elysium, Neill Blomkamp’s follow-up to District 9, which launched its initial ad campaign at Comic-Con (“this…

EXCLUSIVE: Legal drama pilot Guilty is staying in contention at Fox as the studio behind it, Warner Bros. TV, has moved on to extend the options on four actors, including star Cuba Gooding Jr. Pilots that are kept alive post-upfronts after missing the cut to series are usually put in midseason consideration. But in an…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Katims, the Emmy-winning writer-executive producer behind Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, has extended his relationship with the studio behind both series, Universal Television, in a new overall deal. Under the two-year pact, Katims will continue as executive producer on NBC’s Parenthood, in…

June 29, 2012 – The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and Basic Crafts Unions announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. The Basic Crafts Unions are Teamsters, Local No. 399, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 40, Plumbers…

EXCLUSIVE: Unforgettable lives! CBS has picked up the procedural starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh, which was cancelled in May after one season, with a 13-episode order targeted for next summer. Related: CBS In Talks To Bring Back 'Unforgettable' With 13-Episode Order For Summer 2013 Following the…

ESPN presentation of the UEFA EURO 2012 semifinal matches on Wednesday and Thursday was seen by an average of 1.907 million viewers, an increase of 46 percent compared to the two semifinals watched by 1.307 million viewers in 2008. The weekday afternoon telecasts delivered an average of 1.457 million television…