![]() They decide to turn from an FBI agent to a dangerous criminal (and it’s later revealed that she was No. Because Boone wanted to leave ahead of Season 9, writers were able to carefully plan her character’s arc so that the Season 8 finale would be her last. In June 2021, Deadline reported that Megan Boone was leaving The Blacklist to pursue other opportunities, calling the decision “mutual” between her and the show. By the time they decided to cast me, I was already really sort of in this world and it was an amazing collaboration at that point because I felt so involved, and then read with Diego Klattenhoff and Ryan Eggold and then they brought in James Spader,” the actress told the Daily Actor in September 2013. ![]() “The audition process actually drew me closer and closer and closer to the piece. NBC revealed in February 2023 that Season 10 would be the show’s last after a decade on the air, according to our sister publication, Deadline.īoone was one of the original cast members on the show and was one of the first characters to be cast. He works closely with FBI special agent Elizabeth Keen, played by Boone, to help catch the criminals in exchange for immunity from prosecution. After escaping capture for decades, Reddington gives in to the FBI and provides the “Blacklist,” an exclusive list of the most dangerous criminals in the world. The Blacklist is NBC’s long-running crime thriller that follows Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington (James Spader), a former US Naval Intelligence officer who becomes a high-profile criminal. Earlier this month, Meta launched the Peacock app on Meta Quest in partnership with NBCUniversal, marking the first time the streaming service is available on a VR headset.How Mariska Hargitay Knew Her Husband of Almost 19 Years Was The One: ‘It Was Like Getting Hit With a Lightning Bolt’ Sky’s The Limit: A VR Concert Experience” in celebration of Biggie’s 50th birthday “The Shaq’tacular Spectacular,” a New Year’s Eve countdown special hosted by Shaquille O’Neal “Surrounded,” Meta’s first VR comedy special produced by Just for Laughs featuring comedians including Pete Holmes and Nikki Glaser and Eli Roth’s “Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat” starring Vanessa Hudgens and “Be Mine: A Valentine’s VR Slasher,” a VR horror experience starring Peyton List. The company has launched VR specials and series including “The Notorious B.I.G. Meta’s entertainment content is now centered on Meta Horizon Worlds, a free app for the Meta Quest VR headsets. Execs also hoped that the originals would encourage other content creators to adopt Facebook Watch. Westbook also produced a spinoff, “Red Table Talk: The Estefans,” featuring Gloria Estefan, her daughter Emily and her niece Lili.įor the Facebook Watch team, the strategy from the beginning was to produce video programming that tapped into “the social fabric of Facebook,” as Van Veen said in 2018 - i.e., generate communities of people talking about and sharing the episodes. ![]() “Red Table Talk” has 11 million followers on Facebook and spawned an active Facebook discussion group with 600,000 members. The Daytime Emmy-winning talk show featured Pinkett Smith, daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne “Gammy” Banfield-Norris ( pictured above). “Red Table Talk” series is produced by Westbrook Studios, cofounded by Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith the company is said to be looking for a new distributor now that the Facebook Watch deal is done. Other Facebook Watch shows shepherded by Lefevre included docuseries-style shows from Gen Z star JoJo Siwa, Yara Shahidi and Becky G. Its current shows include “Red Table Talk” and Steve Harvey talk show “Steve on Watch,” a revival of his daytime show after it was dropped by NBC. On Wednesday, Meta announced first-quarter 2023 earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, as its revenue grew 3% for the period after analysts had forecast a decline.įacebook Watch’s originals started out with a mix of scripted and unscripted shows, but the company shifted entirely to unscripted fare in recent years. Lefevre’s exit comes as Meta is cutting 10,000 jobs across the company, coming after it laid off 11,000 staffers at the end of 2022.
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