Exclusive: I sat down with the SNL UK creative team after Saturday night's finale. We talked about the sketches they need Britain to see, their eye-watering budget, dealing with the haters and the ratings nosedive. #SNLUK

The new Cristian Mungiu and THE UNKNOWN are screening today at Cannes. If both are well received, the Palme d'Or race could come down to ... FJORD v Harari.

Broadcast is so back... albeit in a more fiscally responsible way. Networks ordered a total of 56 new scripted originals this season, an uptick from last year. @snoodit.bsky.social crunches the numbers to see how the Big Four are faring mrf.lu/_lbM

Blimey that was a strong episode of #SNLUK. Reckon Hannah Waddingham should just be part of the permanent cast — can anyone really tell the difference? Also, Al Nash in the Phantom Foot Locker sketch… I’ll need to watch that another 20 times.

Truly a night to remember at Royal Albert Hall honouring Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday. I hear the BBC has had the venue booked for years in preparation. Such a special evening for a superlative human being.

Spotted while transcribing an interview: when a source jokes you've probably not been to the cinema in a year, and no lies are told.

A tiny foot actually went *between* my ribs and the board book "Baby Sunflower" almost broke my nose. All before 7am. How is your day going? #journomum

If you read one thing today, read this. // I Used to Be a Hollywood Writer. Now I’m Lugging Lumber From Home Depot. It’s an Upgrade. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

The '7 Up' series is the best non-fiction programme of the last 50 years. (BPG members said so in 2024! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...). Marvellous news it's coming back for a final instalment. Seemed unlikely without Michael Apted, but they've found a way. www.televisual.com/news/asif-ka...

A24's TV division is having a moment with three shows launching this week alone (Beef, Margo's Got Money Troubles, Euphoria). How the nimble indie is reshaping TV, via @theankler.com: theankler.com/p/a24s-speed...

I was on Radio 4’s Media Show today talking about HBO Max’s UK rollout. I come in at around 31.30. Thanks for having me, Ros and Katie! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Paramount is pulling its ads from @theankler.com, I'm told. The decision seems to stem from columnist Richard Rushfield's opposition to the Paramount/WBD merger. Rushfield was one of the signatories of yesterday's letter from 1k Hollywood players opposing the deal...

The Cannes lineup is out, with its usual mix of long-rumored sure thing contenders and total surprises, leaning heavily on European and Asian filmmakers —and just one American film in competition. @kateyrich.bsky.social previews the films she's excited to see: theankler.com/p/9-cannes-m...

Desperately want to like ‘Babies’ on BBC — it gets so much right — but the male characters on this show are so uneven and bizarrely written. Is it just me? Should I persevere?

Sad day in the TV trade world. New York-based Worldscreen is shuttering after 40 years covering international telly. And it comes nearly two years after Informa closed Television Business International (TBI). worldscreen.com/farewell-not...

Lads, you haven’t lived until you have creamy porridge projectile sneezed all over you during an on-camera editorial meeting. #journomum

Broadcast editor Chris Curtis analyses the rationale behind the appointment of the former Google exec to run the BBC

No more title music on BBC’s Gardeners’ World. It was only the anthem for the weekend. A true travesty.

Disney+ has just announced a UK doc feature on “Mercy” singer Duffy, who will be speaking for the first time about being “abducted, taken to another country and assaulted.” Horrific. #SeriesMania

Series Mania is not having much luck with its speakers this year. Fremantle cancelled yesterday, and now SkyShowtime, too. Yeesh.

The Ankler's Katey Rich and the BBC's Tom Brook examine what this year's Oscars reveal about the state of the movie industry.

Hollywood’s Middle East strategy is under pressure as war halts production, raises costs, and clouds billions in investment. Producers, lawyers, and financiers tell @manori-r.bsky.social what comes next theankler.com/p/hollywood-...

After waking me at 5am, my teething baby got hold of my phone and rang up a film distributor. Gen Beta is not messing around.

Starting to get The Fear that I’ll be sat here till 4am. And, this year, that my seven month old will wake up two hours later. #Oscars

Thank you, David Borenstein. Louder for the people at the back. #Oscars

I can’t remember such an extensive In Memoriam segment at the Oscars… This is a lot.

Paul Thomas Anderson's acceptance speech for his first-ever Oscar. "I wrote this movie for my kids, to say sorry for the housekeeping mess that we left in this world we're handing off to them. But also for encouragement…” See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26

So many standing ovations this year. Does this crowd think they’re at a film festival? #Oscars

I feel like Conan’s been a little hit or miss tonight but that Casablanca bit for the modern moviegoer was exquisite. #Oscars

The short categories, man. Best speeches. Every time. These guys dgaf, they’re going to call shit out. #Oscars

Absolutely love this casting presentation. Let it always have this level of fanfare. #Oscars

The ballet dancer right up front in that incredible Sinners performance was a masterstroke. #Oscars

In her acceptance speech, Amy Madigan said Oscar winners are advised not to mention specific names of people they want to thank on stage, which, if true, feels like the exact opposite of what the industry needs right now. #Oscars

Channel 4 chair Geoff Cooper tells me the broadcaster's new CEO Priya Dogra was the board's "unanimous choice" for the top job during the selection process. What needs shaking up at C4? Well, TV insiders sure didn't hold back in telling me... rts.org.uk/article/priy...

At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs: Exclusive new 100k Club ranking of top paid-for online news publishers. pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/big...

I once felt Timmy's pain, too. And I'm literally married to an opera singer. It's taken me years to come around. And there's still a lot about the classical music world that drives me crazy. But guess who now excitedly throws on a little 'Un ballo in maschera' while feeding our baby? This bish.

Looking forward to moderating this Prime Video session at Series Mania. Get in touch if you're heading to Lille! deadline.com/2026/03/seri...

Will Paramount Skydance's WBD acquisition be cleared by UK's CMA & European Commission? I spoke with an ex-CMA legal director: "This will have a lot of noise. Politicians will be involved. There’s going to be a lot of people opposing the deal from different angles." theankler.com/p/intl-brief...

Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. has Hollywood asking hard questions about jobs, streaming survival and even the company’s new name. “It’s going to be worse than you think,” one longtime exec tells @snoodit.bsky.social, who lays out 10 key questions and predictions theankler.com/p/10-burning...

This week’s report from @filmtvcharity.bsky.social highlights 74% of freelancers are considering leaving the industry, 43% have taken concrete steps to do so & 22% are experiencing “sustained worklessness”… this is an existential crisis for the UK screen arts. filmtvcharity.org.uk/assets/docum...

Scoop: Nearly 2 years since its UK launch, Gen Z hit Tubi is getting ready to dive into local content. But rather than investing in premium drama like its competitors, the streamer's tapping into Britain's creatorverse to super-serve its young audience. @theankler.com theankler.com/p/tubis-gen-...

A Lucy Letby doc on Netflix, a six-part Jesy Nelson docuseries on Prime Video... The UK contingents of the global streamers are moving fast and making really smart plays in factual. Back when the SVODs first landed in the UK, we'd say "they're going to steal the PSBs' lunch." And now, they are.

Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55

Had the pleasure of meeting Frederick Wiseman twice in my career, and they remain some of my most memorable interviews. It's hard to imagine the world, let alone the documentary community, without him in it. www.reuters.com/business/med...

A deserving recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship. Universal's Donna Langley is the real deal. variety.com/2026/film/gl...

HBO Max confirmed March 26 launch date in UK/Ireland today. Sky divorce clearly underlined as JB Perrette says “the only complete offering is HBO Max.” Sky will have new series of HBO shows that premiered there pre-HBO Max UK launch, but not first seasons, ie. Sky will get Euphoria S3 but not S1&2.

I really enjoyed #QueenOfChess. Everyone should know who Judit Polgár is, just as we know Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. Odd how this doc didn’t come out years ago alongside The Queen’s Gambit (way back in 2020). Netflix would never miss that trick now.

For @theankler.com, I wrote about #Disney's new bosses and why they have their work cut out for them internationally as Disney+ trails market leader Netflix. theankler.com/p/the-damaro... #JoshDAmaro #DanaWalden

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Harris Dickinson's sublime, timely, lyrical Urchin — and a standout performance from Frank Dillane — being completely shut out of the BAFTAs is a madness. What fresh hell went on there? The British Academy... always choosing violence. #BAFTAs