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7 days ago
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Grammy Awards Sets Dates For 2026 Show And Nominations, Announces New Rules
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will air Sunday, February 1, 2026, on CBS, marking the final Grammy to be telecast on CBS before the show moves to Disney. Grammy nominations will be announced Friday, November 7. More from Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More CBS Studios' EVP Casting Deborah Aquila Departs Amid Paramount Layoffs; CBS' SVP Late Night Nick Bernstein Exits As 'After Midnight' Ends Deadline's Sound & Screen At SXSW London Saw Honor For Oscar Winner Anne Dudley, Abbey Road Studios Tribute And Music From 'Chad Powers', 'Shrinking' & More The broadcast date was announced Thursday by CBS and The Recording Academy. The February 1 telecast will air live at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT from Arena in Los Angeles on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. See all the key dates below. In addition, the Recording Academy today revealed new rules that will become active for this year's awards. Here they are: The Academy approved updated language for the Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song Category descriptionsThe Best Country Album Category has been changed to Best Contemporary Country AlbumBest Recording Package and Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package have been combined into one Category called Best Recording PackageThe Academy has expanded eligibility in the three Categories which require the sale of physical product for eligibility and require the submission of physical product for Grammy judging to allow for product which is sold via the applicable artist's website or artist's record company's website to be eligible for Grammy considerationUpdated Category description for Best Regional Roots AlbumThe Academy approved updated language for the Best Progressive R&B Album Category descriptionThe Academy approved updated language for the Best Dance Pop Recording Category description Here are the key dates: August 31, 2024-August 30, 2025 Product eligibility period July 7-August 22 Media company registration period July 16-August 29 Online entry period October 3-15 First round voting November 7 Nominees announced December 12-January 5, 2026 Final round voting February 1, 2026 The 68th annual Grammy Awards Best of Deadline 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More 'Stick' Release Guide: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 'Stick' Soundtrack: All The Songs You'll Hear In The Apple TV+ Golf Series
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11-06-2025
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Lauren Ruggiero Leaving As SVP Scripted At MTV Entertainment Studios Amid Paramount Layoffs
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran scripted executive Lauren Ruggiero, SVP Scripted Series at MTV Entertainment Studios, is departing as part of the Tuesday round of companywide layoffs impacting 3.5% of parent Paramount Global's workforce, Deadline has learned. Ruggiero has been at Paramount for a decade. She started at Paramount Network where she was promoted to VP and subsequently SVP, Scripted Original Series, before migrating to MTV Entertainment Studios, the studio behind Paramount Network's mega hit Yellowstone, on which Ruggiero served as executive in charge of production during its early seasons. More from Deadline CBS Studios' EVP Casting Deborah Aquila Departs Amid Paramount Layoffs; CBS' SVP Late Night Nick Bernstein Exits As 'After Midnight' Ends Paramount Cutting Another 3.5% Of Its Domestic Workforce, Citing Linear TV Declines And Broader Economy Paramount Global CFO Naveen Chopra Is Departing During her tenure, Ruggiero has been a top lieutenant of Keith Cox, now President of scripted for MTV Entertainment Studios and Showtime. The departure of a high-level programming executive like Ruggiero comes amid speculation about the future of MTV Entertainment Studios as a standalone entity should Skydance's acquisition of Paramount get regulatory approval. A popular executive among the creative community, Ruggiero led scripted development and oversaw scripted programming from development through production at Paramount Network and then MTVE Studios. In addition to Yellowstone, she worked on other MTVE Studios series from Taylor Sheridan, including 1883 and Tulsa King. Ruggiero is among dozens of executives leaving Paramount this week as part of the latest layoffs that also impacted five members of CBS Studios' casting department, including Deborah Aquila, EVP and head of casting for streaming series. 'As we navigate the continued industry-wide linear declines and dynamic macro-economic environment, while prioritizing investments in our growing streaming business, we are taking the hard, but necessary steps to further streamline our organization starting this week,' Paramount co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins wrote in a staff memo this morning about the staff cuts. Best of Deadline List Of Hollywood & Media Layoffs From Paramount To Warner Bros Discovery To CNN & More Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media
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11-06-2025
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CBS Studios' EVP Casting Deborah Aquila Departs Amid Paramount Layoffs; CBS' SVP Late Night Nick Bernstein Exits As ‘After Midnight' Ends
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran casting director and executive Deborah Aquila, most recently EVP and head of casting for streaming series at CBS Studios, is leaving as part of the companywide layoffs at parent Paramount Global. According to sources, Aquila and four other members of the studio's casting team, ranging from coordinator to VP, were impacted by the Tuesday cuts that are reducing the overall Paramount workforce by 3.5%. Also leaving this week is Nick Bernstein, CBS' SVP of late night programming, West Coast. His departure is tied to the wrap of the network's After Midnight whose last show is airing on June 12. It is not directly related to the layoffs though any eliminated positions help divisions meet headcount targets. More from Deadline 'Boston Blue': Gloria Reuben Joins 'Blue Bloods' Offshoot For CBS Paramount Cutting Another 3.5% Of Its Domestic Workforce, Citing Linear TV Declines And Broader Economy 2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming Aquila joined Paramount TV Studios as EVP and head of casting in 2020. In early 2023, she took oversight of casting for both CBS Studios and Paramount TV Studios, the latter of which shut down last August. In a restructuring well over a year ago, Aquila focused on casting for streaming series, including the Star Trek franchise, Happy Face and most recently, the Little House On the Prairie reboot for Netflix, while CBS head of Casting, EVP Claudia Lyon, took over casting for broadcast. That is a setup that mirrors CBS and CBS Studios' integration of current programming under Eric Kim, while CBS Studios' Stephanie Groves oversees current for streaming. In another move toward streamlining and centralizing shared functions, Lyon will add casting for streaming series to her purview to oversee all casting for CBS Studios and CBS. She will continue to report to CBS Studios President David Stapf and CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach. CBS Studios casting is among many areas across Paramount impacted by today's layoffs. They are believed to also include Comedy Central, MTV, kids and adult animation, business development operations, franchises and consumer products. Among those exiting is Lauren Ruggiero, SVP Scripted Series at MTV Entertainment Studios. 'As we navigate the continued industry-wide linear declines and dynamic macro-economic environment, while prioritizing investments in our growing streaming business, we are taking the hard, but necessary steps to further streamline our organization starting this week,' Paramount co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins wrote in a staff memo this morning about the latest staff cuts. Aquila's career, which spans more than four decades, includes stints as a casting director, by herself and in partnership with Tricia Wood, as well as a run as SVP Casting for Paramount Pictures. She won Artios awards for her work on CODA and La La joined CBS at the end of 2014 as VP Late Night Programming, West Coast, to shepherd the final stages of development and subsequently oversee The Late Late Show with James Corden. Promoted to SVP, Bernstein became a fixture on the show and frequent target of Corden's, appearing in various gags. After the 2023 end of The Late Late Show, Bernstein took oversight of After Midnight, hosted by Taylor Tomlinson, which, like its predecessor, also is based in Los Angeles. Following that show's end this week, CBS will no longer air originals in the post-Late Show slot, instead running Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. During his 11-year tenure at CBS, Bernstein also oversaw the Los Angeles-based daytime talk show The Talk, which ended its run in December. Prior to joining CBS, Bernstein spent more than a decade as late-night executive at NBC, working with Saturday Night Live and with hosts Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno and Carson Daly. Best of Deadline List Of Hollywood & Media Layoffs From Paramount To Warner Bros Discovery To CNN & More Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media
