What's news: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are "full steam ahead" as NBC books $1.25 billion in ad commitments, that is despite continued coronavirus fears around the globe, Quibi has raised another $750 million, Diane von Furstenberg is starting a podcast, what's next for MSNBC and Chris Matthews? Ronan Farrow cuts ties with publisher over Woody Allen memoir. Plus: Super Tuesday, and a review of Ben Affleck in The Way Back. --Alex Weprin

 Olympics 'Full Steam Ahead' Despite Coronavirus Fears

►Comcast CEO Says Olympics plans going "full steam ahead" despite coronavirus. Comcast's "base business is probably at the moment kind of unaffected" by the coronavirus, chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said Tuesday. "There should be no losses should there not be an Olympics," Roberts told an investor conference, noting that the company has insurance, and adding that the virus could benefit Comcast's pay TV and broadband business. The story.

+Despite the coronavirus fears, NBC has set an Olympic ad sales record. Dav Lovinger, executive vp of ad sales for NBC Sports Group, said in a statement Tuesday that the company has “sold nearly 90% of our Tokyo Olympic inventory and the vast majority of our tentpole sponsorships have been sold," adding that the company has passed $1.25 billion in ad commitments. The story.

+WarnerMedia CEO cites "nominal" coronavirus impact. "There's clearly impacts that are starting to emerge, and it's a fluid dynamic. I do expect there's going to be some impact that flows through handsets, especially from those vendors that are more oriented to China," John Stankey told the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco. More.

+Also: Organizers of the inaugural Red Sea Film Festival, due to launch in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah on March 12, have now announced that the event is being postponed due to health fears. More... 

+And: Responding to reports of nine deaths in Washington state from the Covid-19 virus, a number of guests and companies have announced they will no longer be participating in Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con, currently scheduled to take place next week in the Washington State Convention Center... DC is canceling appearances at comic book conventions for the rest of the month...TikTok is the latest company to pull out of out of SXSW... Amazon Studios too...

►Quibi has raised another $750 million. Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile-centric streaming service has now raised $1.75 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal, with a little more than a month before it launches. CEO Meg Whitman told the Journal that the company has no plans to raise furhter capital this year.

►Diane von Furstenberg launches podcast with Spotify. The fashion designer and feminist will launch her first podcast, InCharge with DVF, on Spotify starting March 12. Her guests include Kris Jenner, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Project Runway judge Elaine Welteroth, Project Runway host Karlie Kloss and SiriusXM Satellite Radio founder Martine Rothblatt. The podcast is the latest effort by the streaming music service to build out its exclusive podcast lineup. More.

►Spike Lee vs. the New York Knicks: The director on Tuesday morning went on ESPN's First Take to say he has no idea why he was harassed by Madison Square Garden security at a Kicks game Monday night, which turned into something of a heated confrontation that ended up on social media, with the team responding by saying in part "It's disappointing that Spike would create this false controversy to perpetuate drama." The story.

►After Chris Matthews' sudden MSNBC departure, questions abound. Jeremy Barr tries to figure out what comes next for the 7 PM timeslot, and for Matthews, in the wake of his sudden departure. More.

►ESPN expanding The Undefeated. The digital site, which will turn four in May, will now take on a larger role within the Walt Disney Company, and will add coverage of topics like fashion, technology, the arts, and more, according to a memo sent to ESPN staff by president Jimmy Pitaro. Pitaro writes that the change is being made "with a goal of sharing that content with a larger audience. As part of that expansion, Kevin Merida will continue in his role as Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief of The Undefeated and now report directly to me."

►Little Fires Everywhere review: Inkoo Kang writes that "If Big Little Lies gave only a dutiful glance at Monterey's economic ecosystem, Little Fires Everywhere takes care to uncover the many layers of racial and class privilege that make motherhood easier, if seldom easy. Its exploration of why women often feel more alienated from than connected to one another is far from lean-in aspirational, but at least it's honest." The review.

Elsewhere in TV...

--Syfy will say goodbye to one of its signature shows in the spring, bringing The Magicians to a close after five seasons.

--Jack Black will trap Friends stars Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow, along with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott, in an escape room for an NBC special. The hour-long Celebrity Escape Room will kick off the network's annual Red Nose Day fundraiser on May 21.

--Inkoo Kang reviews Lena Waithe's BET comedy Twenties... Daniel Fienberg reviews FXX's Dave...

--CBS has pushed its drama pilot Out the Door in order to take more time to find its lead actor.

--Ratings: The annual Women Tell All episode of The Bachelor topped the 2019 edition and helped ABC score a win among adults 18-49 in primetime Monday. NBC's The Voice, meanwhile, was the most-watched show of the night and put up ratings virtually identical to its premiere last week.

 Ronan Farrow Cuts Ties With Hachette

►Ronan Farrow severs ties with Hachette over Woody Allen memoir. "I was disappointed to learn through press reports that Hachette, my publisher, acquired Woody Allen's memoir after other major publishers refused to do so and concealed the decision from me and its own employees while we were working on Catch and Kill — a book about how powerful men, including Woody Allen, avoid accountability for sexual abuse," the investigative reporter tweeted Tuesday. Later in the statement, he says he told the publisher he couldn't work with the company "in good conscience" any longer. The story.

►Berlin Golden Bear winner Mohammad Rasoulof summoned to serve prison sentence in Iran. The director, whose There is No Evil won Berlin's top prize on Saturday, was convicted of “propaganda” against the state for his previous films and sentenced to a one-year prison sentence. More.

►WGA drops demand for studios to only work with guild-approved agencies. The union had been pushing for the clause as it prepares to enter negotiations with the major Hollywood studios, and as it continues its dispute with the talent agencies.

►Tribeca Film Festival: World premieres of the Sean Penn doc Citizen Penn, about the actor's relief work in Haiti, and the Drew Barrymore starrer The Stand-In, as well as a sneak peek at Paramount's The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, are among the highlights of the feature film lineup for the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.

Other high-profile films set to play the New York festival include HBO's Hugh Jackman starrer Bad Education, making its U.S. premiere; Judd Apatow's Pete Davidson starrer The King of Staten Island; Ron Howard's California wildfire doc Rebuilding Paradise; and Josephine Decker's Shirley Jackson film, Shirley, starring Elisabeth Moss as the "Lottery" author, each making their New York premieres. The lineup.

►The Way Back review: Todd McCarthy reviews the Ben Affleck-starring drama, writing that "Affleck gives the impression of intimate familiarity with the anguish and self-disgust that dominate Jack’s life; this character and project clearly meant something important to him, as the title bluntly suggests, and he gives it his all without overdoing the melodrama." The review.

Elsewhere in film...

--Moving aggressively, Warner Bros. Pictures has preemptively snatched up The Pinkerton, a spec script by Daniel Casey, for J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production banner. The move puts Pinkerton as the first original film project brought in by Bad Robot since the company signed a high-profile mega film and television deal with WarnerMedia in September 2019.

--Amblin Partners is developing a true-life show choir movie, teaming with Safehouse Pictures’ Joby Harold and Tory Tunnelland Tiara Blu Film’s Diane Nabatoff for the feature.

--John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski and A Quiet Place producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are revving up for a new car-focused action movie.

--Yes, there's now a Hollywood award for "best extra."

--A family joins forces to fight off electronic devices that have taken over the world in the trailer for Sony Pictures Animation's Connected.

 Super Tuesday

It was Joe Biden's night on Super Tuesday, securing huge wins in Texas, Minnesota, and Massachusetts...

+Despite Biden's big wins, Bernie Sanders secured the biggest prize of the evening, California, ensuring that the Democratic primary race will go on. More.

+Anti-dairy protestors jumped on the stage as Biden gave his victory speech last night. More.

 Deborah Dugan has filed an updated complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission following a decision by the Recording Academy's board to terminate her. "[S]ince Ms. Dugan filed her Charge, the Academy has done nothing but try to eviscerate her reputation and destroy her career," states the filing. "[T]he real reason that Ms. Dugan has been terminated is clear: she was willing to stand up and fight against the Academy’s boys’ club environment, sexual harassment, gender and race discrimination, self-dealing, conflicts of interest and award nomination voting irregularities, among other misogynistic misconduct."

--The complaint also alleges that Proskauer Rose, the firm hired by the Academy to handle this dispute, "handpicked" the person hired to investigate Dugan's claims to HR. The story.

+Michael Rapaport retails "coordinated" assault by Barstool Sports after his firing. After agreeing to host a podcast for the bro network, the actor says Barstool wanted out — and so it engineered a campaign that tarred him as a racist, a domestic abuser and a D-list actor with a STD. Barstool, though, claims he violated a morals clause, Eriq Gardner reports. The story.

 Having already scored a cabinet's worth of awards — including six Emmys — for her TV hit Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge could also earn one of the most prestigious honors for the show's return to the stage. The in-demand star on Tuesday landed a best actress nomination for the upcoming 2020 Olivier Awards, the U.K.'s top theater awards. The full list of nominees.

+And: Outfest Fusion, an annual gathering of diverse cross-sections of the LGBTQ community in entertainment, will bestow Brickson Diamond, the founder of The Blackhouse Foundation, with its achievement award, the organization said Tuesday. More.

+Also: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has announced that Adam Sandler will be honored with the ASCAP Founders Award at the 37th annual 2020 Pop Music Awards.

Revolving door: Sanaa Lathan has left ICM Partners for CAA... Warner Bros. Pictures has hired industry veteran Toby Tennant as vp EMEA regional distribution... Animation house Bento Box Entertainment has hired Brooke Keesling and Caitlin Winiarski to key posts as it looks to expand its output...

Casting roundup: Jason Statham is no longer teaming up with Kevin Hart for the action comedy The Man From Toronto, and has left the project... Silicon Valley star Thomas Middleditch will lead the CBS comedy B Positive, from mega-producer Chuck Lorre... Kylie Bunbury is joining the cast of The Big Sky at ABC... James McAvoy will make his American stage debut in Lloyd's hit production of Cyrano de Bergerac in Brooklyn...

►Obituary: Bobbie Battista, who was among the original anchors for CNN Headline News and hosted CNN’s TalkBack Live, has died. She was 67. Battista died Tuesday after a four-year battle with cervical cancer. More.

What else we're reading...

--"Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker spend the night together" [NY Times]

--"Helped by Father Brown, BritBox reaches 1 million North American subscribers" [LA Times]

--"What TV stations’ public files tell us about Mike Bloomberg" [CJR]

--"Leaked memo: Snapchat is wooing advertisers to use its Audience Network to extend the reach of their ads beyond its platform" [Business Insider]

Today's birthdays: Patricia Heaton, 62, Chaz Bono, 51, Rick Perry, 70, Sam Taylor-Johnson, 53, Wayne Goss, 42.