What's news: Fox sets pandemic-proof fall schedule, Endeavor secures $260 million loan, Cannes moves to "Plan B," Disney reopens Shanghai theme park and plots new debt offering, moviegoers are split on the Universal-movie theater feud, remembering Jerry Stiller and Little Richard. Plus: A day in lockdown with Paul Feig, and SNL's season finale... at home. --Alex Weprin

 Fox's Fall Schedule

►Fox sets a pandemic-impacted fall schedule. Shows that had been earmarked for summer are being shifted to the fall, and the network has picked up broadcast rights to the Spectrum Originals program L.A.'s Finest to help fill its schedule. Save for animation, new and returning scripted series will be held for midseason as it's unclear when — or precisely how — production can resume amid the coronavirus pandemic.

--"In remote meetings with advertising and marketing partners over recent weeks, we sought to listen first and understand each partner’s unique concerns," said Fox entertainment chief Charlie Collier. "Our primary goal is to help them back to business, so in turn, the message we’ve shared is one of relative stability on Fox, combining the best of primetime sports and entertainment with which to help our partners and their customers back to market."

--Fox has NFL games on Thursdays and Sundays, and WWE on Fridays, giving it less holes to fill. If either sport is unable to proceed, however, there will be quite a lot of schedule to occupy. Here's the schedule.

+Fox also picked up an 11th season of animated hit Bob's Burgers and handed out a series order to multicam Call Me Kat, starring Mayim Bialik. Call Me Kat — which reunites star Bialik with her former Big Bang Theory love interest Parsons — is based on creator Miranda Hart's BBC original series Miranda. The story.

►Endeavor gets a financial lifeline: The parent company of WME and UFC has secured a $260 million loan to help give it liquidity amid the pandemic, according to The Wall Street Journal. The loan, which has an 11 percent interest rate,will supplement an existing $2.8 billion term loan. Existing creditor Oaktree Capital will buy the biggest piece.

►Cannes seeking to collaborate with fall festivals on alternative event. Cannes organizers are moving ahead with Plan B: screening a selection of films at other festivals under the label "Cannes 2020."

--Cannes festival director Thierry Frémaux will unveil the first Cannes 2020 titles in early June and is in discussion on collaborating with various fall festivals, including Venice. The Cannes 2020 lineup will only include films that had been picked for Cannes' official selection this year that are scheduled to have a theatrical release between now and next spring. The story.

►Moviegoers split over Universal feud with theater owners. Slightly more than half of consumers, or 53 percent, agree that "digital premieres" are a good thing during the COVID-19 crisis, but that they want things to go back to normal when the pandemic ends, according to a new Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult poll. Additionally, 46 percent agree that movies should always premiere on the big screen before being released digitally. The story.

 Disneyland Shanghai Reopens

►Disney gives detailed tour of how Shanghai park will operate. "During the preparation period for the reopening, what we've done is really look at a lot of different measures to deliver a safe and healthy environment within the park," Andrew Bolstein, senior vp operations for the Shanghai park, told reporters as he led the tour, which started at the area guests will wait to have their temperature checked. Here's what it will look like.

+The park reopened today: Tickets for Monday's reopening went on sale last Friday and sold out within minutes. The House of Mouse celebrated the reboot in Shanghai with a colorful ceremony and characteristic fanfare. More.

+People could always just stay home: Disney+ will reach 202 million subscribers worldwide by 2025, Digital TV Research analyst Simon Murray forecast in a Monday report. That is up from his previous estimate of 126 million and his initial estimate of 101 million. More.

+Disney is returning to the debt market: The entertainment giant released a preliminary prospectus this morning for six new tranches of bonds. The maturity dates, amounts, and interest rates are still TBD, but keep an eye out for more this afternoon or tomorrow. The company has already raised about $7 billion in debt over the last couple of months.

►U.K. government says cinemas won't open before July 4. Movie theaters have been graded "high-risk" as part of a new coronavirus recovery guideline released Monday. The story.

+Imax China shares climb after Beijing says cinemas can reopen. Shares in Imax China rose as much as 7.3 percent in Hong Kong trading Monday following news that the Chinese government will allow cinemas to reopen. Shares in other companies linked to the movie business similarly surged. More.

►On Saturday Night Live: The season finale of SNL was a final (?) SNL At Home edition, and once again there was plenty of cameos. Alec Baldwin returned in the cold open portraying President Donald Trump... cameos included "host" Kristen Wiig, as well as Tina Fey, Martin Short, and Danny Trejo. The sketches...

+The show also generated some controversy: A sketch called "Let Kids Drink" prompted a minor controversy on social media on Saturday night, with some saying the parody went too far while others defended it as a joke. More.

►How I'm Living Now: Katie Couric, journalist. Through her podcast, daily newsletter and frequent Instagram Live installments, Couric has managed to maintain as close to a business-as-usual mentality as possible from her Hamptons home — overseeing her staff of 16, nearly all remotely. The exception: Couric's current assistant, who wrote her senior thesis on the former Today and CBS Evening News anchor and has moved in to help her do research for her upcoming memoir (Unexpected, out in 2021). Speaking to THR last week, Couric opened up about the memoir process, her own attempt to make a TV series about a morning show and the need for more human stories to be told during the pandemic. The interview.

 Jerry Stiller, 1927-2020

►Jerry Stiller dies at 92. Stiller, the shorter half of the famed husband-and-wife comedy team Stiller & Meara who was the father of the famous (Ben Stiller) and the fictitious (Seinfeld nebbish George Costanza), has died. "I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes," Ben Stiller tweeted. "He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you Dad." The obituary.

►Little Richard dead at 87. The high-pompadoured singer, songwriter and pianist whose explosive performances set early rock 'n' roll afire, died Saturday. Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of the singer, confirmed his death to the Associated Press. Minson said he also spoke to the entertainer's son and brother and noted that the family is not releasing the cause of death. The obituary.

+Obituaries: Legendary soul and R&B singer Betty Wright, known for classics such as "Tonight Is the Night," “No Pain, (No Gain)" and "Clean Up Woman," has died. She was 66... Andre Harrell, music mogul and founder of influential R&B and hip-hop label Uptown Records, has died. He was 59... Leslie A. Pope, an in-demand set decorator who received an Oscar nomination for her work on Seabiscuit, has died. She was 65...



^"It's a lot of cocktails": A day in the life of director Paul Feig during lockdown. With a Fox  TV pilot on hold, the always-dapper comedy master shares his own photo essay of life at home in Burbank and talks about his new nightly mixology show on Instagram. The photos and interview.

►How WarnerMedia could use 5G to turn fans with phones into NBA broadcasters. WarnerMedia Innovation Lab's Jesse Redniss, one of THR's Top Hollywood Innovators, has his team exploring everything from the future of filmmaking to how social distancing will impact experiential activations. The story.

+Netflix takes a crack at interactive comedy with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt special. Carla Engelbrecht and Andy Weil, among THR's Top Hollywood Innovators, bring Black Mirror: Bandersnatch technology to a risky new genre. More.

+Hollywood's high-tech visual gatekeeper: "Messing up the color messes up your storytelling." Annie Chang, one of THR's Top Hollywood Innovators, is leading the rollout of a tool to manage color across production and postproduction, to preserve a filmmaker's creative intent. More.

In other news...

--As part of its viral monologue series, The 24 Hour Plays on Friday released a bonus track featuring Jake Gyllenhaal.

--BBC Studios has named company veteran Ding Ke as its new general manager for Greater China.

--John Krasinski reunited with some Office castmates on Some Good News.

What else we're reading...

--"TV cord-cutting hits record as coronavirus shuts businesses" [WSJ]

--"Endeavor once ruled the agency business. Then came the pandemic and whispers about its future" [LA Times]

--"With no sports to announce, Joe Buck turns to parenting and podcasting" [Bloomberg]