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The most covered news stories, 19 October to 25 October 2026

FTMQ Film & TV reads 6,911 headlines from 370 outlets a week. These are the stories the most of them covered, and the outlet that had each one first.

  1. 1
    Character actor Richard Riehle dies at age 78

    12 outlets · first: SlashFilm, Mon 18:19 UTC · Top Stories

  2. 2
    Actor Tom Skerritt Dies at Age 93

    10 outlets · first: The Hollywood Reporter, Thu 18:52 UTC · Top Stories

  3. 3
    FX Renewing American Horror Story Anthology Series for Season 14

    8 outlets · first: The Wrap, Tue 20:00 UTC · Reviews Roundups

  4. 4
    Street Fighter Tops Box Office as Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns

    7 outlets · first: The Wrap, Sat 15:03 UTC · Box Office

  5. 5
    Shazam star Michael Gray dies aged 75 in California

    7 outlets · first: TV Line, Thu 21:43 UTC · Top Stories

  6. 6
    Stephanie March returns to Law and Order SVU in Season 28

    6 outlets · first: The Wrap, Fri 20:30 UTC · New Releases

  7. 7
    Actor Betty McGuire dies at 100

    5 outlets · first: The Hollywood Reporter, Sun 17:20 UTC · Reviews Roundups

  8. 8
    Elizabeth Holmes documentary surges past Melania Trump film at box office

    4 outlets · first: The Mirror US, Sun 21:52 UTC · Box Office

  9. 9
    Taika Waititi confirms his Star Wars feature is on hold indefinitely

    4 outlets · first: Variety, Sun 23:39 UTC · Top Stories

  10. 10
    Samara Weaving joins Olivia Wilde holiday comedy Naughty for Universal

    4 outlets · first: The Hollywood Reporter, Wed 19:27 UTC · Reviews Roundups

  11. 11
    Emily Osment requested intimacy coordinator during Young Sheldon production

    4 outlets · first: Variety, Sat 20:50 UTC · Top Stories

  12. 12
    James Cameron Congratulates Marvel as Avengers Endgame Reclaims Box Office Record

    3 outlets · first: ScreenRant, Sat 13:48 UTC · Box Office

  13. 13
    Netflix reports theatrical box office figures for first time with La Bola Negra

    3 outlets · first: Los Angeles Times Company Town, Sun 15:31 UTC · Box Office

  14. 14
    Michael Douglas requested Marvel kill off his Ant-Man character

    3 outlets · first: The Wrap, Mon 18:30 UTC · Reviews Roundups

  15. 15
    Sacha Baron Cohen releases new Ali G movie in theaters

    3 outlets · first: AV Club, Thu 15:00 UTC · Top Stories

  16. 16
    Mediator to decide Nick Reiner access to parents trust fund for legal defense

    3 outlets · first: Deadline, Fri 19:42 UTC · Top Stories

  17. 17
    20th Century Studios taps Aaron Guzikowski for new Alien feature

    3 outlets · first: The Hollywood Reporter, Fri 21:28 UTC · Top Stories

First to the story

Outlets that had the most of the week’s widely covered stories before anyone else.

  1. The Hollywood Reporter4
  2. The Wrap4
  3. Variety2
  4. SlashFilm1
  5. TV Line1
  6. The Mirror US1
  7. ScreenRant1
  8. Los Angeles Times Company Town1
  9. AV Club1
  10. Deadline1

Busiest outlets

Headlines published in the feeds we read.

  1. ScreenRant1,214
  2. Collider672
  3. Variety467
  4. Deadline452
  5. ComingSoon429
  6. TV Insider427
  7. The Hollywood Reporter341
  8. The Wrap252
  9. MarketWatch239
  10. TV Line166

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Source: FTMQ Film & TV coverage tracker, 19 October to 25 October 2026, https://film.ftmq.com/coverage/2026-10-19

How it is counted: every report FTMQ Film & TV wrote that week is matched with the headlines from the outlets we follow that are about the same event (they share its names and its less common words), published within a day and a half of it. Aggregators that repeat other outlets’ headlines are not counted. Each outlet counts once per story; the first is the earliest such headline. Only outlets with feeds we read are counted, so this measures breadth of coverage, not every report there was.