The actor’s April 13 episode, which also featured musical guest Chris Stapleton, drew 8.9 million viewers after seven days, according to NBCUniversal. In the 18-49 demo, the episode is up to a 2.0 rating. That’s the show’s largest seven-day audience since Billie Eilish hosted in December 2021, and it’s the best demo performance since Dave Chappelle’s last hosting gig in November 2022.
‘NCIS,’ ‘The Voice’ And ‘Idol’ Lead Monday, ‘All American’ Rebounds
CBS’s NCIS was Monday’s most-watched show 6.3 million/0.3), while NBC’s The Voice tied ABC’s American Idol for the nightly demo win (0.4).
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Tubi, Fox’s free, ad-supported streamer, has partnered with British streaming service DAZN to add new channels featuring live and recorded women’s football, or soccer, as its known in the U.S., as well as boxing and MMA.
E.W. Scripps, one of the largest local TV broadcasters in the U.S., has hired a financial adviser to evaluate interest in acquiring Bounce TV, its over-the-air network geared toward African Americans, according to Scripps CEO Adam Symson.
The streaming services will be looking for a larger share of the $27-billion pot for commercial time in the 2024-25 TV season.
On-the-Bubble ‘Equalizer’ Returns Low After Multi-Week Break
CBS’s Tracker this week was Sunday’s most-watched TV program (7.6 million viewers/0.4), while ABC’s AFV and American Idol tied for the nightly demo win )0.5). The yet-to-be-renewed The Equalizer returned from a multi-week break to 6M/0.4, hitting and matching season lows.
Goodman is in charge of production of Lionsgate’s scripted series and its TV production facilities in Yonkers, N.Y.; Atlanta; and one that is about to open in Newark, N.J.
AIM Tell-A-Vision Group (AIM TV), producers of travel show Raw Travel, announced that the first part of their four-part docuseries, My Summer in Ukraine, premieres April 27-28 with “Chapter One: Silence is Death.” “Chapter Two: Answering the Call” premieres May […]
The licensing agreement with Cineverse includes The Bob Ross Channel, Comedy Dynamics, Dove Channel and Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, while Scripps Networks’ Court TV and Scripps News all join DirecTV’s lineup today.
This is a rare occurrence in the current strike-impacted broadcast season — a scripted series getting an order for additional episodes. According to sources, the CW’s flagship drama All American is having its current sixth season extended from 13 episode to 15.
The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.
The Indianapolis NBC-MeTV affils will air select Fever games following the Fever’s historic 2024 draft of Caitlin Clark.
After juicing its subscriber base to 270 million with a password-sharing crackdown, execs want Wall Street to stop focusing on subs and to look at other metrics, like its revenue, operating income and engagement.
The opening of the studios in Shreveport will aide in “fostering talent, creating opportunities, and building a community that thrives through creativity and innovation.”
Writers Guild members at Sesame Workshop have reached a tentative deal with management to avoid a threatened strike. A ratification vote on the new five-year collective bargaining agreement will be held in the coming days. The writers had voted earlier to authorize a strike against the nonprofit organization, and picketing would have begun April 24 outside Sesame Workshop’s offices in New York City, had a deal not been struck.
Federal regulators on Friday announced a new plan designed to advance the interests of independent video programmers that have complained for years about restrictive contract terms demanded by pay TV distributors. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said she launched the rulemaking in response to independent programmers that “continue to express concern about the challenges they have getting their programming on the channel lineup of cable and satellite television.”
CBS has canceled CSI: Vegas after three seasons and So Help Me Todd after two. That despite CSI: Vegas and So Help Me Todd being solid ratings performers. With the entire CBS schedule doing well this season and three new drama series joining in 2024-25 — NCIS: Origins, Matlock and Watson (in addition to a second season of the Australian NCIS: Sydney) — the network was faced with painful decisions, and So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas are the least watched CBS drama series this spring in both linear and multi-platform ratings.
Nexstar Media Group said it does not intend to renew the affiliations of The CW stations owned by E.W. Scripps in seven markets. In two of those markets — Norfolk, Va., and Lafayette, La. — Nexstar-owned stations will become the new The CW affiliates, effective Sept. 1. “We have interest from other station groups in the five remaining markets and expect to make announcements about those affiliations soon,” Nexstar said in a statement.
CBS News and Stations debuts a multi-part investigation called Anything For Love: Inside the Romance Scam Epidemic Sunday, April 21. Airing across CBS News and station programs, Anything For Love runs through Sunday, April 28. The year-long investigation hears from victims, families, dating app executives and government officials across seven states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas
