NBC’s The Voice was Monday’s most-watched show and landed in a three-way tie for the nightly demo win (with 5.6 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating). CBS' The Price is Right at Night (3.4M/0.4) tied for the nightly demo win.
Voice actors are filing lawsuits while SAG-AFTRA is rallying lawmakers to bar AI companies from misappropriating members' likenesses.
After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York. CBS' coverage of the 2024 Super Bowl and Toy Story Funday Football, an alternate presentation of the Oct. 1,2023, game between the Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars on Disney+/ESPN+, won three Emmys apiece. (Julio Cortez/AP)
Sources with direct knowledge of the talks say Warner Bros. Discovery is still very much alive at the negotiating table to try to retain its NBA rights. TNT won’t get the league’s “A” package; that’s likely going to ESPN, along with the marquee rights to the NBA Finals. But WBD’s still in play for the “B” package, which comes with a conference final every other year, or a “C” package, which includes the new midseason tournament, play-in games, and early-round playoff series.
Tech Giants Pledge AI Safety Commitments — Including ‘Kill Switch’ If They Can’t Mitigate Risks
Major tech companies, including Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAI, came together in a landmark international agreement on artificial intelligence safety on Tuesday. Following the agreement, these companies will make voluntary commitments to ensure the safe development of their most advanced AI models.
Reverse Comp Regime Threatens Small Stations’ Existence
Broadcast networks asking for higher reverse comp payments even as retrans fees shrink along with pay TV. This story is available to TVNewsCheck Plus subscribers only. Become a subscriber here.
It’s official – Walker will not be renewed for a fifth season by The CW. “We want to thank the entire cast, crew, writers, directors and producers of Walker for their hard work and dedication over four incredible seasons,” the network said in a statement. “We also want to give a special thanks to star and executive producer Jared Padalecki, who has been a member of The CW family for over 20 years and was integral to some of the biggest hits on the network.”
Dow Rises 66, Nasdaq Adds 38, S&P Advances 13
Wall Street drifted higher Tuesday to set more records. Indexes have climbed to records recently largely on expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates later this year as inflation hopefully cools.
Over six months after the Friends star died and was laid to rest in L.A.’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park, the Los Angeles Police Department and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency are still looking into what happened last October.
The veteran Chicago-area sports and media executive will continue leading sales partnership development for WMAQ-WSNS and NBC Sports Chicago.
With Season 56 in the history books, Executive Producer Bill Owens talks about the news magazine’s 50-season winning streak and what viewers can expect when Season 57 starts in the fall.
With rising interest in the NBA and new TV deals under negotiation, NBA teams collectively have seen rising average marketing and sponsorship revenue — up 7% to $1.5 billion, according to SponsorUnited.
Oscar winner Holly Hunter has been tapped to star in Paramount+’s upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Hunter will play the captain and chancellor of Starfleet Academy in the series which will begin production later this summer.
ESPN has carried the tournament since 2018. The deal includes 79 matches per season streamed exclusively on ESPN+ as well as the season-opening FA Community Shield.
The weekly newsletter, social/digital initiative and syndicated broadcast TV component plans to highlight the power of swing state voters in the presidential election.
Matt Katrosar is named SVP of global ad sales and strategy. It also expands its global channels division, hiring Keith Gross, James Meyer and Liat Abada. L-r: Katrosar, Goss, Meyer and Abada.
The StreamSaver bundle will be available to Xfinity customers starting next week.
NBC's WMAQ and WSNS Chicago, are airing a three-part series tonight through Wednesday night at 10, that reveals the results of a six-month investigation that examined every sexual assault case, more than 21,000, reported to the Chicago Police Dept. over the last six years.
CBS’ CSI: Vegas hit the jackpot while getting ushered out of the casino by security. With its unplanned series finale on Sunday night, the procedural rose 16% in audience to deliver a series high of 4.8 million total viewers.
Along with big stars, programmers promise that data and tech will deliver big results.
Colorado Governor Signs Sweeping AI Regulation Bill
Colorado will require developers of artificial intelligence (AI) to avoid discrimination in high-risk systems as part of a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Jared Polis (D). The first-in-the-nation law adds requirements for developers of “high-risk” AI systems to “use reasonable care to avoid algorithmic discrimination.”
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