HBO Max, Roku, Sinclair, Tubi, Univision, ViacomCBS streaming among companies already confirmed to speak at the third annual NATPE Streaming Plus in L.A. on Sept. 14.
Allen Media Group’s free streaming platform Local Now is expanding its premier free content with the addition of Ski TV, an Alpine lifestyle and ski/snowboard culture content TV channel based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The […]
CBS’s Love Island drew 1.63 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating, ticking up on both counts week-to-week and hitting a Tuesday high for this season in the demo. Over on NBC, coverage of the Tokyo Olympics drew 13.6 million total viewers and a 3.2 demo rating, right on par with Monday night’s preliminary numbers (which marked the summer games’ first decline).
Jon Koa, the former Condé Nast Entertainment and ABC executive, will be executive VP comedy development for CBS Entertainment. He takes over for Julie Pernworth, who left the broadcast network in June.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk had a “heart-related incident” when he collapsed on the show’s New Mexico set, and his condition is stable as he […]
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Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby alleges conference media rights partner ESPN conspired to damage the league by luring Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC as detailed in a cease and desist letter sent to the network on Wednesday.
The show, which will continue on E! as well, will return to a broadcast network for the first time since 2017. The move will also give NBC an awards-season toehold after it dropped the 2022 Golden Globes amid criticism of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association over its lack of diversity and other issues.
Univision Communications today announced that it has acquired a significant equity stake in Combate Global’s Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise. The agreement goes into effect immediately. The companies […]
The programming vet comes on board after nine years at Discovery Inc., most recently as SVP of factual programming for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel.
Ratings for NBC’s telecasts of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are down significantly from 2016 but still among the most-watched TV events of the year.
The show will start production with a full-capacity audience at CBS Broadcast Center in New York on Aug. 26. The plan is to bring back audiences on a COVID-compliant set, but as we know with all productions right now this is subject to change depending on the situation regarding the pandemic next month. Barrymore joins the majority of the latenight hosts, including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, who have recently brought back audiences.
Arthur, the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television, is set to end with its 25th season. The iconic children’s series will end on PBS Kids with its final season debuting in the winter of 2022.
NBC’s Tokyo Olympics Off To Rough Start
For three straight nights, viewership for the Tokyo Games has been down more than 30% compared to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016, and the network has been hit by a steady stream of bad news regarding American competitors and it’s discussing makegoods with advertisers. However, the numbers did allow NBC to easily win the week’s primetime ratings competition with an average of 8.1 million viewers. ABC had 3.5 million, CBS had 2.3 million, Univision had 1.6 million, Fox had 1.3 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 950,000. Fox News Channel led cable networks, averaging 2.05 million viewers in primetime.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk collapsed on the show’s New Mexico set on Tuesday and had to be hospitalized. Crew members called an ambulance that […]
USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Wednesday that the 24-year-old is opting to not compete. The decision comes a day after Biles removed herself from the team final following one rotation because she felt she wasn’t mentally ready.
Game Show Network today named Emmy award-winning television and sports personality Ahmad Rashad as host of a new wordplay game show, Tug of Words. The half-hour original series is anticipated to premiere fall […]
‘Access Hollywood’ The Sole Magazine To Advance
There was very little movement across first-run syndication’s genres in the slow summer week ending July 18.
The new programming includes WBTS’ Restaurants Remade, a streaming series about New England restaurants’ re-imagining their business models to adapt to challenges brought on by the pandemic; WBTS’ all new live and local lifestyle show The Hub Today, and WNEU’s fundraising special Milagros para Ninos (Miracles for Kids) for station partner Boston Children’s Hospital.
Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of today’s events in Tokyo after appearing to sustain an injury while participating in the Team Final, the International Gymnastics Federation has confirmed. The U.S. Gymnastics team released a statement shortly after she exited saying she had suffered a “medical issue” and that she would be assessed to determine whether she can participate further in the Games.
Tamron Hall’s syndicated daytime talk show is moving to ABC-owned WLS Chicago, where it will air in place of Windy City Live at 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, starting Sept. 6. Soon to kick off its third season, the New York-based Tamron Hall has been airing on Weigel Broadcasting’s WCIU and The U since 2019.
Meanwhile, comedy exec Robert Prinz has exited the streaming giant following a nearly four-year run.
