Fox has canceled the animated comedy from creator Emily Spivey. The series, a co-production between Disney’s 20th Television and Fox Entertainment, will wrap its second and final season in May.
Coming 2 America did the seemingly impossible and put Amazon at the top of Nielsen’s typically Netflix-dominated weekly SVOD top 10 ranking list for the very first time during the week of March 1-7. The Amazon Studios film garnered more than 1.4 billion minutes of total viewing during its first four days of availability in the U.S., making it the most streamed SVOD title in country during the week ending March 7.
Longtime studio exec Chet Dave has been promoted to head the studio’s comedy division. He replaces Cheryl Dolins, who left the studio in December. Dave, who will hold the SVP comedy development title, will report to EVP Development Carolyn Cassidy.
ABC’s yet-to-be-renewed American Housewife closed out Season 5 on Wednesday with 2.7 million total viewers (its second smallest audience ever) and a 0.4 demo rating (down a tick to match its series low.) On The CW, Nancy Drew (378K/0.0) slipped to series lows. Yes, that is the almost mythical 0.0.
Endeavor Group Holdings, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, revived it plans to go public after a botched attempt in 2019 and named Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk to its board.
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Broadcasters anted up $100 billion for 10 years to show football — but the league can pursue a new path after seven years.
William Petersen and Jorja Fox will reprise their roles in the crime drama, which will be part of the network’s 2021-22 schedule. CSI: Vegas comes from CBS Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Television, which produced the long-running original show.
NEW YORK (AP) — An Emmy-winning production designer who was known to be a hoarder has been found dead under a pile of garbage in her New York City home. […]
TVNewsCheck‘s Michael Depp talks with Stu Weiss, founder of Studio City/PXL about daytime television’s best ongoing value proposition — the longstanding relationships viewers forge with its offerings.
Netflix is closing in on a deal to make two sequels to the 2019 hit whodunit Knives Out, which Rian Johnson will direct with Daniel Craig reprising his role as super sleuth Benoit Blanc. Johnson, who wrote the original, has written the sequels and is producing with partner Ram Bergman. Sources said the deal will be worth north of $400 million, making it one of the biggest streamer movie deals in history.
The streaming service, originally conceived as a place for “super fans” of Fox News Channel, has in recent months been filling its digital shelves with a show led by Nancy Grace; faith-based shows tied to Easter; and vintage movies and TV series. It will serve as a place where fans of a new version of the long-running TV program America’s Most Wanted can watch the series a day after it debuts on Fox Corp. sibling Fox Broadcasting.
Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony airing at 9 p.m. ET on TNT and TBS will be taped, bowing to the pandemic that has upended the entertainment industry’s awards season. For the SAG honors, the challenge became how to evoke the tradition of ceremonies past.
ABC’s Pooch Perfect debuted to 3.9 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, on par with time slot predecessor To Tell the Truth‘s most recent airing (4.1M/0.5) and claiming the demo win on a semi-quiet Tuesday. On The CW, Supergirl opened its final season/christened its new night with 712K (its largest audience since midway through Season 5) and a 0.1 demo rating (down a tenth from both last season’s average and finale).
Amid the backlash to Georgia’s sweeping overhaul of voting rights, Hollywood heavyweights are threatening economic consequences for the production-friendly state and calling for a federal investigation. On Tuesday, Tyler Perry became the latest filmmaker to speak out, encouraging the the Department of Justice to evaluate the law and saying that it “harkens to the Jim Crow era.” Perry’s ascent as an independent mogul during the past two decades has paralleled Atlanta’s rise to prominence as a TV and film production hub.
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon, soared to international fame when it became the last such franchise on Earth two years ago. Now, a […]
That means the Big Bang Theory prequel series will be on the air until at least 2024. The series debuted in 2017, with its fourth season currently airing. Season 5 will debut during the 2021-22 broadcast television season. This is not the first time the show has picked up a multi-season renewal. Back in 2019, the show was renewed for two seasons.
Newsmax Keeps Most, Not All, Of Post-Election Samplers
In the period between President Biden’s inauguration and mid-March, Newsmax averaged 207,400 viewers — a 24% decrease, according to Nielsen. CBS was the top broadcast entertainment network last week, averaging 4.5 million viewers in primetime. ABC had 3.6 million, NBC had 2.9 million, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 930,000. And last week in primetime, Fox News averaged 2.33 million viewers, MSNBC had 1.58 million and CNN had 1.13 million.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two members of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality television show appeared in court for the first time Tuesday after being arrested on […]
With less than a month until showtime, the 93rd Oscars are taking another pass at the script. Show producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher remain determined to have […]
Rebranding a network is no small feat in the best of times. Throw in a pandemic and a clock ticking down to Opening Day, and it’s going to be a photo finish for Sinclair to flip the Fox Sports RSNs to Bally Sports this week.
