Newly minted ViacomCBS is in talks to take a minority stake in the Miramax library, an asset that Viacom had previously kicked the tires on prior to its recent merger with CBS, insiders confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia jury has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a stuntman killed during the production of a “Walking Dead” episode in 2017. The Daily […]
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Gabrielle Union fallout around the America’s Got Talent creator is only the starting point for the outside investigator examining the “boys’ club” work environment: “It’s not a shortlist of people.”
‘Masked Singer,’ ‘Survivor’ Finales Fall
The finale of The Masked Singer topped Wednesday’s broadcast ratings, beating out the finale of Survivor on CBS and ABC’s second Live in Front of a Studio Audience special. Both unscripted shows were down from their most recent finales, as was ABC’s re-creation of All in the Family and Good Times. ABC and CBS also broke into both shows with updates on the impeachment vote in Congress.
A week after the surprise removal of Survivor contestant Dan Spilo, CBS and the show’s producers are speaking out about the incident for the first time. In a very lengthy statement, the network and the show call Season 39 “unprecedented.” Starting with the show’s next season (40), Survivor is adding to the cast’s pre-production orientation specific guidelines regarding personal space, inappropriate behavior and how to report these issues.
The NBA is throwing up bricks in national TV ratings over the first quarter of the regular season. A combination of big stars being absent from national telecasts, a marquee team mostly missing from the league’s two biggest broadcast partners and the fall of a recent dynasty have all factored into the drop. But there’s still time for the league to find its touch.
When Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s gavel signaled that Trump had been impeached, CBS was airing the season conclusion of Survivor and ABC was showing a live version of the old All in the Family sitcom. The Fox broadcast network, which hadn’t shown the hearing all day, aired The Masked Singer. NBC was the only major broadcast network to stick with impeachment through the vote.
The actress shocked fans of her Showtime drama when she suddenly quit the role that earned her a Golden Globe, then said she wasn’t allowed to say why. Now, insiders reveal a complex situation that involved complaints of a hostile work environment, Lena Dunham, and a director and showrunner who sparked a formal investigation.
‘Voice’ Finale Carries NBC To Victory
The singing competition easily tops the spring 2019 closer but falls short of the fall 2018 cycle.
The abrupt exit of player Dan Spilo, for what CBS said was an off-camera incident, didn’t end questions about whether the network fumbled a #MeToo-era issue that it knew about months ago. CBS has the chance to address its decisions Wednesday, when it airs the traditional one-hour post-mortem discussion after the season’s conclusion. Spilo has not been invited to participate. For the first time, that post-show discussion will be taped instead of live.
Impeachment A Viewership Magnet For News Nets
Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN collectively averaged just under 5.4 million viewers in primetime last week, Nielsen said. It was a week dominated by the news of the House Judiciary Committee’s vote to impeach Trump. That puts the news on par with the NBC, Fox and CBS entertainment networks, which each averaged between 5.4 and 5.9 million viewers last week.
As per-episode take-homes inch toward $2 million per episode, and comedians lock down $1 million deals for Quibi specials, we have to ask: Where does all this end?
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — CBS Sports, which already has gone through additions and subtractions going into its golf season, had one of the biggest changes when Lance Barrow announced he […]
‘Phil’ Returns From Thanksgiving Back On Top
In the week ending Dec. 8, Phil skyrocketed 25% to a 2.5 live-plus-same-day national Nielsen rating, its second biggest number of the season, and finished among the talkers for the 169th time in the last 170 weeks.
‘Voice,’ ‘Neighborhood’ Reach Season Highs
he final performance episode of The Voice Monday night reached a season high in total viewers — maybe. CBS’ comedies The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola and drama Bull also drew their biggest audiences of the season.
The streaming giant, which likes to keep its numbers to itself, gave out fresh information on regional subscriptions in an official filing.
The View came to a grinding halt Monday when Whoopi Goldberg and Meghan McCain clashed over the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
