‘Masked Singer’ Returns Down, Still Leads
The Masked Singer‘s return from two weeks off for the World Series brought lower ratings than its last outing — but it still led Wednesday’s 18-49 ratings by a sizable margin. NBC’s Chicago Med finishes first in total viewers Wednesday but trails Fox’s unscripted hit by a good margin in adults 18-49.
Soledad O’Brien, Mort Marcus, Ira Bernstein and Perry Sook will be honored at the 2020 show, while Nexstar CEO Perry Sook will keynote the Station Group Summit.
Exclusives
The three-year deal with Channel 4 will add 1,000-plus hours of programming, including for the first time on any streamer an exclusive Film4 curated service featuring iconic films, from 2020.
‘Little Mermaid Live’ Scores Big For ABC
The hybrid film presentation and live musical delivers the best 18-49 rating for an entertainment program this fall.
NBC has ordered four more episodes of the hit comedy, lengthening its fifth season to a full 22 episodes. So far in season 5, Superstore is averaging a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 3.9 million total viewers after seven days of delayed viewing. In terms of its live+same day performance, the show is NBC’s sixth highest rated series overall, averaging a 0.77 through six episodes.
ABC has firmed up its next live comedy event from Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel. The duo behind the Live in Front of a Studio Audience franchise will next team for the Dec. 18 mashup of All in the Family and Good Times as the sequel to May’s All in the Family–The Jeffersons.
Strong Ending Helped World Series
Fox won the week in primetime, averaging 9.8 million viewers. NBC had 7.1 million viewers, CBS had 6.1 million, ABC had 3.8 million, Ion Television and Telemundo both had 1.21 million, Univision had 1.17 million and the CW had 780,000.
The first episode of Sesame Street — sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 — aired in the fall of 1969. The show was designed by education professionals and child psychologists with one goal: to help low-income and minority students aged 2-5 overcome some of the deficiencies they had when entering school.
Meredith Corp. said today that its Local Media Group will launch a new Southern Living television show starting in April 2020. It will air in all 12 of Meredith’s local […]
First-Run Syndies Hang In There
In the session ending Oct. 27, most of first-run syndication held up well, even though some daytime shows were preempted on various dates for fire coverage in California markets. In addition, some access programs were bumped by the World Series on Oct. 22, 23 and 25.
The CBS comedy draws its largest audience of the fall, while The Voice remains No. 1 on the broadcast networks.
Roger Penske now owns the iconic speedway, its hallowed grounds, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” the IndyCar Series and all its properties, including the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions, in a stunning deal announced Monday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carol Burnett will be among the familiar faces gracing the “Mad About You” revival. Sony Pictures Television announced Monday that Burnett will reprise her Emmy-winning role […]
Less than three weeks into the season, the league’s television partners are still trying to assess the fallout from injuries to the Golden State Warriors.
The CEO of Fox Television Stations moves to eliminate commercials and other interstitials between newscasts and syndicated shows in hopes of hanging on to more viewers.
The deal clears the all-new Extra, The Real, TMZ and TMZ Live and will eliminate end breaks across the Fox-owned stations across the country.
