More American millennials now subscribe to a video game service than to a traditional paid television service, according to a survey on Monday, as consumers favor new forms of entertainment that are shifting the broader media landscape.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bill Wittliff, a prolific screenwriter who co-wrote the script for the CBS 1989 miniseries “Lonesome Dove,” has died at the age of 79. His death was announced by […]
Viacom plans to launch a streaming service focused on the African-American cable network called BET+. The upcoming service, which will launch in the fall, will feature original content from Tyler Perry, who will be a financial stakeholder in the service.
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Tony Awards Fall To All-Time Lows
The Broadway honors slip by double digits in viewers vs. a year ago; ABC’s Sunday game shows also drop significantly vs. their 2018 premieres.
Access and Access Live have laid off multiple long-serving producers in both New York and Los Angeles. Access — formerly Access Hollywood — has let go supervising music producer Nancy Harrison and senior news producer Christine Fahey, along with supervising producers Ryan Patterson and Adam Jordan and crew coordinator Steve Holt. All had been with the show for two decades. In addition, supervising producer of TV coverage Stephanie Murphy and senior news consultant Diana Dasrath have been laid off as well.
Just over a year after first cryptically alluding to “multiple physical assaults” on the NCIS set, Pauley Perrette has shed more light on her claims — and in doing do put series lead Mark Harmon in the crosshairs.
Well, fork a dork: The Good Place’s upcoming fourth season will be its last. The NBC series creator Michael Schur made the announcement Friday night at an Emmy buzz-generating panel discussion in support of the show in Los Angeles.
The Red Line, which had been billed as a limited series, had a sluggish rollout and continued to draw soft ratings throughout its entire eight-episode season.
Stanley Cup Finals Carries NBC To Easy Win
Game 5 of the series draws the highest preliminary numbers of the playoffs so far.
Phillies TV Ratings Way Up
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Police have confirmed that a body found in April at an Oregon home is that of missing man Dennis Day, who was an original member of […]
Reed Midem is to make a number of changes to international TV confabs Mip TV and Mipcom designed to ensure the long-term security of the Cannes-set events. This comes after a raft of Hollywood studios and major international distributors including Endemol Shine Group, BBC Studios and Fox Networks Group Content Distribution nixed attending Mip TV in April.
The big broadcast networks should secure an increase in advance advertising commitments — somewhere in the mid-single-digit percentage range — for their fall primetime schedules, according to six executives familiar with the tone of negotiations. And there is a growing consensus that the figure could be more robust for the industry’s annual upfront sales season than it has been in several years.
The CW has closed its upfront advertising dealing for the 2019-2020 TV season quickly — just three weeks after its programming presentation — with strong 14% to 15% hikes in the cost-per-thousand adult viewer pricing and overall single-digit percentage gains in upfront dollar volume.
there’s still a fall TV season ahead, but broadcast, cable and streaming outlets proudly tout their efforts to keep you hooked year-round to screens big or small. Networks lean heavily on game and reality shows but there are stellar dramatic options
Under the Higher Ground partnership announced Thursday, the former president and first lady will develop and lend their voices to select podcasts.
NBA Finals Hit 6-Year Low For Game 3
ABC’s broadcasts have pulled consistent numbers thus far but remain down about 20% vs. a year ago.
The Heartland Network, Luken Communications’ country music and lifestyle channel, debuted on 11 stations in five new markets this week, broadening its national footprint by 33%. The new stations and […]
Nearly 11 million television households across 11 markets are covered in the new multi-year deal.
Erin Johnson has been named the new executive producer for Entertainment Tonight. She replaces Sharon Hoffman, who is exiting after three years in the role to return to the East Coast.
James Corden, Paula Abdul, Sen. Cory Booker and The Property Brothers Join RuPaul for the first week of shows in a summer test on seven Fox Television Stations.
The video streaming company says it has already made it more difficult to find videos with white supremacist and neo-Nazi content, but it’s now removing them outright. YouTube will also prohibit videos that deny certain proven events have taken place, such as the Holocaust.
