NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese will direct a comedy special for Netflix on the beloved Canadian sketch comedy show “SCTV.” Netflix on Thursday announced the untitled project that will […]
The TV icon will be honored during 77th Annual Peabody Awards ceremony on May 19 in New York City.
‘Empire’ Holds Steady To Top Wednesday
Empire was even in the Wednesday overnight ratings, allowing it to remain the top-rated show of the night. Airing at 8 p.m. on Fox, Empire drew a 1.8 rating in adults 18-49 and 5.8 million viewers. It’s closest competition for the night was Survivor on CBS, which slipped a little in the demo from last week to a 1.5 but was the most-watched show of the night with 7.9 million viewers.
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Baby boomers especially are drawn to the shows that fascinated them when they were young. With so many programming options, networks are smart to go back to a familiar property and spruce it up with a new cast and creative team to reel in old as well as young eyes.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, on Wednesday said the streaming giant is pulling its films from the Cannes Film Festival, further intensifying an ongoing dispute […]
NBCUniversal’s cable powerhouse Bravo Media will expand this fall to seven nights a week of original, primetime programming. The move was announced today along with a slate of 11 new and 20 returning series.
The third season premiere of the Bounce multicast network’s original drama series Saints & Sinners on Sunday, April 8, at 9 p.m. ET averaged 681,000 total viewers, an increase of 20% over the show’s […]
Discovery today named Allison Page, president, HGTV and Food Network. Courtney White has been upped to EVP, HGTV and Food Network, reporting to Page. In addition, Discovery has added Travel Channel to executive Henry Schleiff’s portfolio of networks, effective immediately. The moves are part of the restructuring following the company’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, and fall under the leadership of Chief Lifestyle Brands Officer Kathleen Finch.
In the most recent week, Walt Disney TV networks fell 13% on sports viewing. Disney had the biggest share of sports viewing in 2017, at 33%. Fox TV networks grew 9% due to baseball programming in the most recent week; it had a 21% share in 2017.
Capitalizing on its staggering Oscar season success, Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula are branching into the television business. They’ve Searchlight Television, making the company a 360-degree hub for creative talent and broadening the variety of projects produced under the Searchlight banner. David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield have been promoted to presidents of production for film and television.
‘Roseanne’ Stays On Top With 13.5M Viewers
ABC’s revival of Roseanne was the top show of Tuesday night in the overnight ratings for the third week in a row, despite once again being down double digits from the previous week. Airing at 8 p.m., Roseanne drew a 3.4 rating in adults 18-49 and 13.5 million viewers. That is down approximately 13% in the demo and 12% in total viewers compared to last week, when the show drew a 3.9 and 15.4 million viewers.
NFL draft analysis used to be a one-man show. Now everyone wants to join the neighborhood. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. endured years of mockery for his interest in a niche event that’s essentially a series of roster transactions. Today it’s second only to the NFL playoffs on the football calendar in terms of fan interest and media coverage.
Ratings Down For NCAA Final On Cable
The game was seen by 16 million viewers on TBS, TNT and Tru TV last week, Nielsen said. That’s down sharply from the 23 million who saw North Carolina beat Gonzaga in the 2017 finals. CBS easily won the week in primetime, averaging 7.3 million viewers. NBC (4.82 million) and ABC (4.81 million) finished in a virtual tie for second. Fox had 2.3 million viewers, Univision had 1.6 million, Ion Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and the CW had 910,000. (AP photo/Morry Gash)
How KMSP Is Preparing For Thurs. Football
Sheila Oliver, VP and GM of Fox-owned KMSP-WFTC Minneapolis, has been in the market 13 years, joining as general sales manager in 2003 and promoted to GM in 2014. She talks about of the health of the nation’s 15th largest market, Thursday Night Football coming to Fox, and the addition of more news at the duopoly, and eight other Fox O&Os.
The CW has set its summer 2018 premiere dates for new drama series The Outpost and Burden of Truth and returning series My Last Days (above), Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Masters Of Illusion. In addition the season finales for Life Sentence and Supergirl are set for Friday, June 14, and Monday, June 18, respectively.
The list of entertainment programs making the nominations cut includes CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, NBC’s The Good Place, Netflix’s American Vandal, FX’s Legion, HBO’s Insecure and Freeform’s Alias Grace. Other contenders gaining kudos momentum with the Peabody noms include Netflix’s One Day at a Time, Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and AMC’s Better Call Saul.
‘Phil’ And ‘Judy’ Shine, No Joke
In the week ending April 1, those two were among a handful of first-run syndicated shows to report ratings gains.
