Programming

Fox’s new medical drama The Resident premiered in its normal Monday time slot last night, losing about half of its audience from its premiere. Airing at 9 p.m., it drew a 1.0 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.7 million. That is approximately a 60% drop in the demo and just under 50% in total viewers compared to the series premiere on Sunday (2.6, 8.7 million). In fairness, the premiere received a substantial boost from the NFC championship game

Marking another technological advancement for NBC Olympics, NBCUniversal’s comprehensive coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games from PyeongChang, South Korea, will include the availability of 4K High Dynamic Range (HDR) to cable, satellite, telco providers, and other partners.

Once again, Judge Judy finds herself on the other side of the bench with a new breach-of-contract complaint filed against the top TV judge and CBS. While the jury-trial seeking suit from Kaye Switzer and the trust of the late Sandi Spreckman doesn’t specify damages, it does state that the plaintiffs are owed $4.75 million from the $95 million sale of Judge Judy to CBS in August.

Surprisingly, only three TV networks — CBS, Fox and NBC — submitted formal bids for the NFL’s Thursday Night Football package, suggesting that the TV home for the much-criticized package could change next season.

Vice is looking for a new Canadian roost for its Viceland cable network. The bootstrapping media company and the Canadian cable distributor have ended a joint venture in a Vice production studio and Viceland.

The NFC championship matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and the Philadelphia Eagles easily topped Sunday’s primetime lineup. Airing on Fox, the NFC championship game drew a 24.4 rating in metered market households. That is down a little over 10% from the 27.6 drawn by the AFC championship game in 2017, which aired in primetime on CBS.

With two dozen comic book shows, TV executives are learning the limits of small-screen superpowers.

The Grey’s Anatomy star recalls in her own words the personal struggles and advice from Shonda Rhimes that led to a milestone: highest-paid actress on a primetime drama.

The NBC family drama overcame formidable non-broadcast competition, including streaming service Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which is seen by its admirers as a political parable for today and won multiple Emmys and Globes. This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown was honored as best TV drama series actor, becoming the first African-American to win in the category. Julia Louis-Dreyfus captured her third SAG award for her role as a failed politician in HBO’s Veep, which was honored for best comedy series cast.

DALLAS (AP) — Actress Dorothy Malone, who won hearts of 1960s television viewers as the long-suffering mother in the nighttime soap “Peyton Place,” died Friday in her hometown of Dallas. […]

The just-concluded NATPE conference underscored for me the central problem of the broadcast syndication business: the big studios’ apparent unwillingness to spend big dollars for big shows, ones that could take their place as evening news lead-ins or in prime access. While this was the second year a row that NATPE came and went without any “big stage” show emerging, that doesn’t mean none will. “The drought will not continue,” says Hearst’s Emerson Coleman.

Former NBC reality-TV star Donald Trump will not sit down with his former network for the traditional pre-Super Bowl Presidential Interview. NBC has taken the high road, extending an open invitation to Trump, in case he changes his mind, a network source says.

The Middle and Modern Family premiered within a week of each other in 2009 and set the template for the next decade of ABC comedies: brightly-colored, well-written, big-hearted family sitcoms that look at the American experience from a particular demographic perspective. But after a strong run, both comedies are winding down. That will leave ABC without the identity-defining sitcoms it’s relied on for ratings for years. So what does that mean for the future of the Alphabet’s comedy brand?

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Mayle, the British author whose midlife relocation to France inspired his best-selling “A Year in Provence” and other works set in his adopted country, died […]

As the Starz-Altice USA carriage dispute drags on, the Lionsgate-owned network has filed two separate petitions with the FCC that aim to force the cable company to restore it on New York-area Optimum systems.

Univision Communications today announced that it is collaborating with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), Producers Guild of America (PGA), Screen Actors Guildâ€ÂAmerican Federation of Television and Radio […]

At 8 p.m., Grey’s Anatomy kicked things off with a 2.2 and 8.2 million viewers, up nearly 20% in the demo compared to its last new episode in November. Scandal drew a 1.3 and 5.2 million viewers, up over 10% in the demo from its last original episode. How to Get Away with Murder averaged a 1.0 and 3.8 million, approximately even with its last new episode.