CBS, Dish Near Retrans Deadline
A contract deadline has been set for shortly after midnight Monday going into Tuesday morning, when CBS could possibly remove its CBS and CW stations from Dish subscribers.
We need to have a serious talk about Kodi. Whether you know it or not, you’ve heard about Kodi — either from friends in real life who love streaming free stuff and telling you about it, or by way of social network pals who promote the boxes that make it possible. Even so, here’s a refresher.
In 1954 when Tonight premiered on NBC there was no VCR or DVR, no curated assortment of online clips to watch over coffee the next day. Cut to 2017, and the landscape has changed drastically. The hours on either side of midnight are no longer where the magic happens — for the viewers or the hosts. These days, the real win isn’t keeping folks pinned to their sofas. Just the opposite: It’s disseminating “greatest hits” moments to them far and wide — to be consumed in offices, on public transportation, via Facebook — long after the credits have rolled.
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Facing two accusations of sexual harassment by members of the Transparent team that he has strongly denied, Jeffrey Tambor, in an ambiguous statement Sunday that heavily implies, though doesn’t confirm, an imminent departure from the Emmy-winning series, Tambor referenced what he calls a “politicized atmosphere” that has afflicted the set. He said that this is “no longer the job I signed up for four years ago.”
At a special shareholder meeting today in New York, Discovery’s pending $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive got overwhelming support.
The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon were the top-rated and most-watched scripted shows on broadcast Thursday night. Airing at 8 p.m., Big Bang averaged a 2.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 13.2 million viewers. Young Sheldon followed at 8:30 with a 2.1 and 11.7 million viewers. Both shows were approximately even with their performances the prior week.
NBC plans to stream more than 1,800 hours of content during its coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, South Korea, next year. That’s almost twice what the network streamed in the 2014 Winter games — just over 1,000 hours of footage, which also marked the first time that every event was streamed online.
NEW YORK (AP) — Move over ABC, CNN and all the other networks planning to ring in the New Year. This year Steve Harvey will be hosting his own brand […]
Trace Lysette, who plays yoga instructor Shea on Transparent, is the second accuser to allege misconduct by the show’s star; Amazon says the new information “will be added to our ongoing investigation.”
Poking its head out to fire a round in the superheated battle for virtual MVPD bundle supremacy, Sony has announced that its PlayStation Vue service has added nearly a dozen Fox and NBC affiliates as well as Hallmark channels.
Airing at 8 p.m., Fox’s Empire drew a 2.0 rating in adults 18-49 and 6.1 million viewers. The season premiere drew a 2.4 and 7.1 million viewers in September. Previously, the next highest-rated episode was the episode that aired on Oct. 11, which drew a 2.0 and 5.9 million viewers.
EstrellaTV, LBI Media’s Spanish language network, announced today that it will broadcast the 2017 Spanish-language transmission of the Miss World competition on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. […]
For the first time since Bozo went off the air in 2001, WGN Chicago will be producing a local weekly entertainment program. This time the funnyman in the spotlight will be WGN Morning News sports anchor and stand-up comedian Pat Tomasulo.
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge tightened bail conditions on a South American soccer official charged in the FIFA bribery scandal after prosecutors surprised the courtroom by accusing the defendant […]
