The daytime drama The Young and the Restless follows The Bold and the Beautiful back on to the schedule after resuming production in July. New episodes will resume on Aug. 10.
NBA Gives ABC A Sunday Demo Win
A primetime NBA game carried ABC to a demographic victory on Sunday, pulling in preliminary numbers in line with the network’s primetime games earlier in the season. CBS’s 60 Minutes led the total-viewer rankings by a sizable margin.
Exclusives
Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and RedBird Capital have acquired the XFL. Founded by WWE CEO Vince McMahon, the football league was scheduled to go bankruptcy auction today, but Johnson, Garcia and RedBird acquired its parent company, Alpha Entertainment, for approximately $15 million.
An executive producer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show is denying rumors that the long-running daytime talk show may end following accusations of a toxic work environment. Andy Lassner, a longtime producer for Ellen and many of DeGeneres’ other TV projects, tweeted Thursday that “nobody is going off the air,” in response to a user wondering if the show would end over the controversy.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Television host Regis Philbin, who died last week at 88, has been buried at the University of Notre Dame following a private funeral service at his alma […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range […]
Comic Bryan Callen is being accused of sexual impropriety by four women.
Disney+ content chief Agnes Chu is leaving the Mouse House to head up Condé Nast Entertainment’s video push. Chu, who was SVP, content for the nascent streamer, is set to become president of the publishing company’s studio and distribution division. She joins in September and reports to Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch.
‘Holey Moley’ Helps ABC To Tie Univision
ABC’s mini golf competition series hit the fairway with a 0.5 rating among adults 18-49 and just under 3 million viewers, on par with last episode ratings-wise, but down around 15% in terms of total audience. Both ABC and Univision averaged a 0.5 rating across the night.
Current and former employees allege that NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy engaged in racist, sexist and homophobic behavior: “It was par for the course.”
The Ellen DeGeneres Show‘s host, Ellen DeGeneres, and studio, Warner Bros., have spoken out about the recent complaints against the workplace environment on the popular daytime syndicated talk show. In a statement on behalf of WB and DeGeneres, the studio confirmed that it has conducted an internal inquiry, interviewing current and former Ellen employees about their experience following a recent BuzzFeed report alleging a toxic work culture on the show.
AMC Networks Entertainment Group President Sarah Barnett will be stepping down from her position after Labor Day. Following her departure, the company’s Entertainment Networks, which includes AMC, BBC America, IFC and Sundance TV, and AMC Studios will report to AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll on an interim basis.
ABC’s United We Fall and CBS’ Tough as Nails finished in a virtual tie as the most watched shows on the broadcast networks Wednesday night. They also tied for the lead among adults 18-49 with two Univision series, and the Spanish-language network led the key ad demographic in primetime.
Shortly after the nominations were announced Tuesday, this year’s Emmy executive producers — including host Jimmy Kimmel — sent a letter to key acting nominees informing them that this year’s ceremony will be virtual, and asking them to prepare to participate from home, or wherever they want to be.
Members of Writers Guild of America have ratified a new, three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers with virtually no opposition. The WGA membership overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying the contract by 98% with 4,068 “yes” votes and 87 “no” votes. The term of the agreement is retroactive from May 2, 2020, through May 1, 2023.
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises revealed a realignment of its leadership team on Wednesday to drive forward growth strategy and focus on innovation and multiplatform entertainment, news and sports content. The realignment follows the appointment of Beau Ferrari to chairman earlier this month.
CBS All Access is getting an infusion of new programming as it preps for a rebrand in 2021. The service will add more than 3,500 episodes from the Viacom family of networks, including BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. To accommodate the new programming, All Access will get a design refresh that places an emphasis on the different brands. The price is expected to stay the same, starting at $6 per month with ads.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Champions League quarterfinals and semifinals will disappear from U.S. network and cable English-language television this summer under the new contract between UEFA and CBS, and […]
America’s Got Talent’ Drops To Season Low
America’s Got Talent dropped to a season low TV rating once again, as ABC aired a tribute to Regis Philbin in the same time slot. The NBC singing show scored a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49, an 18% dip from the previous episode from two weeks ago. A total of 6.1 million viewers watched AGT, which was the largest audience on the night, but also represents a 1.5 million viewer loss from the previous edition.
