Dancing with the Stars is facing backlash from its own host after ABC’s competition series announced Wednesday the upcoming Season 28 cast would include former Trump aide Sean Spicer. Host Tom Bergeron would like fans to know he opposed that casting decision.
The new syndicated show from Orion Television debuts with former judge and trial lawyer Gino Brogdon presiding. Also, season seven of Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court and season three of Couples Court with The Cutlers launch.
‘America’s Got Talent’ Rises To 4-Week High
NBC coasted to a ratings victory in primetime Tuesday, as America’s Got Talent posted its best 18-49 rating in a month and Bring the Funny put up steady numbers.
Sharp-eyed online viewers say they are watching something very different than what’s on TV.
An online star with 15 million subscribers dives into the white-hot center (emphasis on white) of broadcast television with A Little Late as the first openly bisexual woman of color to sit in a talk show host’s chair: “I’m very much all or nothing.”
WLS Ups Matt Knutson To Content Director
Matt Knutson, executive producer of Windy City Live, has been promoted to director of content innovation. He’ll supervise all local programming at ABC’s Chicago O&O.
Exclusives
There have been a handful of exits of Netflix executives from different areas related to kids and family programming. The layoffs took place over the past two to three weeks and five people were involved.
Country music and lifestyle diginet The Heartland Network, in cooperation with Just Renting Productions, is adding brand-new series Just Renting to the network’s lineup. The 30-minute series will premiere on Heartland Aug. 25, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — See your “Friends” on the big screen. Deck out your place with “Friends” decor. Wear your “Friends” as jewelry. Heck, buy the “Friends” Lego set and […]
This season, NBC’s Sunday Night Football will open with the original “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” song, but now Carrie Underwood will be joined by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joan Jett. Jett’s band, the Blackhearts, perform on the studio tracks.
FirstCom Music, a division of Universal Publishing Production Music (UPPM), has partnered with Capitol Studios to create the new production music label, Capitol Studio Masters. This marks the first time […]
NBC’s ‘Talent’ Continues Summer Dominance
The dominance continues even though the show is slipping in popularity, which is typical of most TV series these days. AGT averages 11.4 million viewers live and within a week of an episode’s premiere, down 18% from last year.
ViacomCBS-owned AVOD platform Pluto TV has partnered with the NFL to create a new free-to-consumer channel that will stretch the league’s brand out even further. The NFL Channel will “celebrate seasons past” with season recaps, classic games and archival episodes of Hard Knocks.
NBCUniversal is in talks with former ABC comedy head Jamila Hunter for a top programming job at the company’s forthcoming streaming platform. Hunter would leave Kenya Barris’ Netflix-based Khalabo Ink Society to take the post after following Barris to Netflix in October 2018.
‘Access’ Generates Its Own Summer Heat
It’s the only magazine to outperform its year-ago numbers, improving 10% from last year as well as strengthening 10% week to week.
‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Reaches Season Highs
ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise remained No. 1 in Monday’s ratings, scoring its biggest total audience of the season and matching its season high in adults 18-49. The show drew a 1.3 rating among adults 18-49, tying the mark it set with its Aug. 5 season premiere. Its 4.78 million viewers are a season high, improving by about 400,000 people versus a week ago. Grand Hotel improved a little across the board with a 0.5 in adults 18-49 and 2.6 million viewers.
New TV Promos From Accross The Country
Corden has signed a new contract that will keep him installed as host of The Late Late Show through August 2022. His current contract, signed in 2014 when he was announced as the successor to Craig Ferguson, was set to expire after the 2019-20 season.
The Country Music Association Awards announced Monday that “special guest hosts” Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire will join Underwood during the Nov. 13 event. The organization says the show will celebrate “legendary women in country music throughout the ceremony.” The CMA Awards will air live on ABC from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
CBS’s Big Brother hit a season high in total viewers Sunday night and tied its best demographic rating of the summer, despite heavier than usual competition in the form of an NFL preseason game on Fox.
Endeavor Content is part of the larger company’s aggressive and controversial strategy to expand beyond traditional deal-making into owning content.
‘Murder, She Wrote’ & Me
Series creator Michael Rauch announced the cancellation Friday on Twitter, writing, “I’m very sad to relay the news that @instinctcbs won’t be renewed for a 3rd season. We will double up this Sunday and our season/series finale will be Aug 25.”
Through 11 weeks of summer broadcast network programming, NBC’s America’s Got Talent still remains the top series — even as it and virtually all other shows continue to show double-digit viewing declines. Talent is now averaging 9.6 million total viewers, according to Nielsen’s live program-plus-same day metric, down 16% from a year ago.
