Programming

NBC’s Stanley Cup Finals broadcast is also solid, improving slightly on the opener’s numbers a week ago.

The 27-year-old librarian from Chicago dethroned Holzhauer before he was able to beat Ken Jennings’s record.

ABC and Fox chiefs share fatigue with the early May crunch, while CBS and NBC execs seem more wed to the upfront schedule.

On Monday, the show’s most dominant player in years can surpass the $2.5 million Ken Jennings won during his famous streak. Read on if you want to learn what happened.

Early numbers for ABC’s coverage of the game are off about 20% versus the second game of the 2018 series.

A video clip appearing to show Jeopardy phenom James Holzhauer’s historic run come to an end made the rounds Sunday on social media. The minute-long snippet — believed to be a leaked clip from an episode expected to air on Monday — picks up as the contestants reveal their responses in the Final Jeopardy segment, and ends with the 34-year-old professional gambler in an unfamiliar position: Second place, trailing leader Emma Boettcher by $3,200.

Katie Nolan, analyst Jay Williams, Snapchat SportsCenter host Gary Striewski and Mike Korzemba, a YouTube influencer who specializes in basketball-related content, will hold forth on a special Game 2 broadcast available only on the ESPN App. ESPN is taking a swing at what is likely to be a growing challenge for sports purveyors of all sizes: A rising generation of viewers is growing accustomed to watching their games in a very different way.

The final season will be an abbreviated seven episode run, making it the shortest season of the show. Silcon Valley is currently in pre-production and is slated to debut later this year.

Eric Schrier, most recently the president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions, will take on the newly created position of president of FX Entertainment. With the move, Nick Grad, who previously held the same title as Schrier, will now report to him as FX Entertainment’s president of original programming. And Gina Balian, EVP series development, has also been named president of original programming for FX Entertainment alongside Grad.

The Toronto Raptors’ presence in the series will likely have a negative effect on ratings as Nielsen doesn’t measure viewership in Canada.

Abby’s, The Enemy Within and The Village have all been canceled after only a single season on the network.

It’s never happened before: eight co-champions closed out the bee after 20 rounds by spelling 47 consecutive words correctly. All eight received the full winner’s freight of $50,000 in cash and a new, custom-designed trophy, because E.W. Scripps simply could not come up with words difficult enough to challenge them.

Queen Bee Productions, the production banner co-founded by Judge Judy Sheindlin, has brought on former Twentieth Television president Greg Meidel. In his new role, Meidel will oversee all broadcast, cable and direct to consumer content and distribution for the company, while also participating in the development of new content as a co-executive producer.

Two new programs seek to boost inclusion among production coordinators and production assistants.

WarnerMedia has joined the chorus of industry voices speaking out against Georgia’s new abortion law, which was signed by the governor on May 7. WarnerMedia is currently filming The Conjuring 3 in the state and will soon shoot the Suicide Squad sequel there. On the television side, Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams’ show Lovecraft County and The Outsider, executive produced by Jason Bateman, are both in production in Georgia for HBO.

The veteran unscripted series premiere to lower ratings than a year ago on NBC and Fox but are tops among Wednesday’s original programs.