Coverage of all three days is up 11% vs. 2018, which previously had been the most-watched draft. Coverage of the three days of the draft on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and NFL Network (plus ESPN and NFL digital properties) averaged 6.1 million viewers.
BOSTON (AP) — “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman will plead guilty on May 13 to charges that she took part in a sweeping college admissions cheating scam. Huffman had been […]
Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury and producer Will Packer team for a five-week preview of Atlanta-Based Central Ave starting Nov. 4 on select Fox Television Stations.
‘American Idol’ Hits 7-Week High
American Idol turned in its best ratings in almost two months on Sunday night. The ABC competition delivered a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49, easily the best on the broadcast networks for the night and the show’s best performance in the key ad demographic since a 1.5 on March 6. Its 7.88 million viewers are the most since its season premiere.
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A+E Networks is warning viewers of a possible blackout of A&E Network, Lifetime, History and other channels across DirecTV platforms as the sides go down to the wire on carriage renewal negotiations. DirecTV and A+E Networks are facing a deadline of midnight ET Tuesday to strike a new deal that will keep A+E Networks channels on DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse.
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Handwritten notes and family photographs belonging to Lucille Ball will be digitally preserved as part of a new project being undertaken by the National Comedy Center in the […]
HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — Pat Sajak will take a “C” for Chairman. Hillsdale College in Michigan says the “Wheel of Fortune” host will lead the governing board at the small liberal […]
According to NBC’s updated schedule, the series will not air in its normal Friday 8 p.m timeslot beginning tonight and continuing May 3-17, with the show returning on May 24 and May 31 for the final episodes of its fourth season. The Blacklist will air in its place, moving up an hour from its normal 9 p.m. slot. The sixth season finale of The Blacklist is set to air on May 17. The news comes as Blindspot is still awaiting word on whether or not it will be renewed for a fifth season.
NFL Draft Rises, ‘Big Bang Theory’ Hits Low
The series finale of Gotham goes quietly, with the opening of Avengers: Endgame possibly factoring into declines for some shows.
Amazon is in talks to join Sinclair Broadcast Group in a deal to buy the 21 Fox regional sports TV networks that are being auctioned off by Disney. Sinclair is looking for Amazon’s backing as it preps a roughly $9 billion, all-cash offer for the so-called RSNs, sources say.
WDIV Taps Into ‘Jeopardy’ Frenzy In Fun Promo
The return of the Windy City triumvirate gives NBC Wednesday’s biggest total audience and a share of the demographic lead.
This fall sees the most national debuts in seven years as Kelly Clarkson and Tamron Hall try to succeed in a challenged landscape.
Across the past five TV seasons, 61% of midseason launches wound up canceled after that freshman run. In that same span, 58% of fall launches were ill-fated — so, premiering earlier isn’t necessarily better.
Empire stars Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard are appealing to Fox for their embattled co-star Jussie Smollett to return for the show’s sixth season. Henson, Howard, and the rest of the drama series’ top cast, penned an April 19 letter to Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier, Disney TV Studios and ABC Entertainment chair Dana Walden, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn, Empire co-creators Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, and other executive producers on the series.
The younger-skewing broadcast network will, for the first time in years, not have a single canceled show this season as all five of its freshman dramas are returning: All American, In the Dark, Roswell, Charmed and Legacies.
Low-power TV group HC2 will carry the black-focused multicast network on its stations in 29 more markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas and Detroit.
Veteran Discovery executive Jane Latman has been named president of HGTV, effective immediately. She replaces Allison Page, who was recently named president of Discovery’s joint venture with Chip and Joanna Gaines.
For the second straight week, The Voice‘s Tuesday show hit an all-time low in adults 18-49. Yet after a time slot switch, it still helped New Amsterdam grow week to week.
The new syndicated talk show now has been sold in 90% of the U.S. for a Sept. 16 launch.
The still unnamed country music service — comprising a broadcast diginet and an OTT streaming platform — will operate from offices and production facilities in Nashville. Drew Riefenberger has been tapped to head the joint venture as general manager. The OTT version, a mix of linear and on-demand programming, will not simulcast the multicast version, although there will be some overlap.
