Kevin Hunter is out as an executive producer of The Wendy Williams Show on the heels of Williams’ announcement that she plans to file for divorce from him, her husband of 22 years.
Netflix gets three awards, HBO and FX each have two and NBC and BBC America each land one.
In one of the most obvious decisions of the broadcast season, Fox has renewed Tim Allen comedy Last Man Standing. The pickup is for the multicamera comedy’s eighth season overall and the second on Fox.
Amazon said Thursday that YouTube will appear on Amazon’s Fire TV devices and smart TVs in the coming months, but did not give an exact date.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that the San Jose, California-based entertainment video-streaming service will invest up to $100 million in the city.
Weigel’s WCIU Chicago Adds CW Affiliation
With the addition, the station will move its current programming branded as The U to a subchannel.
The Amazing Race kicked off its 31st run with decent ratings Wednesday night, pairing with Survivor to carry CBS to an across-the-board win.
As latenight talk shows continue to see overall viewing declines versus a year ago, CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert maintains a strong lead over NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in total viewers, as well as a slight edge in key 18-49 viewers.
The CW unveiled its summer plans as it continues to push for more year-round programming. Its 2019 post-TV season schedule includesa half-dozen new series and dates for two returning dramas and three unscripted veterans. The 11 summer premieres is the most ever for the 13-year-old network.
Fox has started ripping off the Band-Aid on its cancellations. The newly independent broadcast network has opted to cancel the sophomore drama The Gifted and the rookie comedy Rel. The cancellations mark the first to come for the newly independent Fox Entertainment.
The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court claims agents’ use of so-called packaging fees is illegal under California law because they pose “numerous conflicts of interest between writers and the agencies serving as their agents.”
James Holzhauer won $131,127 during a show aired Wednesday night, breaking the record that viewers saw him set last week.
Before the public got a look at the upcoming NFL regular-season schedule on Wednesday, Howard Katz, the league’s SVP of broadcasting and media operations, relayed to Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN what games they received. In interviews with network executives, all four networks thought Katz’s task of formulating this year’s packages was fair.
‘The Voice’ Sinks To All-Time Ratings Low
NBC’s talent show fell to its lowest adults 18-49 rating ever on Tuesday night, posting a 1.0 in the key demo. It also failed to finish first in its time period for the first time in its spring cycle. ABC’s comedy Bless This Mess, on the other hand, premiered with the network’s best rating in the time period since late October.
Wendy Williams‘ estranged husband Kevin Hunter has served as an executive producer on her Debmar-Mercury syndicated show since it launched in 2008, but, after the marriage fell apart last week, he’s now negotiating an exit package, according to sources.
Advertisers Put On Full Court Press For NBA Ads
As the NBA post-season action gets underway, strong demand has already gobbled up between 85% and 95% of the inventory on ESPN, ABC and Turner’s TNT with percentage rate increases over last year in the high single digits, according to time buyers and sellers.
Games Of Golf, ‘Thrones’ Power Ratings
Nielsen said 17.4 million people watched the Sunday opener to the final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, either live on the network at 9 p.m., streamed, through HBO’s on-demand service or during two reruns that aired later that night. Also on Sunday, Tiger Woods’ stirring comeback in the Masters gave CBS its biggest audience for that marquee golf tournament in six years.
Syndie Ratings Are Bustin’ Out All Over
Shows in all of the first-run genres report weekly ratings gains in the first week of April with magazines particularly active.
‘American Idol’ Closes Gap With ‘The Voice’
The Voice rebounded from last week’s season-low numbers and led Monday’s ratings across the board. American Idol also improved and finished as close to its NBC rival as it has so far this season.
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation will honor Sandra Oh, Tisha Thompson, Rachel Maddow, Connie Britton, Elizabeth Perkins, Patricia Arquette, and Leah Remini among others on May 21 in Los Angeles. Local and student award winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 26 in New York.
NEW YORK (AP) — Big Bird, Elmo and stars of “Sesame Street” are leaving their quiet neighborhood and embarking on a road trip. The nonprofit Sesame Workshop said Tuesday a […]
