Sources said that the beloved daytime-TV host — who has been absent from her eponymous syndicated show since December for a number of reasons — is unsettled by the apparent success of her stand-ins, and she’s becoming concerned that she won’t be able to make it back on the air in time to save her gig.
This year’s broadcast pilot season is shaping up to be one of the leanest in recent memory as far as sheer numbers are concerned. Among ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC, 59 pilots have been ordered so far for the 2019-20 season. Compared with the 76 pilots ordered in 2018, this year will more than likely be down 10%-20% from last; that would mark the fewest number of pilot orders going back at least seven years.
Windstream, a provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions, and MobiTV, a global leader in app-based TV video delivery solutions, plan to launch an app-based television service, Kinetic TV, which […]
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Terry Wood, who’d been with Netflix for the past four years, heads back to the Winfrey-verse — having previously worked for her company in Chicago in the 1990s.
NEW YORK (AP) — A new posting of a 2016 segment of “The View” is drawing attention to co-host Joy Behar, who in it shows a photo of herself in […]
CBS’s talent competition comes down to earth after its post-Super Bowl premiere, following a recent pattern for such shows.
The service was supposed to be a high-growth live TV offering, but a sudden drop in subscribers is causing alarm as traditional cable companies scramble to offer Netflix-like streamers.
Sign Of Spring: WGN Reveals Cubs TV Schedule
The newly appointed Fox Entertainment CEO spoke Wednesday on the heels of his first major public appearance in the new role when he addressed the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour. Collier weighed in on the future of Fox Corp., how Fox will sell itself to the creative community and the new content incubation pact that Fox just set with producer Gail Berman.
At the conclusion of Season 32, the iconic animated sitcom will have produced 713 episodes total. The Simpsons is the longest-running primetime scripted show in television history, having surpassed Gunsmoke during its 29th season. Currently airing its 30th season, the show has won 33 Emmy Awards, 34 Annie Awards, a 2016 People’s Choice Award and a 2016 Environmental Media Award. It was also the first animated series to win a Peabody Award and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2012 for the theatrical short The Longest Daycare.
As the groundbreaking children’s series celebrates five decades with 150 million viewers, its producers offer The Hollywood Reporter extraordinary access to Big Bird, Cookie Monster and the minds behind one of media’s only universally loved franchises — and reveal how a $100 million-a-year mainstay nearly went out of business.
With the $71.3 billion merger of two studios about to close, fears are mounting on the storied Fox lot as colleagues prepare to become rivals, Bob Iger’s every move is scrutinized and 4,000 jobs are about to vanish: “There will be bloodshed.”
Early State Of The Union Numbers Rise
In metered-market households, President Trump’s address to Congress averaged a 16.3 rating across ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, up about 10 percent from a 14.8 last year. Tuesday’s address was also slightly higher in metered markets than Trump’s 2017 address, which is not technically considered a State of the Union speech as he’d only been in office a few weeks.
ABC Boss Says She Isn’t Worried About A Messy Oscars Show
From the outside, the road to the 2019 Oscars has been a wild ride from the short-lived “Popular Movie” Oscar category to the Kevin Hart hosting fiasco. ABC President of Entertainment Karey Burke, who took over for Channing Dungey in November, told journalists at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Tuesday that the drama was initially intimidating but she’s now looking forward to an exciting awards show.
New ABC Boss Karey Burke: ‘I Would Be Thrilled’ To Add Another Latenight Show After ‘Kimmel’
Channing Dungey’s replacement is “interested in anything that Jimmy [Kimmel] wants to do beyond his show.”
New ABC Boss Lays Out Her Plans
Karey Burke made her TCA debut as ABC Entertainment President today. Following a surprise introduction by ABC latenight host Jimmy Kimmel, Burke shared her vision for the network, which she had wanted to work at since graduating college. That includes ramping up and better supporting programming that attracts female viewers, which has traditionally been ABC’s core demographic.
Chuck Lorre’s praised CBS comedy Mom has received a two-season pickup by CBS. The renewal follows the studio Warner Bros. TV securing new deals with stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney. After lengthy negotiations., the two actresses have inked new two-year contracts with major salary increases to continue on Mom, now in its sixth season.
Network Evening News Shows Have Loyal Fans
Between them, the newscasts anchored by David Muir, Lester Holt and Jeff Glor were seen by an average of 26.9 million viewers each weeknight last week. If they were seen in primetime, both ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC’s Nightly News would be top 10 shows.
Sunday night’s Super Bowl may not have broken any TV ratings records, but it broke new ground for consumers who preferred to stream the game online. CBS says the game drew an average minute audience (one of the closest digital metrics to the Nielsen average viewership standard) of 2.6 million viewers, up 31% from last year’s Super Bowl, and a new streaming record.
ABC has renewed scripted shows The Good Doctor and A Million Little Things as well as the unscripted series Shark Tank. The announcement was part of ABC’s day at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Tuesday.
