Netflix To Reboot ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ With Original Creators

TV Academy To Eliminate Emmy DVD Screeners in 2020

Wendy Williams Taking Break From Talk Show

Wendy Williams is taking an extended absence from her eponymous daytime talk show due to health complications after ongoing surgery for a shoulder fracture she said she sustained in December.

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OVERNIGHTS

‘A Million Little Things’ Boosted By Thurs. Move

The move of ABC’s A Million Little Things to Thursday lifted the show to its best ratings of the season. Airing behind the returning Grey’s Anatomy, the first-year drama tied its season high among adults 18-49 with a 1.1 rating, equaling the number for its series premiere. Its 5.25 million viewers were a season high.

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Kevin Cross To Lead NBC Sports Chicago

How Much ‘Star Trek’ Is Too Much? CBS All Access Boldly Tests Limits Of Viewers’ Fandom

COMMENTARY

Netflix’s Strategy Is Growth, So It Can’t Have Growing Pains

Shira Ovide: Netflix must grow. It has no choice. Sharks must keep swimming, and Netflix needs to keep signing up as many newcomers as it can. This is the path the company has chosen. Netflix’s blueprint is to spend money it doesn’t have today to land alluring programming and sign up as many customers as possible — and worry about the bill later.

‘The Bone Collector’ Snags Pilot Order At NBC

‘The Kominsky Method’ Gets Renewed By Netflix For Season 2

Netflix 4Q Rev Grows 27%, Misses Estimates

It climbs to $4.19 billion on 26% subscriber growth to 139 million worldwide. Soft growth in the U.S., where the streamer already has significant penetration and where a price hike will take effect, appears to have led investors to push Netflix’s stock down as much as 4% during after-hours trading.

Netflix Won’t Cut ‘Bird Box’ Scene Despite Outcry

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix’s post-apocalyptic survival film “Bird Box” is drawing criticism for using footage of a real fiery train disaster but the streaming giant has no plans to […]

ES To Launch Daily Comedy Talker ‘Trending Funny’

Entertainment Studios is launching Trending Funny  in broadcast syndication for fall 2020. Trending Funny  is a daily one-hour comedy talk show hosted by a panel of comedians and features celebrity […]

Walmart Abandons New Streaming Service To Focus On Vudu

‘Suits’ Spinoff Finally Has A Title

Viceland Sets Nightly Live Two-Hour Variety Show

BritBox Claims Over 500,000 Streaming Subs

Gladys Knight To Sing National Anthem At Super Bowl

NEW YORK (AP) — Gladys Knight will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this year’s Super Bowl. The seven-time Grammy Award-winner says she’s proud to use her voice to “unite and represent our […]

Fans Buy ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Star’s Memorabilia

GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — More than 200 items belonging to “Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert and her husband, Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield, have been purchased in […]

OVERNIGHTS

‘The Masked Singer’ Steadies In Week 3

Fox’s reality hit remains No. 1 for the night, leveling off after a drop in its previous episode. The Masked Singer drew a 2.2 rating in adults 18-49 and 6.89 million viewers, on par with the previous week’s 2.3 and 7.07 million.

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PPI Offering Crime Fighting Duo At NATPE

Embrace The Comfort Binge. You’ll Feel Better.

‘Channel Zero’ Canceled After 4 Seasons On Syfy

Paul DeBenedittis Named Nickelodeon EVP

NBC Cancels ‘Trial and Error’ After Two Seasons

‘Project Runway’ Works With Human Trafficking Survivors

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida-based company featured on the Lifetime show “Project Runway All Stars” is kicking off a new line of leather accessories as part of an effort […]

NBC Reups ‘Ellen’s Game Of Games’ For Season 3

Skipper Wants To Build The Netflix Of Sports

After an abrupt departure, former ESPN president John Skipper is trying to beat his former employer at its own game with DAZN (pronounced “da zone”), a subscription streaming service with an odd name and big plans to disrupt sports broadcasting.

‘Fox NFL Sunday’ Joining NAB Hall Of Fame

Landmark football pre-game show Fox NFL Sunday will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2019 NAB Show. The induction will occur during the Achievement in […]

Steve Carrell To Star In Netflix’s ‘Space Force’ Comedy

Julia Roberts Not Returning To ‘Homecoming’