TBS Continues Renewals and Ratings Growth Streak With The Guest Book, People of Earth and Wrecked

TBS Continues Renewals and Ratings Growth Streak With The Guest Book, People of Earth and Wrecked Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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TBS Continues Renewals and Ratings Growth Streak With

The Guest Book, People of Earth and Wrecked The Guest Book is 2017s #1 New Cable Comedy

All Three Shows Rank Among Cable's Top 10 Comedies in Key Demos

All TBS Original Comedies Seeing Ratings Growth Over Previous Seasons

Turner's TBS has renewed three of the network's most recent hit original series: The Guest Book, People of Earth and Wrecked. All three shows rank among the top 10 cable comedies with adults 18-49 in Live +7, and The Guest Book is cables #1 new comedy series of the year. The networks summer series join TBS previous 2017 renewals, including the dysfunctional family comedy The Detourand police procedural spoof Angie Tribeca.

The Guest Book is currently averaging 3.5 million viewers per episode across TBS platforms, and is currently the #1 new cable comedy this year.

All of the network's returning series have shown impressive ratings growth season over season. Among today's renewals, People of Earth brought in 2.7 million multiplatform viewers per episode, up 22% over season one (P18-34) in linear Live + 7, and Wrecked attracted 3.6 million multiplatform viewers per episode, up 7% over last season (P18-34) in linear Live + 7. Among previously renewed shows, Angie Tribeca was up 17% over its previous season (P18-34) and The Detour was up 3% (P18-49).

Since rebranding this network just two years ago, we have renewed 100% of our scripted originals, which have all generated impressive audience growth in an environment that's seeing mostly declines, saidBrett Weitz, executive vice president of original programming for TBS. Our shows are connecting with fans and we're going to keep making these genuinely funny comedies with the best creators in this business.

The Guest Book emerged from Emmy winner Greg Garcias habit of writing fictitious stories in the guest books of various rental cabins in an effort to freak out the next renters. Season one stars Garret Dillahunt, Carly Jibson, Kellie Martin, Charlie Robinson, Aloma Wright, Lou Wilson, Laura Bell Bundy and Eddie Steeples as residents of a small mountain town who interact with visitors renting vacation home Froggy Cottage.' The Guest Book is a co-production of CBS Television Studios and Turners Studio T. Garcia serves as executive producer along with Alix Jaffe.

Executive-produced by Emmy winners Conan OBrien and Greg Daniels along with creator DavidJenkins and showrunner Norm Hiscock, People of Earth centers on a support group for alien abductees in Beacon, N.Y. In season two, StarCrossed's members must reckon with the arrival of FBI Agent Alex Foster and the discovery that they were all previously abducted as children. The ensemble cast stars Wyatt Cenac, Ana Gasteyer, Nasim Pedrad, Oscar Nu ez, Michael Cassidy, AliceWetterlund, Luka Jones, Brian Huskey, Nancy Lenehan, Tracee Chimo, DaVine Joy Randolph, Bj rn Gustafsson and Ken Hall. People of Earth is produced by Conan OBriens Conaco LLC in association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television.

In season two of the hit survival comedy Wrecked, pirates invade the island. This is bad news for Danny, Owen and the other stranded airline passengers, who've only recently recovered from the loss of wi-fi, indoor plumbing and Steves attempted takeover of the island. Season two stars Asif Ali, Zach Cregger,Rhys Darby, Brooke Dillman, Will Greenberg, Jessica Lowe, Ally Maki and Brian Sacca. The series is executive-produced by Justin Shipley, Jordan Shipley and Jesse Hara.

About TBS

TBS, a division of Turner, is home to six of the most popular and critically acclaimed new comedy series on cable - Angie Tribeca, The Detour, People of Earth, Search Party, Wrecked and The Guest Book - as well as the animated hit American Dad! Upcoming comedies include The Last O.G., Close Enough, The Cops, Tarantula and Final Space. TBS also presents late-night comedy in the form of CONAN, starring Conan OBrien, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and will soon launch a late-night block from Super Deluxe. TBS slate of unscripted series includes the upcoming competition series Drop the Mic and The Jokers Wild. In addition, the TBS lineup includes popular comedy hits like Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Bobs Burgers, The Big Bang Theory, New Girl and 2 Broke Girls; blockbuster movies; and live coverage of Major League Baseballs regular and post-season play, the NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Championship and ELEAGUE, Turners eSports gaming league. The TBS app is available for iOS, Android and other platforms and devices.

About Turner

Turner, a Time Warner company, is a global entertainment, sports and news company that creates premium content and delivers exceptional experiences to fans whenever and wherever they consume content. These efforts are fueled by data-driven insights and industry-leading technology. Turner owns and operates some of the most valuable brands in the world, including Adult Swim, Bleacher Report, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, CNN, ELEAGUE, FilmStruck, Great Big Story, HLN, iStreamPlanet, Super Deluxe, TBS, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), TNT, truTV and Turner Sports.

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