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23/02/2019
CBS Orders More Young Sheldon'
CBS has ordered two additional seasons of comedy Young Sheldon. Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro created Young Sheldon, a spinoff of The Big Bang Theory. The show...
23/02/2019
Charley Pride: I'm Just Me' Premieres on PBS Feb. 22
The American Masters documentary Charley Pride: I'm Just Me, about Pride growing up a sharecropper's son in Mississippi before making it as a trail-blaz...
22/02/2019
Primetime Ratings: Mighty Masked Singer' Leads Fox to Win
Fox took Wednesday ratings, as a robust The Masked Singer led to a hearty 1.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. Runner-up NBC got a ...
21/02/2019
Wendy Williams to Return to Talk Show March 4
After taking two months off to tend to illness and injury, Wendy Williams will return to her eponymous talk show on Monday, March 4, Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Merc...
21/02/2019
Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins as This Is Us' Ticks Up
(Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC) NBC was the winner in Tuesday prime ratings, This Is Us leading the net to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, an...
21/02/2019
Showtime Orders Pilot For Lena Waithe's How to Make Love to a Black Woman'
Showtime has ordered a pilot for comedy How to Make Love to a Black Woman (Who M...
21/02/2019
Syndication Ratings: Steady as She Goes in First Full Week of February Sweep
After the February sweep got off to a strong start, syndies were mostly flat to down in the first full week of the ratings period, which runs Jan. 31 - Feb. 27....
20/02/2019
Netflix Cancels Friends From College'
Barbara Nitke/Netflix Comedy Friends From College has been cancelled by Netflix. The show, which stars Keegan-Michael Key, Fred Savage and Cobie Smulders, last...
20/02/2019
Primetime Ratings: ABC With Buoyant Bachelor'
ABC won top spot in Sunday's ratings, riding a potent Bachelor to a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That beat the 1.4/6 tha...
20/02/2019
Miley Cyrus, Joel McHale, Wanda Sykes to Guest Judge on RuPaul's Drag Race'
A new season of RuPaul's Drag Race starts on VH1 Feb. 28, and the guest judg...
20/02/2019
Arrested Development' Back on Netflix March 15
Saeed Adyani/Netflix Arrested Development returns to Netflix March 15, when the second part of season five is shared. Busters on the run, no one has seen Luci...
20/02/2019
Netflix Cancels Jessica Jones' and The Punisher'
Netflix has canceled the Marvel TV series Jessica Jones and The Punisher. Krysten Ritter stars in Jessica Jones and Jon Bernthal stars in The Punisher. A third...
19/02/2019
Viewership Deep Dive: Conan's New Format, and Other Late Night Trends
Last year we used data from Inscape, the TV data company with glass-level insights from a panel of more than 10 million smart TVs and devices, to examine viewer...
16/02/2019
Primetime Ratings: ABC, CBS Tie on Weak Night
ABC and CBS tied for the win in Thursday prime ratings, both putting up a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.9/4 t...
16/02/2019
Cox Sells Broadcast Group to Apollo Global Management
Cox Enterprises said it reached a deal to sell a majority interest in Cox Media Group's broadcast stations and newspapers to fund managed by Apollo Global M...
15/02/2019
Catastrophe' Back For Final Season on Amazon March 15
Comedy Catastrophe returns to Amazon Prime for its fourth and final season March 15. There are six episodes. Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan created the show, and...
15/02/2019
Primetime Ratings: Booming Masked Singer' Paces Fox
Cr: Michael Becker / FOX Fox got top prize in Wednesday's prime ratings, with The Masked Singer leading to a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnigh...
14/02/2019
ZypMedia and Telaria Team on Local OTT Inventory
ZypMedia and Telaria have made a deal that should give local advertisers more access to premium over-the-top video advertising inventory. The agreement integra...
14/02/2019
Graham Media Renews Local Ratings Deal with Nielsen
Nielsen said that Graham Media Group has agreed to a multi-year renewal of its contract for local TV ratings. The station group will also be getting from Niels...
14/02/2019
TCA 2019: TV One Unveils NAACP Image Awards Nominations
TV One kicked off its coverage of the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Television Critics Tour Wednesday with several nominations within the awards televis...
14/02/2019
Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Ebullient Ellen's
NBC won the top spot in Tuesday prime ratings, a hot Ellen's Game of Games leading to a 1.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. In ...
14/02/2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Lined Up as Guest on First Desus & Mero'
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the first guest on Showtime weekly late-night show Desus & Mero. The show, hosted by Desus Nice (Daniel Baker) an...
14/02/2019
George Clooney Catch-22' Begins on Hulu May 17
The George Clooney dark comedy Catch-22 premieres on Hulu May 17. There are six episodes in the series, which is based on Joseph Heller's comic novel from 1...
14/02/2019
TCA 2019: Amazon Seeks to Play on Global Content Field
Pasadena, Calif. Amazon Prime Video will remain aggressive in the development of original domestic and international content while continuing to play in the l...
14/02/2019
Page Joins Fox Stations as VP for Digital Sales
Michael Page has joined Fox Television Stations as VP of digital sales, a new position. Michael Page Page, previously in a similar position at Tribune Media, ...
13/02/2019
ABC to Air Whiskey Cavalier' After Oscars
ABC will sneak peek new dramedy Whiskey Cavalier leading out of the Oscars Sunday, Feb. 24. The show, about secret agents leading an inter-agency team of flawed...
13/02/2019
Sinclair Forms New Sports Venture with Chicago Cubs
Sinclair Broadcast Group formed a joint venture with the Chicago Cubs that will own and operate Marquee Sports Network, a regional sports channel that will be t...
13/02/2019
Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Robust AGT'
(Photo by: Jordin Althaus/NBC) NBC got the top spot in Monday prime ratings, with America's Got Talent: The Champions paving the way to a 1.5 in viewers 18...
13/02/2019
TCA 2019: Zaslav Says Discovery Is Well Positioned for Future
Discovery Inc. Vowing to be one of the top global media companies of the future, Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav Tuesday outlined how the company is p...
13/02/2019
American Idol' Returns on ABC March 3
American Idol returns on ABC Sunday, March 3. It is the show's second season on ABC. Source: Disney|ABC Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie return as...
13/02/2019
Syndication Ratings: Shows Hit Season Highs as Sweeps Begins
Season highs were the norm as the February sweeps got underway in the week ended Feb. 3. The ratings period runs Jan. 31 through Feb. 27. Judge Judy In daytim...
13/02/2019
Last Call with Carson Daly' Coming to End
Carson Daly Carson Daly is wrapping up his late show, Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC. He will focus on hosting the Orange Room on Today and hosting/producin...
13/02/2019
Report: Apollo Nears Purchase of Cox Stations
Cox Media Group is nearing the finish line in the months-long process of selling 14 television stations across the country, with private equity giant Apollo Glo...
12/02/2019
TCA 2019: David Spade Show to Follow The Daily Show' on Comedy Central
David Spade will host a late-night series on Comedy Central, which is also bringing back Crank Yankers. The Spade show will air at 11:30 p.m. and will focus on ...
12/02/2019
TCA 2019: Comedy Central Renews The Other Two'
Comedy Central has renewed its comedy series The Other Two for a second season, the network said Monday. The series, created and written by former Saturday Nig...
12/02/2019
TCA 2019: Nat Geo Wild Goes Live with Animal ER Live'
Nat Geo Wild will go live behind the scenes at animal hospitals in a new series Animal ER Live, debuting in March. The series, produced by Big Fish Entertainme...
12/02/2019
NBC, Telemundo Stations Add Nielsen Voter Ratings
The NBCUniversal Owned Stations division said NBC and Telemundo stations and NBC's regional sports networks have added Nielsen's Rhiza consumer insights...
12/02/2019
TCA 2019: Hulus Handmaid's Tale to Return in June
Hulu has set a June 5 date for the third season return of the Handmaid's Tale, which will make it ineligible for the 2019 Emmy Awards. Hulu senior vice pre...
12/02/2019
Alaskan Bush People' Back on Discovery March 3
Alaskan Bush People, about a family toughing it out in our 49th state, returns to Discovery March 3. Discovery calls Alaskan Bush People its top-rated series. ...
12/02/2019
Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough Join Judges' Panel on AGT'
Actress/author/producer Gabrielle Union and actress/dancer/singer Julianne Hough will join the judges' panel on America's Got Talent when season 14 roll...
12/02/2019
Disney Channel Orders Zombies 2' Movie
Disney Channel has ordered a sequel to its Zombies movie. Production for Zombies 2 starts in the spring. Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim reprise their roles as Ad...
12/02/2019
Samantha Bee to Host Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner April 26
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee will hold its second not-annual Not the White House Correspondents' Dinner Friday, April 26 at DAR Constitution Hall in Was...
12/02/2019
TCA 2019: WarnerMedia SVOD Service Will Soft Launch in Fourth Quarter 2019
Pasadena, Calif. WarnerMedia's as yet named subscription on demand service will have a beta launch in fall 2019 with library products from its huge portfo...
12/02/2019
Entertainment Studios to Launch Spanish-language Weather Channel Streaming Service
Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios said Monday it plans to launch a Spanish...
12/02/2019
By the Numbers: 61st Annual Grammy Awards on CBS
Sunday was a big night for music with CBS airing the 61st annual Grammys hosted by Alicia Keys. Awards went out to the industrys top artists, from Kacey Musgrav...
12/02/2019
Busted Pilot: The Podcast About Whats Happening in TV
B&Cs Kent Gibbons and Mike Malone discuss what went on at TCA, the future of live musicals on broadcast, why Russian Doll and The Masked Singer are working, and...
11/02/2019
The Case Against Adnan Syed' Starts March 10 on HBO
Courtesy of HBO HBO premieres the documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed March 10. It is a four-part series directed by Amy Berg. Syed was a key figur...
11/02/2019
TCA 2019: Nat Geo Sets Genius: Aretha Franklin; Suzan-Lori Parks to Serve as Exec. Producer
National Geographic will profile the life of music legend Aretha Franklin in the...
11/02/2019
TCA 2019: John Hendricks Predicts SVOD Streaming Wars' This Year
Subscription on demand streaming services are headed for a battle royale in the next year as a slew of digital streaming services compete to lead the categorys ...
09/02/2019
AMC Orders Season 10 of The Walking Dead'
Credit: Aidan Monaghan/AMC Season 10 of The Walking Dead begins in October on AMC, the network said on Twitter. The second half of season nine starts Feb. 10. ...
