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16/08/2018
T-Mobile Touts Customer Care Reorg and Not New OTT Service at Anticipated Press Event
Those hoping that Wednesday morning's highly anticipated T-Mobile press even...
16/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: NBC Dominates With Americas Got Talent
NBC blew all the networks out of the water for Tuesdays primetime ratings according to Nielsen overnights, adults 18-49 with Americas Got Talent. The network pu...
16/08/2018
WE tv Renews Vow With Bridezillas' Series
WE tv announced that it has renewed what it calls its signature series Bridezillas for another dysfunctional season. Bridezillas returned to the AMC Networks-o...
15/08/2018
Hulu Renews Limited Series Castle Rock' for Season Two
Hulu said it has renewed its limited series Castle Rock for a second season. Castle Rock, based on an original Stephen King story, is produced by Bad Robot Pro...
15/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: ABC and NBC Tied for First
ABC and NBC took primetime ratings according to Nielsen overnights in adults 18-49. The networks ranked a 1.0 and a 5 share. ABC took last weeks ratings with th...
15/08/2018
Ballers' and Insecure' Are Back: Here's How Viewers Are Reacting
HBO is kicking off its fall season with the premieres of two of its hit shows, Ballers (now in its fourth season) and Insecure (season three), which both aired ...
14/08/2018
Pay TV Subscriber Losses Dropped to About 415,000 in Q2 as vMVPDs Continue to Grow
With virtual MVPDs continuing to take on new customers at a healthy clip, keepin...
14/08/2018
TiVo Settles Patent Skirmish With Altice in Portugal
While it may have lost a volley last week in its battle patent battle with Comcast, TiVo scored a victory against Altice overseas. The most prolific technology...
14/08/2018
TNT Aims to Turn Bold Strategy Into Emmys
Why This Matters: Plans to reinvent a network don't often work, but when they do, the industry watches carefully. The Emphatic Showing by TNT in the recent...
14/08/2018
Emmy Nods Give Nets a Lot to Crow About
Why This Matters: Programmers see Emmy recognition as evidence that they're creating quality shows that resonate with audiences. Cable networks and streami...
14/08/2018
Comedy Puts the Drama In This Year's Emmys
Why This Matters: As the ultimate stamp of approval, the Emmys help viewers weed through an overgrown TV environment. The big headline coming off of this year&...
14/08/2018
Triple Threats Tackle Television
Why This Matters: Nets are hungrier than ever for top talent in this peak TV universe, and are willing to give the right creatives extraordinary power. While m...
14/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Big Brother
CBS took Sunday night primetime ratings according to Nielsen overnights in adults 18-49, taking the top spot with a 1.0/5. ABC was just behind with a 0.8/4. B...
11/08/2018
Abby Huntsman Departing Fox News Channel
Abby Huntsman will depart Fox News Channel, where she is a co-host on Fox & Friends Weekend. Fox News said Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12, will be Huntsman...
11/08/2018
Paul Rudd to Star in Netflix Comedy Living With Yourself'
Paul Rudd will star in the Netflix comedy Living With Yourself, playing a man struggling with his life who undergoes treatment to become a better person, and fi...
11/08/2018
CBS Celebrates 40 Years of CBS Sunday Morning' With Prime Special
CBS marks four decades of CBS Sunday Morning with the primetime special Sunday's Best: Celebrating 40 Years of CBS Sunday Morning. The program airs Friday, ...
11/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins With Bigger Big Brother'
CBS won the Thursday ratings contest, Big Brother leading the network to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That beat t...
10/08/2018
Roku: We Now Uniquely Deliver 10% of Adults 18-34'
Having successfully diversified into advertising from the maturing but still vital OTT device business, Roku exceeded Wall Street expectations in the second qua...
10/08/2018
Bryan Cranston to Star in Broadway Production of Network'
Network, the 1976 Paddy Chayefsky film about the TV news business, is heading to Broadway. The National Theatre's production of Network had been on stage in...
10/08/2018
House of Cards' Returns Nov. 2
David Giesbrecht/Netflix House of Cards returns on Netflix for its sixth, and final, season Nov. 2. Robin Wright's Claire Underwood returns as president. D...
10/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: Gordon Ramsay Shows Grow on Fox
Fox won a tight ratings race in Wednesday prime, its Gordon Ramsay shows bringing the network a 1.0 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. That topped the 0.9/...
10/08/2018
Fox to Air Inside the Manson Cult' Sept. 17
Charles Manson CR: FOX Fox will premiere Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes Monday, Sept. 17. The two-hour special looks at Charles Manson and his gang o...
09/08/2018
Comcast Wins Battle in Patent War with TiVo
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Tuesday sided with Comcast in its broad-reaching patent war with TiVo, negating TiVo's claim that a Comcast X1 feature ...
09/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: AGT' Down But Still Leads NBC to Win
NBC won big Tuesday, with America's Got Talent leading the network to a 1.6 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That bested ...
09/08/2018
OWN Orders Season Four of Queen Sugar'
OWN has ordered a fourth season of Ava DuVernay's drama Queen Sugar. The season three finale airs Aug. 22. Photo by Skip Bolen 2018 Warner Bros. Enterta...
09/08/2018
TCA 2018: On NBC Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Won't Have Substantive Changes'
Complete Coverage: 2018 TCA Summer Press Tour Beverly Hills, Calif. Don't expect to see a new Brooklyn Nine-Nine now that NBC has revived the show. In ...
09/08/2018
HBO Partners With Axios For Documentary Series
HBO has done a deal with Axios for a limited documentary series of news-oriented specials that will debut in the fall. Matthew O'Neill and Perri Peltz will ...
08/08/2018
Altice: Facilities-Based MVNO' Approach Limits Partnership Potential with Comcast, Charter
While Comcast and Charter Communications have enjoyed a close partnership for th...
08/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Buoyant Bachelorette'
ABC took the ratings title Monday, The Bachelorette leading to a hearty 1.8 in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That doubled ...
08/08/2018
CBS Grabs LeBron Competition Series Million Dollar Mile'
Credit: Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images CBS has ordered the LeBron James competition series Million Dollar Mile (working title), which challenges athletes' ph...
07/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: Sunday Game Shows Lead ABC
ABC won the Sunday prime ratings race, posting a 0.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That was better than the 0.7/4 that CBS tallie...
07/08/2018
TCA 2018: The CW Primed for Sundays
Complete Coverage: 2018 TCA Summer Press Tour Beverly Hills, Calif. CW president Mark Pedowitz took issue when a questioner described Jane the Virgin and Cra...
07/08/2018
TCA 2018: Homeland' to End After Next Season, Says Nevins
Complete Coverage: 2018 TCA Summer Press Tour Beverly Hills, Calif. Homeland will end after its next, and final, season, said David Nevins, president and CEO...
07/08/2018
TCA 2018: Ben Stiller Breaks Down Dannemora Prison Break
Complete Coverage: 2018 TCA Summer Press Tour Beverly Hills, Calif. Ben Stiller is behind the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora, about the prison b...
06/08/2018
TCA 2018: CBS All Access Has 2.5 Million Subscribers
Beverly Hills, Calif. CBS All Access has 2.5 million subscribers and its average viewer age is 43, the streaming network's executives shared at the 2018 T...
06/08/2018
Patrick Stewart to Play Picard in New Star Trek' on CBS All Access
Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" 1990 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved Patrick Stewart will reprise hi...
06/08/2018
TCA 2018: CBS Committed to Collaborative, Inclusive, Safe' Workplace, Says Kahl
Beverly Hills, Calif. Kelly Kahl, CBS Entertainment president, addressed the c...
06/08/2018
TCA 2018: Trump's Press Critiques Gave Murphy Brown' Reason to Return
The cast of CBSs "Murphy Brown" Credit: Robert Tractenberg/CBS Beverly Hills, Calif. The cast and brain trust of Murphy Brown spoke about what is different ...
04/08/2018
Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Big With Pre-Season Football
NBC won the ratings race Thursday, putting up a hearty 1.8 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. That beat the 1.0/5 that CBS and Fox mus...
04/08/2018
TCA 2018: Chris Rock Is on Board for Season Four of Fargo'
Season four of FX hit drama Fargo will feature Chris Rock. The new season depicts a pair of what FX is calling great American migrations southern Europeans to...
04/08/2018
TCA 2018: FX Orders Shogun' Limited Series
FX has ordered Shogun, which it calls the networks largest international scale production to date. There are ten episodes, based on the novel by James Clavell. ...
04/08/2018
TCA 2018: FX+ Now Available to All Subscribers
FX , the commercial-free on-demand hub for new seasons of FX original series, plus nearly every original series in the network's history, is now available t...
04/08/2018
TCA 2018: FX Orders Alex Garland Limited Series Devs'
FX has ordered the limited series Devs from writer/director Alex Garland. Eight-episode Devs will premiere on FX in 2019. FX Productions is producing. The cas...
04/08/2018
Showtime Political Show The Circus' Back Sept. 16
Credit: T.J. Kirkpatrick/Showtime Political documentary series The Circus returns to Showtime Sunday, Sept. 16. Hosted by John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Ale...
03/08/2018
TCA 2018: Nick Cannon All In For Fox's Genre-Defying' Masked Singer'
Fox shed a bit of light on its The Masked Singer game show, which the network announced earlier in the day. It's a music competition series pitting 12 celeb...
03/08/2018
OTT Summit: T-Mobiles Jeff Binder Says 5G Will Be Game Changer for Industry
Marina del Rey, Calif. The emergence of 5G technology will be a game changer for both the mobile phone business and the digital video business, according to J...
03/08/2018
OTT Summit: Byron Allen: Programmers Cannot Be Big Enough
Marina del Rey, Calif. In the current content climate, companies need scale and leverage, said Byron Allen, founder, owner, chairman and CEO of Entertainment ...
03/08/2018
Turner Ups Audience Buys in Upfront Deals with Clients
In a strong upfront overall, Turner seems to have achieved its objective in getting clients to spend more of their ad dollars on data-targeted campaigns. Befor...
