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| Thursday February 5, 2026 |
 IN THE NEWS |
| Fox Corp. reported total quarterly revenues of $5.18 billion for its second fiscal quarter, a +2% increase over the same period last year. The drop in political advertising revenue was offset by gains in sports and news pricing, and the growth of streamer Tubi.
Not that entertainment programming doesn’t remain a key part of Fox Corp.’s strategy. During an earnings call, CEO Lachlan Murdoch noted the performance across platforms of three breakout debuts, “Best Medicine,” “Fear Factor: House of Fear” and “Memory of a Killer” – each delivered more than 11 million multiplatform viewers, driving a +21% year-over-year increase in total minutes watched. The newcomers are powering Fox’s strongest midseason debut performance in more than 14 years. “We will always sign first-look deals and creative deals with the best content creators and producers and writers in the industry,” said Murdoch. “That’s something that we’ve always done, and will continue to do.”
Ad supported television represented 74.2% of overall TV viewing in 4Q25, according to Nielsen’s Q4 Ad Supported Gauge. Audiences spent 45.6% of their ad supported viewing time with streaming, 29.6% with broadcast, and 24.8% with cable, with broadcast experiencing the largest quarterly jump (22%) of any ad supported viewing category throughout all of 2025 in Q4. Football was a major driver for broadcast, as sports viewing surged by 135%. Overall, the ad supported broadcast category saw its biggest increase among 25-34 year olds (up 41%), but the 18-49 and 25-54 demos also saw increases of 31% and 29%, respectively. |
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| The NFL is taking note of football being a major viewing driver. While the league is in the early years of a $120 billion deal that extends until the early 2030s, the league is expected to open negotiations to revise its broadcast and streaming contracts as early as this year, reports the New York Times. “As we look around at the incredible viewership we had this year, and we look at this sports rights marketplace, we think the value of NFL rights have only increased,” said Hans Schroeder, the league’s EVP of Media Distribution, in an interview. The NFL tied down its last package of media rights deals in way back in 2021, when streamers weren’t yet a force in the live sports business.
NBC’s “The Voice” is getting longer, if not louder. Every episode of season 29’s “The Voice: Battle of Champions” will air in a two-hour timeslot, from 9-11p, starting with the premiere on Monday, February 23. That bumps the remaining six episodes of “Brilliant Minds” out of the Monday-at-10p slot; the medical drama will air later in the season or in the summer. |
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| NEW & RETURNING SERIES |
| Apple TV psychological horror thriller “Cape Fear” debuts Friday, June 5 with the first two episodes. The 10-episode limited series was created, showrun and executive produced by Nick Antosca and executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with Javier Bardem and Amy Adams starring and executive producing. The series was inspired by the 1991 remake directed by Scorsese and produced by Spielberg.
HGTV’s “Property Brothers: Under Pressure” makes its debut Sunday, March 15 at 9p. In the new series, Drew and Jonathan Scott help wary buyers make confident decisions. |
 “Rooster Fighter” joins Adult Swim on Saturday, March 14 at midnight. “‘Rooster Fighter’ is the kind of show that immediately answers the question ‘yes, but what if a rooster did it?’ and then never looks back,” said Michael Ouweleen, President, Adult Swim. “It’s ridiculous, wildly sincere, and packed with talon-powered action.”
Season 19 of period detective drama “Murdoch Mysteries” hits Acorn TV on Monday, March 2.
MGM+’s “From” is back for season four on Sunday, April 19 at 9p. The sci-fi horror series is the streamer’s most-viewed series ever. |
Today’s Premieres
BritBox: Grace
Netflix: Cash Queens; The Lincoln Lawyer; Unfamiliar
Peacock: Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback |
| TECH |
| TV outcomes company EDO announced the launch of ChatEDO, a conversational AI agent that makes EDO’s database of TV advertising activity and outcomes simpler to access, analyze, and utilize. ChatEDO allows clients to ask questions in natural language and surfaces insights across EDO’s Convergent TV database. “Our focus wasn’t just on building a chat interface — it was building the right intelligence behind it,” said Joshua Lee, EDO’s Chief Technical Officer and Head of Product. “We’ve spent years structuring Convergent TV outcomes data so it can be reliably consumed by AI agents. ChatEDO brings that powerful technical foundation to life, reducing friction and dramatically accelerating time-to-insight for agency teams.”
Bloomberg Media announced the launch of a new digital video experience for live and on-demand content, enabling faster discovery of Bloomberg’s video journalism, analysis and storytelling. Viewers can access Bloomberg’s video on its site and at the new ‘Stream’ tab on the Bloomberg Mobile app. The new experience will also arrive on streaming platforms in 3Q26.
Samsung Ads is expanding its integration with Amazon DSP into Europe. With Samsung Ads premium inventory available via Amazon DSP, advertisers gain seamless access to premium connected TV inventory at scale. “This collaboration reinforces our commitment to simplifying the media buying landscape for advertisers,” said Piers Heaton-Armstrong, VP, Sales, Amazon Ads Europe. “Regardless of whether brands want to run their ads across Amazon properties, third party streaming providers, or the wider open internet, we can help them do that.” |
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| PRODUCTION |
Blue Ant Media has repositioned Blue Ant Studios with a genre-led operating model, streamlined branding, and a retooled senior leadership team. The move follows Blue Ant’s recent acquisitions of Thunderbird Entertainment and Boat Rocker Studios. Blue Ant Studios will continue to be led by Co-Presidents Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg, with Hornburg overseeing content strategy, development, and production, and Bishop leading content monetization, rights, and commercial strategy. Great Pacific Media and ProperTV are being retired as part of the change.
Rise Literary is partnering with Joy Coalition, led by television producer Joy Gorman (“13 Reasons Why”), to expand its book-to-screen strategy. Gorman will advise the Rise team on creative development and strategy for the publisher’s slate of books.
David Grutman, founder of Groot Hospitality and DGN Studios, and Wheelhouse have struck an overall deal through which they will partner on a range of projects spanning entertainment, culinary, sports and lifestyle. Grutman’s production arm, DGN Studios, is currently in production on several projects, including Netflix’s recently announced reality series starring influencer Alix Earle. |
| COMING UP |
| ABC preview special “The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose” will follow the live telecast of “The Oscars,” on Sunday, March 15, with 18 former Bachelorettes offering advice to the franchise’s newest leading lady, Taylor Frankie Paul.
New Puppy Bowl marketing partners JetBlue, Chip City Cookies, Ben & Jerry’s, Fi, Beyond Yoga, Luckables, Learning Express Toys and Gifts, and Athletic Brewing Company have joined Best Friends Animal Society, Pooch Perks, The USO and more to create expanded opportunities for fans to engage with Puppy Bowl while supporting its mission to shine a spotlight on adoptable pets. Puppy Bowl returns for its 22nd year on Sunday, February 8 at 2p and will simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, HBO Max and discovery+. |
| SPORTS REPORT |
| Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather is suing Showtime, alleging the network’s involvement in his former advisor’s financial fraud scheme cheated him out of $340 million. TMZ reports Mayweather is claiming his former manager, Al Haymon, got “substantial participation and aid” from Showtime and its former president, Stephen Espinoza. Mayweather is suing Showtime and Espinoza for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy to commit fraud, conversion, and unjust enrichment.
LIV Golf locked in its 2026 broadcast team, welcoming back Arlo White, David Feherty, Rachel Drummond, Jerry Foltz, and Su-Ann Heng, alongside new additions Henni Zuël, Nicolas Colsaerts, and six-time DP World Tour champion Brett Rumford.
Speaking of, FOX Sports announced its expanded 2026 LIV Golf schedule, featuring nearly 300 hours of live competition across FOX Sports platforms. The 2026 LIV Golf season teed off yesterday on FS1. |
| RATINGS |
| The 2026 NHL Stadium Series delivered the most-viewed NHL regular season game ever on cable. Sunday’s Bruins-Lightning matchup averaged 2.1 million viewers, up +30% versus last year’s Stadium Series. Through 22 games, NHL on ESPN networks is averaging 795,000 viewers, up +39% year-over-year.
FS1 earned its most-watched college basketball game ever with 1.37 million viewers tuning in for Illinois’ victory over Nebraska on Sunday.
Last week’s episode of Food Network’s “Wildcard Kitchen” delivered series high Live+3 ratings for both P25-54 (.56) and W25-54 (.70), with double-digit gains of 65% and 75% respectively versus prior six-week timeslot benchmarks. “Beat Bobby Flay” posted .61 P25-54 / 0.82 W25-54 ratings last Thursday, gains of +177% and +242% respectively versus prior six-week timeslot benchmarks.
Going to the dogs: Fox scored the most-watched Westminster Masters Agility Championship since 2019. The competition drew 1.24 million viewers, up +57% versus 2025.
Top 10 Basic Cable for the Week of January 26
P2+ AA (000)
Primetime
Fox News 2565
ESPN 1403
MS NOW 1241
CNN 832
HGTV 722
TLC 644
TBS 585
History 523
Food Network 499
Hallmark Channel 451
Total Day
Fox News 1661
MS NOW 756
ESPN 709
CNN 590
HGTV 393
TBS 310
Food Network 306
History 272
GSN 270
FX 246
USA 246
Source: Nielsen |
| EXECUTIVE MOVES |
| Lucas P. Aragón has joined the FOX Advertising team as Senior Vice President, Creative. Aragón joins FOX from The Walt Disney Company, where he most recently served as Executive Director, Branding & Design (Motion), Disney Entertainment Television.
Fandom has appointed Jay Sullivan as CEO. Previously, Sullivan served as General Manager of Twitter’s consumer and revenue products.
Technology company ProRata.ai announced two appointments: Michele Tobin joins as Chief Revenue Officer and Peter Sloterdyk joins as Chief Marketing Officer.
Entertainment studio ZAG has appointed Rémi Guerin to the newly created role of Head of Studio. Guerin’s previous positions included Head of Content/Studio Manager at Dwarf Animation Studios. |
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This Day in History
2014 – Jay Leno hosted his last episode of “The Tonight Show.”
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
How many people have served as regular hosts on “Family Feud”? Six: Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Kam, John O’Hurley, and Steve Harvey. Kudos to: Jackie Howell-Nexstar-WCMH-TV/Columbus, OH; Marni C. Gold/Hawthorne, NJ; Matt Marini-Paramount/NYC; Cory Angerthal-AMC Networks/NYC; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; John Kukla-KDFW Fox 4/Dallas; Charles Conner-KOKI Fox 23/Tulsa
Today’s Trivia Question
Which short-lived sitcom centered on a man who quit his job as an insurance company executive to start medical school? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.) |
BROADCAST ENGINEER >>
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY/HIGH POINT, NC: Ensure high-quality production environments and provide technical leadership to faculty, staff, and students in live and recorded productions and play a role in supporting the school’s mission to provide industry-standard production experiences for students and will have opportunities to contribute to the development of emerging media technologies. More info HERE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE, MULTI-EPISODE TELEVISION PRODUCING >>
BOSTON UNIVERSITY – COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION/BOSTON, MA: Develope, produce, and manage scripted and unscripted multi-episodic series for linear television and/or streaming. Qualified applicants will be distinguished multi-platform practitioners with a significant body of “boots on the ground” work in the TV and streaming industry. The position will require in-class instruction and on-set exercises. Full info HERE
PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE: STUDIO AND/OR FIELD DIRECTING; MULTIPLE CAMERAS >>
BOSTON UNIVERSITY – COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION/BOSTON, MA: We seek a colleague with a significant body of practical work in television directing using multiple cameras for linear television and/or streaming platforms. Familiarity with visual effects and AI-supported tools is considered a plus. This position includes teaching directing of scripted and/or unscripted content using multiple cameras at many levels. Full info HERE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE: VERTICAL FILMMAKING/CONTENT CREATOR >>
BOSTON UNIVERSITY – COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION/BOSTON, MA: We seek a colleague with a professional track record in the creation and development of original short-form content aimed at promoting, activating, and motivating young people through social activism, experimentation, entertainment, brand building, and audience engagement across today’s leading content platforms and social media ecosystems. More info HERE
SALES MANAGER – AP AD INSIGHTS HUB >>
ADVERTISER PERCEPTIONS/NEW YORK, NY: Drive direct sales of the platform offering, focusing heavily on new client acquisition. Reporting to and working closely with the GM of the Ad Insights Hub, this individual contributor will partner cross-functionally with Sales, Business Intelligence, Operations, and Client Services teams to build awareness and engagement with new clients. Full info HERE
SALES DIRECTOR – OMG
MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT
NEW YORK, NY
Deliver and exceed sales revenue targets as well as build, manage and grow a strategic account list with a focus on Omnicom agencies and their clients directly, within the northeast. Ability to navigate holding company structure and negotiate strategic partnerships with key stakeholders (ratecards, preferred programmatic deals, content deals, etc.). More info HERE
DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE MARKETING >>
ATHLETE TO ATHLETE/SANTA MONICA, CA: Lead the performance marketing team across Meta Ads and new paid digital channels (TikTok, YouTube, Google, etc.) as well as build and execute a roadmap for channel expansion and profitable scale. Develop and run structured testing frameworks. Partner with Creative Strategist on ad briefs, testing priorities, and creative feedback loops. Full info HERE
SENIOR MANAGER, TRAFFIC >>
INSP, LLC./CHARLOTTE, SC: Oversee the Traffic staff and manage and monitor the day-to-day operations. Responsible for the prompt and accurate execution of broadcast logs for three networks. The manager assumes a leadership role within our Network Operations and consistently looks to streamline processes and increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Traffic department. Full info HERE
NATIONAL SALES MANAGER>>
HEARST MEDIA PRODUCTION GROUP/CHARLOTTE, NC: Oversee daily sales pipeline operations focused on national sponsorships, integrations, and branded content tied to unscripted programming. Manage and coach the Business Development team, drive outbound activity, shape proposals and pricing, and lead CRM strategy, reporting, and optimizations via Salesforce. Full info HERE
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER >>
NTD/WASHINGTON, DC: Pitch story ideas and write scripts/segment outlines as well as research guests and interview topics. Book guests and coordinate interviews. Help with logistics and sometimes field production. Support shoots and ensure production runs smoothly. Review footage and work with editors to shape final episodes. Write headlines, teasers, and social posts. Full info HERE
DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION >>
THE JIM HENSON COMPANY/HOLLYWOOD, CA: Responsible for all HR functions and oversight of administrative and management needs. This strategic role is charged with operating from a customer service driven viewpoint that prioritizes employee satisfaction as well as enforce legally compliant policies, increase efficiency by implementing administrative and record-keeping best practices. Full info HERE
SENIOR DESIGNER >>
REELZ CHANNEL/ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Responsible for the concept, design and execution of various motion graphics projects for on-air promo and sales presentations. Will be required to design and create graphics for social media, digital and print. Must be able to follow brand guidelines and expand and change the brand look when necessary. Full info HERE
EVP, COMMERCIAL & TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS, LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS >>
A+E GLOBAL MEDIA/NY(HYBRID): Oversee the three major areas of commercial transactions (comprised of supporting the Distribution, Total Media Solutions and Global Content Sales divisions) and the adjacent areas supported by the attorney teams that principally support those divisions (including vendor management and privacy). Full info HERE
SR. DIRECTOR OF SALES, KSTU & KUPX >>
THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY/SALT LAKE CITY: Leverage our suite of advertising solutions to unlock growth opportunities for local and national businesses. Play a role in driving the station’s revenue goals as well as serving as the home station for Utah’s new NHL team. Collaborate with our production team to create campaigns that connect our clients with their customers in meaningful ways. Full info HERE
DIGITAL MEDIA BUYER >>
FURMAN ROTH ADVERTISING/NY(HYBRID): Plan, launch, and optimize digital marketing campaigns across various paid media channels (including Display, Google products, Paid Social, CTV, and Programmatic, etc.) while managing budgets effectively. Support the execution of media plans across platforms, overseeing targeting, budget allocation, and performance tracking to drive campaign success. Full info HERE
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR; CTV BRAND PARTNERSHIPS – MID WEST/WEST COAST
FUTURE TODAY
REMOTE
Build, maintain and expand a pipeline of sales targets, contacts, and sales opportunities leveraging your relationships with a heavy focus on new business revenue. Build/nurture relationships with the investment, strategy, precision and digital agencies as well as clients. Also maintain an ongoing knowledge of the streaming media landscape. Full info HERE
DIRECTOR, AD MARKETING & SALES >>
THE SHADE ROOM/REMOTE: Develop and execute a revenue growth strategy to drive direct advertising, branded content, and sponsorship sales as well as lead the development of compelling advertising and branded content offerings tailored for TSR’s audience and cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key advertisers, media agencies, and brand partners. Full info HERE
PROFESSIONAL LECTURER OF COMMUNICATION/SPORTS BROADCASTING >>
MARIST UNIVERSITY/ POUGHKEEPSIE, NY: Teach studio and field broadcasting and new media courses in sports media and journalism as well as be able to teach a studio course on producing a newscast and help students live stream a podcast or produce short-form feature content suitable for social media streaming. Also demonstrate through their teaching, professional activity, and service. Full info HERE
SALES LEAD – AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS
UPWAVE
NEW YORK, NY
Build and manage relationships with our agency partners – mostly targeting media buyers and planners – and help them see the value of adding Upwave measurement to The Trade Desk campaigns. You will both leverage your existing network and open new doors to achieve aggressive but achievable sales targets. Full info HERE |
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