Glenn Geller is stepping down as President of CBS Entertainment. Geller had been on medical leave since a mild heart attack in March and decided not to return. CBS Corp. says it is in discussions with him for a production deal with CBS Television Studios. Taking over for Geller are Kelly Kahl, promoted to President, […]
There may be more ways to watch content than ever before, but over 92% of all adult viewing among U.S. adults 18+ is on a TV screen, according to Nielsen’s 4Q16 Comparable Metrics Report. The study analyzed the share of total gross minutes of consumer viewing across televisions and TV-connected devices. “What we found was […]
CBS This Morning finished the season with CBS’ best overall morning news viewer delivery in at least 29 years (since the advent of people meters in 1987). It’s the morning show’s second consecutive year delivering CBS’ largest audience in the morning in nearly three decades.
Bye bye for now. NBC is postponing its planned December premier of a Bye Bye Birdie musical starring Jennifer Lopez to 2018, due to Lopez’s schedule. The network recently announced it will air a live production of Jesus Christ Superstar on Easter Sunday 2018.
Veep and Silicon Valley will be back on HBO in 2018 for their seventh and fifth seasons, respectively. The net renewed both series ahead of their current season finales on June 25.
ABC is airing Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night for the tenth consecutive year in conjunction with the NBA Finals. Special episodes will air in primetime at 8p every night of the finals, and following the game on the West Coast, beginning with game one on Thursday, June 1. The lineup of guests includes Billy Crystal, […]
TruTV’s Impractical Jokers is heading to syndication, having been cleared in 85% of U.S. markets. The launch is scheduled for September 2017. Currently in its sixth season and already greenlit for a seventh, it’s the net’s longest running series and top rated original comedy in all key demos.
The FCC said it will not take action over complaints about the May 1 broadcast of CBS’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, during which the host said the only thing President Trump’s mouth was good for is “being in Vladimir Putin’s c—holster.” (The offensive word was bleeped, and Colbert’s face blurred). “The Bureau has concluded […]
History commissioned limited documentary series Watergate. Produced and directed by Charles Ferguson (Inside Job), Watergate tells the story of the conspiracy by President Richard Nixon and his White House staff, and how they were brought to justice. “Hugely compelling, Watergate is at once a sobering, frightening demonstration of the fragility of democracy in the face […]
Megyn Kelly’s newsmagazine show has a premiere date on NBC: June 4 at 7p, opposite CBS’s venerable 60 Minutes. Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly will have a limited run in summer, returning after Sunday Night Football and the Winter Olympics end in early 2018.
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