Event game show 500 Questions, from Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell, will be back next year for a second season on ABC. Produced by United Artists Media Group in association with Warner Horizon Television, the show’s first season finale provided the network with its best summer entertainment performance in its Thursday time period in two […]
E! Entertainment is bringing back plastic surgery series Botched for the second half of season two on Tuesday, October 6, at 9p. The season promises tougher cases than ever for Drs. Terry Dubrow and Paul Nassif. The docs and Dubrow’s wife Heather also will host 30-minute, three-ep special Botched: Post Op during the second half […]
Trust in the news media ties an all-time low, according to a new Gallup poll, with only 4 in 10 Americans saying they have “a great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence that news is being reported accurately. That’s down from a high of 55 percent in 1998 and 1999. While 45 percent of […]
Freshman grades: Limitless retained all of its premiere week A18-49 audience, according to Nielsen Live+SD data for Tuesday, September 29. The CBS drama averaged 9.58 million viewers and delivered 1.9/7 in the demo. ABC’s The Muppets dropped 31% in week two to 2.0/7 among A18-49, while Fox’s Scream Queens dipped 15% to 1.4/5.
Starz signed Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson to an exclusive overall deal. Under the two-year pact with G Unit Film & Television, Inc., Jackson will develop new projects for the network and continue as executive producer on Power. “Starz has been the perfect partner to make ‘Power’ the success that it is and I am looking […]
Nicki Minaj will executive produce and appear in a new scripted comedy for ABC Family. Based on her family’s immigration from Trinidad in the early 1990’, the show centers on Minaj growing up in Queens and rise to stardom. “This is one of the more unique adventures I’ve ever embarked on,” said Minaj. “I couldn’t […]
After airing just one episode, NBC ordered nine additional scripts for Blindspot. The thriller, which debuted a week ago, drew 3.1 million viewers in the A18-49 demo and 10.6 million viewers, which rose to a 4.5 rating and 15.2 million viewers in Live+3. Series airs Mondays at 10p.
Exclusive: Talk about hitting the ground running. Yesterday, the morning he started as GM of Science Channel, Marc Etkind broke into regular programming to take the NASA press conference about Mars live from 11:30-11:45a. Then Etkind added a special block of the net’s “best of” Mars programming for tonight, including an all-new special at 9p, […]
Noah pressure: Tonight’s late night launch of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in the host seat will be simulcast across Comedy Central’s Viacom cousins, including MTV, BET, CMT, TV Land, Nick at Nite and VH1, among others. First guest is Kevin Hart.
Thirst, a movie highlighting the global water crisis, is in development at HBO. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will exec produce with director Elliott Lester, Josh Weinstock, Jennifer Todd and Drew Vinton.
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