Empire did it again. In its third outing, the freshman Fox drama jumped four tenths, to a 4.4/13 rating among A18-49. That follows a 5 percent lift from week one to week two. American Idol also saw a four tenths uptick, to 3.4/11 in the demo.
Hulu greenlit a new half-hour comedy series from Lionsgate and RocketJump that will go behind-the-scenes of the latest YouTube short from Video Game High School creator Freddie Wong. The eight episodes will be released exclusively on Hulu on a weekly basis, with no premiere date set yet. RocketJump boasts seven million subscribers, and more than […]
Former American Idol judge Paula Abdul and singer/dancer Jason Derulo will sit at the judge’s table for season 12 of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, joining returning judge and co-creator/exec producer Nygel Lythgoe. Mary Murphy’s exit was announced earlier this month. Reality series returns this summer.
Add Common and John Legend to the roster of performers for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. The Grammy winners will perform “Glory” from the film Selma. Also onboard: Miranda Lambert, Usher and two of this year’s leading nominees, Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams, tied at six nods each. LL Cool J returns for his fourth […]
Onstage during his session at NATPE, Jay Leno made it clear he’s a fan of new late night host Larry Wilmore, whose show launched on Comedy Central Monday night. Calling The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore “terrific,” the former Tonight Show host welcomed Wilmore’s “different perspective.”
Shooting fish in a barrel? Comedy Central is set to tape a roast of pop star/underwear model Justin Bieber. Where to start: peeing in a restaurant mop bucket? Egging his neighbor’s house? Abandoning a pet monkey in Germany? “Justin has been asking us for a few years to roast him, and we just kept telling […]
NBC’s State of Affairs got a ratings bump Monday, rising 24 percent in viewers (4.5 million) and 57 percent among A18-49 (1.1). Fox’s Gotham (2.2) and Sleepy Hollow (1.3) matched series lows.
Walden’s fellow Fox TV chairman Gary Newman didn’t gloss over Fox’s disappointing numbers this season. “We are well aware we’re the fourth place network and our ratings are challenged,” said Newman, addressing reporters at TCA. “We know it’s going to be an uphill battle to turn this network around, and there’s only one way to […]
Eva Longoria’s ready for primetime again. Comedy Telenovela, from the Desperate Housewives alum’s Universal Television-based UnbeliEVAble, scored a straight-to-series 13-episode order from NBC, with Longoria set to star.
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