Cord cutters, be careful what you wish for. With CBS and HBO planning stand-alone streaming services, al a carte viewing is getting more attainable, but “you are going to have to pay more for less choice,” RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank told the Wall Street Journal. That’s a sentiment echoed at the Cynopsis Future […]
Fox cut the order for Mulaney from 16 to the 13 already completed. The comedy premiered to a soft 1.0 rating among A18-49, but improved to 1.1 its second outing, and will continue in its Sunday-at-9:30p timeslot.
The official cause of Joan Rivers’ death has been determined by the New York City medical examiner’s office. The legendary comedienne died following “a predictable complication” during a medical procedure that led to a loss of oxygen to her brain. Rivers was undergoing a laryngoscopy and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at Yorkville Endoscopy in New […]
An item in the October 14 issue of Cynopsis cited research from MoffattNathanson that pointed to Adult Swim as being up 23 percent in ad count versus 3Q13. Turner points out that the report did not consider that Adult Swim added an extra hour of programming in 2Q14, starting its telecast at 8p instead of […]
Neil Patrick Harris has been tapped to host the 87th Academy Awards. It’s the How I Met Your Mother star’s first time manning the Oscars, but he’s no stranger to emcee duties, having hosted the Emmys twice and the Tonys four times. Harris shared the news via social media on Wednesday, with a video of […]
NBC’s Marry Me premiered Tuesday to a healthy 2.3/7 among A18-49, according Nielsen, tying CBS’s NCIS to top the 9-9:30p timeslot. The season premiere of About a Boy followed, with 1.7/5 in the demo.
That NBC Nightly News winning streak broken by ABC World News the week of September 29? Not so broken. Revised Nielsen data, addressing a software glitch, has NBC finishing first for the week with 8.283 million total viewers versus ABC’s 8.113 million. NBC has now been tops in viewers for 265 consecutive weeks. ABC does […]
The Voice is happy with Pharrell Williams. The hitmaker, currently in his first stint as judge on the NBC singing competition, will remain onboard for season eight, with original coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera. Gwen Stefani is taking Aquilera’s seat this go-round, during the “What a Girl Wants” singer’s maternity leave.
The season five premiere of AMC’s Walking Dead drew a record 17.3 million total viewers and 11 million among A18-49, the zombie drama’s best ever, topping everything else on television in the demo. Aftershow Talking Dead delivered 6.9 million viewers, with 4.5 million A18-49. “It’s a Dead man’s party,” quipped AMC president Charlie Collier. “Who […]
The week after season four’s debut broke FX ratings records, American Horror Story was greenlit for a 13-ep season five. With Live+3 viewing, Wednesday’s premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show is the most-watched single program in FX’s 20-year history, including programs with Live+7 deliveries. The creepy drama’s debut delivered 10 million total viewers and […]
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