Hours before ABC’s Upfront, after the net had released its fall schedule, ABC president Paul Lee found himself explaining to reporters on a call that moving Grey’s Anatomy to 8p on Thursday next season, is “not an issue,” despite the drama’s steamy content. “I think that’s much less relevant than it was five years ago,” […]
There was plenty of buzz at the Univision Communications’ Upfront, as the company touted its 11 cable channels, including Fusion (with partner Disney) and El Rey, new programming and digital series. The company had already released its programming slate, but there was still a surprise for advertisers: Simon Cowell, on hand to announce the talent […]
NBC got the packed house at NYC’s Javitz Center warmed up with Seth Meyers, who griped to the assembled that the event “could just as easily have been covered in a mass email.” As for the Olympics, which the net picked up last week through 2032, the Late Night host joked, “Because of global warming, […]
Over at the Beacon Theatre, Ryan Seacrest announced “THIS… is the 2014 Fox Upfront.” Fox chairman Kevin Reilly called the net’s 2014-2015 portfolio “the biggest investment in programming we’ve ever made,” with “distinctive series, addictive event dramas and can’t miss live specials that will deliver broadcast’s most youthful audience at scale.” Debuting in the fall […]
Comedy Central will have big shoes to fill when The Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert jumps ship for CBS’s Late Show next year, and they’ve tapped Larry Wilmore to try them on for size. The Daily Show’s “Senior Black Correspondent” will launch Jon Stewart-created The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore at 11:30p, starting in January. “I’m […]
NBC unveiled its schedule for the 2014-2015 season, and it includes slipping Katherine Heigl CIA drama State Affairs into The Blacklist’s Monday at 10p slot starting November 17. Blacklist returns with new eps Thursday, February 5 at 9p, after a big Super Bowl push on February 1. The Biggest Loser moves to Thursdays at 8p, […]
Law & Order: SVU will turn sweet 16 on NBC. The procedural hadn’t gotten an early renewal as NBC worked out terms with producer Dick Wolf’s Wolf Films.
Whoopi Goldberg’s One Ho Production and 44 Blue are partnering for a docu-series following Goldberg’s daughter, Alex Martin, and her extended family. “To say that Alex has a gift for frankness is an understatement,” said co-founder and EVP of 44 Blue Stephanie Drachovitch. “She clearly comes by it honestly.” Discovery Commu
Community exec producer Chris McKenna alarmed fans with a Wednesday tweet: “Community is dead. Pick a new show to make unthreatening threats about.” An hour later came the message, “Rumors of its death may be exaggerated. But prepare yourself for non-exaggeration.” The NBC comedy, up against CBS monster hit The Big Bang Theory, averaged 1.5 […]
Bravo! The one-two punch of Sunday’s Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion show (1.8/6 among A18-49, according to Nielsen estimates) and Watch What Happens Live (1.7/5), capped off by Married to Medicine (1.0/3) averaged 1.54 in the demo, the net’s highest score ever. Housewives was the number one unscripted cable entertainment program of the week in […]
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