ABC demonstrated its faith in Jimmy Kimmel as a weapon in the late night war with a two-year contract extension. In the face of fierce competition, JKL is up 16 percent in total viewers this season and up 13 percent among A18-49.
NBC yanked Believe and Crisis from the May sweep lineup for Sunday, May 18, slotting a Women of SNL special instead. The midseason dramas scored 1.0 in the A18-49 demo on Sunday.
Spike TV greenlit special event Tut, about the Egyptian Pharaoh. The MUSE Entertainment six-hour series, to be shot in Morocca and Canada this fall for a 2015 debut, will be Spike’s first scripted event in eight years, part of an effort at the guy-skewing net to achieve a more gender-balanced audience.
Everett Bradley, touring with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and leader of his own Everett Bradley Band, will also serve as band leader for The Meredith Vieira Show, launching in syndication Monday, September 8. Also onboard: announcer Jon Harris. “Everett and Jon are like brothers to me and will be a great presence […]
Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. died April 2. He was 95. Zimbalist starred in 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I., and guested on numerous shows including Maverick, Hotel and Murder, She Wrote. He also had a recurring role on Remington Steele, starring his daughter, Stephanie Zimbalist.
NBC News named Chris Jansing senior White House correspondent, and shifted White House correspondent Peter Alexander to the position of national correspondent. NBC News president Deborah Turness said the moves will allow NBC News political director Chuck Todd “to dedicate more of his time to the signature razor-sharp analysis and expertise our audiences can’t get […]
CBS scored the most Daytime Emmy nominations Thursday with 60, followed by 51 for syndicated shows, 44 for PBS, 37 for Nickelodeon, 30 for ABC and 24 for Hub. CBS soap The Young and the Restless grabbed 26 noms; The Ellen DeGeneres Show was tops in talkers, with nine nods. Competing against Ellen for entertainment […]
TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland has been renewed for a 24-episode sixth season, announced net president Larry W. Jones during a rehearsal for the comedy’s 100th episode. The cast celebrated, of course, with selfie. Season five airs Wednesdays at 10p.
CBS CEO Les Moonves didn’t mince words at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference yesterday when asked what he thought about streamer-of-broadcast signals Aereo. “Aereo takes our content and doesn’t pay for it,” said Moonves. “That’s theft.” But as the Supreme Court broadcasters versus Aereo case moves along, Moonves insisted he’s not worried. “It’s nothing we […]
It’s Judge Judy after dark. The doyenne of daytime is getting her own prime time special, CBS’s one-hour Judge Judy Primetime, featuring a look back at the rise of Judy Sheindlin from family court judge to syndication staple. Produced by CBS Television Distribution and Queen Bee Productions, the show airs Tuesday, May 20 at 8p.
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