TBS picked up a second season of The Last O.G., starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish, and a third round of comedy/thriller Search Party. O.G. is 2018’s top cable comedy show, while Search grew double digits in its second season and became the fastest TBS original to reach one million views on VOD in season […]
A reality competition will, “for the first time in the history of American television,” says ABC, allow viewers to watch and vote from both coasts simultaneously. That’ll happen when American Idol is simulcast in all time zones over a three week period starting Sunday, April 29, with real-time results announced at the end of the […]
ABC renewed Grey’s Anatomy for season 15, not exactly a surprise since it’s the net’s number one drama among A18-49, is up 3% in total viewers versus last year and Ellen Pompeo had already signed a new two-year deal with the show. The medical drama will now be ABC’s longest-running primetime scripted series – The […]
The season three finale of Ash vs. Evil Dead on April 29 will also be the end of the road for the series on Starz. This season the show dipped to an average .08 rating among A18-49 and 177,000 total viewers. “Ash Vs Evil Dead has been the ride of a lifetime,” tweeted series star […]
In the latest Discovery shuffle post-Scripps acquisition, Jane Latman is new GM at Travel Channel, reporting to Henry Schleiff. Latman also will continue to serve as EVP, development and research, for Investigation Discovery and American Heroes Channel, and GM of Destination America.
Using science as the foundation for stunts and practical jokes, SciJinks, the new science prank show hosted by Johnny Galecki, will premiere Wednesday, May 16 at 10p on Science Channel. Galecki, along with science “prankologists” Tamara Robertson and Jason Latimer, test out science on unsuspecting marks, drawing from chemistry, physics, technology, engineering and more.
CBS renewed 11 more series for the 2018-19 season, for a total of 17, including the entire Tuesday and Friday night lineups. Coming back are Blue Bloods, Bull, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, MacGyver, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Survivor, The Amazing Race, 48 Hours and 60 Minutes.
American Idol champ and The Voice coach, Kelly Clarkson, who just appeared on the Academy of Country Music Awards, has a new gig: host of the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. NBC is airing the show this year for the first time. Ceremony takes place Saturday May 20 at 8p at the MGM Grand Garden Arena […]
Gabrielle Union inked a first look deal with Sony Pictures TV. Under the two-year agreement, Union’s production company, I’ll Have Another, will develop broadcast, cable and digital projects for Sony TV.