The NFL confirmed plans to play a quarter of the regular season in London. For the first time, the season will see four games played in London in 2019, adding another week to the three that are being played there this year. Next year two games will be played at Wembley with two games to […]
Today hosts Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin and Al Roker manned the third hour of the morning show following Friday’s cancellation of Megyn Kelly Today. “We are starting a new chapter,” said Kotb. “As it evolves, we want you to know the entire Today family will continue to bring you informative and important stories, […]
Boxer Mike Tyson is shopping a scripted comedy, Rolling with the Punches, in which he would star, based on his life as a marijuana grower. “It’s basically me acting like me,” Tyson told Page Six. Tyson’s business partner, Rob Hickman, said he expects the show to make it to the small screen in five months.
MGM Resorts locked in its second sports betting partnership with a major league, announcing an agreement with the NHL to forge a “groundbreaking, multi-year strategic relationship.” MGM Resorts will now be able to market many of its products and services to the league’s fans through its media platforms and events. MGM Resorts will also use […]
FOX saw the Red Sox’ World Series clinching 5-1 victory over the Dodgers on Sunday night reel in an average audience of 17,635,000 viewers, according to Nielsen. That viewership should mark the network’s sixth evening in a row atop the primetime rankings to mark the second time the network has accomplished the feat. Boston’s victory […]
Sexually intimate scenes on HBO will be monitored by an “intimacy coordinator” who will serve as an advocate for actors, reports Rolling Stone. The position was created after complaints by actress Emily Meade about the on-set culture at porn industry drama The Deuce; now every HBO show with sex scenes will be staffed with a […]
Netflix canceled American Vandal after two seasons. While the mockumentary won critical acclaim, including a Peabody Award and Emmy nomination, the fact that it was produced by CBS Television Studios, Funny or Die and 3 Arts, at a point when the streamer is looking to produce shows in-house, likely did not work in its favor.
ESPN Podcasts scored a record in September, generating 39.3 million IAB compliant downloads, easily topping its previous record of 36.0 million set in May of this year, and marking a rise of 50% over September 2017. The company also reports that ESPN Podcasts drew a total of 5.47 million US Unique Audience, as measured by […]
Game 4 of the 2018 World Series handed FOX with a 9.8/19 metered market rating on Saturday to mark the fifth night in row that the network took the night among broadcast channels. That marks a dip of 7% in the Nielsen ratings from ight among the Big 4 and facing college football on both […]
Tina Fey has officially signed on as EP of upcoming E! talker Busy Tonight starring Busy Philipps. The show hails from Fey’s Little Stranger banner and NBCU’s Wilshire Studios.