Sony Crackle announced series orders and launch dates, casting moves and programs in development at its upfront in New York City on Tuesday. The Oath, the crime drama created by Joe Halpin and executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, was greenlit for a sophomore season. The show is the platform’s most watched new original […]
Sports Illustrated’s subscription-video-on-demand streaming media network, Sports Illustrated TV is gearing up to expand its distribution with the launch of a direct-to-consumer app. SI TV, which launched in November 2017 on Amazon Channels, is now available on web browsers, rolling out on Roku, iOS and Android devices within the next week for $4.99/month or $49.99/year […]
The Stanley Cup Playoffs continue to deliver for NBC Sports, which reports an average Total Audience Delivery of 751,000 viewers through Sunday to mark the best tally in four years through the first 12 days of the playoffs. Coverage on NBC is the best since 2015, while cable coverage on NBCSN is the best in […]
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 […]
Family, faith and sports will be the focus of Steph Curry’s new studio at Sony Pictures Entertainment, which yesterday inked a development and production deal with the NBA superstar that will extend to TV, film, gaming, virtual reality and more. Curry’s new production house, Unanimous, was co-founded by Curry, CEO Jeron Smith and chief creative […]
Mondo TV announced a new 3-year deal with Discovery for Robot Trains to air on DKids, a Middle East pay TV channel owned by Discovery. Season 1 will debut in May; season 2 is slated to drop in February 2019.
U.S. Figure Skating and NBC Sports Group locked in a media rights agreement that hands the media group exclusive media rights to premier domestic and international figure skating events through 2026. Each season during the partnership, NBC Sports Group will present an unprecedented 80+ hours of coverage, including 30+ hours of figure skating coverage on […]
Pizza Hut takes on its first NFL Draft as the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL with a sponsorship activation plan that includes dancing, prizes, fan activities, and more. The brand is bringing in NFL wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster as ambassador of the Pizza Hut “Doorbell Dance” campaign, as well as appearing as a social […]
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 […]