The NBA Playoffs have now handed ESPN and ABC their best viewership for the event in seven years with the networks – through five games – combining to generate an average of 4,045,000 viewers during opening weekend, up 5% year over year. Meanwhile, 35 ESPN commentators are now on deck to contribute to this weekend’s […]
There was shock in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday when Fox News host Sean Hannity was named as the mystery client of President Trump’s embattled lawyer, Michael Cohen. The hearing was over the raids federal agents conducted to gain access to Cohen’s files; Cohen had asked that his third client’s name (the second is Republican fundraiser […]
Carol Burnett will be joined by “experts” from 4 to 8 years old on Netflix’s A Little Help. The tots will weigh in on the dilemmas of everyday adults as well as celebs. All 12 episodes drop Friday, May 12.
DreamWorks Animation Television is creating two original series for Amazon Prime Video: a new take on The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, slated to premiere May 11 in the US, UK, Germany, India and Japan, and a series inspired by another familiar franchise, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, which will debut globally later […]
AR getting real at Nick: Nickelodeon unveiled a new augmented reality update for its No. 1 mobile game app Sky Whale. The AR-enhanced Sky Whale app allows users to bring the Sky Whale realm into their surrounding physical space through a device in a 360-degree immersive experience. With nearly 30 million global downloads since launch, […]
FOX Sports lined up its 2018 USGA Championship television schedule, locking in over 150 hours of live linear coverage across nine championships, including more than 45 hours of coverage of the 118th U.S. Open Championship from Shinnecock Hills Golf Cub in Southampton in June. Programming will run across FOX, FS1, FOX Deportes with concurrent streaming […]
NBC Sports reports that the company’s opening weekend of Stanley Cup Playoff coverage grew 25% this year over last year’s tally, averaging a 1.39 overnight Nielsen score. Through five days on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and USA, the postseason has posted a .6 overnight ratings, up 7% over 2017 numbers for the same span. Sunday’s matchup […]
Ready for another reboot? On the heels of the successful revivals of ABC’s Roseanne and NBC’s Will & Grace this season, Sony Pictures Television struck deals with Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser to reprise their roles for a Mad About You reboot. The actors have been in talks for several months about a return of […]
Kyle Chandler is taking on the lead role of Colonel Cathart, which George Clooney was originally going to play, in Hulu limited series Catch-22. Clooney, who will also be producing and directing, is taking on a less demanding supporting role.
The NBA Playoffs opened with an extension of the league’s hot viewership run this season, opening Saturday on ESPN and ABC with coverage up 17%, to rank as the highest-rated opening Saturday in five years, according to metered market ratings from Nielsen. The four-game slate averaged a 2.7 metered market rating with all four telecasts […]
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