The NBA called off scheduled its schedule media sessions in China on Wednesday for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers battle set in Shanghai, with questions remaining on whether the exhibition will now take place at all following a fallout that began with Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey posting a tweet last week […]
The NFL is reports that NFL Media consumption figures continue to spike through week five of the season, reporting that over 142 million viewers have watched NFL games with viewership up 6%. In addition, the league reports that the entire list of top 20 TV shows this season are made up of NFL games, with […]
Activision Blizzard formally opened the doors to the Call of Duty League and its branding elements, in addition to mapping out plans for the league’s inaugural season next year. The series will be played exclusively on PlayStation 4 and dangle a total prize pool of over $6 million for year one, concluding with the Call […]
Riot Games released the official single and music video for Worlds 2019, titled Phoenix, featuring Cailin Russo and Crissy Costanza. G2 Esports mid laner Rasmus “Caps” Winther and SK Telecom T1 legend Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok make cameos, along with other pros who fight versions of themselves.
The CW ordered three more episodes of All American, for a total of 16, after the drama opened season two with a series high 926,000 total viewers and a best-since-November rating of 0.3 among A18-49. The drama’s season one average was 670,000 viewers and 0.2 in the demo.
CBS News and Quibi are teaming for a news show, 60 IN 6, that will deliver 60 Minutes’ brand of storytelling tailored for a new platform and a new audience. With the licensing agreement, the venerable newsmag will produce an original weekly program, approximately six minutes per episode, exclusively for Quibi. “This is a perfect […]
FOX Sports emerged as the new home of Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski, the former New England Patriot, who will serve as NFL analyst for its portfolio of NFL programming. Gronkowski makes his analyst debut on FOX NFL Thursday Presented By Verizon this week at 7:30p on FOX. He joins Pro Football Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw, […]
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee unveiled an updated Rule 40 and Paralympic athlete marketing guidance for the upcoming Games in Tokyo. Among the changes will be the following key points: Athletes are now able to thank personal sponsors during the Games. Athletes are now able to receive congratulatory messages from personal sponsors during […]
History’s Vikings will take its final sail this season, beginning with a two-hour season premiere Wednesday, December 4 at 9p. The network released the first trailer for the last season of the acclaimed saga about the lives and epic adventures of Dark Ages explorers. The 20-ep sixth and final season will air in two parts. […]
CBS Studios is casting its miniseries based on former FBI director James Comey’s book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership. Brendan Gleeson is on board to play Donald Trump opposite Jeff Daniels’ Comey. Additionally, Michael Kelly (House of Cards) will play acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and Jennifer Ehle will play Patrice Comey.