Golf Channel is revving up for the 146th Open at Royal Birkdale in July with a coast-to-coast tour of the famed Claret Jug. In partnership with The R&A, the Claret Jug tour launches tomorrow at Universal Hollywood and will include stops at sporting and cultural events, golf venues and other locations in more than a […]
Nickelodeon’s PAW Patrol hit a series ratings high with its special “Mission PAW: Quest for the Crown,” which aired Friday, March 24, at noon. The episode delivered 18.9/2.0 million K2-5 and drew 4.2 million total viewers P2+ in Live+7. Additionally, PAW Patrol ranked as the number-one preschool show with Kids 2-5 on all TV for […]
Speaking of puppies, Animal Planet’s thirteenth Puppy Bowl, which aired February 5 to coincide with the Super Bowl, was a lucky one. Among other ratings scores, the canine fest was up 45 percent in viewership over last year in the 12-17 demo, Patrice Andrews, Animal Planet’s GM, tells Cynopsis. “Puppy Bowl was really up from […]
JOBS OF THE WEEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROGRAMMING GSNTV Santa Monica, CA 10 yrs. of previous exp. overseeing prog. at a network or wking prod. in alternative TV as well as a strong contact base of producers and agents; BA/BS degree. Send res and CL to tvcareers@gsn.com *** VP DEVELOPMENT GSNTV Santa Monica, CA Resp. […]
JOBS OF THE WEEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROGRAMMING GSNTV Santa Monica, CA 10 yrs. of previous exp. overseeing prog. at a network or wking prod. in alternative TV as well as a strong contact base of producers and agents; BA/BS degree. Send res and CL to tvcareers@gsn.com *** VP DEVELOPMENT GSNTV Santa Monica, CA Resp. […]
Kylie Jenner will star in and exec produce E!’s Life of Kylie, focused on the 19-year-old social media sensation’s career and personal life. Bunim/Murray Productions and Ryan Seacrest Productions will produce the 8-episode Keeping Up With the Kardashians spin-off, premiering this summer.
CMT bought another ticket to Nashville. Picked up after it was canceled by ABC, the country music drama ranks as CMT’s highest-rated and most-watched series (2.1 million weekly viewers in L+7) ever. Midseason 5 premiere date is Thursday, June 1 at 9p; season 6 will launch early next year.
Facebook announced that it now has 5 million active advertisers using its platform. And that represents some very rapid growth, even for Facebook. The number was 4 million as recently as September, and 3 million as recently as March 2016. And that’s not counting Facebook’s Instagram, which earlier this year announced that it has over […]
Dailymotion has long been compared to YouTube. But, well, it isn’t YouTube – and now it looks like it won’t try to be. The video hosting site, owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi, is planning a major relaunch in June. The company certainly isn’t doing away with user-generated content, but that will no longer be […]
CONCACAF member nations – the US, Canada and Mexico – made it official, announcing their intention to formally submit a unified bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which would mark the first time that three nations would jointly host a FIFA competition. The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the first with the […]