Mario Lopez is joining the game show circuit as host of CBS’s Candy Crush, based on the mobile game franchise. “Mario Lopez is a perfect fit to host Candy Crush. As a big fan of the game and a competitor by nature, his larger-than-life enthusiasm matches the size and scope of our show,” said EP […]
IMDB may soon be more than just a site you use to remind yourself who Stephen Tobolowsky is. The Amazon-owned film and TV database has been quietly working on its own streaming service, according to a report from VideoInk. IMDB is reportedly in talks with digital-first studios and publishers, looking for long-format projects and […]
The Republican-controlled senate just voted to swat down sweeping FCC privacy rules that would have forbidden internet service providers from using customer data in targeted ads without permission. When the FCC passed those rules on a 3-2 vote last October, the agency was controlled by Democrats. Now it very much isn’t. In other words, without […]
Team USA’s win over Puerto Rico at the 2017 World Baseball Classic championship game wrapped up a record run for MLB Network, as the channel drew 2.3 million viewers for the game on Wednesday night, marking MLB Network’s second-most watched telecast ever, and continuing a streak of non-postseason bests. The telecast beat MLB Network’s prior […]
ESPN locked in its new NFL studio show lineups. With Chris Berman shifting to a new role later this year, the company announced that Suzy Kolber, Samantha Ponder and Trey Wingo will shift into Berman’s host responsibilities moving forward. Kolber, who co-hosted Monday Night Countdown with Berman since 2015, will now host the entire Monday […]
CynKids Exclusive: Telemundo is bringing children’s programming to its on-demand service for the first time. In a partnership with kids entertainment and education company Atencion Atencion, Telemundo On Demand beginning this week is offering five seasons of the like-named series plus two complementary concerts. Atencion Atencion combines live-action storytelling centered on a musical band, and […]
The Young & the Restless and its home network CBS garnered the most nominations for the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. CBS took a total of 70 nominations, with its beloved soap grabbing 25 noms. ABC’s General Hospital and CBS’ Bold and the Beautiful came in just behind Y&R, with 23 noms each. For daytime […]
Wilshire Studios, the unscripted production arm of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, entered an overall development deal with Danny Salles, the exec producer behind docu-series Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, which earned him an Emmy nomination. Salles most recently executive-produced Todrick (VH1), a docu-series following the YouTube star as he forges his Hollywood career.
Smartphone usage has doubled in the past three years, and since 2014 has driven all of the growth in digital media time spent, according to comScore’s just-released “Cross-Patform Future Focus 2017” report. Mobile represents almost 7 in 10 digital media minutes, with smartphone apps alone accounting for half of all digital time spent. “Mobile time […]
Archer: Dreamland, the eighth season of the FXX’s animated comedy series, lets fans solve cases alongside Detective Sterling Archer with the newly launched “Archer, P.I.” app. The multiplatform augmented reality app encourages fans to interact with Archer: Dreamland on screen and with real world objects to win prizes and solve cases. Once the season starts […]