There’s a new reboot in the works – think cat fights and shoulder pads – and it’s headed to The CW. The network is bringing back a modern-day version of Dynasty, the iconic series that was produced by Aaron Spelling. Project hails from Gossip Girl creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who have teamed with […]
After two seasons, NBC cancelled Aquarius, the drama starring David Duchovny based on the Charles Manson murders. The series, which debuted in the summer of 2015, saw its ratings drop when it was moved from Thursday to the low-trafficked Saturday night.
As Netflix has focused on an original content-centric strategy, it’s also declined to forge as many new licensing deals (and allowed old ones to lapse). The result: The streaming giant’s content library has shrunk by more than half since 2012, from about 11,000 titles to about 5,300 titles. It was the streaming blog Exstreamist that […]
Amazon Prime members just got a new benefit: An ad-free version of Twitch. And the live video-streaming site, which is owned by Amazon, will also allow Prime subs free access to one paid Twitch channel per month, as well as access to digital games, free same-day game delivery, and other perks. The new program is […]
With the MLB postseason upon us and heavyweight markets/clubs in the mix for the World Series, FOX Sports geared up for its NL run and World Series run last week with the announcements that Alex Rodriguez would return to the studio as an analyst, and would be making his first appearance of the postseason this […]
A Louisville/Clemson showdown drove ABC to a massive 6.0 rating on Saturday, with ESPN’s family of networks scoring the top three overnights of college football’s week 5. The Tigers win marked the highest overnight for a Saturday college football game of the season and up 25% over last season’s equitable matchup. Meanwhile, Wisconsin/Michigan on Saturday […]
Shawn “Jay Z” Carter inked a two-year, exclusive first-look deal with The Weinstein Company to generate movies as well as scripted and unscripted TV. Jay Z, who has his own multimedia company Roc Nation, was a producer on the Jamie Foxx remake of Annie, co-producer on Top Five and EP on Baz Luhrmann’s The Great […]
It’s not TV, it’s…Playstation? An app for HBO Now, HBO’s à la carte SVOD service, just became available on Sony’s Playstation 3 and Playstation 4. On top of that, both HBO and HBO’s Cinemax have debuted on Playstation Vue, Sony’s internet-based TV service. Playstation Vue is also debuting the new new “Ultra” plan, which includes […]
Sir Ben Kingsley and John Cho face off when Lip Sync Battle kicks off Season 3 on Wednesday, October 12 at 9p (new day and timeslot). Additional stars scheduled to appear on the Spike series this season include Lupita Nyong’o, Don Cheadle, Wanda Sykes, Uzo Aduba, and Craig Ferguson.
According to a survey from cg42, cord-cutting could cost pay-TV providers almost $1 billion in revenue over the next year. The survey, which contacted 1,119 U.S. customers, estimates that pay-TV providers could stand to lose $1,248 per cord-cutter each year, and that as many as 800,000 customers might become cord-cutter within the next 12 months. […]