ABC picked up Same Time, Next Christmas from Freeform Studios. The holiday move, set to air in December 2019, stars Lea Michele (Glee) as Olivia Henderson, a young woman who met her childhood sweetheart during her family’s annual Christmas visit to Hawaii. After being separated by distance and years, the two reunite at the same […]
STATS and Perform wrapped up regulatory and closing requirements that will create Stats Perform, offering “the deepest breadth of data, sports research, news and video content, and unrivaled AI-powered solutions to sports media and broadcasters, technology companies, global brands, sportsbooks, teams and leagues, and fantasy providers,” according to the newly merged organization. Stats Perform’s extensive […]
Another historic battle between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for the Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Championship drew an overnight rating of 3.0 on ESPN for its more than five hours, up more than double (114%) compared to the championship match a year ago. The entire seven-hour telecast (which also included the Ladies’ Doubles Championship) averaged a 2.6 […]
Short-form steam engine Quibi lined up its first U.K. scripted development project, an adaptation of Harriet Tyce’s thriller novel Blood Orange. ITV-owned World Productions, producer behind The Bodyguard and Line of Duty, is on board for what’s being envisioned as a 12-part series … In more news from Quibi, which has been on a programming […]
HBO set September 9 as the premiere date for the third and final season of porn industry drama The Deuce. The network tweeted out the return date, along with an image of a VHS tape that signals the series’ leap in time from the previous ’70s setting to the ’80s.
The week sees action at The Open tee off at Royal Portrush, which hosts the Open for the first time since 1951 as Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson headline this year’s action on NBC and Golf Channel Golf Channel has TV coverage of Thursday’s first round and Friday’s second round, with […]
Procter & Gamble, an official partner of US Soccer, announced its support for equal pay from the NGB, taking out a full-page ad in Sunday’s editions of The New York Times, urging US Soccer “to be on the right side of history.” Procter & Gamble, which backs the org via its Secret brand, is also […]
How to Get Away with Murder will end after its upcoming sixth season. The ABC series premiered in 2014 and cemented star Viola Davis’ name in history as the first woman of color to win an Emmy as the Lead Actress in a Drama Series category. “Deciding to end this series was a brutal decision, […]
Get ready to remeet the Flintstones. Warner Bros. Animation and Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions are collaborating on a new series about the modern Stone Age family. The project is in early development and is being described as a primetime animated adult comedy based on the original idea featuring characters from the cartoon classic, which ran […]
The NBA named Kate Jhaveri, current CMO of Twitch and a former marketing executive at Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft, as the league’s new Chief Marketing Officer. Jhaveri begins with the NBA on Aug. 15 and will be responsible for leading the global marketing operations for the NBA, NBA G League and NBA 2K League, including […]