Television journalist Linda Ellerbee announced her retirement, as of January 2016. “I’m a lucky woman,” said Ellerbee. “I saw the world, met many of the world’s most interesting people and was well paid to do so. Now I choose to go, and I go smiling.” Ellerbee is best known for anchoring late-night news program NBC […]
From Sling Blade to Bad Santa to FX’s Fargo, Billy Bob Thornton has an illustrious history of playing thieves and killers. Now he’ll try the other side of the law on for size. Amazon confirmed that it has greenlit Trial, a new Thornton-starring drama set to run exclusively on Amazon Prime next year. The series, […]
Snapchat’s Discover platform is about to get more social media exposure. Discover features content from a select group of 16 Snapchat partners including CNN, Vice, and VOX; until now, said partners have been unable to link directly to their pages on social channels such as Facebook and Twitter. That’s about to change. One result is […]
The NBA reaffirmed its relationship with one of the sports world’s biggest spenders by announcing a four-year extension of its marketing partnership with Anheuser-Busch Tuesday. For the first time, the NBA and A-B will produce an original, digital content series that will appear on NBA and A-B-owned properties over the current 2015/2016 season. Under terms […]
With Brock Osweiler making his first home career start for a banged-up Peyton Manning, NBC Sports’ broadcast of the Denver Broncos’ 30-24 overtime win over Tom Brady and the previously undefeated New England Patriots averaged 25.2 million viewers on “Sunday Night Football.” That’s up 13% from last season’s Week 12 game between the Dallas Cowboys […]
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Add original executive producer Nigel Lythgoe to the American Idol alums set to return during the Fox music competition’s 15th and final season. Variety reports Lythgoe, who was let go in 2013 and is awaiting word on the fate of his So You Think You Can Dance, will exec produce the series finale. Original judges […]
CBS unveiled its winter schedule. Undercover Boss is back for season seven on December 20, the first of three Sunday broadcasts before the reality show moves to Fridays at 8p; the 28th edition of Amazing Race slips into that slot starting February 12. Season six of Mike & Molly launches Wednesday, January 6 at 8:30p, […]
Chromecast reigned supreme in Q3. According to the market research firm Strategic Analytics, Google’s streaming device accounted for 35% of streamers sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2015. Apple TV placed second with 20%, followed by Amazon Fire TV with 16% and Roku with 16%. As Variety notes, it’s impossible to say whether […]