It’s not a surprise, but it’s official: AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead had the highest-rated first season of any series in cable history across total viewers and all key demos in Live+3 ratings. Fear averaged 11.2 million viewers, 7.3 million A18-49 and 7.2 million A25-54. “When we set out to launch a companion series to […]
CBS is saying goodbye to summer series Extant after two seasons, but not star Halle Berry. “CBS, Halle Berry and the producers have decided to conclude the Extant story after last season’s exciting and fitting conclusion,” said Glenn Geller, President of CBS Entertainment. “Extant played an important role in expanding CBS’ lineup of original scripted […]
Hulu won’t be left behind in the VR game. Samsung, in partnership with Oculus, is debuting the consumer-ready version of its GearVR headset this November, and Netflix has already announced that it will feature an app on the device. Now Hulu has announced an app as well: The streaming service will be available on the […]
It’s not all cutbacks for Twitter. At in event in NYC last week, Jack Dorsey announced some significant changes to Amplify, Twitter’s tool allowing publishers to place in-tweet video ads. Under the new Amplify system, publishers will be able to upload their videos to video.twitter.com, and receive all revenue through automated rev-share payments. Advertisers will […]
Coming off a down season, the Arizona Coyotes experienced a summer that offered a blurred future when the Glendale City Council voted to terminate the city’s 15-year lease. Flash forward to the fall, and the team opened a two-year deal with the city through 2017 by capturing its home opener against the Penguins in front […]
The 2015 MLB Postseason is showing 18% in viewership as of Sunday morning, averaging 4.146 million viewers over last year to become the most-watched postseason for the league since 2010, according to Nielsen Fast Nationals. On TBS, telecasts are averaging 5.4 million total viewers through Saturday to ranks as the network’s most-viewed coverage on record […]
Politically angled Middle East drama Tyrant will get a third season FX. The series landed a 10-episode order; season 2 averaged 2.47 million total viewers.
Wednesday’s season five premiere of FX’s American Horror Story (hi, Lady Gaga!) checked in with 5.81 million viewers for its Hotel installment. That’s a slight dip from last year’s season premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show, which drew a viewership high of 6.13 million, but a healthy delayed viewing bump is expected.
The much-discussed Facebook dislike function is finally here. But if you were predicting a thumbs-down, think again. Instead, Facebook has rolled out a series of emojis. Friend lost his job? How about a frowny face? Another friend said something offensive? Go with the angry one. The full range of options is as follows: Love, Haha, […]
American Horror Story premiered Wednesday, and social media analytics company StatSocial took a look. Lady Gaga’s appearance dominated the social conversation before, during, and after the show. Twenty percent of the audience were fans of Gaga, placing her within their Top 15 favorite celebrities. FX clocked in as their favorite programming; they were also fans […]
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