Bleacher Report announced a new slate of sponsors that will spotlight the U.S. Women’s National Teams and showcase the personalities of the stars playing in France. The lineup will include content features that pair blue chip brands with some of the sport’s biggest names: Adidas with Morgan Bryan; Body Armor with Megan Rapinoe; Umbro with […]
After testing the waters of Cloud9, Puma has decided to take a deep dive with the team, locking in an expanded sponsorship with the organization in a multiyear deal to develop a full apparel collection and see the brand serve as the official Apparel and Footwear sponsor of Cloud9 Esports (not including the Overwatch League’s […]
Echo Fox owner Rick Fox will stay with Echo Fox after reports of him considering leaving the organization earlier this year. Speaking on The GG Podcast, Fox said he will “fight to get this person out of Echo Fox.” Last month, Fox told TMZ Sports that he would stay with Echo Fox if the organization […]
Syfy canceled two shows based on graphic novels. Hitman/unicorn drama Happy! got the axe after two seasons, while student assassin series Deadly Class got killed after one. The shows are being shopped, by Universal Content Productions and Sony TV, respectively.
Alec Baldwin will headline Comedy Central’s next roast, to be taped in NYC this summer. “Alec Baldwin has done so many great things it will be a unique treat to spend a night focusing on everything he’d rather forget,” said Jonas Larsen, EVP Talent and Development, Comedy Central.
With five consecutive weeks of growth, ESPN is in positive viewership territory with its 2019 Sunday Night Baseball slate. Through 10 telecasts, the franchise has averaged nearly 1.51 million viewers, a 3% gain from 1.46 million watchers through the corresponding stage of the 2018 season. Sunday Night Baseball enjoyed its top telecast season to date […]
CBS President and Acting CEO Joe Ianniello is all in on the network’s chances of retaining NFL rights when the current TV contracts expire after the 2023 season. Ianniello, speaking at the Credit Suisse Annual Communications Conference on June 5, said the parties have mutually benefited from each other. He acknowledges the league can go […]
The fifth and final season of Showtime drama series The Affair will premiere on Sunday, August 25 at 9p. Season 5 will chronicle the aftermath of last season’s events and find the characters coming to terms with the consequences of their choices.
BBC America’s Killing Eve season 2 delivered the highest season-over-season growth of any returning TV drama on US television in the last three years, growing 87 percent in total viewers and 78 percent in the A25-54 demo from season 1, in Nielsen Live+7 ratings. Season 2 averaged 1.8 million viewers per ep, including 754,000 A25-54 […]
Kevin Warren, a trailblazer in the ranks of pro football, will soon leave his mark on college sports. The Big Ten Conference introduced the Minnesota Vikings COO as its new commissioner, making him the first African-American to hold that position for the NCAA’s oldest Division I conference. In his new job, Warren becomes the Big […]