Event game show 500 Questions, from Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell, will be back next year for a second season on ABC. Produced by United Artists Media Group in association with Warner Horizon Television, the show’s first season finale provided the network with its best summer entertainment performance in its Thursday time period in two […]
E! Entertainment is bringing back plastic surgery series Botched for the second half of season two on Tuesday, October 6, at 9p. The season promises tougher cases than ever for Drs. Terry Dubrow and Paul Nassif. The docs and Dubrow’s wife Heather also will host 30-minute, three-ep special Botched: Post Op during the second half […]
It’s finally here. After over three weeks in beta, Verizon has launched the final version of its Go90 streaming video service. The service will include original content, as well as programming from networks including Comedy Central, MTV, and many others. It will also feature clips from NFL Network and ESPN, as well as web shows […]
You know the story about the Dutch buying Manhattan for $24? Now cut that number in half: That’s how much former Google employee Sanmay Ved payed to legally purchase the Google.com domain name. No, seriously: Somehow this actually happened Tuesday. Fortunately for Google, the company was able to cancel the sale after one minute – […]
ESPN is poised to make history with its coverage of the 2015 MLB Postseason, delivering fans the American League Wild Card Game telecast presented by Hankook Tires on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 8p. Jessica Mendoza will officially become the first female analyst to call a nationally televised MLB postseason game, joining John Kruk and Dan […]
NBC Sports Group, Universal Sports Network and U.S. Figure Skating opened the curtains to its 2015-16 broadcast schedule for the upcoming season. NBC Sports Group carries more than 30 hours of coverage throughout the season, including 13 hours of the seven-event ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, 11 hours of of the 2016 Prudential […]
Trust in the news media ties an all-time low, according to a new Gallup poll, with only 4 in 10 Americans saying they have “a great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence that news is being reported accurately. That’s down from a high of 55 percent in 1998 and 1999. While 45 percent of […]
Freshman grades: Limitless retained all of its premiere week A18-49 audience, according to Nielsen Live+SD data for Tuesday, September 29. The CBS drama averaged 9.58 million viewers and delivered 1.9/7 in the demo. ABC’s The Muppets dropped 31% in week two to 2.0/7 among A18-49, while Fox’s Scream Queens dipped 15% to 1.4/5.
Full VR immersion into a terrifying dystopia? In this case, it actually sounds pretty fun. Lionsgate has partnered with Samsung Electronics to give The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 a virtual reality preview. From October 2-4, at over 1,000 Best Buy locations across the U.S., fans will get the chance to experience a Hunger […]
No longer is YouTube limiting advertising to advertisements. Google’s video-sharing site has unveiled Shopping ads, a new tool allowing advertisers to make videos more shoppable. Here’s how it works: During videos, product cards will surface along the side of the screen. Consumers can then click those product cards to further explore the item, or to […]