With golf ratings swelling this season and the emergence of stars such as Jordan Spieth, Turner Sports and CBS Sports are looking to keep the trend moving upward with coverage of the 97th PGA Championship starting this week. The tournament tees off on TNT starting Thursday at 2p. Meanwhile, PGA.com, which is managed by Turner […]
The debut of the 2015-16 Premier League season offered a quick jolt to NBC Sports, which notched the best-ever overnight Nielsen ratings in the US for the league’s opening Saturday. The combined overnight rating for the four matches on the NBCUniversal networks pulled a 2.02 and was up 43% from the prior record set a […]
Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in our daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital and sports television. Enjoy! Fuse has its sights set on culturally diverse influencers with a September 30 relaunch. On the way: […]
FOX is expanding its Empire. The network announced new drama pilot Star, from executive producer Lee Daniels, a possible companion series to the network’s breakout hit. “Like Empire, it’s set against the backdrop of the music business, but from a very different perspective,” said FOX chairman and CEO Gary Newman, noting that Star is set […]
The all-star cast of NBC’s holiday production of The Wiz Live! keeps growing. Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black) and Amber Riley (Glee) have signed to play Good Witches on the special airing Thursday, December 3. “We are so happy to welcome two actors we’ve admired and wanted so much to work with,” said […]
Time traveling Mr. Peabody and Sherman are headed to Netflix. The animated duo, introduced in the 1960s during the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, will be voiced by Chris Parnell (Saturday Night Live) and Max Charles (American Sniper) on The New Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show. Thirteen episodes of the DreamWorks Animation series, which follows the […]
Oxygen Media is giving YouTuber Frankie Grande (2.6 million followers) his own half-hour special. Worst.Post.Ever: With Frankie Grande, premiering Aug. 18, follows Grande as he breaks down the most talked-about online posts, tweets and selfies from Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. And he’s a little excited about it. “I have always dreamed about having such […]
USA Network continues to muscle up its sports programming, with NBC Sports announcing that the cable channel will carry a weekly Premier League match through the upcoming season. Games begin on Saturday and the schedule will see USA Network step into the action with Watford/Everton at 10a. Overall, the channel will carry 40+ weekend Premier […]
FOX NFL Sunday goes where no pregame sports show has gone before and will broadcast from the Emmy Awards red carpet on Sept. 20 at noon. Later that day, of course, the Awards telecast will be on the network at 8p. “The Emmys are one of the most prestigious and anticipated television events of the […]
Cancelling TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting cost Discovery Communications a cool $19 million. During an earnings call on Wednesday, CFO Andy Warren cited higher restructuring and other charges of $19 million, “primarily due to content impairment charges from canceling TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting.” 19 Kids was yanked in May after it was revealed family […]
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