NBC Sports Group is serving up its most NHL regular season games ever with the upcoming season, announcing plans to carry 105 contests starting this fall. Coverage will include 12 games on NBC and 93 games on NBCSN and debut with Opening Night doubleheaders on Oct. 7 between the Blackhawks/Rangers at 8p, followed by Sharks/Kings […]
Fox Sports is launching Fox Sports Engage, a multiplatform branded-content distribution initiative designed to offer sponsors a broader reach by distributing branded content across a slate of social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. FOX is then guaranteeing views depending on the combo of platforms used in a particular campaign. Early adopters include the […]
Showtime is pulling the plug on Happyish after one season. Picked up to series in January 2014 with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kathryn Hahn in the lead roles, the dark comedy was eventually revived after Hoffman’s untimely death with Steve Coogan starring. The one-and-only season finale drew a soft 348,000 viewers in Live+3 ratings.
NBC half-hour comedies Mr. Robinson and The Carmichael Show, originally set to air from 9-10p starting Wednesday, August 5, are breaking up. Now Mr. Robinson will air back-to-back eps for three weeks, followed by three weeks of doubled-up Carmichaels launching August 26. The maneuver gives audiences “a chance to fully engage,” said the net, as […]
Angelina Jolie will direct an original drama for Netflix, available for subscribers in fall 2016. The movie will be an adaptation of Loung Ung’s memoir First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. “It is a dream to be able to adapt this book for the screen, and I’m honored to work alongside […]
Billy Bob Thornton will star in upcoming Amazon original drama The Trial. The new show from David E. Kelley (The Practice) marks Amazon Instant Video’s first straight-to-series order.
Last month’s announcement that Mid-American Conference Commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher had signed on for an additional three years atop the league capped a crucial year for the league that saw a beefed up deal with ESPN, a new TV partner in CBS Sports Network, and expanded bowl opportunities among recent highlights. With “MACtion” set to […]
DraftKings nabbed another league, inking a deal with MLS to serve as the exclusive daily fantasy sports destination for the league in both the US and Canada. The deal will see DraftKings and MLS develop new daily fantasy games to bring the daily fantasy soccer experience to MLS fans. DraftKings will also partner with 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! Coming and going: Chris McCarthy has been named General Manager of VH1, overseeing all creative […]
Belief, a television event exploring humankind’s ongoing search to connect with something greater than themselves, premieres Sunday, October 18 at 8p on OWN. The doc airs over seven consecutive nights.
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