Congratulations to the winners of the 40th annual Sports Emmy Awards, which wrapped up with ESPN and NBC each nabbing six trophies each while their network groups drummed up eight each. TNT notched five wins, followed FS1 and HBO with four apiece to round out the top five channels. NBC’s XXIII Olympic Winter Games […]
Sunday’s finale of Game of Thrones set a series record 19.3 million viewers across HBO, HBO Go and HBO Now. On HBO alone, the 9p tally was a record-busting 13.6 million viewers, the most ever for a single telecast on HBO. The GoT ender also goosed the season finale of Barry – the dark comedy […]
The season 21 premiere of CBS’s Big Brother airs over two nights, Tuesday, June 25 and Wednesday, June 26 at 8p. Starting July 10, the summer reality show moves to Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9p, along with the 8p Sunday broadcast. Julie Chen returns as host.
Top female hockey players announced that formation of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association, designed to serve as a vehicle dedicated to promoting and supporting the creation of a single, viable women’s professional league in North America. Over 200 of the world’s best players had previously announced that they would sit out the upcoming pro […]
Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod and the NFL locked in a new four-year contract for a 10-game package of C-USA football games to be broadcast on NFL Network. The partnership will begin in the 2019 football season with one game each week on Saturday afternoon. “We are excited to showcase the next generation of NFL […]
Ovation acquired US broadcast and digital rights for four seasons of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations from Discovery. The deal includes seasons 5-8 of the travel and food show, which include such Bourdain journeys as Beirut and Cuba, and the series finale set in Brooklyn. Series will begin airing on Ovation on June 6; episodes also […]
FX partnered with the Peabody Awards for TV special Stories of the Year, slated to air this summer, in which Peabody-winning writers and producers will explore social issues ranging from race to rape culture to multicultural representation in media in a roundtable moderated by comedian Hasan Minhaj. Peabody exec director Jeffrey Jones announced the docu-style […]
NBC continues its countdown toward its first-ever Indianapolis 500 this week, with the race shifting channels after a stories run on ABC on Sunday, with NBC Sports Group lining up eight hours of programming that includes a pre-race show on NBCSN at 9a; race coverage at 11a on NBC; and a post-race show at 4p […]
Saturday night’s Warriors victory over the Trail Blazers came in to rank as ESPN’s second highest rated NBA Conference Finals Game 3 ever, according to Nielsen, with a 5.4 metered market rating, up 17% over its 2017 Western Conference Finals Game 3, which was the last time ESPN carried the Western Finals in addition to […]
Kevin Reilly extended his contract with WarnerMedia through 2022 in a deal that adds truTV to his purview. Reilly is now President of TBS, TNT and truTV, in addition to Chief Creative Officer, WarnerMedia Direct-to-Consumer. “Kevin has a long-standing reputation as an industry leader and his accomplishments throughout his career – and particularly at this […]
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