PBS and Comcast joined forces in a new contract that will double the amount of PBS programming available via Xfinity On Demand. Recently-aired episodes from more than 50 PBS series will be featured on Xfinity On Demand, including installments from American Experience, American Masters, Antiques Roadshow, Call The Midwife, Frontline, Nova, Downton Abbey, Wolf Hall, […]
FOX Sports locked in programming for the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup, which kicks off in two weeks. The slate of matches will include 16 games airing live on FOX broadcast network with all 52 games running live from six cities across Canada on company platforms between June 6 and July 5. FOX’s broadcasts will […]
ESPN saw its coverage of the NBA Western Conference Finals Game 1 open with a viewership spike, delivering 6,848,000 average viewers, according to Nielsen. That number is up 41% over the last time ESPN presented the Western Conference Finals and up 8% over year-ago numbers. The game delivered a 4.4 U.S. household rating, for a […]
AMC’s Mad Men ended after seven seasons on Sunday with finale highs of 3.3 million viewers and 1.4 million among A18-49, scoring a best-ever 1.7 million A25-54. The episode was the third most-watched episode ever, after the premieres for seasons five and six.
LAUDING LETTERMAN Leading up to the end of David Letterman’s historic 33-year run as a late night host, tonight on CBS’s Late Show, friends and colleagues have been paying tribute. “He was, for me, and I think many comics of my generation, an incredible epiphany of how a talk show or how entertainment or how […]
Mashable and Above Average teamed up to premiere The Tripp & Tyler Show: Finding the Humor IRL, a weekly web series starring YouTube personalities Tripp Crosby & Tyler Stanton. Their special strain of comedy, life tips and brotherly banter will be available on Mashable.com, AboveAverage.com, and Tripp & Tyler’s YouTube channel every Tuesday. The duo […]
On to racing news. ABC carries the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, beginning with a one-hour pre-race show at 11a. The production will utilize 85 cameras, including three onboard cameras per car in 12 of the 33 cars competing in the race. Four of the 12 will be equipped with dual-path technology, allowing shots from two […]
Netflix made its first major Cannes Film Festival acquisition yesterday with the worldwide distribution rights to the upcoming Kevin James (Paul Blart: Mall Cop) film. The True Memories of an International Assassin will land on Netflix in 2016 prior to its release in theaters. Jeff Wadlow (Kick Ass 2) will direct the film, based on […]
The 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee nabbed two sponsors for its finals on ESPN. The event announced that Microsoft Corp and mobile app Words With Friends will serve as official broadcast sponsors. “We are fortunate to have two sponsors who share a similar mission with the Scripps National Spelling Bee,” said Paige Kimble, executive director […]
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