NBC’s fifth Red Nose Day Special, airing Thursday, May 23 at 8p, will bring together television, film and musical talent including Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Kate McKinnon and Lilly Singh to raise money for children in need. Viewers will also catch a mini-sequel of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral, titled One Red Nose […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Friday that the company emerged as the victor to buy 21 former FOX regional sports networks from Walt Disney Co in a deal valued at $10.6 billion. Reuters reports that Chris Ripley, Sinclair’s chief executive, said that the company was well positioned to manage the networks. “This is a very […]
NBC Sports reports that its coverage of the 145th Kentucky Derby on NBC followed immediately by the primetime Columbus Blue Jackets-Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Playoff Game 5 on Saturday notched multiple overnight rating records, according to data provided by Nielsen. Country House’s victory in the “Run for the Roses” delivered a 10.9/25 overnight rating – […]
Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) has been tapped to host ABC’s latest celeb-hosted game show revival, Press Your Luck. Series debuts Wednesday, June 12 at 8p, followed by Card Sharks, manned by Joel McHale (Community), at 9p. “Elizabeth Banks is exactly the type of woman we want on ABC – she’s a big star who’s […]
Evangeline Lilly (Lost) landed the lead in sci-fi drama Albedo, for Walmart-owned VOD service Vudu. Lilly plays a detective cut off from Earth while investigating a scientist’s mysterious murder.
USA Basketball cemented a multiyear partnership with Red Bull North America to build “an elite pathway for men’s and women’s players who have a goal of competing at the highest levels of 3×3 basketball.” As part of the partnership, Red Bull will host more than 20 qualifying tournaments across the country under the newly-created Red […]
NBCSN saw its most-watched April of all-time last month, anchored by the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, a full slate of Premier League matches, and two INDYCAR races. Tallying its top marks in both primetime and Total Day, according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, as the network saw viewership grow 29% in primetime compared to April […]
Kanye West is making his first big foray into television. Showtime is developing Omniverse, a limited half-hour anthology series from West, Scooter Braun’s SB Projects, Westbrook Studios and writer Lee Sung Jin (Undone). Project aims to look at the many doors of perception, with season 1 explores the Ego through an alternate reality West. Jaden […]
USA Network set July 17 as the premiere date for the ninth and final season of Suits and the launch of its spinoff series Pearson, which stars Gina Torres. Suits will air at 9p, immediately followed by Pearson at 10p.
Major League Baseball continued it string of partnership announcements, reaching new multi-year rights agreements with UK broadcasters BT Sport – which extends its current agreement to show regular season and postseason games including the pay-tv rights to broadcast Mitel & MLB Present London Series in the UK – while the BBC has acquired the rights […]