Walden’s fellow Fox TV chairman Gary Newman didn’t gloss over Fox’s disappointing numbers this season. “We are well aware we’re the fourth place network and our ratings are challenged,” said Newman, addressing reporters at TCA. “We know it’s going to be an uphill battle to turn this network around, and there’s only one way to […]
Eva Longoria’s ready for primetime again. Comedy Telenovela, from the Desperate Housewives alum’s Universal Television-based UnbeliEVAble, scored a straight-to-series 13-episode order from NBC, with Longoria set to star.
Amazon is taking on the silver screen, planning to acquire original movies for theatrical release and early-window distribution on its Prime Instant Video service. Feature films will not be available online the day of their theatrical release, but instead be available to Prime subscribers four to eight weeks after. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the […]
Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz won’t be the only headliners of the Super Bowl Halftime Show during the Feb. 1 game. YouTube and Collective Digital Studios will also release its own halftime show. Hosted by YT’s Epic Meal Time’s Harley Morenstein, the program will feature more than 20 YT celebs, such as, Freddie Wong, Toby […]
A long weekend saw CBS and the NFL renew their vows for Thursday Night Football, announcing the deal on Sunday. The agreement will be for the 2015 season with an addition year available at the NFL’s option as CBS and NFL Network simulcast TNF for the first eight games of the season. NFL Network will […]
Meanwhile, Sunday’s NFL conference championship games saw an average of 46.1 million viewers tuning in for the comeback and the blowout. The Green Bay Packers/Seattle Seahawks NFC Championship Game on FOX peaked at 60.5 million average viewers as the game went into overtime. The game averaged 49.8 million viewers to rank as the most-watched program […]
Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in each of our daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital, and sports television. Enjoy! FLAGSHIP Ann Curry is leaving NBC News to become founder of a media startup. Curry had been […]
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group is the latest to shift to Live+3D. Bravo, E!, Esquire, Oxygen, Sprout, Syfy and USA, will now report ratings based on Live+3 measurements, announced NBCU during TCA, with L+SD data distributed only for live sports/entertainment, specials and event programming. The group’s programming has seen significant lifts from Live+SD to Live+3, including […]
Responding to a report that Rosie Perez is leaving The View after four months, an ABC rep said the co-host is in rehearsals for her Broadway play for the month of January, and “her status with the show has not changed.” The actress signed on for Larry David’s Fish In the Dark before she started […]
Vimeo struck a deal with Maker Studios to use Maker content on the Vimeo-on-Demand platform. Maker still primarily uses YouTube as its distribution outlet along with its own Maker.tv, but this partnership will create another monetization gateway for its 55,000 creators beyond YT ad sales. Last October, YT CEO Susan Wojcicki revealed plans to roll […]
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