Fox and Andy Samberg’s The Lonely Island have agreed on the first three projects for their multi-platform collaboration: The Tyler Zone (about a man who moves to a new town and is surrounded by supernatural occurrences), Home for the Weekend (a mockumentary-style comedy following a celebrity’s return trip to his/her hometown) and Topics With Andre […]
CBS’ 60 Minutes had its best numbers in two years on Sunday. The newsmagazine drew 18.4 million viewers, the most since December 2012, to finish third for the week and make Nielsen’s Top 10 for a sixth straight week its longest in-season streak on the list since December 2011.
Hulu has become the platform where cancelled shows wrap their runs. The seven unaired eps of recently shelved Manhattan Love Story will debut on Hulu Thursdays starting December 4. The rom-com delivered 2.6 million viewers and a 0.7 rating among A18-49 on its last ABC outing. Hulu is currently streaming six unaired episodes of the […]
Discovery Digital Networks launched a new series with Kay Jewelers on TestTube.com called Mathropology. The show, exploring the art of being a man in 2014, is hosted by tech urbanite Anthony Carboni and U.S. Army Special Forces’ Terry Schappert, who teach each other about hunting, wine, tech and weaponry.
The Chicago Cubs announced a 10-year partnership with Chicago-based Wintrust Financial. Wintrust will receive signage on a planned sideboard above left field and the na
The annual March of Dimes Luncheon was held Wednesday at the Waldorf Astoria in N.Y. NFL Senior VP/Broadcasting & Media Operations COO Howard Katz received the Sports Leadership Award; Under Armour Founder, Chair & CEO Kevin Plank won corporate leadership honors. Golfer Michelle Wie was named Sportswoman of the Year, while Hockey HOFer Mark Messier […]
HBO ordered the long-gestating 1970s rock drama from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and creator Terence Winter to series. Set in New York, the show focuses on a record executive (Bobby Cannavale) trying to find a new sound in the drug- and sex-fueled music biz.
George Clooney appears in a spot for ITV’s annual Text Santa appeal, on the set of Downton Abbey. Hugh Bonneville, aka Downton’s Lord Grantham, starred with Clooney in the newlywed A-lister’s The Monuments Men.
Comedy Central is looking to get a piece of that PewDiePie pie…by featuring a cameo from Swedish vlogger megastar (32 million subscribers) Felix Kjellberg in a South Park episode. The episode involving Kjellberg, called #Rehash, was announced on his channel yesterday and will premiere tonight on CC at 10p ET. The ep will then be […]
Native advertising spend is expected to hit 3.2 billion by the end of 2014, and will increase 34.4 percent to $4.3 billion next year, according to a new report from eMarketer. “Traditional digital advertising has become wallpaper. It doesn’t improve anyone’s experience on a site and readers, myself included, pretty much look past it. … […]