Recently cancelled ABC series Selfie was picked up by Hulu for its remaining six episodes. The streaming service will not create any more eps (the series is still cancelled), but the last unaired eps will debut every week. Selfie starred Karen Gillian and John Cho, and averaged 4.7 million viewers, 1.5 rating among adults 18-49.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association will see NBC Sports Group and Universal Sports Network offer record coverage of the 2014-15 U.S. ski and snowboarding season, anchored by the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Vail/Beaver Creek. The partnership will see 69 of hours of coverage this season across NBC, NBCSN, and Universal Sports, […]
Sony Corp. is pulling its sponsorship of the World Cup amid growing criticism of FIFA’s transparency process, according to multiple reports. Sony’s contract with the governing body was slated to expire at the end of the year, but the decision marks the second top-tier sponsor to make the decision in recent months. The deal had […]
Nickelodeon is enlisting some marquee headliners to help ring in the holidays. The network kicks off the merriment Friday, Dec. 5 at 10:30a with Wallykazam! “Wally Saves the Trollidays!” featuring Tony Bennett as the singing voice of Bobgoblin, an impulsive goblin with a knack for finding trouble. “My granddaughters are very big fans of the […]
There’s a new way to travel down Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop has redesigned its Sesame Street Go ad-free app (App Store and Google Play) and web service to provide the latest full-length Sesame TV eps plus games and music videos. Sesame Street Go also offers hundreds of “minisodes,” curated around characters, including Elmo’s World, Elmo […]
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Season one of NBC’s Constantine won’t go past its initial order of 13 episodes, but the series could still get picked up for season two. While ratings have been soft, the drama jumped week to week from .8/3 among A18-49 to 1.1 on Friday, and had an 81 percent Live+3 lift the previous week.
HBO confirmed Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) will star opposite Colin Farrell (Winter’s Tale) and Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers) in season two of True Detective. Also onboard: Kelly Reilly (Black Box) and Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights). Production begins this fall in California.
Amazon may take a note from Hulu, and launch an ad-supported free service in 2015. TechCrunch reports the additional service would give Amazon more ad inventory, and act as a way to promote its own devices and services (hint: Amazon Prime). The Amazon spokesperson Sally Fouts told TC: “We currently offer the first episode of […]
Discovery’s Many vs. Wild main guy Bear Grylls is developing a new YouTube channel with Barcroft Media. The Bear Grylls Adventure will launch on Nov. 28 and include short original content featuring the adrenaline-seeker. Three new videos are expected to hit the channel every week, with Barcroft promoting the content across Barcroft TV and Barcroft […]