Skip a newsletter last week? Then here’s a roundup of the top stories in each of our four daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital, sports and kids television. Enjoy! FLAGSHIP Neil Patrick Harris has been tapped to host the 87th Academy Awards. […]
The official cause of Joan Rivers’ death has been determined by the New York City medical examiner’s office. The legendary comedienne died following “a predictable complication” during a medical procedure that led to a loss of oxygen to her brain. Rivers was undergoing a laryngoscopy and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at Yorkville Endoscopy in New […]
An item in the October 14 issue of Cynopsis cited research from MoffattNathanson that pointed to Adult Swim as being up 23 percent in ad count versus 3Q13. Turner points out that the report did not consider that Adult Swim added an extra hour of programming in 2Q14, starting its telecast at 8p instead of […]
CBS joined HBO and announced that it will begin selling web video subscriptions, called CBS All Access, for $6 a month without a pay-TV provider. The service will allow viewers to watch almost any show it airs, live or on demand and for multiple devices. Unlike HBO, all of these programs are technically available to […]
Three sweeps and two small ALCS markets equated one grand MLB postseason for TBS’ coverage of the American League. With its playoff coverage in the books, the channel averaged 4,294,000 total viewers for 11 telecasts. That marks Turner Sports’ most-viewed postseason coverage since 2010 with a 3% bump versus an average of 4,160,000 total viewers […]
ESPN unveiled its full 2014-15 men’s college basketball season coverage plans, which will include more than 1,500 games spanning ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and Longhorn Network. The action is slated to tip off on Nov. 14 with the third annual Armed Forces Classic matching Minnesota/Louisville from the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station […]
Neil Patrick Harris has been tapped to host the 87th Academy Awards. It’s the How I Met Your Mother star’s first time manning the Oscars, but he’s no stranger to emcee duties, having hosted the Emmys twice and the Tonys four times. Harris shared the news via social media on Wednesday, with a video of […]
NBC’s Marry Me premiered Tuesday to a healthy 2.3/7 among A18-49, according Nielsen, tying CBS’s NCIS to top the 9-9:30p timeslot. The season premiere of About a Boy followed, with 1.7/5 in the demo.
Fans of Central Perk, get excited: Netflix is bringing all ten seasons – 236 episodes – of Friends to the service on Jan. 1, 2015. This is the first time the series has been on any streaming service.
HBO CEO Richard Plepler announced that the HBO Go streaming service will be made available to those without a pay-TV subscription starting in 2015. During his speech at Time Warner’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday, Plepler said, “It is time to remove all barriers to those who want HBO…there are 80 million homes that don’t have […]
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