The season five premiere of AMC’s Walking Dead drew a record 17.3 million total viewers and 11 million among A18-49, the zombie drama’s best ever, topping everything else on television in the demo. Aftershow Talking Dead delivered 6.9 million viewers, with 4.5 million A18-49. “It’s a Dead man’s party,” quipped AMC president Charlie Collier. “Who […]
Crackle’s new original series Sports Jeopardy! With Dan Patrick has hit more than one million full-episode streams since it kicked off on Sept. 24, according to The Wrap. The show has released just three episodes, but has already featured Jeopardy’s Alex Trebek as a special guest. New episodes are available to stream every Wednesday all […]
The week after season four’s debut broke FX ratings records, American Horror Story was greenlit for a 13-ep season five. With Live+3 viewing, Wednesday’s premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show is the most-watched single program in FX’s 20-year history, including programs with Live+7 deliveries. The creepy drama’s debut delivered 10 million total viewers and […]
Fusion and Maker Studios announced a new cross-platform partnership to bring Maker branded programming to TV and extend Fusion’s web presence. Fusion will premiere the “Maker Block,” featuring themed content across the MCN beginning with a “Best of 2014” special. Maker will help manage Fusion’s YouTube channel in return. As reported yesterday, Maker’s content will […]
The latest Giants/Cardinals thriller in the NLCS handed FOX Sports 1 with record numbers for Game 2 of the series. The contest saw 4,367,000 viewers, according to Nielsen, marking the highest-rated, most-watched telecast in FOX Sports 1 history, according to Nielsen. St. Louis led all markets with a 24.5/35, the best market rating ever in […]
Rookie live streaming digital sports video network 120 Sports inked a deal to provide content to MSN that will make 120 Sports’ video content & video player available as part of MSN’s sports video offerings. 120 Sports’ live programming will also be hosted on the site shortly. Currently, 120 Sports produces 76 hours of weekly […]
AMC is pulling the plug on most of its unscripted programming to focus on scripted content. “Scripted originals are at the core of the AMC brand,” said AMC. “In an environment of exploding content options for viewers, we have decided to make scripted programming our priority.” Which means no more Small Town Security, Freak Show […]
The Shahs of Sunset strike ended with a unanimous vote from the Bravo reality show’s crew on Friday to ratify a union agreement between Ryan Seacrest Productions and the Motion Picture Editors Guild. Sixteen postproduction workers walked off the job on September 10, postponing the series’ season four premiere, originally scheduled for tonight.
Cynopsis sat down with AT+T AdWorks President Mike Welch to discuss TV advertising and targeting audiences, as well as Otter Media, AT+T’s joint venture with The Chernin Group. AdWorks takes data from TV, online and mobile channels to help brands appear on multiple screens. Which platform is AT+T emphasizing right now? Our biggest channel is […]
Disney will bring digital talent from recently acquired MCN Maker Studios to Disney Channel and Disney XD. Both have ordered an original Maker-branded half-hour special, the companies announced at Mipcom last week. The first will be Halloween-themed as part of Disney Channel’s “Monstober,” and will feature two 11-minute episodes that highlight the best spooky programming […]