CW had its highest-rated premiere in five years on Tuesday with The Flash, scoring 1.9/6 among A18-49 to land the net third in the 8p time slot.
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Awkward. gets fifth and final season
MTV’s Awkward. was renewed for a fifth and final season. Now in season four, the comedy airs Tuesdays at 10p.
Hulu to exclusively run Halloween B-movie series ’13 Nights of Elvira’
Hulu will exclusively premiere a series of Halloween themed B-movies in a series called 13 Nights of Elvira to start on Oct. 19. Spooky icon Elvira will host the series which will include: Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (Oct. 19), Puppet Master (Oct. 20), Demonic Toys (Oct. 21), Hobgoblins (Oct. 22), The […]
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Netflix acquires Maggie Gyllenhaal miniseries ‘The Honorable Woman’
Netflix acquired the thriller The Honorable Woman through a pact with BBC Worldwide yesterday. The eight-part miniseries focuses on a woman, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who witnesses the assassination of her Israeli arms vendor father.
Univision slates sports awards
Univision is launching its own sports awards show, appropriately dubbed Premios Univision Deportes, set to honor “top athletes and teams from the leagues and sports that Hispanics care about most.” The two-hour event will take place on UniMas and Univision Deportes Network on Dec. 18 at 9p. The honors show will look to celebrate sports […]
Rotoworld meets RotoGrinders
NBC Sports Group announced that RotoWorld has struck a deal with RotoGrinders to provide fantasy players with deeper daily fantasy content. The agreement will see RotoGrinders supply exclusive daily fantasy sports content for RotoWorld’s new Daily section and consist of both columns and videos, and will serve NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and college football daily […]
Grimm lands at TNT
Things are looking Grimm at TNT. But in a good way: the NBC fantasy drama launches an off-network run on the cable net in early 2015. “Grimm will be a great addition to TNT’s lineup as the network continues to expand its reach with high-quality genre programming,” said Deborah K. Bradley, Turner SVP and head […]
Scarlett Johansson TV-bound
Scarlett Johansson is making the jump to TV, in a limited series based on 1913 Edith Wharton novel The Custom of the Country. Deadline reports the Lucy actress will exec produce and star in the eight-episode project from Pink Sands, written by Christopher Hampton (Atonement).
Netflix continues comedy push with Doug Benson special
Netflix will exclusively debut an hour-long comedy special from Doug Benson called Doug Dynasty, on Nov. 6. In the show, Benson tells stories about outsmarting the TSA and awkward conversations with cat-people at parties while responding to real-time tweets from the audience. Netflix will continue to roll out its comedy lineup this month with specials […]
Facebook opens mobile ad network to all
Facebook took a major leap with its mobile ad network yesterday, opening its Audience Network to all media buyers and planners. Ad Age reports FB’s ad business could put pressure on Google, which ranks just above the social network in mobile ad revenue in 2014, and Yahoo if FB’s prices win over app developers and […]
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