Sara Gilbert, creator and exec producer of CBS daytimer The Talk, is leaving the show at season’s end. The mother of three and producer and star of ABC’s The Conners explained during yesterday’s show that she realized she could not “do it all.” The announcement comes seven months after Julie Chen left in the wake […]
Virginia’s epic OT win over Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament Men’s National Championship Game on CBS capped a month of successes for CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ coverage of the tournament. The championship game drew a 12.4/22 HH rating/share, based on Nielsen metered market ratings for a rise of 20% over last year’s numbers […]
The NFL revealed the 2019 preseason schedule, with 65 games slated including eight nationally televised games. The 2019 preseason will kick off on Aug. 1 on NBC when the Atlanta Falcons face the Denver Broncos in the NFL/Hall of Fame Game. In addition, NFL Network will provide extensive coverage of the NFL preseason, including live […]
More news at the summit included an order for a third spinoff of AMC’s The Walking Dead, run by TWD’s Matt Negrete and co-created by chief content officer Scott M. Gimple. “We’re thrilled that the Dead will keep walking into a new corner of the post-apocalyptic world, a corner that will present stories and characters […]
BBC America ordered season three of Killing Eve just after the launch of its sophomore run, now simulcast on AMC and BBC America. Sarah Barnett, President of Entertainment Networks, saved the announcement for the end of AMC Networks’ “Story Matters” 2019 summit on Monday. Suzanne Heathcote will serve as new lead writer for the series. […]
The WNBA inked a multiyear marquee partnership with AT&T that makes the global communications and technology company the first non-apparel partner to have its logo featured on the front of all 12 team jerseys throughout the league. The jerseys will officially debut during this week’s WNBA Draft presented by State Farm on April 10 at […]
With the NHL postseason set to begin tomorrow, NBC Sports reports that its coverage of the 2018-19 NHL regular season – which included a record 112 games – scored viewership spikes across all platforms, according to Nielsen. Combined viewership across NBC, NBCSN, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 424,000 […]
Meanwhile, TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’s second Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner will air Saturday, April 27 at 10p. Featuring Bee and celebrity guests, the special will bring together journalists, media representatives and other proponents of the First Amendment. “It’s bigger than just the Free Press this time around,” Bee said in a […]
Kathie Lee Gifford on Friday (April 5) said her final Today goodbye, with members of the audience for her last episode each receiving a Carnival Cruise. Gifford was feted with a swirl of tributes, including her Today co-anchor Hoda Kotb and a heartfelt video from Regis Philbin, with whom she hosted the syndicated Live with […]
Flush with a new equity infusion of $20 million, Hispanic MMA sports entertainment franchise, Combate Americas is prepping its next live television event, Combate de Reinas’ live television event at Galen Center in LA on April 26, serving up “the first time in history that a combat sports event will feature an all-women’s lineup on […]