Epic Games is giving fans a taste of the Fortnite World Cup with the launch of the Fortnite World Cup Warmup from April 6-7. Dangling $500,000, the online practice tournament opens the door to the qualifying World Cup Online Open tournaments, which launch on April 13. The Fortnite World Cup will take place in New […]
Daily talker RuPaul, hosted by RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race), will start its three-week run on select Fox-owned stations on June 10. “Part of the appeal of doing limited series is the freedom it allows to try something really different,” said Frank Cicha, EVP, Programming for Fox Television Stations. “That’s this show.” Charles’ first talk […]
Also set for a sophomore run is The Umbrella Academy. Netflix ordered ten new episodes of the superhero series based on the Dark Horse Comics; production begins this summer in Toronto.
The clock’s apparently run out on the Alliance of American Football, and after eight weeks of games in its inaugural season, league owner Tom Dundon suspended all operations for the org. League co-founder Bill Polian confirmed the news to ESPN, noting “I am extremely disappointed to learn Tom Dundon has decided to suspend all football […]
Tennis Channel and the Citi Open tennis tournament in DC renewed their exclusive multimedia partnership through 2023. The five-year agreement will let the network remain the television and digital home of the annual summer men’s and women’s event, with the 2019 Citi Open main draw running July 29-August 4. Last year Tennis Channel dedicated close […]
Something to sing about: Nationally syndicated daytime program The Kelly Clarkson Show has been sold in 99 percent of the US prior to its September 9 premiere. The one-hour daytime talker produced and distributed by NBCUniversal Domestic Television and hosted by Grammy-winning artist Clarkson, already has been sold to more than 200 stations, including those […]
NBC set summer premiere dates for four series. New procedural The InBetween, initially set to launch midseason, will make its debut Wednesday, May 29 at 10p; Dateline NBC returns for season 27 on Monday, June 10 at 10p; game show The Wall is back for season four on Thursday, June 20 at 8p; and Hollywood […]
CBS Sports is up for another ride with Professional Bull Riders, announcing a long-term rights extension that keeps CBS Sports as the exclusive television home of PBR through 2028. The new agreement also ups the number of PBR broadcast hours on the CBS Television Network on a yearly basis, adding additional broadcast hours during the […]
CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ coverage of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship is now tied for the third-highest rating through the Regional Finals in 26 years, pulling a 6.7/15 household rating for an 8% markup over last year, based on Nielsen metered market delivery. This weekend’s Regional Finals across TBS and CBS […]
With a 21st season renewal from NBC, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is poised to break the record as the longest-running primetime live-action series ever. “We tip our cap to Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay and the amazing cast and crew of SVU, who now all go into the record book,” said Paul Telegdy and […]