The Hub network is a happening place to be these days. In addition to a recent brand refresh, which included a logo modification and a new tag line, “Making Family Fun,” the net will premiere an original primetime parent-child swap series, Parents Just Don’t Understand, hosted by Joey Fatone (‘N Sync, Dancing with the Stars). […]
Following a PaleyFest screening of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., showrunners revealed that the April 8 episode will have a direct connection to the feature film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which will have opened four days earlier. The ABC series’ freshman season will conclude with a continuous seven-week run starting April 1, and comedian Patton […]
The heated morning show battle has made its way into the kitchen. NBC’s Today launches “Fresh Cooks Live: Today’s Spring Cookalong” this morning, a week-long, multiplatform series spanning TV, Today.com and social media, with interactive, live-streamed cooking demonstrations. This morning’s chef: YouTube hit Laura Vitale.
The spring finale of ABC Family’s The Fosters, about a lesbian couple raising five children (one biological, two adopted, two fostered), airs tonight at 9p. The show was a natural fit for exec producer Joanna Johnson, she says. Married to a woman and with two adopted children, Johnson tells Cynopsis that when word of the […]
Despite reports showing that Netflix streaming speed has increased for Comcast customers since last month’s network server deal between the two companies, Netflix is not celebrating. Instead, CEO Reed Hastings said in a blog last week that he’s hoping for a better net neutrality, which would prevent providers like Comcast from charging “a toll” […]
The digital content NewFronts are on the horizon, and this year, 22 publishers including founding DCNF partners Hulu, Yahoo, YouTube/Google, AOL, DigitasLBI and Microsoft will present their digital slates in hopes of reeling in advertisers. One of the newcomers, Scripps Networks, launched a new digital video strategy with lifestyle network ulive (ulive.com) this year. […]
FOX Sports lined up a heavy hitter with the launch of The Mike Francesa Show today on FOX Sports 1, running on weekdays on the channel from 1-4p, before shifting to FOX Sports 2 from 4-6p. The acquisition and debut of the CBS Radio program comes a part of a new wave of programming hitting […]
The NCAA continues to deliver for CBS Sports and Turner Sports, as a slew of tight games and upsets at the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship handed the channels with the event’s highest viewership in 23 years. Through the first five days, the tournament is averaging 8.8 million total viewers, up 7% over […]
Fox announced an upcoming slate of superhero movies, including a new Wolverine solo film in March 2017 and Fantastic Four 2 for summer 2017. A third Marvel movie release date was also announced: July 13, 2018, but the studio is keeping the title, plot and character focus under wraps for now.
The fourth and final season of The Boondocks, which airs on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, will premiere on April 21. The last season of the show, which had been on hiatus since 2010, was not produced with creator Aaron McGruder, who has been working on a live-action comedy for the network, Black Jesus. The voice […]