Longtime baseball broadcaster and “Today” show co-host Joe Garagiola died Wednesday following a long illness. He was 90. Born Feb. 12, 1926 in St. Louis, Garagiola played nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and the New York Giants. He was a co-host of NBC’s “Today Show” […]
March 2016
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ABC Introduces Shonda Rhimes Drama ‘The Catch’
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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 ABC 8:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” 9:00 p.m. “Scandal” 10:00 p.m. “The Catch” (series premiere) CBS 8:00 p.m. 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament (Miami vs. Villanova) 9:30 p.m. 2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament (Maryland vs. Kansas) NBC 8:00 p.m. “You, Me and the Apocalypse” 9:00 p.m. “The Blacklist” (R) 10:00 p.m. “Shades of Blue” […]
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Actor Ken Howard Dead at 71
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Ken Howard, who is remembered for his role as Coach Ken Reeves on 1978-81 CBS high school drama “The White Shadow,” has died at the age of 71. No cause of his death was announced. Born on March 28, 1944 in El Centro California, Howard began his career on Broadway in “Promises, Promises” with Jerry […]
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Tuesday Final Nationals: Moderate Sampling for ‘Heartbeat’ Preview on NBC
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CBS was the all-around Tuesday night winner in total viewers (11.97 million), adults 18-49 (1.7 rating/6 share), adults 18-34 (0.9/4) and adults 25-54 (2.5/7). NBC’s “Heartbeat” starring Heather George debuted out of “The Voice” on this evening with so-so returns. The new medical drama retained just 59 percent in total viewers and 56 percent in […]
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TNT Orders Pilot for Scripted Dramedy ‘Claws’
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TNT has ordered a pilot for Claws, an hour-long scripted dramedy set in a Southern Florida nail salon. Executive-produced by Le Train Train’s Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (“Toy Story 4,” “A to Z”), Claws is from Le Train Train in association with Warner Horizon Television and TNT Original Productions, and is written by co-executive […]
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Early Gene Roddenberry Series ‘The Lieutenant’ to Air on getTV
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Prior to “Star Trek,” Gene Roddenberry created a military-themed drama called “The Lieutenant,” which aired on NBC in the 1963-64 season (opposite variety hours “Hootenanny” on ABC and “The Jackie Gleason Show” on CBS). It starred Gary Lockwood as USMC Second Lieutenant William Rice, and Robert Vaughn as Rice’s company commander Captain Raymond Rambridge, who […]
Tagged with: Dennis Hopper, Gene Roddenberry, getTV, The Lieutenant, Vaughn
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‘Hard Knocks’ on HBO in 2016 Will Feature the Los Angeles Rams
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The upcoming eleventh season of the Emmy-award-winning HBO docuseries “Hard Knocks” will feature the newly-relocated Los Angeles Rams. HBO and the NFL officially announced the Rams’ involvement on Wednesday, March 23. Through the cameras of NFL Films, “Hard Knocks” documents training camp as a team gets ready for the regular season in September. The Rams […]
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‘Beyond the Tank’ Cannot Solve ABC’s Tuesday 10 p.m. Time Period Woes
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What follows are the fast affiliate results for Tuesday, March 22 broken out by network and by each half-hour. Keep in mind that these ratings are time period based. -Total Viewers: CBS: 11.83 million, NBC: 6.97, ABC: 3.14, CW: 2.14, Fox: 1.61 -Adults 18-49: CBS: 1.7 rating/6 share, NBC: 1.5/ 5, ABC: 0.9/ 3, CW: […]
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Modest Sampling for ‘Heartbeat’ Debut on NBC
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TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 Household Rating/Share CBS: 7.5 rating/12 share, NBC: 4.6/ 8, ABC: 2.2/ 4, Fox: 1.2/ 2, CW: 1.5/ 2 Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening: NBC: + 2, CBS: – 7, CW: -17, ABC: -21, Fox: -40 Ratings Breakdown: CBS stood well above No. 2 NBC in the Tuesday household overnights, with […]
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How to rebuild a fading TV network
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From Campaign US: Network television is a cyclical business. Any network – or program – can be up one year and down the next. When a network falls from grace, the rise back to the top can be arduous. Just ask ABC, which season to-date now ranks fourth in the key demographics of adults 18 […]