CBS has picked up “Candy Crush,” a new one-hour, live action game show series based on the mobile game franchise. CBS, Lionsgate Television and interactive entertainment company King will join together on the new format created and executive produced by Matt Kunitz that will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by Lionsgate. […]
October 2016
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Modest Returns for ‘The Odd Couple’ and ‘Jane the Virgin’
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[socialpoll id=”2394778″] MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016 Household Rating/Share NBC: 6.1/10, ABC: 6.0/10, CBS: 5.1/ 8, Fox: 2.5/ 4, CW: 1.4/ 2 Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening: CW: +100, Fox: +19, NBC: -8, ABC: -18, CBS: -20 —– -Winners: “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “Supergirl” (CW), “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC) -Modest: […]
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AMC Renews ‘The Walking Dead’ for Season Eight
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AMC, not surprisingly, has issued an eighth season pickup to mega-hit with an order for 16 new episodes in 2017. Also returning will be Chris Hardwick-hosted after-show “The Talking Dead.” “Eeny, meeny, miny, more,” AMC president Charlie Collier said in a statement, referencing the infamous taunting by the villainous Negan during the season six cliffhanger. […]
Tagged with: AMC, The Talking Dead, The Walking Dead
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Tuesday in Primetime: Broadcast Nets All Original
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016 ABC 8:00 p.m. “The Middle” 8:30 p.m. “American Housewife” 9:00 p.m. “Fresh Off the Boat” 9:30 p.m. “The Real O’Neals” 10:00 p.m. “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” CBS 8:00 p.m. “NCIS” 9:00 p.m.”Bull” 10:00 p.m. “NCIS: Los Angeles” NBC 8:00 p.m. “The Voice” 9:00 p.m. “This Is Us” 10:00 p.m. “Chicago Fire” […]
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CBS Cancels ‘BrainDead’ and ‘American Gothic’
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On the heels of the three new fall series pickups comes word from CBS that summer dramas “BrainDead” and “American Gothic” will not be continuing. Both aired for only one season and only “Zoo” will remain in production of the three original scripted dramas on CBS this past summer. “BrainDead” debuted in June to over […]
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Friday Final Nationals: Blue Jays-Indians Game 1 on TBS Earns 5-Year Low for an LCS Opener
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CBS was Friday night’s No. 1 network among total viewers (8.95 million), adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share), adults 25-54 (1.8/6) with its combo of “MacGyver”, “Hawaii Five-0” and “Blue Bloods”. TBS led the evening among adults 18-34 (0.86 rating) with Game 1 of the “American League Championship Series” between the Toronto Blue Jays and the […]
Tagged with: 20/20, Blue Bloods, Caught on Camera, Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon, Cleveland Indians, college football, Dateline NBC, Dr. Ken, Frequency, Hawaii Five-0, Hell's Kitchen, Last Man Standing, MacGyver, MLB, MLB Postseason, NHL, Real Time with Bill Maher, Shark Tank, Supergirl, TBS, Telemundo, The Exorcist, Toronto Blue Jays, UniMas, Univision, Van Helsing, Z Nation
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TBS Orders Tracy Morgan Sitcom
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TBS has placed a 10-episode straight-to-series order for an untitled single camera sitcom headlined by Tracy Morgan created and executive produced by Jordan Peele (“Key & Peele”) and John Carcieri (“Vice Principals”). Originally set up at FX with a pilot order, Morgan will be featured as a convict released from jail for good behavior after […]
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CBS Renews ‘Bull,’ ‘Kevin Can Wait’ and ‘MacGyver’ for Full Seasons
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CBS has extended the episode orders of freshman dramas “Bull” and “MacGyver” and freshman sitcom “Kevin Can Wait,” starring Kevin James, with nine additional episodes past the initial 13. That brings the total episodes for the trio in season one to 22. Effective on Monday, Oct. 24, “Kevin Can Wait” moves to Monday at 8 […]
Tagged with: Bull, Designated Survivor, Kevin Can Wait, Lethal Weapon, MacGyver, Man With a Plan, Speechless, Timeless
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ABC to Stack All Episodes of its Freshman Series on Digital Platforms
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ABC will make all episodes of newbies “American Housewife,” “Speechless,” “Conviction,” “Designated Survivor” and “Notorious,” plus returning “Dancing with the Stars,” “Quantico,” “The Real O’Neals” and “Secrets and Lies” available on ABC.com and the ABC app for desktop, mobile and connected TV devices. Also featured digitally will be “American Crime,” “The Bachelor,” “The Big Fan,” […]
Tagged with: ABC, American Crime, American Housewife, Conviction, Dancing With the Stars, Designated Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder, Imaginary Mary, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Modern Family, Nortorious, Quantico, Scandal, Secrets and Lies, Speechless, The Bachelor, The Real O'Neals, Time After Crime
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NBC Leads Sunday; Football Ignites Fox as Well
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What follows are the fast affiliate results for Sunday, October 16 broken out by network and by each half-hour. -Total Viewers: NBC: 10.61 million, Fox: 9.09, CBS: 8.82, ABC: 3.61 -Adults 18-49: NBC: 3.7 rating/12 share, Fox: 3.3/10, CBS: 1.1/ 3, ABC: 0.9/ 3 ———- 7:00 p.m. ABC – America’s Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 4.00 […]