OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has greenlit a one-hour coming-of-age drama, still-to-be titled, from “Moonlight” co-writer and executive producer Tarell Alvin McCraney and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, the studio behind the network’s “Queen Sugar. Set in South Florida at the end of Barack Obama’s presidency, the series will follow a 14-year-old prodigy who is grieving the […]
August 2017
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2017 ABC 8:00 p.m. “Boy Band” 9:00 p.m. “Battle of the Network Stars” 10:00 p.m. “The Gong Show” CBS 8:00 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (R) 8:30 p.m. “Kevin Can Wait” (R) 9:00 p.m. “Big Brother” 10:00 p.m. “Zoo” NBC 8:00 p.m. “The Wall” 9:00 p.m. “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Summer […]
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Tuesday Final Nationals: MSNBC Prime Time Shows Achieve Summer-Bests
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NBC continued its summer Tuesday dominance on August 15th with the combination of a live edition of “America’s Got Talent” and the time slot premiere of “Hollywood Game Night”. NBC won in total viewers (10.66 million), adults 18-49 (2.3 rating/9 share), adults 18-34 (1.4/7) and adults 25-54 (3.0/10). After an infamous combative press conference from Donald […]
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USA Eyes ‘Suits’ Spin-Off
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USA Network and Universal Cable Productions have announced that the season seven finale of drama “Suits,” airing in the first quarter of 2018, will serve as a potential spin-off to center around powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres). The logline: The season-ender will reunite Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), Louis Litt […]
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Tuesday Overnights: ‘America’s Got Talent’ Rules on NBC
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 2017 Household Rating/Share NBC: 6.5/11, CBS: 3.5/ 6, ABC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 1.0/ 2, CW: 0.5/ 1 Note: Comparisons to the year-ago evening are excluded because NBC aired The 2016 Summer Olympics. —– Ratings Breakdown: NBC stood well above the Tuesday competition once again thanks to “America’s Got Talent” (#1: 8.3 rating/14 […]
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Monday Final Nationals: ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ on ABC Earns Best-Ever Season Premiere Among Young Adults
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The return of guilty-pleasure “Bachelor in Paradise” amid controversy put ABC in front in adults 18-49 (1.3 rating/5 share) and adults 18-34 (1.1/5). For a season premiere of this reality series, it drew a three-year high among live-plus-same day total viewers and delivered its best-ever adults 18-49 performance. “Bachelor in Paradise” received extra attention this […]
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Despite a slight delay of its programming due to golf’s final round of the “PGA Championship” from the afternoon, CBS was Sunday’s most-watched network with an average of 4.93 million viewers on this night. It was yet another Sunday with “Game of Thrones” reaching another series-high in live plus same day viewership as HBO led […]
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Saturday Final Nationals: A&E, Hallmark and Adult Swim Each Benefit on the Night
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Further proof that Saturday night is the least desirable evening of television is that NBC led this one on Aug. 12 among total viewers with an average of just 2.34 million. But three cable networks were able to experience some Saturday positives. A&E was tops on all of television among adults 18-49 (approx. 0.56 rating) […]
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NBC Debuts Sitcom ‘Marlon’
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017 ABC 8:00 p.m. “CMA Fest 2017” (three hours) CBS 8:00 p.m. “Big Brother” 9:00 p.m. “Salvation” 10:00 p.m. “Salvation” NBC 8:00 p.m. “America’s Got Talent” 9:00 p.m. “Marlon” (series premiere) 9:30 p.m. “Marlon” 10:00 p.m. “Law & Order: SVU” (R) Fox 8:00 p.m. “MasterChef” 8:30 p.m. “The F World with Gordon […]
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Will Daniel Craig Return as James Bond? He Finally Answers Definitively on ‘Late Show’
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Appearing as a guest on the Aug. 15, 2017 edition of CBS talk show “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” promoting his film “Logan Lucky,” actor Daniel Craig was asked if he’ll return to his iconic role of James Bond. He admitted he had been coy in previous interviews elsewhere but he gave a definitive […]
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