Fox Television Stations has renewed daily half-hour entertainment magazine “Dish Nation” through 2019. Debuting in July 2011 on the Fox Stations, “Dish Nation” features celebrity news and humorous commentary on pop culture presented by radio personalities from across the country. “Dish Nation’s” radio teams include Atlanta’s “Rickey Smiley Morning Show,” heard locally on Atlanta’s WHTA, […]
“Celebrity Name Game,” the syndicated game show from Debmar-Mercury and FremantleMedia North America, hosted by Craig Ferguson,” will not be returning for a fourth season. A victim of low ratings, ‘Celebrity Name Game” ranks last of the five first-run game shows, with a 1.3 household rating (through Nov. 20). First overall is “Family Feud” from […]
If you happen to be of a certain age, you are familiar with former Sunday morning staple “Wonderama,” an unprecedented weekly interactive game show extravaganza where kids and tweens gathered en masse, often with their parents, for just plain fun and entertainment. No childhood at the time was complete without “Wonderama.” Now, almost 40 years […]
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Steve Harvey is pulling the plug on his Chicago-based syndicated daytime talk show after five seasons and is moving to Los Angeles to launch a new show in September 2017. The “Steve Harvey” Show, co-produced by NBC Universal and Endemol Shine North America, will end its production run in May, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed Friday. […]
“Page Six TV,” a first-run magazine strip from Endemol Shine North America and the New York Post based on the iconic Page Six in the newspaper, is heading into national syndication following a three-week test on seven Fox-owned stations this past summer. Hosted by comedian John Fugelsang and featuring on-camera contributors Mario Cantone (“Sex in […]
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Keeping in mind that one day of household overnight data does not a hit or miss make, daily entertainment-themed “Harry” from NBCUniversal, hosted by Harry Connick, Jr., had the strongest start of the trio of yesterday’s first-run daytime starters. “Harry” averaged a 1.4 rating/4 share in households based on the 56 metered markets (primary telecasts […]
First-run strip “Crime Watch Daily” from Warner Bros. will have a new host and a new name when the show premieres its second season on Monday, September 12. Veteran investigative journalist Chris Hansen is joining the series, which will now be called “Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen.” Hansen is the crime reporter best known […]
