Despite an overtime 61-60 home loss Saturday, Feb. 10 to Virginia Tech, the Virginia Cavaliers jumped up one spot to No. 1 on the Associated Press Top 25 poll entering the week of Feb. 12-18. This is first time the program has reached No. 1 since December 1982 — the senior season of 7-foot-4 great […]
CBS has ordered a new global competition series, “The World’s Best,” from Mark Burnett (“Survivor,” “The Voice”), and Mike Darnell (“American Idol,” “Little Big Shots,” “Ellen’s Game of Games”). “The World’s Best” will feature acts from a variety of genres. The logline: They not only have to impress American judges, but will also need to […]
The Villanova Wildcats, the Virginia Cavaliers and the Purdue Boilermakers remained the nation’s top three teams, based on the Associated Press poll, as they each extended their respective winning streaks. Several teams this week saw multi-year high rankings: Cincinnati (No. 6) reached its highest ranking since January 2004; Texas Tech (No. 7), highest since March […]
CBS has greenlit a pilot order for proposed drama “L.A. Confidential,” based on the 1997 movie and following the plot of James Ellroy’s original novel, which will feature multiple detectives as they try to solve a murder in 1950s Hollywood. This is the second time a TV version of the novel has gotten to the […]
THE 60TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS on Sunday was the week’s most-watched program with 19.80 million viewers, while ranking as the most-watched primetime entertainment program on any network since the Feb. 26, 2017 Oscar telecast. The Grammy telecast also won the night in key demos (6.9 in adults 25-54, 5.9 in adults 18-49 and 4.7 in […]
For the week of Jan. 29, the Villanova Wildcats remained at No. 1 for the fourth straight week. The Virginia Cavaliers move up to No. 2 after its two wins against ranked teams last week, having held No. 18 Clemson to 36 points — 13 in the second half — in a 25-point victory and […]
CBS announced the cast of its inaugural season of “Celebrity Big Brother” during the network’s telecast of the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 28. The eleven celebrity houseguests are: Ariadna Gutierrez, Miss Colombia and Miss Universe 2015 runner-up Brandi Glanville, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Chuck Liddell, former UFC fighter James Maslow, “Big […]
NFL Network, ESPN and the networks of NBC will dedicate the entire week of Jan. 29 to Super Bowl LII which will ultimately take place on Sunday, Feb. 4. NBC Sports Group’s broadcast, cable, digital, regional sports networks and radio platforms will present nearly 200 hours of coverage on-site from Minneapolis, Minn. (the site of […]
What follows are the Live + Same Day results on the broadcast networks for the week of Jan. 15 (with change versus the comparable year-ago period in parentheses): –Total Viewers: Fox: 10.6 million (+253), CBS: 6.92 (-48), ABC: 4.74 (+16), NBC: 4.69 (+ 2), CW: 1.53 (+66), ION: 1.29 (+ 2) Spanish language: Univision: 1.47 […]
