The CW has announced that drama “Arrow” will conclude with its eighth — and final — season in 2019-20. The season will feature a limited 10 final episodes. “Like every hard decision we’ve made for the past seven years, it was with the best interests of ‘Arrow’ in mind,” executive producers Beth Schwartz, Greg Berlanti, […]
As we near the end of 2018, there was another record number of original scripted programming options vying for eyeballs (across all platforms) and a continued emphasis on the “when you want where you want” programming philosophy. The consumption of content, of course, is no longer reliant on a particular schedule or at home in […]
The CW is planning to expand its DC Comics world presence with “Batwoman” from Greg Berlanti’s Warner Bros. based Berlanti Productions. “Batwoman” revolves around Kate Kane, who, armed with a passion for social justice and flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter […]
Following a whirlwind week with five broadcast network upfront presentations, here are the new series tallies for next season. Keep in mind, of course, that nothing is etched in stone and this is subject to potentially change. But, for now… Fall 2018 19 New Series 10 Dramas, 7 Comedies, 2 Non-Scripted View and/or print the […]
The CW has greenlit animated “The Outpost” for this summer, a 10-hour fantasy-adventure series from Electric Entertainment and Arrowstorm Entertainment. “The Outpost” follows Talon (Jessica Green, “Ash vs Evil Dead”), the lone survivor of a race called “Blackbloods.” Years after her entire village is destroyed by a gang of brutal mercenaries, Talon travels to a lawless […]
From the opening night of coverage on Feb. 8 thru the final night on Feb. 25, the PyeongChang Winter Games averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 19.8 million viewers. NBC Olympics’ primetime performance more than doubled the combined primetime viewership of ABC, CBS and Fox (9.8 million). NBC Olympics’ Total Audience Delivery measured broader PyeongChang […]
NBC has claimed the primetime 2017-18 season-to-date lead among total viewers, with an average of 9.569 million persons for the season through 20 weeks in “most current” results from Nielsen Media Research that include fast-official results for Feb. 9-11. This marks the first time NBC has ranked #1 in total viewers at any point during […]
For the upcoming 2018-19 season, The CW will expand its primetime schedule to include Sunday night, growing its line-up of original first-run programming from five nights to six nights. The network will now also program the Sunday 8-10 p.m. ET daypart, with 12 hours of programming in total. “By expanding to six nights, The CW […]
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 […]
