“Judge Judy” was the No. 1 syndicated show for the week ending Nov. 1, 2020 among households (5.86 rating) and, curiously, males 18-34 (0.61 rating). Among weekday syndicated programs, it experienced the largest raw growth in all key demos, total viewers and households from the previous week — +299,000 adults 18-49, +115,000 adults 18-34, +411,000 […]
Following a week filled with preemptions due to the Senate hearings of then-Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett, several daytime talkers rebounded during the week of Oct. 19-25. The biggest beneficiaries were two programs under the Disney-ABC banner: in all key demos, “Live With Kelly And Ryan” was the No. 1 daytime talker as […]
“Family Feud” emerged as the No. 1 program in syndication for the week ending Oct. 18, 2020 among almost all key figures including total viewers, households, adults 18-49 and 25-54 and all female demos. Week-to-week, the Steve Harvey-hosted game show rose 2.6 percent in total audience, thanks to increases of 3.4 percent and 7 percent […]
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has picked-up “Funny You Should Ask” for an additional two-season order. Hosted by Jon Kelley, the comedy game show is a daily half-hour strip featuring a panel of comedians who interact with contestants for cash and big laughs. In each episode, the laughs and the stakes increase as the contestants ask […]
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has announced the acquisition of the SeriesFest 2017 Best Drama Pilot-winner “Up North” for is streaming platforms TheGrio and Local Now. Entertainment Studios will finance and distribute eight one-hour episodes of the scripted drama series to launch the first season. The logline: “Up North” digs into the brutal reality of the New […]
Independent producer and distributor Entertainment Studios has announced its acquisition of the Weather Group, parent company of The Weather Channel television network and Local Now streaming service. Allen purchased The Weather Group through his company, Allen Media LLC, from The Blackstone Group, Bain Capital, and Comcast/NBCUniversal. “The Weather Channel is one of the most trusted and extremely important […]
Entertainment Studios has extended comedy game show “Funny You Should Ask” through the 2020-21 season, taking it through season four with a total of 520 episodes. Hosted by Jon Kelley (“Extra”), “Funny You Should Ask” is a daily half-hour strip featuring a panel of comedians who interact with contestants for cash and big laughs. In […]
Independent producer and distributor Entertainment Studios, the home of upcoming game show “Funny You Should Ask” and a variety of first-run court show strips, has signed a long-term agreement with Nielsen for linear and digital measurement services. The agreement makes available Nielsen’s best-in-class TV measurement for TV programs and commercial content in broadcast syndication and […]
Independent producer and distributor Entertainment Studios (www.es.tv) has announced the launch of half-hour comedic game show strip “Funny You Should Ask” for fall 2016, which will feature a panel of professional standup comedians who interact with contestants for cash and prizes. “We are very pleased and excited to launch this new comedy game show […]
