Lifetime has picked up six episodes of a dark comedy called “Mary Kills People” from Entertainment One and Cameron Pictures and Corus Entertainment. From Tara Armstrong, the series follows Mary Harris (Caroline Dhavernas, “Hannibal”), a single mother who is an ER doctor by day, but by night, she and her partner, a former plastic surgeon, […]
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Lifetime has opted against a fifth season of scripted drama “Devious Maids.” Debuting on June 23, 2013 and originally developed for ABC, “Devious Maids” centered on a close-knit group of maids who are working for some of the most powerful families of Beverly Hills, California. It was created by Marc Cherry (“Desperate Housewives”), produced by […]
NBC was Saturday prime time’s No. 1 network in all key measures like total viewers (3.14 million) and adults 18-49 (0.5 rating/2 share). Stuntman Luke Aikins successfully attempted a 25,000-ft. skydive from an airplane without a parachute on the special “Heaven Sent” but its ratings did not take high flight for Fox — it was […]
Saturday night television was again not highly sampled with NBC edging Fox by 1,000 viewers to be prime time’s most-watched network with a mere 2.976 million viewers. NBC aired the 2002 hit spy thriller “The Bourne Identity” (with the new ‘Jason Bourne’ film arriving in theaters on July 29). Fox won all key demos with […]
Just days before its second season premiere comes word that optimistic Lifetime has issued a third season order to scripted dramedy “UnREAL.” Debuting on June 1, 2015, “UnREAL” focuses on reality TV producer Rachel Goldberg (Shiri Appleby) who returns to the new season of a popular dating show after a meltdown the season before. There […]
We all new this new version of miniseries “Roots” could not compare with the estimated 140-million viewers who tuned in for some portion of the original on ABC in 1977. But part one of the revival on Monday scored 5.3 million viewers on the networks of A&E, History, Lifetime and LMN at 9 p.m. ET, […]
NBC edged by Fox to be Saturday night’s most-watched network with an average of 4.094 million viewers in prime time (vs. 4.085 million for Fox). Fox was tops among adults 18-49 (0.9 rating/3 share) and adults 25-54 (1.3/4). Despite being delayed by rain, “NASCAR Sprint Cup: Duck Commander 500” from Texas bested the combined viewership […]
Saturday night was a feast for the basketball fan as the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball Tournament and a highly-anticipated NBA regular season matchup took center stage. CBS was the night’s top network in total viewers (5.79 million), adults 18-49 (1.7 rating/6.5 share) and adults 25-54 (2.0/7). The second round matchup in the South Region […]
The Feb. 27 edition of ABC’s “NBA Saturday Primetime” – the Golden State Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-118 in overtime – averaged 5.322 million total viewers making it the most-watched non-Christmas NBA regular-season telecast on any network since Feb. 10, 2013 (Los Angeles Lakers at Miami Heat on ABC: 6.47 million), according to […]
