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    2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals TV Schedule

    The 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs continue with Conference Semifinal action among the eight teams remaining. All series are Best 4-out-of-7. The networks of NBC — NBC, NBCSN, CNBC and USA — will broadcast all the action in the United States. For the playoffs’ first round, regional sports networks in the teams’ respective markets were also […]

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    NBC Expected to Launch Megyn Kelly Newsmagazine in June

    Reports have surfaced that NBC will debut a new Sunday night newsmagazine anchored by Megyn Kelly in June, which would be three months she is expected to make her today on veteran morning franchise “Today.” The new program is expected to feature Kelly as the lead of an ensemble of reporters, and will be supervised […]

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    The Value of Social Media in Upfront Season

    [socialpoll id=”2435382″] Six weeks into upfront season and there is no shortage of broadcasters hawking their new and returning programming initiatives. Through May 18th (when The CW and NBC Universal Cable step to the stage), dozens of outlets – cable now, then digital and broadcast – present their plans to prospective advertisers, media buyers and […]

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    NBC Orders Additional Episodes of the ‘Will & Grace’ Revival

    NBC, which announced a 10-episode pick-up for a new season of sitcom “Will & Grace,” has upped the episode order to 12. Originally airing from 1998 to 2006, the revival was prompted by a 10-minute episode released online in September that urged voters to back Hillary Clinton in the presidential election. The limited series will […]

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    Mike Tirico Becomes New Primetime NBC Olympics Anchor

    As first reported in a Feb. 9 New York Times article, Mike Tirico will anchor NBC’s prime time coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea, replacing Bob Costas who had been in the network’s primary Olympics anchor role for 24 years. Tirico joined NBC in May 2016 after a 25-year stint at […]

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    NBC in Talks to Revive ‘American Idol’

    [socialpoll id=”2419200″] Just one season after it concluded its long run comes word that NBC, and not Fox, is in talks with Fremantle Media to revive “American Idol.” There is no news on who would be returning, or when it would potentially run, but one rumored option would be for NBC to trim “The Voice” […]

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    NBC Renews ‘The Good Place’ for Season Two

    NBC has handed an early second season renewal to “The Good Place,” which concluded season one last Thursday. Thirteen new episodes of the Kristen Bell/Ted Danson sitcom have been ordered. The announcement makes creator Mike Schur’s comedy the second freshman series to get an early green light this season from NBC, following drama “This Is […]

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