Jim Rutenberg’s Jan. 3 story in the New York Times announced the biggest contract for a TV news personality in more than a decade (since Katie Couric had left NBC for CBS in 2006): Megyn Kelly to depart Fox News Channel after 12 years there for NBC. According to the New York Times article, non-Fox […]
THE ROAD TO SUPER BOWL LI WILL BE TELEVISED The National Football League announced its postseason television schedule on Sunday, January 1. The Playoff Picture is official.#NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/xnmwYZ10Zu — NFL (@NFL) January 2, 2017 Wild Card weekend marks the kickoff to the NFL postseason on Jan. 7-8. ESPN and ABC will simulcast the first game […]
NBC has given a script commitment with penalty to a series based on 2002 surf movie “Blue Crush,” which starred Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez (“Lost”) and Sanoe Lake. The film focused on three friends who have one passion: living the ultimate dream of surfing on Hawaii’s famed North Shore. The movie’s co-writer, Lizzy Weiss (“Switched […]
[socialpoll id=”2399707″] CNN took top-rated honors in primetime for the Presidential Election coverage on Tuesday, with 13.26 million viewers, 6.65 million adults 18-49 and 6.66 million adults 25-54. Second overall among all coverage was Fox News at 12.11 million viewers, while NBC was the most-watched among the Big 3 broadcast networks at 11.15 million. The […]
What follows are the fast affiliate results for Tuesday, November 8 broken out by network and by each half-hour. -Total Viewers: NBC: 11.97 million, ABC: 9.68, CBS: 8.80, Fox: 4.54, CW: 991,000 -Adults 18-49: NBC: 4.4 rating/11 share, ABC: 3.0/ 7, CBS: 2.6/ 6, Fox: 1.6/ 4, CW: 0.3/ 1 ———- Note: Results for any […]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016 Household Rating/Share NBC: 7.0/10, ABC: 6.1/ 9, CBS: 4.8/ 7, Fox: 3.0/ 4, CW: 0.6/ 1 Note: The year-to-year overnight comparisons are excluded due to the live Election coverage. —– -Ratings Breakdown: It was all about the Presidential Election on the Big 4 networks, of course. NBC led the live coverage, […]
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[socialpoll id=”2396885″] No deals have been signed at press time. But NBC is in early talks to revive 1998 to 2006 sitcom “Will & Grace” for a 10-episode ninth season. Talks of the reboot have heated up since the election-themed video reunion the four cast members – Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally and Sean […]
An estimated 71.6 million people watched the final debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on TV on Wednesday based on 12 channels that aired the debate, which was 12.8 million below the record 84.4 million for the first debate on Monday, Sept. 26 but still the most-watched historically for any third debate. The 71.6 […]
From Campaign US: When it comes to drama, NBC has a tendency to stick with what works. Case in point: A fourth entry in the network’s Chicago-themed franchise, “Chicago Law,” arrives in midseason. So when the network announced at the upfront that it would debut a new fall drama from “Crazy, Stupid, Love” writer and […]
