NBC was able to emerge victorious as Monday’s most-watched network with an average of 9.68 million in prime time, thanks to “The Voice”. ESPN still won the night among all key demos with Tampa Bay-Carolina on “Monday Night Football” (5.59 household rating, 9.057 million viewers) but lost the viewer crown as sports fans were also […]
“MacGyver”, “Hawaii Five-0” and “Blue Bloods” again helped CBS win Friday night among total viewers (9.2 million), adults 18-49 (1.2 rating/5 share), adults 25-54 (1.8/6) and a share with Fox for the lead among adults 18-34 (0.6/3). The Chicago Cubs’ 1-0 victory over the NL Wild Card winner San Francisco Giants in Game 1 of […]
After a one-week hiatus, “Thursday Night Football” returned to a CBS/NFL Network multi-cast with the Arizona Cardinals versus the San Francisco 49ers. CBS still won the evening overall but the game (7.4 household rating/13 share, 12.073 million viewers) suffered huge viewership declines (of about 20 percent) compared to the year-ago TNF game, Indianapolis-Houston (9.5 household […]
The lone vice presidential debate of the 2016 election between Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence and Hillary Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine was seen by less than half of the Clinton-Trump presidential debate from Sep. 26 (the most watched political debate of all-time) and was the least-watched veep debate since 2000 (29 million for […]
The 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason has arrived! From October 4-November 2, a champion will be determined among the ten teams involved. The league’s broadcast partners this playoff season include Fox, FS1, TBS, ESPN and MLB Network. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This section of […]
TBS has given a straight to series order for a comedic music competition series called “Drop the Mic,” inspired by James Corden and Ben Winston’s popular sketch on their CBS late-night show. The Turner-owned network has picked up 16 episodes of the series, with a host to be announced later. “Drop the Mic” will pit […]
Turner network has greenlit two new series and ordered another to pilot. Getting straight-to-series orders are “The Guest Book,” an anthology scripted comedy created Greg Garcia (“My Name is Earl,” “Raising Hope”), and produced by CBS Television Studios; and “Tarantula,” from creator Carson Mell (“Silicon Valley”) and Rough House Pictures. “Tarantula” is the network’s first […]
TBS has greenlit 10 episodes of “Storyville,” a new digital animated series co-created by OkayPlayer. The scoop: The series will feature feature funny, absurd, weird, and sometimes just sheer joyful stories straight from the mouths of top celebrities. Musicians, actors, comedians, writers and artists will tell true life stories which will be animated in rich […]
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Optimistic TBS has picked-up comedy “The Detour” for a second season before officially launching on Monday, April 11 at 9 p.m. ET. Thirteen new episodes have been ordered in addition to the 10 for season one. From former “Daily Show” correspondents Samantha Bee and Jason Jones, who will also star, “The Detour” follows a family […]
