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Daily Archives : May 23, 2017

One Network Just Won the Season Ratings — and Knocked Out a Milestone or Two in the Process

The 2016-2017 broadcast television season still has three nights left to go, but the ratings battle is over. TheWrap reports that NBC has clinched first place in prime time in the key 18-49 demo. “It’s the first time in five…

Watergate TV Series in the Works From Oscar-Winning Director

A new limited series has been commissioned that will re-examine the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. History announced plans today for the documentary series “Watergate” from Academy Award-winning director Charles Ferguson. The series will feature new interviews with journalists, senior…

CBS’s ‘Colbert’ Wins Season in Total Viewers

CBS just notched a big win in late-night, with its flagship “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” scoring a victory over its NBC rival “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” in total viewers for the 2016-2017 broadcast season. The victory…

TV’s No. 1 Animated Show Among Kids Is Renewed

An animated series that has been a fixture on TV for years and is the No. 1 animated show across all TV in children’s demos has been renewed for a 12th season. Nickelodeon announced the pickup today for “SpongeBob SquarePants.”…

Michael Strahan Gets Into the Reality TV Game

“Good Morning America” co-host and NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan has entered into a production partnership with ITV America to create unscripted projects for television, OTT and digital platforms that will be produced under the ITV America banner. Strahan…

Showtime’s Heavily Hyped ‘Twin Peaks’ Premiere: Maybe 26 Years Was Too Long to Wait

Showtime’s eagerly anticipated and heavily hyped reboot of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” premiered Sunday, with the turnout suggesting that a quarter-century-plus may have been too long a wait for the show’s fans. The original ABC series went off the air…

NBC Pulls the Plug on Drama Series

NBC has canceled a prime-time drama series, pulling the plug on the show that has been the lowest-rated series in Dick Wolf’s “Chicago” franchise. Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com that the freshman series “Chicago Justice” won’t be back for a…

CBS’s James Corden Begins Search for His ‘Late Late Show’ Successor … Sort Of

The search for a successor to James Corden as host of CBS’s “The Late Late Show” is the premise for a new digital series launching this fall. “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and CBS Interactive announced plans today…

Actress Dina Merrill Dies — She Made an Elegant Impression on TV and in Film

Dina Merrill, who was an elegant screen presence in film and on television starting in the late ’50s, has died. The New York Times reports that Merrill died Monday at her home in East Hampton, N.Y. Merrill, who was 93, had…

Colbert Reveals His True Feelings About Trump

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert took time off from the Trump jokes and got real about his views on Donald Trump during a live appearance Saturday before a crowd of a few hundred people at the Vulture Festival. Colbert “described…