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College Football Playoff National Championship Scores More than 25.5 Million Viewers, Up from Last Year

Press release from ESPN, Jan. 14, 2020: The 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship (Jan. 13, 8 p.m. ET) viewership surpassed last year’s CFP National Championship initial audience and all other cable programming since January of 2018, as No. 1…

Amazon Studios Announces Cast for New Series Based on ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Press release from Amazon, Jan. 14, 2020: Amazon Studios today announced the first group of series regulars set to star in the new Amazon Original series based on stories from the iconic “The Lord of the Rings” novels by J.R.R….

Full List of Academy Award Nominations, Announced Jan. 13, 2020

Picture: “Ford v Ferrari” “The Irishman” “Jojo Rabbit” “Joker” “Little Women” “Marriage Story” “1917” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” “Parasite” Director: Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman” Todd Phillips, “Joker” Sam Mendes, “1917” Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”…

Twenty Years After Its Series Debut, a Dynamic Version of the Emmy Award-Winning ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Returns to ABC Prime Time, Hosted by Emmy Award-Winning Jimmy Kimmel

Press release from ABC, Jan. 8, 2020: In celebration of the 20th anniversary of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” which debuted in the U.S. as a prime-time series in January 2000, ABC’s celebrated late-night staple and Emmy Award-winning producer…

AMC Announces ‘Breaking Bad’ Marathon and World Television Premiere of ‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’

Press release from AMC, Jan. 7, 2020: AMC announced today a marathon of the Emmy Award-winning drama Breaking Bad in January and February, leading into the world television premiere of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie on Sunday, February 16…

MTV Goes Behind the Controversial Headlines With New Investigative Series ‘True Life Crime’

Press release from MTV, Dec. 20, 2019: Continuing the expansion of its Emmy(R) Award-winning “True Life” franchise, MTV takes on an investigative lens with “True Life Crime.” The eight-episode docuseries follows award-winning journalist and MTV News host Dometi Pongo as…

Comedy Central Finishes 2019 as #1 Full Day Entertainment Network with M18-34

Press release from Comedy Central, Jan. 6, 2020: Comedy Central finished 2019 as the #1 full day entertainment cable network with M18-34 (.24 rating), driven by strong-performing originals, including South Park, cable’s #1 primetime comedy for the 7th year in…

Full List of Golden Globe Winners and Nominees

Nominees and winners at the 2020 Golden Globes ceremony, put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Jan. 5, 2020. Winners in each category are in bold type. Best Television Series — Drama Big Little Lies The Crown Killing…

‘The Voice’ Is the #1 Most-Watched Prime-Time Network Show of the Decade

Press release from NBC, Dec. 19, 2019: “The Voice” is the most-watched prime-time single-network entertainment show of the decade, according to viewership data from Nielsen Media Research. Through the 2010s, “The Voice” has generated more than 562 billion gross viewer…

Statement From CBS About ‘Survivor’

Press release from CBS, Dec. 17, 2019: Season 39 of “Survivor” has been unprecedented for all of us, with important social issues and inappropriate individual behavior intersecting with game play in complex ways that we’ve never seen before. During the…