THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS In Theaters & On Demand October 7September 27, 2016A feisty foster kid's outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an entertaining film for the entire family. Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Mamie Trotter's (Kathy Bates) endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.
Marvel Studios and IMAX Offer Fans Sneak Peek at DOCTOR STRANGESeptember 27, 2016Marvel Studios announces Marvel Studios' Expand Your Mind: An IMAX® 3D Exclusive First Look, featuring approximately 15 minutes of exclusive footage from the highly anticipated, action-packed “Doctor Strange.” The sneak peek will be showcased in over 115 theater locations across North America on October 10, 2016, at 7p.m.
HOLIDAY INN & WHITE CHRISTMAS: A Look Inside Irving Berlin's Calendar-Spanning ClassicsOctober 2, 2016In 1935, on the set of the movie musical, Top Hat, composer Irving Berlin hummed a then unfamiliar tune to the film's star, Fred Astaire. He had envisioned the song as a centerpiece for a future film starring Astaire and his dance partner, Ginger Rogers. At the time, Berlin was in the midst of a project writing songs for each of the major holidays of the year, but based on his Jewish upbringing, the composer found that Christmas was the most difficult holiday to write for. Nevertheless, the legendary composer rose to the challenge and gave us what is now one of the most popular holiday songs in history, 'White Christmas.'
CBS Has A Massive Premiere Week VictorySeptember 26, 2016CBS has opened the 2016/2017 season with a MASS-ive premiere week victory, winning for the eighth consecutive year with an average audience of 11 million viewers, the largest opening week audience by any network in five years (Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings, live + 3-day ratings and CBS Estimates). Updated ratings for the week ending Sept. 25 will be released tomorrow.
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Continues Dominance in PrimetimeSeptember 23, 2016Week two of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Thursday, Sept. 22 featuring the New England Patriots beating the Houston Texans 27-0 was seen on an average minute audience basis by 17.9 million viewers across all platforms, including the CBS Television Network, the NFL Network, Twitter, NFL Digital and CBS Interactive.
UNDER THE SHADOW Selected As UK Foreign-Language Academy Award EntrySeptember 21, 2016Babak Anvari's psychological thriller UNDER THE SHADOW has been selected as the United Kingdom's Foreign Language Academy Award entry for 2016. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and which has had an extensive festival run, will be released by Vertigo Releasing in the U.K. on September 23rd and by XYZ Films and Vertical in the U.S. on October 7th. Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films are releasing the film theatrically in North America and globally on digital platforms.
Fox News to Present Live Coverage of First Presidential Debate on September 26thSeptember 21, 2016FOX News Channel (FNC) will present extensive live programming of the upcoming presidential debate between nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on September 26th from Hofstra University. Coverage will be available on FNC, as well as on additional platforms including, FOX News Radio, FOX News Mobile and FOXNews.com, where the debate will livestream for free without authentication.
Anatomy of a Showtune: The Life and Times of BEAUTY AND THE BEASTSeptember 24, 2016It all starts very simple. A steady piano, a lilting flute. A young woman descending a staircase in the ballgown of every little girl's dreams, meeting her intended at the base. They beam at one another; she curtsies, he bows. As the iconic voice of Angela Lansbury enters the equation through an enchanted teapot, infusing the sequence with warmth and wisdom, the woman and her very unlikely suitor enter the ballroom. Finally having learned to ignore their differences, the two sway and twirl their way into happily ever after.
Wondery Premieres SECRETS, CRIMES & AUDIOTAPE Starring Jenna & Bodhi ElfmanSeptember 20, 2016Today Wondery premiered Secrets, Crimes & Audiotape - a new audio drama series. The first episode, “A Beautiful Spell” features Jenna Elfman ('Dharma & Greg') and Bodhi Elfman ('Criminal Minds'). It tells the story of a husband and wife who wake up in the middle of the night afraid they may have fallen out of love, prompting them to review their insecurities, jealousies and fantasies until dawn.
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE Grows 8% to a 10-Week High in Households, Matching the Show's Highest-Rated Week Since FebruarySeptember 20, 2016Based on national ratings for the week of September 5, 2016, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” with Chris Harrison was up over the prior week by 8% in Households (1.3 rating vs. 1.2 rating) and 9% in Total Viewers (1.703 million vs. 1.558 million), while posting double-digit gains week to week in Adults 25-54 (+33% - 0.4 rating vs. 0.3 rating) and Women 25-54 (+25% - 0.5 rating vs. 0.4 rating). In fact, “Millionaire” was the only syndicated game show to grow over the prior week on all four Nielsen measures.
NBC Takes the Week Among ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox in Every Key MeasureSeptember 20, 2016NBC has dominated the Sept. 12-18 primetime ratings week, with “Sunday Night Football,” two editions of “America's Got Talent,” “Better Late Than Never” and “Blindspot” accounting for five of the week's ten most-watched shows on the Big 4 networks, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.
The All-New Star Trek Adventure Takes Off on 4K Ultra, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Combo Packs November 1, 2016September 20, 2016The intrepid crew of the USS Enterprise returns in “the best action movie of the year” (Scott Mantz, “Access Hollywood”). The “highly entertaining” (David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter) new installment in the iconic franchise, STAR TREK BEYOND sets a course on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray Combo Packs, DVD and On Demand November 1, 2016 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. The sci-fi adventure will also be available as part of the STAR TREK TRILOGY Blu-ray Collection. The film warp speeds to Digital HD four weeks early on October 4, 2016.
Ridge Recap: How the Original Tight Knit Family of FALSETTOS Almost Never HappenedSeptember 20, 2016When Falsettos first premiered on Broadway in 1992, the show gained instant status as a game changer. With William Finn's brave new style of musical theatre composition and in placing the lives of queer characters at the forefront of its storytelling, a tactic that had not yet been seen in musicals up until that point, the show has become a cultural landmark and a blueprint for the array of modern musical theatre that followed in its wake.
2016 Emmys Averages 11.3 Million Viewers and Reaches 25.9 MillionSeptember 19, 2016Up against big NFL-fueled competition from Sunday Night Football on NBC (Minnesota Vikings-Green Bay Packers) and an NFL-overrun inflated CBS (Colts-Broncos), ABC's telecast of “The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards” attracted an average audience of 11.3 million viewers, retaining 95% of its year-ago audience (11.9 million on 9/20/15).