Aerosmith Added to Tonight's NBC Hurricane Telethon BenefitNovember 2, 2012Aerosmith will be added to tonight's NBC telethon for Hurricane Sandy survivors. The group crossed paths with Jon Bon Jovi this morning on the TODAY SHOW and worked it all out. Steven Tyler told Matt Lauer on the show today that he was born in New York, and felt a responsibility to be there.
CBS THIS MORNING Posts Year-To-Year GainsNovember 2, 2012CBS THIS MORNING posted year-to-year ratings gains among households and viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 26.
Monster & Spike TV Partner To Support Network's 'Hire A Vet' InitiativeNovember 2, 2012Monster, the world leader in high-performance personal audio, is teaming up with Spike TV's 'Hire A Vet' pro social campaign to launch a special camouflage Monster DNA(TM) headphone on Veterans Day. A portion of the proceeds from all sales of the limited edition Monster DNA(TM) Camo headphones will go to three worthy institutions partnering with the 'Hire A Vet' campaign, including The Wounded Warrior Project, IAVA, and Got Your 6.
ROBERT DELONG Releases Single 'Global Concepts' & Remix of 'Sun'November 2, 2012Singer, songwriter, producer, programmer and drummer ROBERT DELONG's debut JUST MOVEMENT-due out January 22 as the first release for Glassnote Records in 2013--is an electronic dance album with an evocative singer-songwriter sensibility that he wrote and produced over the course of the last two years. Leading the charge is its first single "Global Concepts," out now on iTunes.
China's Leading Contemporary Artist Gets First U.K. ShowNovember 2, 2012ZENG FANZHI is one of China's foremost contemporary artists. He works in a characteristically expressionistic painting style, displaying a deep interest in landscape alongside more figurative work. In densely worked landscape paintings, such as PureLand (2012) and Untitled (2012), Zeng uses heavily textured brushwork to create fictitious places that are both luminous and bleak, with bursts of colour serving to underscore the physicality of his painting process.
Taylor Swift's RED Scores Highest Soundscan Sales Week In Over A DecadeOctober 31, 2012Billboard reports, 'It's official: Taylor Swift's RED sold a whopping 1.208 million copies last week in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan,' scoring music's highest weekly sales number in more than a decade (since 2002's THE EMINEM SHOW), and earning Taylor a new page in the history books as the only female artist (and the fourth artist ever) to hit the 1 million first-week figure twice since SoundScan began tracking actual sales in 1991.
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF MIAMI Scores Most-Watched Episode of the SeriesOctober 31, 2012 Sunday night's special airing of Bravo Media's THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF MIAMI earned its highest rated episode of the season-to-date with 1.35 million total viewers and 797,000 adults 18-49, up 57 percent and 66 percent respectively from the prior Thursday's episode (10/25/12), according to Nielsen. This marks the most-watched episode of the series.
GSN Casting for Season Two of THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGEOctober 31, 2012GSN is once again on a nationwide search to discover the next champions of its highest-rated original series of all time, THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The second season of the hit series is slated to air in 2013.
Adrienne Bailon & Jesse Giddings to Host THE X FACTOR's Pepsi Preshow LiveOctober 31, 2012FOX, Syco and FremantleMedia announced today that actress/singer Adrienne Bailon, who is best known for her work in 3LW and the Cheetah Girls; and Jesse Giddings, a former MuchMusic Canada V.J. and musician, will join THE X FACTOR's "Pepsi PreShow Live" as hosts. Jim Cantiello, formerly of MTV News, will return for his second season as digital correspondent.
Discovery Channel & TLC Hit October HighsOctober 31, 2012Powered by strong returning series and breakout new hits, Discovery Channel had its best October ever among men 25-54, and its best October in HH, P2+ and P25-54 delivery in 11 Years. TLC posted single to double-digit gains in delivery in October among HH, P2+, P/W25-54/18-49, and W18-34. The network ranked among the top #5 ad-supported cable networks in delivery in October among W25-54.
Style Media's Hit Docu-Soap JERSEYLICIOUS to Return in 2013October 31, 2012Style Media greenlights a fifth season of its popular docu-soap JERSEYLICIOUS which follows the animal print-loving, big hair, smoky-eyed divas and their outrageous drama. Set to premiere in Q1 2013, the 14-episode new season produced by Endemol USA will pick up after the jaw-dropping announcement that Olivia plans to leave both Anthony and Gayle's salons to be an independent consultant.
Antonio Davis Joins ESPN as NBA Studio AnalystOctober 31, 2012Former NBA All-Star Antonio Davis has joined ESPN as an NBA studio analyst. As part of the multiyear agreement, Davis will provide analysis on SportsCenter, NBA Coast to Coast, NBA Tonight and additional news and information programming. He is scheduled to debut Thursday, Nov. 8, during the 9 a.m. ET SportsCenter on ESPN.
CMT Reveals New Cast of REDNECK ISLAND, Debuting 11/10October 31, 2012Returning for his second season as host of REDNECK ISLAND, wrestling hall of famer Steve Austin will take 14 new red, white and blue-collared Americans out of their element, and far away from cold beer, for the next round of CMT's ultimate redneck-style competition series, which debuts Saturday, November 10 at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Grammy Museum to Screen MR. BLUE SKY: THE STORY OF JEFF LYNNE AND ELO, 11/14October 31, 2012LA radio station 95.5 KLOS-FM today announced a special screening, Wednesday, November 14 at The GRAMMY Museum in downtown Los Angeles, of the JEFF LYNNE documentary MR. BLUE SKY: THE STORY OF JEFF LYNNE AND ELO. It will be followed by a Q&A with the creative force of ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA and the singularly accomplished British singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer.