CMA AWARDS Reveals Early Winners on GOOD MORNING AMERICANovember 13, 2019a?oeThe 53rd Annual CMA Awardsa?? are just hours away, and in anticipation of the big show, winners in two categories have been revealed. 'Old Town Road (Remix)' by Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (Producers: YoungKio, Michael Trent Reznor, Atticus Matthew Ross) was announced as winner of CMA Musical Event of the Year, while 'Rainbow' by Kacey Musgraves (Director: Hannah Lux Davis) takes home the trophy for CMA Music Video of the Year. The winners were revealed by Country duo Maddie & Tae this morning on ABC's a?oeGood Morning Americaa?? broadcast, live from Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon.
Harry Styles Announces 2020 World TourNovember 13, 2019Harry Styles has announced a 2020 world tour, 'Love On Tour,' in support of his upcoming album Fine Line. The extensive run of shows will begin in April in the UK and will travel across Europe and NORTH AMERICA before concluding in Mexico in October. Check out the tour trailer below!
RATINGS: TODAY is Number One in Key Demo for 200 WeeksNovember 12, 2019TODAY was the number-one morning show last week topping “Good Morning America” in the key demo A25-54. The win marks 200 out of 202 weeks in first place. TODAY also won in total viewers Monday. TODAY posted five-month highs in total viewers, delivering its largest audience since May.
Tennis Announces Tour Dates, New Album Out February 14November 12, 2019Acclaimed indie-pop duo Tennis has announced plans for a major North American headline tour. The dates get underway February 25 at Kansas City, MO's Madrid Theatre & Café and then continue through early May. Highlights include top-billed performances at Boise, ID's Treefort Music Fest (March 27) and Atlanta, GA's annual Shaky Knees Music Festival (May 3). Support on all headline dates comes from Molly Burch. Tickets for all headline dates go on sale Friday, November 15 at 10 am (local). For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.tennis-music.com.
VIDEO: Get a Special Look at THE MANDALORIAN on Disney+November 12, 2019With Disney+ launching today in the U.S. and Canada, this morning the streaming service debuted a special look at “The Mandalorian” on “Good Morning America.” And check out another special look that was unveiled last night during ESPN's “Monday Night Football.”
Randy Travis Presented ASCAP Founders Award By Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood and Paul WilliamsNovember 12, 2019Monday night, at the 57th Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards, American music icon Randy Travis was presented the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award. Performing two of Travis' biggest hits were Garth Brooks, singing “Forever and Ever, Amen,” and Carrie Underwood, singing “Promises.” The duo then joined ASCAP President and Chairman, Paul Williams, in presenting the award, which will join the top shelf of Travis' award room alongside a Country Music Hall of Fame plaque, a Grand Ole Opry member trophy, seven GRAMMY Awards, 11 ACM statuettes, five CMA honors, 10 American Music Awards, two People's Choice awards, eight Dove Awards and many more honors.
Dawn Porter & Focus Features to Make Documentary with Former White House Photographer Pete SouzaNovember 12, 2019On the heels of last year's sensation Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Focus Features is set to produce an upcoming documentary about former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza. Sundance Special Jury Prize and Peabody Award-winning director Dawn Porter (Gideon's Army, Bobby Kennedy for President, and the upcoming film Good Trouble about Congressman John Lewis) will direct and produce the film about the prolific and outspoken photojournalist. Academy Award®, BAFTA® and Emmy Award® winning producer Evan Hayes (Free Solo) will produce under his ACE Content banner alongside Academy Award®-nominee and Emmy Award®-winner Laura Dern and her Jaywalker Pictures partner Jayme Lemons, in association with Platform One Media.
Willie Nelson & Family, Alison Krauss, and More to Perform at MerleFest 2020November 12, 2019MerleFest, presented by Window World, is proud to announce the initial lineup for MerleFest 2020, which will be held April 23-26. The annual homecoming of musicians and music fans returns to the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. “For over 30 years, one of the major factors that has built and sustained MerleFest has been the quality of the artists and performances that our guests see over the 4-day festival,” says Ted Hagaman, Festival Director. “People truly feel that the festival is a great value and that is why music fans and families return year after year. We feel that the 2020 lineup again reflects the diversity and quality of performers, and we look forward to another successful festival in April.” The complete lineup for MerleFest 2020 will be announced over the next few months.
Piebald Announces Surprise Christmas EPNovember 12, 2019Boston's indie/emo bridge-builders Piebald have announced their new EP – Piebald Presents To You, A Musical Christmas Adventure – due out this Friday, November 15th via Photo Finish Records. The band wrote and recorded all three tracks – “(All I Want For Christmas) Is To Rage With My Friends,” “The Rebellion Of Winter,” and “Do Good Stuff” – over a long weekend in September with producer Doug Batchelder in North Reading, Massachusetts, all while building multiple sets to shoot the accompanying artwork. The band has also dropped the festivity-filled lyric video for “(All I Want For Christmas) Is To Rage With My Friends” today – watch below!
IFC to Debut TOAST OF LONDON This DecemberNovember 12, 2019Leading up to the launch of IFC's newest original comedy Year of the Rabbit, get your fix of Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows) with Toast of London, one of the famed British comedian's first critically-acclaimed series.
RATINGS: FOX Takes Home Adults 18-49 Crown on MondayNovember 12, 2019FOX (4.928 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #1) took sole position of the demo crown on Monday thanks to new episodes of '9-1-1' (6.469 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #1) and 'Prodigal Son' (3.387 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5).
Ovation Acquires Additional Seasons of TRAVEL MAN and MIDSOMER MURDERSNovember 12, 2019Ovation, America's only arts network, has acquired the non-exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for select seasons in a multi-title deal with all3media international. The deal is for seasons 7 and 8 of Travel Man (8 x '30, 1 x 60' Christmas special), seasons 7 to 11 of Midsomer Murders (38 x 120'), and two seasons of Gordon's Great Escape (7x60'). The announcement was made today by Scott Woodward, EVP Programming and Production, Ovation.
RATINGS: NBC Ratings For The Late-Night Week Of Nov. 4-8November 12, 2019“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has averaged a 0.32 rating in adults 18-49 and 1.773 million viewers overall for the late-night ratings week of Nov. 4-8, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research, while scoring as the week's #1 most-viewed Entertainment program on digital with “Tonight's” best week of digital viewing in a month.
CARTER Returns to WGN American on January 20November 12, 2019WGN America announced today that the second season of the comedic procedural series “Carter” will premiere January 20 at 10 PM ET/PT. Jerry O'Connell (Billions), Sydney Poitier Heartsong (Chicago P.D.) and Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black) return for the show's sophomore season. Andy Berman (Psych, Rosewood) joins “Carter” as the showrunner and executive producer and series creator Garry Campbell (Kids in The Hall, MADtv) returns as an executive producer and writer on the series.