History Announces Two New Premium DocumentariesJune 4, 2019HISTORY premieres two new two-hour documentaries 'Secrets In The Sky: The Untold Story of Skunk Works' on Sunday, June 9 at 9PM ET/PT and 'Game Changers: Inside the Video Game Wars' on Sunday, June 16 at 9PM ET/PT as part of its premium documentary strand HISTORY Films, which spotlights significant and gripping historical events deserving to be told.
Nickelodeon Greenlights SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS PrequelJune 4, 2019Nickelodeon today announced it has greenlit Kamp Koral (working title), an original spinoff series of its iconic hit, SpongeBob SquarePants. The CG-animated series (13 episodes) introduces 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants during his summer at sleepaway camp. The series is slated to begin production in June at Nickelodeon in Burbank.
WHY WOMEN KILL to Premiere August 15 on CBS All AccessJune 4, 2019CBS All Access announced today that its new original series WHY WOMEN KILL, a darkly comedic drama created by Marc Cherry ('Desperate Housewives,' 'Devious Maids'), will premiere on Thursday, August 15. Episodes of WHY WOMEN KILL's 10-episode first season will be available on demand weekly on Thursdays exclusively for CBS All Access subscribers.
RATINGS: NBC Results For The Late-Night Week Of May 27-31June 4, 2019Encore telecasts of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” have delivered a 0.37 rating in adults 18-49 and 1.945 million viewers overall for the late-night ratings week of May 27-31, to outrate CBS' rebroadcast week of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in all key demographics – – adults, men and women 18-34; adults, men and women 18-49; and adults, men and women 25-54..
RATINGS: JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! Sees Strongest Week in 1 YearJune 4, 2019During the week of May 27, 2019, ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” shot up over the prior week by 55% among Adults 18-49 (627,000 vs. 405,000) to hit a new season high with its strongest week in 1 year – since the week of 6/4/18.
RATINGS: ABC Scores the Most Dominant Weekly Win by Any Network in 3 MonthsJune 4, 2019With “The Bachelorette” and the first two games of the 2019 NBA Finals, ABC dominated the week (w/o 5/27/19) by 1.4 million viewers over its nearest competition (5.4 million vs. 3.9 million – NBC and CBS tied) and doubled runner-up NBC in Adults 18-49 (1.6/8 vs. 0.8/4). In fact, leading the week by 100% in Adults 18-49, ABC scored the biggest weekly winning advantage for any network since mid-February – since ABC won “Oscar®” week by 111% in young adults (w/o 2/18/19).
RATINGS: THE BACHELORETTE Spikes to Season Highs Against the Stanley Cup FinalsJune 4, 2019ABC Monday Prime Time (8:00-11:00 p.m. – 4.8 million and 1.2/6 in AD18-49):
Featuring “The Bachelorette” and a repeat “Celebrity Family Feud” facing NBC's Stanley Cup Finals for the 2nd week in a row, ABC repeated as Monday's dominant entertainment net, beating out Fox with the season premiere of “So You Think You Can Dance” by 71% on the night in Adults 18-49 (1.2/6 vs. 0.7/3). In addition, ABC nearly matched NBC's Stanley Cup prime-time coverage in Total Viewers (4.8 million vs. 5.0 million).
HBO to Premiere New York Drag Story Documentary WIGJune 4, 2019Late one night in 1984, drag queen Lady Bunny and a few friends drunkenly wandered from the Pyramid Club in New York's East Village to Tompkins Square Park, staging an impromptu drag show in the band shell. This annual drag bacchanal, which would become known as Wigstock, signaled the end of summer in glamorous fashion for the gay community in NYC and lasted almost 20 years.
Same Same But Different Festival Announces Initial LineupJune 4, 2019Same Same But Different Festival (SSBD) is excited to unveil the lineup for their second annual music and arts festival happening Sept 20-21, 2019. This two-day event will celebrate the end of summer in a jaw-dropping setting and feature a diverse range of multi-genre musical acts across the festival's two stages. Headliners Baauer and Beats Antique will be joined by Turkuaz, Exmag, Cofresi,Megan Hamilton, Capyac, Baby Fuzz and many more. Music lovers across Southern California will be treated to alternating performances allowing attendees to experience each artist on the lineup without having to choose between overlapping set-times. A confirmed listing of the initial lineup is below. More artists will be announced soon.
Nickelodeon Renews Four Preschool Shows Including PAW PATROL, BUBBLE GUPPIESJune 4, 2019Nickelodeon has renewed some of the biggest hits in preschool TV: PAW Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Abby Hatcher and Butterbean's Café. The renewals—a seventh season of PAW Patrol, a fifth season of Bubble Guppies and second seasons of Abby Hatcher and Butterbean's Café—are part of the network's new content slate and ever-expanding powerful preschool portfolio. Nickelodeon is currently home to nine of the top 10 preschool shows on all TV, including number-one ranked PAW Patrol. Year to date, Nick is the number-one basic cable network for Kids 2-5, Kids 2-11 and Kids 6-11.
Netflix Announces JURASSIC WORLD Animated SeriesJune 4, 2019DreamWorks Animation today announced Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, an animated action-adventure series, is set to debut globally on Netflix in 2020 as part of an ongoing multi-year agreement with Netflix to produce original animated kids and family programming. Set within the same timeline as the 2015 blockbuster film, Jurassic World, the Netflix original series is inspired by the multi-billion-dollar franchise from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
New CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG Series to Launch on Amazon Prime and PBS KidsJune 4, 2019BIG news! The NEW Clifford The Big Red Dog® TV series produced by Scholastic Entertainment will make its larger-than-life debut on Amazon Prime Video, December 6, and PBS KIDS, December 7. The eagerly-anticipated rebooted series will include 39 22-minute episodes featuring Clifford and his best friend Emily Elizabeth, new friends, new imagined adventures, a vibrant new art style, and an original song in every episode. The new series will be supported by an expansive licensing and consumer products program and a global publishing program with new titles launching in 2019. Scholastic is seeking licensing partners in all product categories, the first wave of licensees will be announced soon. The live-action hybrid Clifford The Big Red Dog feature film from Paramount Pictures premieres on November 13, 2020.
BAFTA Announces 2019 Student Film Awards FinalistsJune 4, 2019The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today announced the nine finalists for the 2019 BAFTA Student Film Awards presented by Global Student Accommodation (GSA). Following a record number of submissions for this year's Awards, the finalists have been selected from over 550 submissions by students at film schools in 38 countries across the world, including the U.K., the U.S., France, Germany, Australia, China, Switzerland, Estonia, Brazil, Norway, Mexico, Israel, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Chile, Uruguay, Finland, The Netherlands, Portugal and more.