RATINGS: LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN Ties Its Season High Among Women 25-54March 19, 2019During the week of March 4, 2019, “Live with Kelly and Ryan” grew week to week by 10% among Women 25-54 (1.1 rating vs. 1.0 rating) to tie its season high. In addition, “Live” matched the prior week with Households (2.4 rating) to equal its 2nd highest-rated week this season.
Insomniac and ALDA Announce 'A State of Trance 900' in the Bay Area with Armin van BuurenMarch 19, 2019 A State of Trance 900, the iconic trance festival that is followed by millions of fans around the world, will take place in the Bay Area on June 29th, 2019. Making history as the first-ever dedicated ASOT event to be hosted in the western United States, global trance families will unite as ASOT 900 takes over the Oakland Coliseum. As the first co-produced event for Insomniac and ALDA since entering into a collaborative partnership last year, Armin van Buuren will curate yet another evening full of electric moments and leading trance tastemakers at ASOT 900. Starting today, fans can pre-register athttps://festival.astateoftrance.com/bayarea/ to be a part of the advance pre-sale that starts on Tuesday, April 2 with general tickets going on sale on Thursday, April 4 at 11 AM PST. By pre-registering now, fans are able to guarantee themselves tickets to the event.
RATINGS: 60 MINUTES Makes Top 5 For The 3rd Straight WeekMarch 19, 201960 MINUTES made the Top 5 for the third straight week and the twelfth time this season. The CBS News magazine drew 10.1 million viewers to land at # 3, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, March 17, 2019. It was also Sunday's # 1 prime program in viewers.
RATINGS: NBC Ratings Results For The Primetime Week Of March 11-17March 19, 2019 NBC has finished #2 among the Big 4 networks in primetime ratings for the week of March 11-17 in adults 18-49 and also ranked #2 or tied for #2 in adults 25-54, adults 18-49 and all key adult-female demograpics, according to “live plus same day” viewership figures from Nielsen Media Research.
The Cranberries Release New Single 'Wake Me When It's Over'March 19, 2019While many bands may aspire to be timeless, or have a sound that transcends the whims of musical fashion, The Cranberries are one of the few to have achieved that. Play one of the Irish rock group's early anthems such as 'Linger' or 'Dreams,' and they sound as fresh - and deliver as much of an emotional sucker-punch - as when they captured a generation's hearts in the 1990s.
Outside Lands Announces Eager Beaver Pre-Sale TicketsMarch 19, 2019Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly, and Starr Hill Presents are thrilled to announce that this Thursday, March 21, a limited number of specially-priced 3-day GA and VIP tickets will be available in the Eager Beaver pre-sale exclusively via www.sfoutsidelands.com. Eager Beaver is for the fans who know they can count on Outside Lands to be an amazing, delicious, awe-inspiring weekend of music, art and the best of the Bay Area.
Truth Club Announces Debut Album 'Not An Exit'March 19, 2019Tiny Engines is thrilled to announce its latest signing Truth Club, the Raleigh quartet whose guitar rock recalls the minimalist sounds of Parquet Courts, Ought, Flasher, and Protomartyr. The band's debut album Not An Exit will be released on May 3, and today they share its title track. Stereogum, who premiered the song today, call it 'an intense and nervy song about being trapped within yourself and coming to the realization that there are no easy outs. Threaded through are Travis Harrington's vocals, which howl and growl and lock in dead-eyed with the rest of his band.'
L7 Announce New National Tour DatesMarch 19, 2019Grunge rock legends, L7 have announced new national tour dates, unleashing their ferocious live chops to ecstatic crowds in DC, Chicago, Portland, Philadelphia and more including a very special intimate show inNYC at Elsewhere. Fans can also catch the band as they join The Bash Music & Craft Beer Festival tour across the US with Rancid and others. L7 is set to release their first album in 20 years, Scatter the Rats, due out May 3 onJoan Jett's Blackheart Records.
RATINGS: TONIGHT SHOW Wins the Late-Night Ratings Week of March 11-15March 19, 2019“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has finished #1 for the late-night ratings week of March 11-15 in the key adult 18-49 demographic versus “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.
Tribeca Talks to Feature Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Guillermo Del ToroMarch 19, 2019The Tribeca Talks program will return to entertain and inspire audiences at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, taking place April 24 - May 5. This year's lineup will include intimate and once in a lifetime conversations with a diverse list of groundbreaking and critically acclaimed filmmakers, artists, entertainers, and icons.
Art Directors Guild Film Society Announces 2019 Screening SeriesMarch 19, 2019The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and the American Cinematheque are co-hosting the annual 2019 Screening Series “Production Design: Designers On Design” highlighting the work of renowned Production Designers and their creative collaborations. The monthly series will run from April through August at the Egyptian (6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood) with all screenings starting at 5:30 pm. Moderating the screenings are Production Designers THOMAS A. WALSH ADG, JOHN MUTOADG, and JOHN IACOVELLI ADG. The screening series is sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter. For tickets, go to: www.americancinematheque.com
The Maine, Mayday Parade, State Champs, The Wonder Years to Headline Sad Summer FestivalMarch 19, 2019Sad Summer Festival is thrilled to unveil its inaugural lineup and run of nationwide dates today, Tuesday, March 19th! Set to feature headliners The Maine, Mayday Parade, State Champs, and The Wonder Years with support from Mom Jeans, Stand Atlantic,L.I.F.T. and Just Friends, plus additional special guests Every Avenue, Four Year Strong, Set It Off, Forever The Sickest Kids and Emo Nite on select dates. Sad Summer Festival kicks off its seventeen-city month long trek in Dallas, TX on July 5th and runs through August 3rd in Anaheim, CA – see below for a comprehensive break down of dates and lineups.
Food Network Announces New Series BAKE YOU RICH with Buddy ValastroMarch 19, 2019As a fourth-generation baker, Buddy Valastro is known as one of the biggest names in the industry, taking his local bakery and building it into an international empire. Now, Buddy is paying it forward on new series Bake You Rich, as he gives the opportunity of a lifetime to professional pastry chefs as they compete to have their treats produced by the Cake Boss and sold on Carlo's Bakery website immediately following each episode. The four-episode series kicks off on Sunday, April 14th at 10pm ET/PT, as four bakers whip up delectable and innovative treats in three rounds of challenges that will test their baking and business skills to prove to Buddy and a panel of rotating judges including Chad Durkin, Erin McGinn,Vincent Tubito, and Buddy's wife Lisa Valastro that their treats will rise to the top. But, only one talented baker in each episode will cream the competition and go into business with Buddy.
Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Combs to Perform at the 54TH ACM AWARDSMarch 19, 2019The Academy of Country Music® announced today that Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line and Ashley McBryde have been added to the powerful lineup of performers for the 54th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music's Party of the Year®. The awards telecast, hosted by Reba McEntire, will air LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET / delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
RATINGS: '20/20' Is The Top Newsmagazine In All Key Demos For 11th Straight WeekMarch 19, 2019Surging over its lead-in at 9:00 p.m., ABC's “20/20” delivered its 11th week in a row as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine (on each telecast in its new 2-hour format). During prime time, ABC's “20/20” dominated NBC's “Dateline” (10:00-11:00 p.m.) by wide margins in Total Viewers (+39% - 3.9 million vs. 2.8 million), Adults 18-49 (+40% - 0.7/4 vs. 0.5/2) and Adults 25-54 (+57% - 1.1/4 vs. 0.7/3). In fact, “20/20” attracted more viewers than “Dateline” for their 10th straight matchup on the evening, delivering its longest winning streak over the NBC newsmagazine in 10 years – since a streak in January-April 2009 (1/2-4/10/09). “20/20” presented “The Dropout Documentary” on Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes and her billion dollar blood testing company Theranos.
Brainfeeder's Louis Cole Announces New 'Live Sesh and Xtra Songs' EPMarch 19, 2019On April 5th, multi-instrumentalist, singer and Thundercat-collaborator Louis Cole will release a new EP Live Sesh and Xtra Songs, a collection of six unreleased songs and three live session tracks recorded in a house with a huge big band (heavy on the brass and wind sections) including Nate Wood and Ben Wendel from Kneebody, Jacob Mann, Sam Wilkes and Genevieve Artadi to name but a few.
Plague Vendor Announces New Album 'By Night'March 19, 2019Plague Vendor just announced their new album By Night, produced by John Congleton(St Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Chelsea Wolfe) and recorded at legendary EastWest Studios (Brian Wilson, Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop). The follow up to their 2016 debut full-length BLOODSWEAT and their widely-acclaimed debut EP Free to Eat is set for release on June 7 via Epitaph Records. The 10-song set kicks off with the raw, vital track and first single “New Comedown.”