IDW & Entertainment One to Develop V-WARS as SeriesMay 21, 2014 IDW Entertainment and Entertainment One Television (eOne Television) announced today that V-Wars will be the first series project developed under the recently announced first-look co-production agreement.
TNT Sets FALLING SKIES Memorial Day MarathonMay 21, 2014As excitement builds for the fourth season of TNT's hit drama Falling Skies, the network is giving viewers the chance to binge-watch the entire third season on Memorial Day. TNT will present all ten episodes of season three in a 10-hour marathon slated to begin Monday, May 26, at 10 a.m. (ET/PT). Falling Skies, which stars Noah Wyle, is produced by Amblin Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Also starring are Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton, Colin Cunningham, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Maxim Knight, Sarah Carter, Seychelle Gabriel, Mpho Koaho and Doug Jones. Scarlett Byrne (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) is set to join the cast as a regular this season, while Oscar(R) winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, Mimic) and Treva Etienne (Terminator Salvation, Pirates of the Caribbean) are slated to guest-star, along with returning guest-star Robert Sean Leonard (House, Dead Poets Society).
ESPN's NCAA Division I Softball Championship Coverage Continues this WeekMay 21, 2014ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship continues this week with exclusive coverage of the Super Regionals (May 22 - 25). ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU will televise up to 24 games (eight best-of-three series) from eight campus sites. Jennie Finch, national champion (2001 Arizona) and gold medal winner (2004 Olympics), joins ESPN's elite roster of analysts to call the Lafayette Super Regional. ESPN will continue to offer multiplatform coverage on espnW.com and through @ESPNU and @espnW.
Animal Planet's 'Monster Week' is No. 1 in Men with RIVER MONSTERSMay 21, 2014Animal Planet's third-annual Monster Week kicked off to a great start on Sunday, May 18. The first night of the nine-day programming stunt helped Animal Planet rank as the #1 ad-supported cable net in prime among M25-54 (483K) and M18-49 (450K) and the #3 and #4 ad-supported cable net in prime among P25-54 (736K) and P2+ viewers (1.4M), respectively, excluding sports.
STAGE TUBE: Las Vegas Entertainers Welcome MAMMA MIA! Back to the StripMay 21, 2014In celebration of its triumphant return to the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas entertainers and notables welcomed MAMMA MIA! back with a video montage of special messages, which were shared with the company before their opening night on Friday, May 16. Included in the video are welcome messages from Mayor Goodman, ROCK OF AGES, JERSEY BOYS, Chippendales, JABBAWOCKEEZ and more. Check it out below!
PIX11 & Broadway Channel to Present BROADWAY PROFILES, 5/25May 21, 2014PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting's New York CW affiliate, has partnered with Broadway Channel to present “Broadway Profiles” a series of quarterly primetime Broadway specials hosted by PIX11's Emmy-Award winning anchor Tamsen Fadal. The first installment, “Broadway Profiles: The Road to the Tonys,” will air on PIX11 this Sunday, May 25th at 7pm ET.
VIDEO: First Trailer for El Rey's MATADORMay 20, 2014Set to premiere Tuesday, July 15th at 9 pm ET/PT, Irreverent and action-packed, Matador chronicles the unlikely rise of Tony 'Matador' Bravo (Gabriel Luna), a popular soccer star who comes to be known as much for his playboy antics off the field as his dynamic moves on it. But what his fans and family don't realize is that it's all a cover - in truth, he is a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little-known branch of the CIA. 'Matador' has the kind of fame and notoriety that affords him access to powerful circles of corruption and villainy. But, in balancing the dueling roles in which he's been cast, he will be forced to confront the question of his true identity... and it is this mission which will prove to be his most dangerous. Check out the first trailer for the series below!
FOX Sports 1 Scores Strong Weekend with NASCAR, MLBMay 20, 2014FOX Sports 1 opened its 10 DAYS OF THUNDER programming block with strong performances from NASCAR and MLB last weekend, delivering the channel its second most-watched day and its second most-watched program since launch. America's new sports network averaged 745,000 viewers from 6:00 AM ET to 6:00 PM ET on Saturday (5/17), headlined by live coverage of the NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE averaging 3,482,000 viewers, according to Nielsen.
WE tv's MARY MARY Up from Season 2May 20, 2014The just concluded (Thursday, May 15) third season of WE tv's original docu-drama 'Mary Mary' posted significant double digit increases over season two. The show delivered more than 1.1 million total viewers, up +46% over the previous season, with strong growth in the key adult and women demos:
ABC Poised to Win May Sweep in Adults 18-49May 20, 2014With just two nights left to count heading into tonight's season finale of “Dancing” and the closers for its Wednesday comedies, ABC ranks No. 1 for the 2014 May Sweep in Adults 18-49 (1.7/5), leading CBS by 13% (1.5/5), NBC by 21% (1.4/4) and Fox by 31% (1.3/4). ABC also leads the month in Adults 18-34 and across all key Women (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54), while standing as the top-rated broadcaster with Teens 12-17.
Telemundo's Jose Diaz-Balart Joins MSNBCMay 20, 2014Emmy Award-winning journalist and Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart will join MSNBC's weekday line-up next month. Díaz-Balart will anchor MSNBC's 10 a.m. hour live from Miami, Florida. He will begin in mid-June following the departure of Chris Jansing, who is heading to Washington as NBC News Sr. White House Correspondent. The announcement was made today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC.
NBC Sports to Air KURT BUSCH: 36, 6/8May 20, 2014NBC Sports announced today that it will present an all-access look into the intense preparation, 200+ MPH competition and extreme logistics surrounding Kurt Busch's upcoming attempt to win IndyCar's famed Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. The 30-minute special, featuring in-depth interviews, on-track footage, team communications and a seat right next to Busch throughout his races against drivers from two elite series, pulsating travel conditions and the limits of his own endurance, will debut on Sunday, June 8, at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC. A 60-minute “director's cut” of KURT BUSCH: 36 will air the following day, Monday, June 9, at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
FOX Wraps Season as No. 2 Network in Adults 18-49May 20, 2014As the Nielsen broadcast season comes to a close, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is finishing the season as the No. 2 network among Adults 18-49, steady in that core demographic and up +4% in Total Viewers compared to the previous year. Key highlights for FOX originals included: