VIDEO: MOTOWN Celebrates Year on Broadway with New Montage!March 28, 2014'Happy birthday to you,' MOTOWN THE MUSICAL! The smash hit, which celebrates its first Broadway anniversary on April 14, has released a new montage of show clips set to legendary Motown classics from the musical, including 'I Want You Back,' 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours,' 'Get Ready,' 'Dancing In The Street,' and 'Do You Love Me.' Check it out below!
STAGE TUBE Exclusive: Mykal Kilgore Rehearses The Songs of Lyons and Pakchar for Upcoming Show at 54 BelowMarch 28, 201454 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Lillias White, Ben Platt, Naturi Naughton, Katie Thompson, Robin de Jesus, Mykal Kilgmore & more in Who We Are: The Songs of Lyons & Pakchar on Monday, April 14 at 9:30PM. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive look at Kilgore rehearsing for the big night!
ABC Family's MELISSA & JOEY, BABY DADDY Hit Multi-Week Highs in ViewersMarch 27, 2014 At 8 o'clock, “Melissa & Joey” surged to 7-week highs in Adults 18-34 (468,000/0.7 rating), Women 18-34 (310,000/0.9 rating), Viewers 12-34 (580,000/0.6 rating) and Females 12-34 (402,000/0.9 rating), 6-week highs in Adults 18-49 (666,000/0.5 rating) and 5-week highs in Total Viewers (1.013 million) and Women 18-49 (459,000/0.7 rating).
Carmine Giovinazzo & Jon Sklaroff Join USA's GRACELANDMarch 27, 2014Carmine Giovinazzo (“CSI: NY”) and Jon Sklaroff (“24”) will guest star in the second season of USA Network's provocative one-hour hit drama series GRACELAND, which follows a group of elusive undercover agents from the FBI, DEA and ICE who live in a beach front mansion in Southern California. Inspired by true events, the series captured a broad freshman audience, averaging 4M total viewers. Season two of GRACELAND will premiere this summer on USA.
REINAS DE REALTY on mun2 to Feature Allstate Insurance TipsMarch 27, 2014mun2, the leading Hispanic cable network for Latinos in the U.S., has announced a collaboration with Allstate Insurance for the network's new docu-reality series 'Reinas de Realty.' The 10-episode original series follows two Latina real estate moguls running their thriving, family-based Los Angeles house-flipping business and transforming Latino communities one flip at a time.
TODAY Posts Solid Ratings GrowthMarch 27, 2014NBC's TODAY continues to gain momentum and deliver substantial ratings growth. For the week of March 17, TODAY narrowed the total viewer and key demo A25-54 gaps with GMA for the second straight week. TODAY also posted the largest week-to-week gains in both total viewers (+213,000) and A25-54 viewers (+111,000) among the morning news shows.
Cynthia McFadden Exits ABC for NBCMarch 27, 2014Award-winning journalist Cynthia McFadden will join NBC News as Senior Legal and Investigative Correspondent, it was announced today by NBC News President Deborah Turness. McFadden spent the past twenty years at ABC News as a highly respected anchor and correspondent known for her diverse portfolio of powerful investigations. Her distinguished work has won many of broadcasting's most coveted prizes, including Emmy, Peabody, duPont and Foreign Press awards.
Box Office for Off-Broadway's UNDER MY SKIN with Kerry Butler to Open 3/31March 27, 2014The Little Shubert Theatre box office for the new Off-Broadway comedy UNDER MY SKIN, featuring Tony winner Kerry Butler, Matt Walton, and Megan Sikora will open Monday, March 31st at 10 AM, producers confirmed this afternoon. Previews for UNDER MY SKIN, written by comedy powerhouse duo Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser (THE NANNY, WHO'S THE BOSS?), are set to kick off on Saturday, April 5 ahead of an official opening on Thursday, May 15.
TV Land Announce Summer Premiere Dates for THE EXES, JENNIFER FALLS & MoreMarch 26, 2014TV Land is launching a summer of star-studded programming beginning Wednesday, June 4th at 10:30pm ET/PT, with the all-new single-camera comedy 'Jennifer Falls,' starring Jaime Pressly, Jessica Walter, Ethan Suplee and Missi Pyle; 'Hot in Cleveland' starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White, with an animated episode airing August 6th; and 'The Exes' featuring Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche, Kelly Stables and Kristen Johnston, returning August 13th.
TV Land Slots Live Commercials for Live Season Premieres of HOT IN CLEVELAND & THE SOUL MANMarch 26, 2014TV Land is taking the network's big LIVE event on Wednesday, March 26th and making it EVEN MORE LIVE! Stars of TV Land's 'Hot in Cleveland' and 'The Soul Man' will participate in LIVE commercials during the shows' season premieres on Wednesday, March 26th at 10pm ET/PT, the network announced today. The cast of 'Hot in Cleveland,' Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White, will take part in an ad for Toyota and Niecy Nash of 'The Soul Man' will do the same for Bush Brothers.
PARTY DOWN SOUTH Posts CMT's Highest-Rated Season Finale YetMarch 26, 2014CMT's PARTY DOWN SOUTH, the network's highest-rated original series, broke even more records as last Thursday's season one finale became the most-watched season finale in CMT history bringing in 1.06 million total viewers*, growing to a 1.39 million gross viewers with additional plays across VOD, CMT.com and on the CMT App. One last brawl and an emotional goodbye scored the series' highest rating to date among P12-24, earning a .75 live + 3. The series is the network's biggest hit ever among younger viewers, with a median viewing age of 31.
AMC Ventures into Comedy, Orders Projects from John Leguizamo, Seth Rogen & MoreMarch 26, 2014Leading into the annual Upfront season AMC – the network and brand committed to delivering rich stories and characters that provide viewers something more – announces a robust development slate including numerous scripted drama projects, its first foray into scripted comedy, “overall” talent deals, and several new unscripted series.
Tiya Sircar Replaces Krysta Rodriguez in CBS' HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER SpinoffMarch 26, 2014Tiya Sircar (THE CRAZY ONES, THE INTERNSHIP) has landed the vacated role of of 'Juliet', the 'sexy and flamboyant' best friend of Sally (Greta Gerwig.) Rodriguez exited the project after the first table read, and changes to the character were made, including stripping Juliet of her high-profile fashion blog gig.