FX Picks Up Period Executioner Pilot from SONS OF ANARCHY CreatorDecember 12, 2013According to Deadline, the network has ordered Sutter's latest project Imagine TV's Brian Grazer, THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER, to pilot. 'EXECUTIONER' 'tells the story of a warrior knight in King Edward III's charge who is broken by the ravages of war and vows to lay down his sword. But when that violence finds him again he is forced to pick up the bloodiest sword of all.'
TODAY Continues to Post Solid Ratings GrowthDecember 12, 2013NBC's TODAY continues to gain momentum and deliver substantial ratings growth. Season-to-date, TODAY has posted the largest year-to-year growth of the morning programs in the key demo A25-54. Over the first eleven weeks of the season, TODAY has closed the demo gap with GMA by 38% (42k) versus the same period last year. For the week of December 2 –December 6, TODAY delivered its biggest demo audience since the London Olympics and its narrowest total viewer gap with GMA in more than four months. TODAY also beat GMA in the demo on Monday, December 2 and Friday, December 6.
IN NO GREAT HURRY to Open 1/3 at Film Society of Lincoln CenterDecember 12, 2013IN NO GREAT HURRY is a funny, intimate and moving film, following photographer Saul Leiter as he deals with the triple burden of cleaning an apartment full of memories, becoming world famous in his 80's and fending off a pesky filmmaker. Director Tomas Leach's poignant debut premiered at DOCNYC and will open at the Film Society of Lincoln Center exclusively on Friday, January 3, 2014 for one week only.
TBS Announces New COUGAR TOWN Billboard PromotionDecember 12, 2013TBS is toasting the much-anticipated return of the hit comedy series Cougar Town with a special billboard-sized mosaic created entirely out of wine corks by illustrator and artist Scott Gundersen. The Cougar Town-inspired mosaic will be created over a six-day period, beginning Friday, Dec. 13, with the entire process on full display at The Grove in Los Angeles. The final mosaic will be unveiled on Wednesday, Dec. 18 during an all-day 'Cougar Size Your Wine' promotion taking place at The Fat Cow, award-winning Chef Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at The Grove. TBS's Cougar Town is set to launch its fifth season on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
VIDEO: New Trailer for RIO 2December 12, 2013A new trailer for Twentieth Century Fox's RIO 2, featuring a flock of top actors and musical talents new to the franchise. Check out the trailer below!
Second Season of BANSHEE to Premiere 1/10 on CinemaxDecember 12, 2013BANSHEE returns for its ten-episode second season FRIDAY, JAN. 10 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX. The Emmy(R)-winning series is executive produced by Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes.
SEC ON CBS Bests Competition for Fifth Straight YearDecember 12, 2013CBS Sports' national coverage of the SEC ON CBS for the 2013 season is the highest-rated regular-season college football package on any network for the fifth consecutive season, averaging a national household rating/share of 4.5/10, up 15% from last year (3.9/9).
HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO & TRAILER PARK: WELCOME TO MYRTLE MANOR Return to TLC, 1/16December 12, 2013Crazy antics and quirky characters make for two of TLC's most popular series. And these unorthodox, lovable reality television families are ready for all-new escapades in their Southern comfort towns. Returning Thursdays this January, HERE COMES HONEY BOO and TRAILER PARK: WELCOME TO MYRTLE MANOR show no signs of slowing down in their second seasons. Ramping up on the fun and chaos, both series will offer viewers a whole new range of wacky hijinks, unpredictable exploits and eccentric personalities! HERE COMES HONEY BOO premieres January 16 at 9 PM (ET/PT) followed by TRAILER PARK: WELCOME TO MYRTLE MANOR at 10 PM (ET/PT) on TLC.
A&E's DUCK DYNASTY Holiday Special Posts Year-Over-Year GrowthDecember 12, 20138.9 million Total Viewers joined the holiday festivities with The Robertson Family last night during A&E's one-hour Duck Dynasty Christmas Special, calling in a +37% jump from the program's holiday special last year. In its 10pm time period, the special also averaged 4.6 million Adults 25-54 viewers (+21%) and 4.5 million Adults 18-49 viewers (+15%), according to Fast Nielsen Ratings.
Great American Country Picks Up FARM KINGS for Third SeasonDecember 12, 2013Great American Country has renewed its original television series Farm Kings for a third season, the network announced today. A strong ratings performer that year-to-date has registered nearly 13 million primetime viewers according to Nielsen, Farm Kings celebrates family, food and home while chronicling the hard-working lives of a real, authentic, American farm family near Pittsburgh, PA: the Kings of Freedom Farms, a big, broad-shouldered group of nine brothers, one sister and a dynamic mother. Season three launches on Thursday, December 19 at 9pm ET/8c on Great American Country.
STAGE TUBE: Cast of A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN Performs 'Spirit in the Dark' on 'WENDY WILLIAMS'December 12, 2013A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN, the new Broadway musical, performed live on "THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW" on Tuesday, December 10. Mary Bridget Davies, critically acclaimed for her portrayal of Janis, was joined by Taprena Michelle Augustine,De'Adre Aziza, Nikki Kimbrough, and NaTasha Yvette Williams as Aretha Franklin to perform the show-stopping Act One finale "Spirit in the Dark." Check out their performance below!
SAVING MR. BANKS Limited Engagement at Walt Disney Studios Sells OutDecember 11, 2013Disney announced today that tickets to its Special Limited Engagement at the Walt Disney Studios, featuring their highly anticipated film “Saving Mr. Banks,” have sold out one week in advance of the event that runs seven nights from December 13 through December 19. Tickets are still available for the limited engagements at select theaters in the following cities: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington D.C. Check your local listings for theater locations and times.
FX Orders TYRANT to SeriesDecember 11, 2013FX has ordered TYRANT, from HOMELAND co-creators Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff and Craig Wright to series, according to Deadline. TYRANT's first season has been given a 10-episode order, which is set to debut next summer.
TLC to Air Two New 'GYPSY' Specials this MonthDecember 11, 2013Over the years, audiences around the world have learned that there is nothing UK Travellers like more than a good old fashion party! With the holiday season quickly approaching, what better time to bring out those decorations, vamp up that wardrobe, and have some of the most outrageous weddings and birthday celebrations we've seen thus far. This holiday season, TLC will reunite audiences with some of their favorite UK gypsies as well as introduce some new faces in not one, but two all new specials, 'A VERY MERRY GYPSY CHRISTMAS' airing December 19 at 10 PM ET/PT and 'MY BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDING: LUCK OF THE IRISH' premiering December 26 at 10PM PT/ET. Radio and TV personality Ellen K will once again lend her voice as narrator of both specials.