MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Delivers Nightly Win for ESPNOctober 22, 2013Last night's Monday Night Football telecast - a New York Giants' 23-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings - helped ESPN win the night among all networks - broadcast or cable - in all key male and adult demos. The MNF game ranked as the top telecast of the night across cable and broadcast in those same categories.
Hub Network's HAUNTED HUB Programming Brings Growth in Adults 18-49, Key Kid DemosOctober 22, 2013 The Hub Network's Haunted Hub themed programming continues to deliver children and families. For the fifth week in a row, the Hub Network was the #1 children's network in co-view percentage share among Kids 2-11 watching with Adults 18-49. 'Sabrina Secrets of a Teenage Witch,' 'Goosebumps,' 'Tiny Toons' Night of Ghoulery,' 'The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow' and a 'Creature Feature' themed movie week delivered viewers and co-viewing for the network. Details are below:
FAST N' LOUD Drives Discovery to Ratings WinOctober 22, 2013Discovery Channel's FAST N' LOUD claimed the top cable spot among Men on Monday, October 21 among M25-54, and M18-49 delivery, (excluding sports). The series was also the #2 program on cable on Monday among P25-54 delivery (excluding sports).
Rob Brydon to Host 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards, 11/9October 22, 2013The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles(R) (BAFTA Los Angeles) is pleased to announce that award winning actor and comedian Rob Brydon will host the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards presented by BBC AMERICA. In addition, BAFTA LA will honor Golden Globe(R) Award winning and Emmy nominated actor, Idris Elba, with the BAFTA LA Britannia Humanitarian Award at the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. For the second year in a row, the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards will be broadcast on BBC AMERICA, airing in primetime November 10 at 9:00pm ET and on the U.K.'s Sky Movies on November 11, as a two-hour special including footage of the Britannia Awards Red Carpet.
NAKED CITY: The Complete Series Box Set Out on DVD 11/5October 22, 2013 Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, announces the box set release of Naked City: The Complete Series starring Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, James Franciscus, John McIntire and an incredible cast of guest stars. Naked City: The Complete Series will be available on DVD on Nov. 5, 2013, for an SRP of $179.98.
FOX's ALCS Coverage Up in Adults 18-49October 22, 2013Last week, the MLB ALCS Games 4, 5 and 6 hit a line-drive for FOX and led the network to a second-place finish among Adults 18-34. On Saturday, FOX placed No. 1 among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers and key male demos with ALCS GAME 6: BOSTON V. DETROIT (2.3/8, 8:02pm-12:10am). The game was up +5% in Adults 18-49 from last year's comparable game (2.2/5, 10/21/12, 7:43-10:47pm).
2013 NLCS Coverage Bumps TBS to No. 1 Cable Network in PrimetimeOctober 22, 2013TBS's coverage of the 2013 National League Championship Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers accounted for four of basic cable's Top 15 programs for the week. The NLCS also helped TBS rank as basic cable's #1 network in primetime among total viewers and adults 18-49.
NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Continues to Average 22.7 Million ViewersOctober 22, 2013NBC's Sunday Night Football - Primetime television's #1 show - is averaging 22.7 million viewers, marking the best seven-week start for an NFL Primetime package in 17 years (24.8 million in 1996 for Monday Night Football) and up 5% from last year (21.6 million average).
David Zayas, Neal Huff & More Join Cast of Nick Sandow's THE WANNABEOctober 22, 2013Executive Producers Martin Scorsese and Dean Devlin announced today that THE WANNABE, a film written and to be directed by Nick Sandow, has added Vincenzo Amato (GOLDEN DOOR), David Zayas (“Dexter,” ANNIE), Neal Huff (MOONRISE KINGDOM), Mike Starr (GOODFELLAS) and Slaine (THE TOWN) to round-out the cast. The film also stars Patricia Arquette (STIGMATA, TRUE ROMANCE, “Boardwalk Empire”), Vincent Piazza (JERSEY BOYS, “Boardwalk Empire”) and Michael Imperioli (“OLDBOY,” “The Sopranos”) and will be produced by Lizzie Nastro (BLUEBIRD) and Michael Gasparro. Electric is fully financing the project and executive producing and distributing the picture along with Traction Media.