MADDOW, THE LAST WORD Secure Top Spot Ratings in Key Demo, Week of 12/3-12/7December 10, 2012 December 10, 2012 - MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" at 9 p.m. ET and "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" at 10 p.m. ET were both #1 in the A25-54 demo, topping both Fox News Channel and CNN for the week, according to data from Nielsen. For the week of Dec. 3-7, "Maddow" at 9 p.m. was #1 with 337,000 A25-54, while FNC's "Hannity" was second with 320,000 and CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" placed third with 126,000. Rachel Maddow hosted Monday-Tuesday, Chris Hayes hosted on Wednesday and Ezra Klein hosted Thursday-Friday.
fun. Makes History with Grammy Nominations in All Four Top CategoriesDecember 10, 2012 fun. is among the most-nominated artists for the upcoming 55th Annual Grammy Awards, earning six total nominations including a prestigious 'Best New Artist' nod. The NYC-based band's acclaimed debut, 'SOME NIGHTS' was nominated as 'Album of the Year' and 'Best Pop Vocal Album,' while the worldwide #1 single, 'We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monáe),' was named in the 'Record of the Year,' 'Song of the Year,' and 'Best Pop Duo/Group Performance' categories. What's more, producer Jeff Bhasker is among the 'Producer of the Year, Non-Classical' nominees, specifically honoring his work on 'SOME NIGHTS.'
GOLD RUSH Scores Season Best with 4.71 ViewersDecember 10, 2012Propelled by compelling characters, Discovery Channel's GOLD RUSH again was the #1 program in all of television among P18-49* and beat all broadcast television program, including every program on CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX, in the highly-prized ad-friendly P18-49 demo during Prime Time on Friday, December 7. In a powerful 1-2 punch, GOLD RUSH (9PM) and JUNGLE GOLD (10PM) were the #1 and #2 programs on cable, respectively, no exclusions, among Persons and Men 25-54 and Persons 18-49.
Lifetime Original Movie PROSECUTING CASEY ANTHONY, with Rob Lowe, to Premiere 1/19December 10, 2012Golden Globe(R) and Emmy(R) Award nominee Rob Lowe stars in the Lifetime Original Movie Prosecuting Casey Anthony, which will make its world premiere on Saturday, January 19, at 8:00pm ET/PT. In the gripping film, Lowe portrays Jeff Ashton, the Florida prosecutor in last year's controversial Caylee Anthony murder trial, and author (with Lisa Pulitzer) of the best-selling book Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony, upon which the movie is based.
Krewella's PLAY HARDER Remix EP Debuts at #6 on iTunes Dance ChartDecember 10, 2012Today (December 10), Chicago trio KREWELLA have unleashed their latest body of work, PLAY HARDER, an eight-song EP featuring a selection of banger remixes of two of their most popular tracks-"Alive" and "Killin' It"-as well as new song "Come & Get It." It made its debut at #6 on the iTunes Dance Chart.
Disney's AUSTIN & JESSIE & ALLY: ALL STARS NEW YEAR Scores Nearly 5 Million ViewersDecember 10, 2012Featuring a 1-hour cross-over event with "Austin & Jessie & Ally: All Star New Year" and the Season 4 premiere of "Phineas and Ferb," Disney Channel was handily Friday's #1 TV network for the entire day in Kids 2-11 (1.2 million/3.0 rating), Kids 6-11 (738,000/3.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (586,000/2.5 rating), and cable TV's #1 network in Total Viewers (2.0 million).
104 Original Scores Up for Nomination in 2012 Oscar RaceDecember 10, 2012 One hundred four scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
Summit Entertainment Picks Up the Rights to Horror Novel BREEDDecember 10, 2012 Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate company, has acquired the rights to 'Breed,' a novel by Chase Novak aka Scott Spencer. Summit has hired Burr Steers to write and direct the horror thriller which David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films will produce. Recognizing the tremendous potential of the novel, Mulholland Books ordered a sequel novel to follow Breed before it was published in September 2012.
Justin Bieber Announces Additional 2013 Tour DatesDecember 10, 2012 Global superstar Justin Bieber has announced additional 2013 shows on his headlining tour of North America. The "Believe Tour", presented by Motorola and produced by AEG Live will now play through mid-August. The full dates are listed below.
VIDEO: Adam Lambert Talks IDOL Days and More on WENDY WILLIAMSDecember 10, 2012Adam Lambert came in second place on AMERICAN IDOL, and made headlines for being the first openly gay contestant. Today, he sat down with Wendy Williams to discuss his IDOL days, the show's new judges, and more. Check out the interview below!
John Mayer to Host Benefit Concert For Montana Firefighters, 1/16December 10, 2012 Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer has announced that he will be organizing a benefit concert to help the firefighters who battled last summer's devastating Pine Creek Fire, which destroyed more than 8500 acres of forest and farmland in and around the town of Livingston, outside of Bozeman, MT.
Bruce Kraig, Patty Carroll's MAN BITES DOG: HOT DOG CULTURE IN AMERICA Now AvailableDecember 10, 2012Altamira Press, a division of Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc have cooked up the ultimate book on hot dogs and hot dog stands in America. Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture In America features the fascinating cultural history recounted by Bruce Kraig and documented with the colorful photographs captured by Patty Carroll.
NBC Sports to Cover U.S. Women's National Soccer Team vs. China, 12/15December 10, 2012NBC Sports Network presents the final U.S. Women's National Team game of the Fan Tribute Tour when the team faces China this Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. ET live from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. The U.S. has a 6-0-2 record during the Fan Tribute Tour thus far, opening with an 8-0 victory against Costa Rica on Sept. 1 at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, N.Y.
YOU DON'T KNOW BO is ESPN's Highest Rated Documentary in Network HistoryDecember 10, 2012You Don't Know Bo, the latest film in ESPN Films' Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated 30 for 30 film series, earned a 2.3 metered market rating to become ESPN's highest rated documentary on an overnight basis, according to the Nielsen Company. The film, which aired Sunday night after the Heisman Trophy presentation, topped The Fab Five, an ESPN Films documentary that premiered to a 2.0 overnight rating on March 13, 2011, about the famed University of Michigan basketball team of the early 1990s.
Animated Series SECRET MILLIONAIRES CLUB Returns to Hub TV Network 12/16December 10, 2012Emphasizing the importance of developing financial literacy among youth, The Hub TV Network, one of the fastest growing basic cable networks, will premiere a new edition of the animated series 'Secret Millionaires Club' Sunday, December 16 (9 a.m. ET). The series is created in partnership with and voiced by famed investor Warren Buffett.