NBC Sports' Premier League Coverage Continues This WeekendFebruary 24, 2015Second-place Manchester City visit sixth-place Liverpool this Sunday, Mar. 1, at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN and NBC UNIVERSO, highlighting NBC Sports Group's weekend Premier League coverage. With a 10-match unbeaten streak in league play, Liverpool have the best record in the league since New Year's Day. The Reds shut-out fifth-place Southampton last Sunday 2-0. Liverpool face a tough contest this weekend against Manchester City, which come off a 5-0 victory against Newcastle.
New Season of BOTCHED Premieres in April on E!February 24, 2015 E!'s groundbreaking series “Botched,” the network's most-watched freshman series in three years, returns in April with an all-new season when Dr. Paul Nassif and Dr. Terry Dubrow attempt to fix the unfixable and correct extreme, head-turning plastic surgery nightmares. As the saying goes, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but when the journey for ultimate perfection takes a horrible and disfiguring turn, some results leave victims feeling the opposite of beautiful. From famous television, sports and music stars to disfigured burn victims and patients suffering from the aftermath of black market silicon injections, “Botched” will once again change lives and restore hope through remarkable and transformational surgeries. The all-new season premieres Tuesday, April 14 at 9:00pm only on E!
Disney Channel Takes Total Day for the 3rd-Straight Month in Key DemosFebruary 24, 2015During February 2015, Disney Channel swept TV's Total Day for the 3rd-straight month across target Kids 2-11 (652,000/1.7 rating), Kids 6-11 (443,000/1.9 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (398,000/1.7 rating) demographics, and was the month's #1 cable TV network in Total Viewers (1.3 million), bolstered by the premiere and encores of the original movie “Bad Hair Day.”
First Season of AMC's HALT AND CATCH FIRE Set for DVD Release in MayFebruary 24, 2015On May 5th Anchor Bay Entertainment releases AMC's compelling drama 'Halt and Catch Fire: The Complete First Season' on Blu-ray + Digital HD and DVD. Available as a 3-disc set, 'Halt and Catch Fire: The Complete First Season' contains all 10 episodes of the series that presents a fictionalized account of the early days of the personal computer creation and the tech heads who would soon create a revolution. The set also includes bonus features that give a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this smart series.
Flyers-Rangers Match Set for NBC This SaturdayFebruary 23, 2015 Broad Street meets Broadway this Saturday night in primetime on NBC, when Claude Giroux and the Philadelphia Flyers host Rick Nash and the New York Rangers on Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET. Saturday night's game marks the first regularly-scheduled non-Stadium Series NHL game on NBC in primetime. This week's hockey coverage on NBCSN features six games, highlighted by a Wednesday Night Rivalry matchup between Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, and Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
AMC Sets Return Date for TURN: WASHINGTON'S SPIESFebruary 23, 2015AMC announced today that the network's historical spy drama “TURN: Washington's Spies” will shift to Monday nights for its second season and premiere on Monday, April 13 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with a special two-hour episode. The series will then move to Monday at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT for the remainder of the season. The move continues the network's original programming expansion into Monday nights that began earlier this month with the premiere of “Better Call Saul.”
Calista Flockhart Joins Cast of CBS' SUPERGIRL PilotFebruary 23, 2015According to Deadline, PARENTHOOD's Calista Flockhart has signed on for CBS' upcoming project SUPERGIRL, lead by GLEE's Melissa Benoist, as a series regular. SUPERGIRL has already been given a series commitment.
Investigation Discovery Hits New Ratings High with SEE NO EVILFebruary 23, 2015Investigation Discovery's new series SEE NO EVIL propelled the network to record breaking heights for Live +3 Day performance with a 1.25 P25-54 rating, a 1.59 W25-54 rating and a 1.03 P18-49 rating. The series debut of SEE NO EVIL delivered 1.81 million P2+ viewers and 1.087 million P25-54 viewers, making it ID's best prime telecast ever in delivery and ratings across key demos P25-54, W25-54, M25-54, P18-49, W18-49 and M18-49, as well as P2+ delivery for Live+3 Day viewing.*
Golf Channel to Air 23 Hours of The Honda Classic This WeekFebruary 23, 2015Golf Channel and Golf Channel on NBC will present 23 live hours of The Honda Classic this week, as the PGA TOUR moves east for the Florida Swing and NBC Sports Group kicks off exclusive coverage of the TOUR's next six weeks.
NBCSN to Air PBC: CORNER TO CORNER This WednesdayFebruary 23, 2015NBCSN debuts PBC: Corner to Corner this Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 11 p.m. ET. The first program is a one-hour show looking into the lives of boxers Keith Thurman,Robert Guerrero, Adrien Broner and John Molina Jr., as they prepare for their bouts in the primetime debut of the PBC on NBC, on Saturday, March 7 at 8:30 p.m. ET live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
STAGE TUBE: Watch Full BROADWAY SINGS P!NK Concert with Lena Hall, Ciara Renee & More!February 23, 2015In January, twenty of the brightest talents on Broadway were featured in Broadway Sings P!NK, the latest concert in the Broadway Sings concert series. The tribute concerts take the music of well-known music icons and create new, unique arrangements and orchestrations by twisting the style to fit the strength of the performer. Previous concerts have included Adele, Stevie Wonder, and Justin Timberlake; this May, producer Corey Mach (Godspell, Wicked) and music directorJoshua Stephen Kartes will present Broadway Sings Bruno Mars. Check out the performances below!
STAGE TUBE: Signature Theatre Releases Trailer for Nick Blaemire's New Musical SOONFebruary 23, 2015Virginia's Signature Theatre has just released the first trailer for the world premiere production of Soon, a new musical by Nick Blaemire (Glory Days, A Little More Alive). Directed by Matthew Gardiner (Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Really Really), the ensemble piece will feature Alex Brightman (Jonah; Broadway's Matilda, Big Fish, Wicked), Natascia Diaz (Adrienne; Signature's The Threepenny Opera, Broadway's Man of La Mancha), Jessica Hershberg (Charlie; Broadway's Cinderella, Baby It's You), and Joshua Morgan (Steven; Woolly Mammoth's A Bright New Boise, Arena Stage's Fiddler on the Roof).
TWO AND A HALF MEN Finale Brings Big Ratings to CBSFebruary 20, 2015 CBS Thursday featured a big comedy open and a big finale as TWO AND A HALF MEN ended its 12-year run with its largest audience and best demo ratings in nearly two years, while THE ODD COUPLE debuted as the biggest new comedy of the season and the highest-rated in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Feb. 19
Telemundo's AL ROJO VIVO CON MARIA CELEST Tops Timeslot This WeekFebruary 20, 2015Telemundo's daily news magazine “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste” (4PM/3C) became the most watched Spanish-language TV show in its day part the week of February 02, averaging 1.17 million total viewers and 526,000 adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen. The Emmy-award winning show also delivered shares of 49% in total viewers and 47% in adults 18 to 49, outranking its direct competitor Univision's “El Gordo y la Flaca.”