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[01/02/19 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 2
Updates include: Kal Penn, Sean Astin to visit "The Big Bang Theory"; Emily Heller sells "Secret Society" to NBC; and first details on the proposed "Beverly Hills, 90210" revival.

[01/02/19 - 01:50 PM]
E! Goes "Live from the Red Carpet" at the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 6th
Plus: look for a one-hour "Busy Tonight Live: Golden Globes After Party" episode immediately following the Golden Globe Awards.

[01/02/19 - 12:00 PM]
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" Begins New Season Feb. 17
The show received four Primetime Emmys(R) in 2018, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series for the third year in a row.

[01/02/19 - 11:10 AM]
"The Talk" Announces Carrie Ann Inaba as New Host
Throughout the past two seasons, Inaba has appeared as a recurring guest co-host.

[01/02/19 - 10:36 AM]
Travel Channel Greenlights Reboot of Iconic "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" Hosted by Actor Bruce Campbell
Dean Cain hosted the most recent incarnation, which ran from 2000-2003 on TBS.

[01/02/19 - 09:01 AM]
Freeform's "grown-ish" and Scholly Announce $125,000 Student Loan Payoff to Kick Off Season Two of the Critically Acclaimed Series Premiering Tonight, Jan. 2
Thus far, Scholly has helped students win over $100 million dollars in scholarships and aided many in reducing their debt.

[01/02/19 - 09:00 AM]
Video: Trailer & Key Art Debut - Netflix's "Sex Education" - A Contemporary British Love Letter to American High School TV Shows
Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey and Ncuti Gatwa star in the latest original series, due on January 11.

[01/02/19 - 08:23 AM]
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: FOX, NBC Share Demo Honors
FOX was the only network to air originals on the first night of 2019.

[01/02/19 - 08:17 AM]
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual and Allstate Sugar Bowl Deliver Record New Year's Day
ESPN spins the numbers for Tuesday, January 1.

[01/01/19 - 08:47 AM]
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: ABC Tops Charts with "New Year's Rockin' Eve"
The Alphabet takes home top honors in total viewers and adults 18-49.

[12/31/18 - 09:01 PM]
Video: One Summer Can Change Everything - "Stranger Things 3" Premieres July 4, 2019
To celebrate the start of 2019, Netflix announces the show's return date.

[12/31/18 - 08:16 AM]
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: "Sunday Night Football" Wraps on Top for NBC
The Peacock easily wins the evening among total viewers and adults 18-49.

[12/30/18 - 12:00 PM]
Dierks Bentley to Perform on "FOX's New Year's Eve with Steve Harvey: Live from Times Square" Airing Tomorrow, Beginning at 8/7c on FOX
Also on tap are Sting, Snoop Dogg, Robin Thicke, Florence + the Machine, Jason Aldean, Juanes and Why Don't We.

[12/30/18 - 08:50 AM]
Saturday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC Tops Viewers, Demos on Low Key Night
The Peacock's "Dateline Saturday Night Mystery" is the night's most-watched program.

[12/30/18 - 08:13 AM]
College Football Playoff Semifinals Continue to Deliver Strong Ratings for ESPN; Rank Among Top Cable Presentations of the Year
ESPN spins the numbers for Saturday, December 29.

[12/29/18 - 08:38 AM]
Friday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Wins in Total Viewers; Shares Demo Honors
A repeat "Blue Bloods" is the night's most-watched program.

[12/28/18 - 11:31 AM]
45,037,125 Netflix Accounts Have Already Watched "Bird Box" - Best First 7 Days Ever for a Netflix Film
The streaming service releases rare viewership data on its social media account.

[12/28/18 - 09:35 AM]
Video: Showtime Offers the Series Premiere of "Black Monday" for Early Sampling
The premiere episode is available for free now on YouTube, Facebook and SHO.com in advance of its January 20 premiere.

[12/28/18 - 08:24 AM]
Thursday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Tops Charts with All Repeat Lineup
"The Big Bang Theory" leads the night in total viewers and adults 18-49.

[12/27/18 - 01:47 PM]
"Angie Tribeca" Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving This Holiday Season with a Season Four Weekend Marathon on Saturday, December 29 and Sunday, December 30
This weekend, as a special holiday-binge treat, TBS is releasing the fourth season of "Angie Tribeca" in its entirety.

[12/27/18 - 10:01 AM]
Video: "The ABC Murders" - Official Trailer - Prime Video
John Malkovich stars as Hercule Poirot in the series, due Friday, February 1.

[12/27/18 - 08:24 AM]
Wednesday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC Tops Demos; CBS Leads Total Viewers
The Eye's annual presentation of "The Kennedy Center Honors" is the most-watched program last night.

[12/27/18 - 06:35 AM]
"Aretha! A Grammy(R) Celebration for the Queen of Soul" Set to Take Place Jan. 13 at the Shrine Auditorium
The live concert taping is January 13 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for broadcast later in 2019.

[12/27/18 - 02:41 AM]
Video: "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" - Official Trailer - Netflix
The "surprise" special will be available tomorrow on the streaming service.

[12/26/18 - 01:13 PM]
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" Finishes 2018 Regular Season Up Eight Percent
ESPN further spins the numbers for the season to date.

[12/26/18 - 10:14 AM]
Serial Killer Behaviors, Postmortem Rituals, and Crime Scene Souvenirs Are Examined in Oxygen Media's New Six-Part Series "Mark of a Killer" Premiering Sunday, January 20 at 7PM ET/PT
The premiere episode dives into the infamous Gainesville Ripper who helped ring in a new school year at the University of Florida in 1990 with a string of murders, posing his victims in grotesque ways and cutting their clothes from their bodies.

[12/26/18 - 09:22 AM]
Highest-Rated NBA Christmas Day of ESPN & ABC Era Based on Combined Overnight Ratings from Nielsen (Excluding Shortened Season in 2011)
ESPN spins the numbers for Tuesday, December 25.

[12/26/18 - 08:37 AM]
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: NBA Hands ABC Christmas Victory
The Alphabet's coverage of the Lakers/Warriors game tops the evening in all categories.

[12/26/18 - 06:55 AM]
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: "It's a Wonderful Life" Puts NBC on Top
The Peacock's annual telecast leads the night among total viewers and adults 18-49.

[12/24/18 - 08:21 AM]
Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC, "Sunday Night Football" Top Charts
The Peacock takes home top honors in total viewers and adults 18-49.

[12/23/18 - 09:00 AM]
Saturday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC Tops in Both Viewers, Demos
The Peacock leads the Saturday night of the holiday weekend.

[12/22/18 - 08:38 AM]
Friday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Tops Viewers, Shares Demo Honors
The Eye splits the adults 18-49 crown with NBC and ABC.

[12/21/18 - 11:43 PM]
Development Update: Friday, December 21
Updates include: NBC cancels "Marlon," "Midnight, Texas"; Syfy passes on sixth season for "Z Nation"; and BET's "American Soul" reveals guest cast.

[12/21/18 - 11:31 AM]
Video: "Very Cavallari" Season 2 Sneak Peek
Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler return to E! this March.

[12/21/18 - 10:16 AM]
Video: Escape the Holiday Hustle and Bustle with a Sneak Peek of National Geographic's New Series "Valley of the Boom"
National Geographic is making the first two episodes of the upcoming limited series available for free beginning today in advance of its broadcast premiere.

[12/21/18 - 10:15 AM]
Video: All-New "Gotham: Legend of the Dark Knight" Final Season Trailer
The show's swan song kicks off Thursday, January 3 at 8:00/7:00c on FOX.

[12/21/18 - 09:36 AM]
Oxygen Media's "Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice" Premieres Saturday, January 19 at 7PM ET/PT
The series follows an active private investigation into the country's most notorious string of mysterious, accidental drownings to prove they aren't accidents, but homicides.

[12/21/18 - 09:15 AM]
Moonshine Masters Fight to Save Their Way of Life in All-New Season of Discovery Channel's "Moonshiners" Premiering Wednesday, January 2
This season, the surviving moonshiners must join forces to fight for their way of life, before it's gone forever.

[12/21/18 - 08:36 AM]
Nickelodeon Welcomes "The King of Queens" to Nick at Nite's Family Comedy Lineup, Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 1
Following the series launch, the nine-season, 207-episode library of "The King of Queens" will continue to air regularly on Nick at Nite.

[12/21/18 - 08:24 AM]
Thursday's Broadcast Ratings: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Leads ABC to Demo Victory
The Alphabet edges out the competition among adults 18-49 while CBS is the most-watched network.

[12/21/18 - 08:01 AM]
Premieres February 15 Only on DC Universe: Robotman, Crazy Jane, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman, Cyborg & The Chief in "Doom Patrol"
Part support group, part super hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of super-powered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them.

[12/21/18 - 07:01 AM]
Investigation Discovery and John Walsh Track Down the Nation's Most Wanted Criminals in the Real-Time Investigation Series "In Pursuit with John Walsh"
Airing for 12 consecutive weeks, the series will make its world premiere on Wednesday, January 16 at 10:00/9:00c on Investigation Discovery.

[12/21/18 - 05:06 AM]
Homestead Help Is on the Way in an All-New Season of Discovery's "Homestead Rescue"
The new season kicks off Wednesday, January 2 at 10:00/9:00c on the cable channel.

[12/21/18 - 05:01 AM]
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Presents Two All-New Movie Premieres in January
Taylor Cole stars in "Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness" while Jill Wagner leads "Mystery 101."

[12/20/18 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, December 20
Updates include: DC Universe's "Stargirl" casts trio; Daniella Pineda tapped for Netflix's "What/If"; and "Beverly Hills, 90210" eyes reboot series with original cast.

[12/20/18 - 04:30 PM]
Snoop Dogg Joins the Star-Studded Lineup of Performers on "FOX's New Year's Eve with Steve Harvey: Live from Times Square"
He'll take the stage alongside previously announced performers Sting, Robin Thicke, Florence + the Machine, Jason Aldean, Juanes and Why Don't We to help ring in 2019.

[12/20/18 - 02:25 PM]
TLC Rings in Record Ratings for 2018; A Top Three Cable Network for Women
TLC further spins the numbers for the year to date.

[12/20/18 - 02:17 PM]
Investigation Discovery Earns Best Year Ever for Total Viewers
Investigation Discovery further spins the numbers for the year to date.

[12/20/18 - 01:38 PM]
Bravo Media's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Returns Tuesday, February 12 at 9PM ET/PT
Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, and Lisa Vanderpump are joined by new housewife Denise Richards and friend Camille Grammer for a jaw-dropping season sprinkled with exhilarating highs and shocking lows.

[12/20/18 - 01:03 PM]
Oxygen to Finish 2018 as the Fastest Growing Cable Entertainment Network with Second Year in a Row of Double-Digit Growth
Oxygen further spins the numbers for the year to date.







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[03/04/26 - 11:31 AM]
"Disney Animation's Songs in Sign Language" to Debut on Disney+ April 27
Directed by veteran Disney animator/director Hyrum Osmond, the featured songs are "The Next Right Thing" (from Frozen 2), "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (from Encanto) and "Beyond" (from Moana 2).

[03/04/26 - 11:03 AM]
Video: HBO Max Releases First Teaser from the DC Studios Series "Lanterns," Starring Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, and Kelly Macdonald
The series is slated to debut later this August on HBO and available to stream on HBO Max.

[03/04/26 - 10:01 AM]
Netflix's "Untamed" Season 2 Production Kicks Off in Hawaii
The series will film on location on O'ahu and the island of Hawaii.

[03/04/26 - 10:01 AM]
MTV Announces the Final 18 Episodes of "Jersey Shore Family Vacation," One of TV's Most Influential Reality Franchises, Premiering on Thursday, May 7 at 8PM ET/PT
This farewell season marks the culmination of a franchise that entertained millions with major life milestones, laugh-out-loud chaos, and the unfiltered chemistry that defined an era of reality television.

[03/04/26 - 09:46 AM]
"The Verdict," Hosted by Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, Returns to Vice TV For Season Two, Taking on the Biggest Debates in Sports
In each episode, Russo and a lineup of sports insiders, journalists, and analysts get to the bottom of the hottest debates in sports history, presenting both sides through a fast-paced documentary debate format.

[03/04/26 - 09:45 AM]
Lifetime Raises the Bar by Expanding Into Premium Vertical Storytelling with "Tides of Temptation," A Micro Drama Feature Executive Produced by Taye Diggs
Serving as a digital offshoot of the just announced upcoming original movie "Terry McMillan Presents: Paradise with You," the project expands the film's universe through a cinematic, mobile-first format designed with feature-level production value.

[03/04/26 - 09:44 AM]
Lifetime Greenlights Three New Original Movies for 2026 Love of a Lifetime Slates Featuring All-Star Casts
Valerie Bertinelli, Henry Czerny, Eric McCormack, Taye Diggs, Heather Hemmens, and Cynthia Bailey are among the featured talent.

[03/04/26 - 09:43 AM]
Lifetime Reteams with Robin Roberts for "Angel in the Rubble" Starring Sherri Shepherd in Remembrance of the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Slated to premiere in September in remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the movie is based on Genelle Guzman-McMillan's memoir "Angel in the Rubble: The Miraculous Rescue of 9/11's Last Survivor."

[03/04/26 - 09:42 AM]
Lifetime Expands Roster of Powerhouse Creatives with New Movie Projects Helmed By Queen Latifah and Taraji P. Henson
"Queen Latifah and Taraji P. Henson are extraordinary talents and dynamic producers who share Lifetime's passion for telling powerful stories about women," said Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President and Head of Programming, A&E, Lifetime and LMN.

[03/04/26 - 09:41 AM]
A+E Global Media Greenlights Two New Digital-First Series Under the History Brand
"Mistakes That Made America" and "Cracking Up" are both due later this year.

[03/04/26 - 09:40 AM]
The History Channel Marks the 25th Anniversary of September 11 with New Two-Hour Special "102 Minutes Inside the Towers"
The documentary offers a deeply immersive and unique perspective through firsthand accounts from those who were inside the Twin Towers.

[03/04/26 - 09:39 AM]
The History Channel Taps Internationally Acclaimed Action Icon Dolph Lundgren to Executive Produce and Host New Series "History's Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren"
Produced by Superluna Studios in association with 3BMG, the eight-episode series takes viewers on a thrilling journey through the gears, guts, and genius behind the machines that reshaped our world.

[03/04/26 - 09:38 AM]
The History Channel Greenlights New Nonfiction Series "Crime and Justice with Tom Selleck" (w.t.)
The 10-episode, one-hour series examines the true stories behind some of the most consequential crimes and investigations in American history.

[03/04/26 - 09:37 AM]
The History Channel Orders "Extraordinary Origins with Ted Danson" (w.t.) A New Series Hosted and Executive Produced by the Multi-Award-Winning Actor
The 10-episode series examines the stories behind some of history's most significant innovations, inventions, and discoveries that helped shape the modern world.

[03/04/26 - 09:36 AM]
The History Channel Greenlights New Nonfiction Series "History's Strange Fortunes with Kevin Bacon" (w.t.)
Stories about money - money made, money lost, and money spent - are woven into the fabric of our nation's history.