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CNN to Launch New Original Series,...
Executive produced by Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn of Sundance Productions, and award-winning filmmakers Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin of BCTV, CHICAGOLAND is a non-scripted, eight-part original series about a heartland American city. It is as authentic an American city as there is, and the series will explore where politics and policy meet real people’s lives – in a city generating change and innovation in social policy, education,... Read More »
‘Bonnie & Clyde’...
A&E Networks will run its upcoming “Bonnie & Clyde” miniseries simultaneously on Lifetime, History and A&E later this year, the company plans to announce Wednesday at its upfront presentation in New York. The unusual simulcast will allow A&E Networks to combine female-skewing Lifetime viewers with male-skewing History and A&E’s broader adult audience — all the better, the thinking goes,... Read More »
NCAA hoops semifinal games moving to...
By RACHEL COHEN (AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Final Four’s first two games are moving to cable next year. The national semifinals will air on TBS in 2014 and 2015, with the title game remaining on CBS, the companies said Tuesday. Under the 14-year deal that CBS and Turner Sports signed with the NCAA in... Read More »
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A&E’s ‘Duck Dynasty’ Season Finale Watched by 9.6 Million Viewers A&E’s monster hit, Duck Dynasty, continues to break new records with the third season finale delivering an incredible 9.6 million total viewers for the one-hour episode. Season three of Duck Dynasty averaged 8.4 million total viewers, 4.8 million Adults 18-49 and 4.7 million Adults 25-54, making it cable’s #1... Read More »
NBCU Kentucky Derby Coverage
NBC Sports Group will present 14.5 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage beginning today, May 1, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network with Kentucky Derby Classics, and culminating with the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby on NBC, Saturday, May 4, beginning at 11 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network and continuing at 4 p.m. ET on NBC.... Read More »
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ESPN Has Highest-Ever Friday Masters Ratings, Audience With an average of 4.2 million people watching, ESPN’s live telecast of the 2013 Masters Tournament on Friday, April 12, was the highest-rated and most-viewed Friday coverage for the event on ESPN and the fourth-largest audience ever to watch golf on cable. ESPN’s telecast earned a 3.5 household coverage rating. ‘Deadliest Catch’... Read More »
E! To Livestream the White House...
E! To Livestream the White House Correspondents Dinner Red Carpet For the First Time Ever Each year, Hollywood elite invade the nation’s capital for the White House Correspondents dinner, one of Washington D.C.’s biggest nights bringing together the worlds of pop culture and politics. The most powerful names in politics, Hollywood’s A-list, and members of the media come together... Read More »
Kitten Bowl Coming to Hallmark Channel...
Animal Planet has the Puppy Bowl. Now, Hallmark Channel is starting its own tradition. The network announced Friday that it will hold the first Kitten Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday in 2014. Beginning 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET on Feb. 2, 2014, Hallmark Channel’s three-hour Kitten Bowl — presented in conjunction with the American Humane Association — will feature... Read More »
