STAGE TUBE: Watch Trailers for ABC's 2016-17 Season Pickups!May 17, 2016ABC continues its commitment to distinctive storytelling with the announcement of its 2016-17 slate of programming, including the addition of nine new series. Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, will unveil the network's new lineup to the advertising and media communities this afternoon at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, in New York City. Check out trailers for the new pickups below!
TV One to Premiere LOVE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT: THE MIKI HOWARD STORY in JuneMay 17, 2016TV ONE announced today Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story will premiere on Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m. ET (encore presentation at 9 p.m. ET). Starring Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq, Survivor's Remorse) in the title role and featuring a special cameo appearance from Grammy Award-nominated R&B songstress Miki Howard herself, this is the network's first-ever bio-pic inspired by TV One's signature series Unsung.
NBCSN Airs Game 2 of the Western Conference Final TonightMay 17, 2016NBCSN presents Game 2 of the Western Conference Final tonight at 8 p.m. ET, when David Backes and the St. Louis Blues host Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks, as San Jose looks to even the series at one game apiece.
STAGE TUBE: A Whole New World! Watch ALADDIN's Set Rise at London's Prince Edward TheatreMay 17, 2016Disney Theatrical Productions' West End premiere of ALADDIN, based on the classic Academy Award-winning animated film, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre on Wednesday 15 June 2016, with previews from Friday 27 May. In anticipation of its first performance, the production has unveiled a new timelapse video showing the building of the set - check it out below!
TV: What's Happening in Bikini Bottom During THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL? The Creative Team Opens Up!May 17, 2016Bikini Bottom will soon surface in Chicago, and in anticipation of The SpongeBob Musical's first performance on Tuesday, June 7th at Broadway in Chicago's Oriental Theatre, the production has begun rolling out a number of behind-the-scenes videos on the process of adapting one of television's biggest animated hits for the theatre. Below, check out a just-released peek at how the creatives set out to tell the story in the musical!
2016 Radio Disney Music Awards Hits All-Time High on Multiple PlatformsMay 16, 2016Viewer engagement for Disney's presentation of the 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards was at an all-time high according to the latest viewing data and results from multiple platforms, including social media. For its nine telecasts to-date on Disney Channel and Disney XD, the music awards show for families has reached 11.4 million Total Viewers, 6.8 million Kids ages 2-17 and 3.3 million Adults 18-49. Nearly one third of Kids 2-17 watched the telecast with an adult.
Sharks/Blues & Lightning/Penguins Matches Break Records on NBCSNMay 16, 2016NBCSN's Game 1 presentations of the Western Conference Final last night and the Eastern Conference Final on Friday night, featuring the San Jose Sharks vs. St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Pittsburgh Penguins, delivered the second- and third-best Conference Final Game 1 overnight ratings ever on NBCSN, according to the Nielsen Company.
FOX Orders Celebrity Cooking Competition MY KITCHEN RULESMay 13, 2016FOX has ordered MY KITCHEN RULES, an eight-episode unscripted cooking series that will pit celebrity duos against each other as they cook and critique each other's food in Hollywood homes. The teams will take turns hosting intimate dinner parties with a menu designed to impress their rival competitors and two professional chef judges, Curtis Stone (“Top Chef Masters”) and Cat Cora (“Iron Chef America”). The celebrity duos include TV host and *NSYNC member Lance Bass, R&B recording artists Brandy and Ray J, comedian Andrew Dice Clay, country superstar Naomi Judd and reality TV star Brandi Glanville.
Amanda Peet to Star in Funny Or Die's BROCKMIRE on IFCMay 13, 2016IFC today announced that Amanda Peet (Togetherness, The Good Wife, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) has joined the cast of its forthcoming comedy Brockmire, from Funny Or Die, starring and executive produced by Hank Azaria as disgraced sportscaster Jim Brockmire, who is trying to rebuild his life and career after an epic on-air meltdown that went viral before there was viral, trended before there were trends and gained immediate international notoriety. The season of eight 30-minute episodes will premiere on IFC in 2017.
Eastern Conference Final Kicks Off on NBCSN TonightMay 13, 2016NBC Sports Group's coverage of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins host Ben Bishop and the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final.
ABC Cancels NASHVILLE & THE FAMILYMay 12, 2016According to Deadline, ABC has cancelled its country musical series NASHVILLE, as well as freshman drama THE FAMILY, as first orders for the 2016-17 television season come in.