THE DESCENDANTS Drives Disney to New Yearly HighAugust 4, 2015Delivering over 1-year ratings highs, Disney Channel won Primetime, ranking as cable TV's #1 network in Total Viewers (2.3 million) and TV's #1 network across major youth demographics -- Kids 2-11 (1.1 million/2.9 rating), Kids 6-11 (927,000/3.9 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (821,000/3.4 rating) -- powered by the premiere and encore telecasts of the original movie “Descendants.”
Betty Buckley & Rachel York Star in GREY GARDENS, Beginning Tonight at Bay StreetAugust 4, 2015Bay Street Theater presents Tony Award winner Betty Buckley and Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York as Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale in GREY GARDENS, the musical, beginning tonight, August 4, where it will run through August 30; with book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie. Michael Wilson directs.
SAVE MY LIFE: BOSTON TRAUMA Hits Series High in Key Female DemoAugust 3, 2015At 10:00 p.m., “Save My Life: Boston Trauma” held mostly steady week to week in Total Viewers (3.2 million vs. 3.3 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.8/3 vs. 0.9/3). The new show grew for the 2nd week in a row with Women 18-34 (+14%) and Women 18-49 (+10%) to hit series highs and rank No. 1 in the hour.
BOSTON EMS Up in Total ViewersAugust 3, 2015“Boston EMS” (10:00-11:00 p.m. – 2.9 million and 0.6/3 in AD18-49): ABC's “Boston EMS” grew over its week-ago premiere with Total Viewers (+4% - 2.9 million vs. 2.8 million) and held even among Adults 18-49 (0.6/3).
NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA Sets New Offerings for Premier League SeasonAugust 3, 2015NBC Sports Group's coverage of the 2015-16 Premier League season kicks off five days from today, this Saturday, August 8. Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN followed by Manchester United v. Tottenham, and continues throughout the season on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra.
Jane Lynch to Host CBS FALL PREVIEW Next MonthAugust 3, 2015CBS FALL PREVIEW, hosted by the Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winner Jane Lynch, star of CBS's new comedy series ANGEL FROM HELL, is a primetime special highlighting the Network's five new fall series. It will be broadcast Monday, Sept. 7 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and CBS All Access, the Network's digital subscription service.
Starz Renews BLACK SAILS for Fourth SeasonJuly 31, 2015Starz announced today that its Emmy(R)-winning Original series 'Black Sails' has been greenlit for a fourth season. The series is created by Jonathan E. Steinberg ('Jericho,' 'Human Target') and Robert Levine ('Touch') and executive produced by Michael Bay (the Transformers franchise, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor), and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Purge), as well as Chris Symes (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Eragon) and Dan Shotz ('Jericho,' 'Harper's Island').
ABC's THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB Up in Adults 18-49July 31, 2015ABC's “The Astronaut Wives Club” gained 5% over the prior week in Total Viewers (4.0 million vs. 3.8 million) and jumped 33% in Adults 18-49 (0.8/3 vs. 0.6/3), qualifying as the biggest week-to-week gainer on the major nets with young adults. During the 8 o'clock hour, the ABC freshman drama beat NBC's “Food Fighters” (3.6 million and 0.7/3) and Fox's “Boom!” (1.9 million and 0.6/3).
Emmy Winner Julia Ormond Joins Matt Damon & Ben Affleck's Syfy PilotJuly 30, 2015Syfy announced today it has cast Julia Ormond(Sabrina, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) to star in Incorporated, a futuristic espionage thriller pilot from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Pearl Street Productions, CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable Productions. Ormond joins previously announced cast members Sean Teale (Reign), Georgina Haig (Once Upon a Time) and Eddie Ramos (Teen Wolf).
NBC SPORTS DIGITAL Sets Offerings for New Premier League SeasonJuly 30, 2015NBC Sports Group's coverage of the 2015-16 Premier League season kicks off nine days from today, on Saturday, August 8. Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET with Premier League Live on NBCSN followed by Manchester United v. Tottenham, and continues throughout the season on the networks of NBCUniversal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra.
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING Continues 8/1 on NBCSNJuly 30, 2015World Series of Fighting returns to NBCSN this Saturday, August 1, live at 10:30 p.m. ET, highlighted by two world title fights. WSOF welterweight champion Rousimar 'Toquinho' Palhares (17-6) defends his title against Jake Shields (31-7-1). Palhares won the belt last March, needing just 69 seconds to submit Steve Carl. Shields made his WSOF debut in October, scoring a first-round submission victory over Ryan Ford.
GILMORE GIRLS to Begin Airing on UP This FallJuly 30, 2015UP announced today it has acquired the full seven-season run of 'Gilmore Girls,' the award-winning, fan-favorite family drama starring Lauren Graham ('Parenthood'), Alexis Bledel (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Melissa McCarthy ('Mike & Molly,' Spy), Keiko Agena '('Shameless,' Transformers of the Dark Moon), Yanic Truesdale ('Reumeurs'), Scott Patterson ('CSI Miami'), Liza Weil ('Stir of Echoes'), Jared Padalecki ('Supernatural'), Milo Ventimiglia ('Heroes'), Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Gun, Pearl Harbor) and Kelly Bishop ('Bunhead,' 'The Good Wife'), with special appearances by the late Edward Herrmann (The Wolf of Wall Street, The Lost Boys) and recurring guest star Liz Torres ('Devious Maids,' 'Scandal').
NBC UNIVERSO & mitu Form New PartnershipJuly 30, 2015 NBC UNIVERSO, the modern sports and entertainment cable channel for Latinos, announced a new partnership with mitú, the technology-driven media brand comprised of the world's largest group of Latino digital content creators and social media influencers, to develop and air exclusive summer-themed cross-platform content geared towards Latino millennial audiences.