NBC NIGHTLY NEWS Wins Demo Again, Up +9% Year-Over-YearOctober 18, 2016NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the week of October 10, averaging 2 million A25-54 viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +256,000 (15%) and “CBS Evening News” by 476,000 (+31%).
CBS Orders Live-Action Game Show Series Based on Popular Mobile Game CANDY CRUSHOctober 18, 2016CBS has ordered CANDY CRUSH, a new one-hour, live action game show series based on the globally renowned mobile game franchise. CBS, Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF)and King will join together on the new format created and executive produced by Matt Kunitz that will be distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by Lionsgate.
DreamWorks Animation's Feature Film TROLLS To Debut In China This MonthOctober 18, 2016DreamWorks Animation'supcoming feature film Trolls has officially been granted a release date of October 28, 2016 in China. The film, which bows in the U.S. on November 4, will be distributed locally in China by DreamWorks Animation's joint venture Oriental DreamWorks.
THIRTEEN's Nature on PBS to Focus on Decline of African Giraffes, 10/26October 18, 2016Fennessy has exposed the shocking fact that giraffe populations in Africa are down by 40 percent in just two decades, prompting the featured mission in the film to move a herd of rare Rothschild's giraffes across the Nile River to a safer location. Giraffes: Africa's Gentle Giants airs Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings).