Steve Martin to Receive AFI Life Achievement Award on TBS, 6/13May 18, 2015The Emmy(R)-winning television event, which this year will celebrate the career of actor, comedian, author, playwright, screenwriter, producer and musician Steve Martin, will continue premiering on TNT or TBS through 2018, with encores each year on sister network Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
Seth MacFarlane to Receive CRITICS CHOICE LOUIS XIII Genius AwardMay 18, 2015The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) today announced that Seth MacFarlane, creator of long-running Emmy Award-winning TV series Family Guy and the Emmy Award-winning series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, will receive the Critics' Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award
ABC's BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS is Sunday's #1 Show in Total ViewersMay 18, 2015With the season finale of America's Funniest Home Videos and the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, ABC dominated the final Sunday of the season/May Sweep in Adults 18-49 (#1 in all 8 half-hours), more than tripling Fox with its season finales (+210% - 3.1/11 vs. 1.0/4).
Season Finale of ABC's SHARK TANK Wins Time SlotMay 18, 2015Shark Tank (8-9pm – 6.9 million and 1.5/7 in AD18-49) At 8pm, ABC's season finale of Shark Tank won its earlier slot for the 4th consecutive week, beating CBS' The Amazing Race finale by 1.2 million viewers (6.9 million vs. 5.7 million) and by 50% in Adults 18-49 (1.5/7 vs. 1.0/5).
NBC's DATELINE Grows 25% Week-to-Week; Ranks No. 2 Among Big 4May 18, 2015“Dateline NBC” (1.0/4 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall from 7-9 p.m. ET) grew by +25% week to week in adults 18-49 (1.0 vs. 0.8 for last week's 8:03-9 p.m. telecast), by +50% in adults 25-54 (1.5 vs. 1.0) and by +52% or 2.0 million persons in total viewers (5.740 million vs. 3.767 million).