TV News Desk - Page 133

'Saturday Night Live' legend David S. Pumpkins is returning to NBC for a Halloween-themed animated half-hour special on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. Any questions?

Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization promoting equality by creating, sharing, and protecting LGBT stories on the screen, announced today that it will honor the Emmy , Grammy , Oscar , and Tony award winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story, One Day at a Time ) at the 2017 Legacy Awards on Sunday, October 22nd.

SYFY today announced that DEADLY CLASS, based on the graphic novel of the same name by co-creators Rick Remender and Wes Craig, has been picked up to pilot.

NBC Sports continues its season-long coverage of Notre Dame Football this Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN when the No. 22 Fighting Irish (3-1) host the Miami (Ohio) University RedHawks (2-2) in just the second-ever meeting between the two programs.

NBC Sports continues its presentation of Sunday Night Football this weekend as Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks host T.Y. Hilton and the Indianapolis Colts at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Wash. Coverage begins with Football Night in America this Sunday, October 1, at 7 p.m. ET on NBC.

Hari Kondabolu will premiere his comedic documentary The Problem with Apu Sunday, November 19 on truTV.

Tune in to the AT&T* AUDIENCE Network concert special 'Chris Lane' airing on Friday, September 29, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and on-demand through DIRECTV NOW.

This week, October 1, on The Jonathan Ross Show, Jonathan will be joined by celebrated comedy legend Mel Brooks, three-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, the newly married Russell Brand and Brit award-winning singer Paloma Faith will be chatting and performing in the studio.

NBC's iconic late-night franchise 'Saturday Night Live' will begin its 43rd season with three new cast members: Heidi Gardner, Luke Null and Chris Redd, who will join the Sept. 30 season premiere as featured players.

USA Network's THE SINNER ended its season run on top, with the Wednesday, September 20 finale achieving season highs. The episode earned 1.990MM P18-49, 2.225MM P25-54 and 4.709MM P2+ viewers claiming the #1 spot on cable for the night in P18-49, P25-54 and total viewers*.

CBS Daytime ended the full 52-week 2016-2017 broadcast year at #1 for the 31st consecutive year, one of the longest winning streaks in television history, which began in 1986.

CBS' Watch!, an elegant leisure/entertainment magazine offering a rare and glamorous window into the lives of television and film's biggest stars, today announced its redesign, which will be unveiled in its September/October 2017 issue.

For the 2016/17 season, ABC's The Chew celebrated its biggest win over CBS' The Talk in the show's history among key target Women 18-49 (+16% 358,000 vs. 309,000) and Women 25-54 (+6% 476,000 vs. 447,000) ranking as the No. 2 broadcast talk series in daytime.

ABC's The View averaged 2.684 million Total Viewers, 500,000 Women 25-54 and 353,000 Women 18-49 during the week of September 18, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

For the 2016-17 season, Nightline led CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+90,000 1.399 million vs. 1.309 million), Adults 25-54 (+41,000 527,000 vs. 486,000) and Adults 18-49 (+25,000 397,000 vs. 372,000).

On the opening night of the new 2017-18 TV season (9/25/17), ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live scored its highest-rated telecast on any night in late-night without an NBA finals lead-in in more than 6 months in Households (2.3/6) in the 56 Metered Markets since 3/13/17.

Tony nominee Will Chase guest stars in the Season Premiere of LAW & ORDER SVU, airing tonight, September 27th 9:00 pm/ET on NBC.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will host Miley Week Oct. 2-6, with music superstar and longtime friend of the show Miley Cyrus performing each night.

This week's coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal is highlighted by 12 hours of live coverage from the 2017 FISA World Rowing Championships, as the event returns to United States for the first time in 23 years.

Steve Harvey's FUNDERDOME, from Mark Burnett, is a seed-funding competition reality series where two budding entrepreneurs go head-to-head to win over a live studio audience to fund their ideas, products or companies.