TV News Desk - Page 137

Hockey is back as NBC Sports presents a pair of NHL preseason games this week, highlighted by the 2017 Kraft Hockeyville USA matchup featuring the St. Louis Blues and the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

For the 2nd week in a row, Nightline improved on the year-ago week (472,000 and 346,000, respectively, for w/o 9/12/17) in Adults 25-54 (+4%) and Adults 18-49 (+6%).

For the week of September 11, 2017, ABC's 'The Chew' out-delivered CBS' 'The Talk' for the 14th consecutive week in key Women 18-49(+28% 318,000/0.5 rating vs. 248,000/0.4 rating).

ABC's The View averaged 2.785 million Total Viewers, 522,000 Women 25-54 and 398,000 Women 18-49 during the week of September 11, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

HGTV has greenlighted production of Flip or Flop Paradise, the newest installment for its booming Flip or Flop franchise

The premiere of THE ORVILLE, FOX's new space adventure series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane, earned a 7-day multi-platform audience of 12.2 million viewers. Marking the network's largest drama debut in two and a half years since EMPIRE (15.6 million viewers, 1/7/15*), THE ORVILLE posted a +44% lift in multi-platform viewers from Live +Same Day, according to Nielsen.

Telemundo Phoenix / KTAZ announced today that Hector Lagunas has been named Video Journalist for Noticiero Telemundo Arizona for the station's weekday newscasts at 4PM, 4:30 PM, 5PM and 10 PM.

On Tuesday September 19th Telemundo will announce the nominees for the 2017 Latin American Music Awards (Latin AMAs) beginning with the announcement of two categories on Un Nuevo Dia.

Emmy-awarding winning BIG LITTLE LIES receives an encore play of all seven episodes back-to-back on HBO2 this Thursday, Sept. 21, starting at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

Today, SHOWTIME announced the newest film to join its growing slate of music specials and documentaries, GEORGE MICHAEL: FREEDOM, premiering on Saturday, October 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on-air, on demand and over the internet.

Judah & the Lion is stoked to debut their new single Suit and Jacket live on National TV this Wednesday, September 20th on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (11:35/10:35c on ABC)!

Amazon Original Series THE ROMANOFFS , co-produced with Weinstein Television and created, written, directed and executive produced by nine-time Emmy award winner Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), has added Andrew Rannells and more to slate of guest stars.

NBC News will investigate the hazing epidemic facing colleges and universities with a new special Hazing in America series across all broadcast and digital platforms including TODAY, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, MSNBC, NBCNews.com beginning this Monday, Sept. 18, the first day of National Hazing Prevention Week.

RWBY (pronounced Ruby ) fans are about to get the exclusive opportunity to be the first to see the newest episode of the storied franchise, all on the big screen.

NBCSN will present more than 30 Atlantic 10 basketball games during the 2017-18 season, including 21 regular-season Atlantic 10 men's basketball matchups, three regular-season Atlantic 10 women's basketball games, and exclusive coverage of the second round and quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship.

ABC News' World News Tonight with David Muir ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in Total Viewers (8.973 million) for the week of September 4, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. World News Tonight led NBC Nightly News (8.741 million) by 232,000 viewers.

Nightline posted double-digit gains week to week (1.120 million, 395,000 and 275,000, respectively, for w/o 7/3/17) in Total Viewers (+12%), Adults 25-54 (+17%) and Adults 18-49 (+18%), hitting 12-week highs across the board since w/o 6/12/17.

The bbs of Broad City burst back on the scene with huge gains for the series 4th Season Premiere. Nearly a year-and-a-half after the conclusion of its third season, Abbi and Ilana returned with a vengeance with double-digit increases among total viewers and Adults 18-49.

The record-breaking phenomenon is back with a season that proved to be well worth the wait! Action-packed from start to finish with the series' most epic battles yet, the HBO drama series Game of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season will be available for Digital Download September 25th and on Blu-Ray and DVD December 12th.

SHOWTIME has released the poster art and a behind-the-scenes look at its new half-hour comedy series WHITE FAMOUS. Starring Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) and based on the personal experiences of Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx.