ABC Wins May by 31% in AD18-49May 21, 2015ABC won its 2nd-consecutive May Sweep in Adults 18-49, marking its first back-to-back May victories in more than 23 years – predating the start of Nielsen's electronic database in September 1991. The Net dominated May 2015 by strong double-digit percentages in Adults 18-49 (1.7/6), beating runner-up CBS by 31% (1.3/4) and NBC by 42% (1.2/4) and Fox by 70% (1.0/3). In fact, the Net won all 4 weeks of the sweep.
VIDEO: First Trailer for TEEN WOLF Season 5May 21, 2015“Teen Wolf” returns with a special Two-Part Premiere Monday, June 29 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT) and Tuesday, June 30 (9:00 p.m. ET/PT). Check out a first trailer for the new season below!
Discovery to Premiere THE MAN WITH NO PENIS, 6/13May 20, 2015After forty years of secrecy, Andrew Wardle has decided to reveal the truth: he was born without a penis. It's a shocking secret that he kept hidden from most of his family, his friends and more than 100 women he's slept with... until now. On Saturday, June 13 at 10/9c, the Discovery Life Channel will premiere THE MAN WITH NO PENIS, a captivating hour-long documentary about Andrew's life-long struggle to overcome a rare birth condition that left him with testicles but no penis.
Bruce Greenwood Boards AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSONMay 20, 2015Award-winning actor Bruce Greenwood has joined the cast of American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson, portraying Gil Garcetti, the Los Angeles County District Attorney who prosecuted O.J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Greenwood (Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek, Thirteen Days, Flight) joins an all-star cast that includes Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson, John Travolta as defense attorney Robert Shapiro, David Schwimmer as defense attorney Robert Kardashian, and Sarah Paulson as prosecutor Marcia Clark. Greenwood is represented by Gersh and Binder & Associates.
Tate Donovan Joins Showtime's MASTERS OF SEXMay 20, 2015Tate Donovan will guest star in two episodes of the third season of MASTERS OF SEX premiering July 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Starring Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) nominee Michael Sheen and Emmy nominee Lizzy Caplan as real-life pioneers of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson, MASTERS OF SEX chronicles their unusual lives, romance and pop-culture trajectory. Masters and Johnson's research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a mid-western teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine. Donovan plays Graham, a confident scientist whose relationship with Margaret Scully (Allison Janney) brings them to Masters and Johnson's clinic.
NBC's 2015 FRENCH OPEN Coverage Begins SundayMay 20, 2015NBC's coverage of the 2015 French Open begins this Sunday, May 24, at 1 p.m. ET with live opening-round coverage, and culminates with the live Women's Final on June 6 and the live Men's Final on June 7.
THEATER TALK to Welcome FUN HOME's Alison Bechdel, Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori This WeekendMay 20, 2015An all-new THEATER TALK welcomes the key creative artists behind the new musical hit Fun Home – composer Jeanine Tesori, librettist/lyricist Lisa Kron, and author Alison Bechdel, who wrote and drew the bestselling graphic memoir that inspired the production. The show, now selling out at Circle in the Square, deals with the true story of Bechdel's relationship with her demanding father, her coming out in college as a lesbian that led her to learn of her father's closeted homosexuality, and his suicide, which followed this revelation.
EL REY NETWORK PRESENTS: THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Now on iTunesMay 19, 2015El Rey Network announced today the launch of their original series 'El Rey Network Presents: The Director's Chair' on iTunes. The hour-long series features the industry's most notable directors engaging in a revealing and unexpected exchange with filmmaker and El Rey Network founder, Robert Rodriguez. Episodes at launch will include the previously-aired Quentin Tarantino Volumes 1 & 2 (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn), John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from L.A., They Live) Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, The Strain), Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now); and Luis Valdez (La Bamba, Zoot Suit).
National Geographic to Air T. REX AUTOPSY, 6/7May 19, 2015This summer, dinosaurs will again capture the world's imagination with a trip to 'Jurassic World.' And though National Geographic Channel cannot bring any dinosaurs back to life (at least not yet!), we will make our own attempt to crack the paleontological code with the new two-hour world premiere special T. rex Autopsy, premiering Sunday, June 7, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Hallmark's HELLO, IT'S ME to Premiere This FallMay 19, 2015Hallmark Movies & Mysteries announces the start of production of the Original Movie 'Hello, It's Me,' which will World Premiere in FALL 2015. Kellie Martin ('ER,' 'Life Goes On') will star as a mother whose late husband communicates with her from above in this heartwarming romance along with Kavan Smith ('Rogue,' 'When Calls The Heart'), Erin Pitt ('Against the Wild'), Jack Fulton, ('The Christmas Parade') and Chad Connell ('Gone Tomorrow'). 'Hello, It' Me' is based on the novel by New York Times bestselling author Wendy Markham.
Telemundo's Monday-Friday Primetime is Network's Top Season YetMay 19, 2015TELEMUNDO's Monday-Friday primetime programming delivered the best season in network history among total viewers with 1.57 million viewers, an eight percent increase over last season (1.45 million), according to Nielsen. The network averaged 790,000 adults 18-49, up 12 percent from last season (705,000), making it the second highest-rated season in network history. TELEMUNDO garnered a 32% share among adults 18-49 during primetime this season, up five points vs. last season, marking the fifth consecutive season of share growth and best in network history. Additionally, the network gained more adults 18-49 vs. the prior season than any other Spanish-language broadcast network, with an increase of 85,000 viewers in the demo.
PBC ON NBC Returns in JuneMay 19, 2015A highly anticipated showdown between former titleholders Adrien “The Problem” Broner (30-1, 22 KOs) and “Showtime” Shawn Porter (25-1-1, 16 KOs) headlines the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC primetime event on Saturday, June 20, live at 8:30 p.m. ET from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Broner enters the fight coming off a victory against John Molina Jr. in the primetime debut of PBC on NBC in March. Coverage begins with the undefeated Errol Spence Jr. (16-0, 13 KOs) vs. hard-hitting veteran Roberto “La Amenaza” Garcia (37-3, 23 KOs) in a welterweight bout.
NBCSN's Stanley Cup Playoffs Coverage Continues TonightMay 18, 2015NBC Sports Group's coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs continues tonight with Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, when Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers host Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Maxim Roy Joins Cast of ABC Family's SHADOWHUNTERSMay 18, 2015ABC Family has cast Maxim Roy (Canadian series “19-2” and “Heartland”) as Clary's mother, Jocelyn Fray. It was announced today by the network. Roy will be a recurring guest star on the series.
'LIVE' to Launch 'New Grill Star' SearchMay 15, 2015Today on “LIVE with Kelly and Michael,” hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan announced an exciting new summer cooking series, “LIVE's Search for America's New Grill Star.”