STAGE TUBE: Las Vegas Entertainers Welcome MAMMA MIA! Back to the StripMay 21, 2014In celebration of its triumphant return to the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas entertainers and notables welcomed MAMMA MIA! back with a video montage of special messages, which were shared with the company before their opening night on Friday, May 16. Included in the video are welcome messages from Mayor Goodman, ROCK OF AGES, JERSEY BOYS, Chippendales, JABBAWOCKEEZ and more. Check it out below!
PIX11 & Broadway Channel to Present BROADWAY PROFILES, 5/25May 21, 2014PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting's New York CW affiliate, has partnered with Broadway Channel to present “Broadway Profiles” a series of quarterly primetime Broadway specials hosted by PIX11's Emmy-Award winning anchor Tamsen Fadal. The first installment, “Broadway Profiles: The Road to the Tonys,” will air on PIX11 this Sunday, May 25th at 7pm ET.
VIDEO: First Trailer for El Rey's MATADORMay 20, 2014Set to premiere Tuesday, July 15th at 9 pm ET/PT, Irreverent and action-packed, Matador chronicles the unlikely rise of Tony 'Matador' Bravo (Gabriel Luna), a popular soccer star who comes to be known as much for his playboy antics off the field as his dynamic moves on it. But what his fans and family don't realize is that it's all a cover - in truth, he is a skilled covert operative executing missions for a little-known branch of the CIA. 'Matador' has the kind of fame and notoriety that affords him access to powerful circles of corruption and villainy. But, in balancing the dueling roles in which he's been cast, he will be forced to confront the question of his true identity... and it is this mission which will prove to be his most dangerous. Check out the first trailer for the series below!
FOX Sports 1 Scores Strong Weekend with NASCAR, MLBMay 20, 2014FOX Sports 1 opened its 10 DAYS OF THUNDER programming block with strong performances from NASCAR and MLB last weekend, delivering the channel its second most-watched day and its second most-watched program since launch. America's new sports network averaged 745,000 viewers from 6:00 AM ET to 6:00 PM ET on Saturday (5/17), headlined by live coverage of the NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE averaging 3,482,000 viewers, according to Nielsen.
WE tv's MARY MARY Up from Season 2May 20, 2014The just concluded (Thursday, May 15) third season of WE tv's original docu-drama 'Mary Mary' posted significant double digit increases over season two. The show delivered more than 1.1 million total viewers, up +46% over the previous season, with strong growth in the key adult and women demos:
ABC Poised to Win May Sweep in Adults 18-49May 20, 2014With just two nights left to count heading into tonight's season finale of “Dancing” and the closers for its Wednesday comedies, ABC ranks No. 1 for the 2014 May Sweep in Adults 18-49 (1.7/5), leading CBS by 13% (1.5/5), NBC by 21% (1.4/4) and Fox by 31% (1.3/4). ABC also leads the month in Adults 18-34 and across all key Women (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54), while standing as the top-rated broadcaster with Teens 12-17.
Telemundo's Jose Diaz-Balart Joins MSNBCMay 20, 2014Emmy Award-winning journalist and Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart will join MSNBC's weekday line-up next month. Díaz-Balart will anchor MSNBC's 10 a.m. hour live from Miami, Florida. He will begin in mid-June following the departure of Chris Jansing, who is heading to Washington as NBC News Sr. White House Correspondent. The announcement was made today by Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC.
NBC Sports to Air KURT BUSCH: 36, 6/8May 20, 2014NBC Sports announced today that it will present an all-access look into the intense preparation, 200+ MPH competition and extreme logistics surrounding Kurt Busch's upcoming attempt to win IndyCar's famed Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. The 30-minute special, featuring in-depth interviews, on-track footage, team communications and a seat right next to Busch throughout his races against drivers from two elite series, pulsating travel conditions and the limits of his own endurance, will debut on Sunday, June 8, at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC. A 60-minute “director's cut” of KURT BUSCH: 36 will air the following day, Monday, June 9, at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
FOX Wraps Season as No. 2 Network in Adults 18-49May 20, 2014As the Nielsen broadcast season comes to a close, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is finishing the season as the No. 2 network among Adults 18-49, steady in that core demographic and up +4% in Total Viewers compared to the previous year. Key highlights for FOX originals included:
NBC's 2014 French Open Coverage Begins 5/25May 20, 2014 NBC presents 27 hours of the 2014 French Open, beginning this Sunday at Noon ET, with live opening-round coverage, culminating with the live Women's Final on June 7 and the live Men's Final on June 8.
Melissa Joan Hart, Pete Wentz & More to Guest Judge truTV's MOTOR CITY MASTERSMay 20, 2014truTV has unveiled the slate of guest judges and competition themes for the first season of Motor City Masters, the search for America's next great car designer. Produced in collaboration with Chevrolet, the new competition series is set to feature such celebrity guest judges as actress and producer Melissa Joan Hart (Melissa & Joey, Clarissa Explains It All), actor Jesse Metcalfe (Dallas, Desperate Housewives), Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz, baseball great David Justice and former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon. Also serving as guest judges will be celebrity dog trainer and bestselling author Tamar Geller, vice president of design, Mattel Hot Wheels Division, Felix Holst, model and surfer Malia Jones, this summer's Transformers: Age of Extinction's Master Mechanic and Fabricator, Specialty Cars Trevor Mann and GM vice president of global design Edward T. Welburn Jr.
TNT Ranks as Basic Cable's No. 1 Network in Primetime for the WeekMay 20, 2014 Driven by the continued success of its coverage of the NBA Playoffs, TNT once again swept the competition last week by ranking as basic cable's #1 network in primetime delivery of total viewers, households, adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. TNT also scored a top spot for the week with adults 25-54 in total day.
Winner of Golf Channel's BIG BREAK FLORIDA CrownedMay 20, 2014Jackie Stoelting (Vero Beach, Fla.) defeated Fiamma Felitch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), 4&3 in the championship match on Monday's season finale of Big Break Florida, Golf Channel's 21st season of its competition franchise.
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS is Most-Watched Newscast of the WeekMay 20, 2014“NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was America's most-watched newscast for the week ending May 16, 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research data. Year-over-year, Nightly posted the biggest gain in total viewers (+950,000) and widened its advantage over ABC by +3%. The NBC broadcast also improved its total viewer lead over ABC by +4% versus the current 2Q'13-to-date average.