NBC Sports Group to Air Up to 10 NHL Matches During Finals Week of Regular SeasonApril 7, 2014 The NHL's “Push for the Playoffs” features up to 10 games with playoff implications in the final week of the regular season across NBC and NBCSN, including T.J. Oshie and the St. Louis Blues against the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Game of the Week on NBC Sunday at 12:30 p.m. ET, and Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins hosting Detroit on Wednesday Night Rivalry at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
A&E Picks Up BATES MOTEL for Third SeasonApril 7, 2014A&E Network has picked up a third season of the critically acclaimed original series “Bates Motel,” it was announced today by David McKillop, Executive Vice President and General Manager, A&E Network.
Radius-TWC Partners with Duplass Brothers & Blumhouse for SXSW Hit CREEPApril 7, 2014RADiUS-TWC has announced that it has partnered with the Duplass Brothers and Blumhouse Productions on a CREEP trilogy after the film's highly praised and fear inducing SXSW premiere. CREEP stars Mark Duplass (SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED) who co-wrote the film with Patrick Brice, making his directorial debut. Produced by Jason Blum (PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, THE PURGE, INSIDIOUS and SINISTER franchises) and Duplass, CREEP is a unique two-man psychological thriller that upends expectations at every turn. RADiUS is also distributing Duplass' THE ONE I LOVE which the company acquired out of Sundance and plans to release on August 15th.
Animal Planet's MONSTER WEEK Returns 5/18April 7, 2014Earth is ripe with obscure creatures and monumental mysteries that remain tucked away beyond the edges of the map, but this MONSTER WEEK, these beasts have nowhere to hide. Animal Planet's giant of a week returns for its third year and is so large it needs nine days to tell the frightfully fun and over-the-top tales of the monsters that lurk below water and stalk on land.
HGTV Ranks as Top Cable Network for WeekendApril 4, 2014HGTV was the most watched cable network on weekends among P25-54 and W25-54 in 1Q14, attracting an average of 14 million viewers every Saturday and Sunday between 7A-6P. The network also ranked as the #1 cable network on weekends among upscale P25-54 and W25-54.
Syfy Orders 12 MONKEYS to SeriesApril 4, 2014Syfy is giving a series greenlight to 12 Monkeys, a drama based on the 1995 Universal Pictures film directed by Terry Gilliam, it was announced today by Syfy President, Dave Howe. Syfy is ordering 12 episodes in addition to the pilot which was filmed last year. The series is produced by Universal Cable Productions and Atlas Entertainment, producer of the original theatrical.
Review Roundup: Encores! THE MOST HAPPY FELLA - All the Reviews!April 4, 2014The New York City Center Encores! production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella opened earlier this week on April 2. The production stars Laura Benanti, Shuler Hensley, Cheyenne Jackson,Heidi Blickenstaff, Brian Cali, Bradley Dean, Zachary James, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Jessica Molaskey and Kevin Vortmann. The Most Happy Fella is directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music direction by Rob Berman. The production will run until April 6th.
ESPN to Welcome Additional Analysts for 2014 FIFA World Cup CoverageApril 3, 2014ESPN has named four additional analysts - Efan Ekoku, Kasey Keller, Alejandro Moreno and Stewart Robson - to its commentator team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil this summer. The group of analysts will contribute to ESPN's English-language match and studio coverage in the United States during the month-long tournament, June 12 - July 13.
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING NEW YORK Season Premiere Scores 1.2 Million Total ViewersApril 3, 2014 After earning its best quarter in network history among all key demos, Bravo Media continues ratings momentum on Wednesday night as the season premiere of Bravo Media's “Million Dollar Listing New York” delivered 1.2 million total viewers and 646,000 P18-49, up 50 percent and 51 percent, respectively, from the prior season premiere (5/8/13), according to Nielsen. This marked the highest-rated season premiere of the series among all key demos. Immediately following, “Flipping Out” garnered its most-watched episode of the season to date, with 1.1 million total viewers, up 30 percent from the prior week's episode (3/26/14).
VIDEO: First Look at HOUSE OF LIES Season Finale, Airing this SundayApril 3, 2014It's been a wild ride this season for Marty (Don Cheadle) – a new firm, new clients and now, a new chapter in his life with Jeannie (Kristen Bell). But the road to happiness on HOUSE OF LIES has always been paved with landmines and barbed wire. The day begins with breakfast in bed…but will it end on a date with the Feds?! It all goes down during the jaw-dropping season finale of HOUSE OF LIES this Sunday, April 6th at 10 pm ET/PT on SHOWTIME.
LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL to Welcome Back ASIMO, 4/15April 3, 2014On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan will welcome a most unusual guest to top morning talk show “LIVE with Kelly and Michael,” when an all-new ASIMO, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, from Honda, makes its North American television debut.
Ann Curry's Report on Climate Change to Air on NBC this SundayApril 3, 2014In a special one hour documentary airing this Sunday night, NBC News' Ann Curry reports there is virtually no debate among climate scientists: 97 percent now believe climate change is real and the warming is largely caused by human activity. A year in the making, and less than a week after stunning predictions about the future from the influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Ann Curry Reports: Our Year of Extremes - Did Climate Change just Hit Home?,' takes viewers on a journey to the Arctic at the top of the world, to drought stricken regions in the American West, to the edge of rising seas in Florida, and into extreme weather events all over the globe.
Bruce Feldman Joins FOX SportsApril 3, 2014 Bruce Feldman, one of the nation's leading college football journalists and New York Times best-selling author, has joined FOX Sports as senior college football reporter and columnist it was announced today by John Entz, Executive Vice President, Production, FOX Sports.
TODAY SHOW to Kick Off SPRING BREAKERS TODAY on 4/7April 3, 2014Records are meant to be broken and NBC's TODAY is encouraging fans to come to Rockefeller Plaza to witness six exciting attempts to make history live on TODAY. Each day next week, a new Guinness World Record will be challenged. “Spring Breakers TODAY,” a week-long series, kicks off Monday, April 7.