Hannibal News

Whitney Cummings returns to her one true love, stand-up, when her new special, "Whitney Cummings: I Love You," premieres on Comedy Central on Saturday, June 28 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Get ready for the wicked awesome third season premiere of Comedy Central's stand-up series “The Half Hour” tonight, June 6 at Midnight ET/PT and 12:30 a.m. ET/PT!

It is with great pleasure that we announce Australian actress Teresa Palmer as a speaker at FEST - Training Ground 2014. Passes for the full week of masterclasses and workshops start at 59 euros. Deadline 1st June, 24 hours to register: www.fest.pt.

The news division continues to dominate the competition online; the Yahoo!-ABC News Network has been the number one source for news and information online for 27 consecutive months.

NBC has won the primetime week of May 19-25 in adults 18-49, led the season finale of “The Voice,” as well as top performances by Monday's “The Maya Rudolph Show,”

ABC (6.5 million) was the most-watched TV network overall during the week (w/o 5/19/14), leading by double-digit margins over NBC (+16% - 5.6 million), CBS (+23% - 5.3 million) and Fox (+27% - 5.1 million). The Net also ranked No. 1 with Adults 18-34 (tie) and key Women (W18-34/W18-49).

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) today announced nominations for the 4th annual Critics' Choice Television Awards, which will be broadcast live on The CW from the Beverly Hilton Hotel

Director Peter Webber is set to host a film directing workshop in Lisbon this weekend, May 24 and 25. The Portugal workshop follows a highly successful London workshop, which sold out in less than a week. There are only a few more open slots left.

After the highly successful London workshop, which sold out in less than a week, and due to popular demand, Film Fest Lab has managed to arrange a second date for the Peter Webber Directing Workshop, this time in the sunny city of Lisbon in Portugal. The workshop is designed for directors, film students, or anyone serious about a career in the film business or the area of directing.

It is with huge satisfaction that we announce the addition of Film Editor Chris Dickens to our speakers list. Film editor extraordinaire, Dickens' ground breaking editing style has carved his name in film history.

Stand-Up Month may be over, but the fun continues with the world premiere of Sinbad's new one hour special, "Sinbad: Make Me Wanna Holla," debuting on Comedy Central on Saturday, June 14 at 9:00 p.m.

Amazon.com, Inc. today announced the highly-anticipated arrival of the first wave of HBO programming on Prime Instant Video.

SILENCE, THE MUSICAL will run June 19-July 13, 2014 (Thurs-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 5pm. Midnight performances on July 5 & 12) at the Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 E Manor Rd, Austin, TX.

Get ready for the wicked awesome third season premiere of Comedy Central's stand-up series “The Half Hour” on Friday, June 6 at Midnight ET/PT and 12:30 a.m. ET/PT!

'Dateline NBC' (1.3/6 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) reported its highest results since March 28 in adults 18-49, adults 25-54 (with a 2.0 rating) and total viewers. 'Dateline' is #1 in the time period versus the Big 4 nets in total viewers and tied for #1 in adults 25-54. From its first half-hour to its second, 'Dateline' grew by +17% in 18-49 (to a 1.4 from a 1.2), +14% in 25-54 (1.6 vs. 1.4) and +12% in total viewers (7.3 million vs. 6.5 million).

'Dateline NBC” (1.3/6 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) reported its highest results since March 28 in adults 18-49, adults 25-54 (with a 2.0 rating) and total viewers. “Dateline” is #1 in the time period versus the Big 4 nets in total viewers and tied for #1 in adults 25-54. From its first half-hour to its second, “Dateline” grew by +17% in 18-49 (to a 1.4 from a 1.2), +14% in 25-54 (1.6 vs. 1.4) and +12% in total viewers (7.3 million vs. 6.5 million).

With “The Voice” and “The Blacklist” accounting for three of the week's top seven ratings in adults 18-49 among primetime programs on the Big 4 networks, NBC has averaged a 1.4 rating

Coming off a season in which the network catapulted to No. 1 in the 18-49 demo and saw double-digit improvement in many prominent timeslots, NBC has announced a line-up of popular returning series, inventive new comedies, compelling new dramas and season seven of the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series 'The Voice.'

NBC has cancelled Dracula after just one season. Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) starred in this drama as Dracula, one of the world's most iconic characters.

“Grimm” (1.3/4 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers overall from 9-10:01 p.m. ET) equaled last week's 1.3 rating in adults 18-49, its highest since April 4. In the time period, “Grimm” tied for the top scripted program on the Big 4 in adults 18-49 and was the top scripted program on those nets in adult 18-34. L+7 Time –Shifting: “Grimm” originals are growing this season by +82% from its L+SD result to L+7 in 18-49 rating (to a 2.60 from a 1.43) and increasing by 2.9 million persons in total viewers (8.3 million vs. 5.4 million).