DOC NYC, America's largest documentary festival, announced the full lineup for its ninth edition, running November 8-15 at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village and Chelsea's SVA Theatre and Cinepolis Chelsea. The 2018 festival includes 135 feature-length documentaries among over 300 films and events overall. Included are 42 world premieres and 17 U.S. or North American premieres, with more than 500 doc makers and special guests expected in person to present their films or participate on panels.
NBC wins the night in total viewers, growing +1.9 million persons or +32% versus the same Wednesday last year (7.762 million vs. 5.885 million on Oct. 11, 2017). NBC's margin of victory for the night was +1.9 million viewers or +31% (7.762 million vs. 5.909 million for #2 CBS). In 18-49, NBC finished #2 for the night among the Big 4, up from a year-ago #4 finish.
IFC today announced that Michael Keaton (Birdman) and Owen Wilson (Zoolander) will star alongside Necar Zadegan (Here and Now) in an upcoming two-part episode of Documentary Now!, the Emmy(R)-nominated comedy known for lovingly paying homage to the world of documentaries. The episode titled, 'Batsh*t Valley,' will headline Season 52's seven-episode lineup, with both parts premiering back-to-back on Wednesday February 20 at 10PM. Documentary Now! is co-created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Rhys Thomas and executive produced by Lorne Michaels.
Salvage Vanguard Theater (SVT) presents MainStage world premiere of Tryouts by Adara Meyers, a Boston-based experimental playwright. Directed by co-Artistic Director Diana Lynn Small, Tryouts casts a satirical gaze on women, femininity, and motherhood, inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's 'The Virgin and Child with St. Anne,' and Freud's debunked maternal psychosexual essay on the painting.
NBC has released the first promo for Seth Meyers' return to Studio 8H as a host on the upcoming episode of 'Saturday Night Live.'Meyers hosts Saturday Night Live on October 13, 2018, with musical guest Paul Simon. Watch the promo below!
Looking to offer real-time commentary and analysis on the day's consequential midterm elections, NBC's “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will go live on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 12:35 a.m. ET/PT.
Live from Here with Chris Thile confirms the guest lineup for the next five shows, which feature special performances from Jeff Tweedy, Cat Power, Jon Batiste, Dirty Projectors,Vulfpeck, Gabriel Kahane, War & Treaty, Anna & Elizabeth, Negin Farsad, Todd Barry and The Sklar Brothers.
ABC News' “Nightline” averaged 1.231 million Total Viewers, 433,000 Adults 25-54, and
330,000 Adults 18-49, during the week of Oct. 1, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” led CBS' “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (420,000 and 320,000, respectively) in Adults 25-54 (+13,000) and Adults 18-49 (+10,000).
“The “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has finished #1 for the late-night week of Oct. 1-5 in the key adult 18-49 demographic, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.
Last seen together as the famously conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton in Side Show at The Media Theatre, Jenna Pastuszek and Ashley Sweetman are long-time friends and fellow actors seeking to shatter the expectation of competition among women in show business who look and sound alike. Double Treble is the product of two women embracing their similarities and insisting that there IS room for two! Enjoy an evening of your favorite tunes ranging from Broadway's Golden Age to today's pop hits with Jenna and Ashley serving DOUBLE the sass, DOUBLE the fun, and DOUBLE the power!
NBC currently ranks #1 for the night among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49, total viewers and every other key measure, winning six of six half-hours among those nets in 18-49 and total viewers, pending updates.
The 3rd Annual Adirondack Film Festival, presented by the Adirondack Theatre Festival has announced its full slate of films and special guests. This year's lineup includes more than 100 films shown in one weekend (October 18-21) across 6 venues in Downtown Glens Falls. To open the festival, AFF will feature RADIUM GIRLS – shot in the Glens Falls and Lake George area, this marks the premiere screening for the area.
GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum Lukas Graham will embark on a 2019 U.S. tour, in support of the forthcoming album, 3 (The Purple Album), out on October 26 via Warner Bros. Records. Fans can purchase tickets for the tour this Friday, October 12, with pre-sales beginning on Thursday, October 11 for fans who pre-order the album on lukasgraham.com. See below for full itinerary.
With a “Chicago” crossover event, NBC wins the night among the Big 4 networks in total viewers, growing +2.2 million persons or +37% versus the same Wednesday last year (8.164 million vs. 5.961 million on Oct. 4, 2017), claiming the #1-2-3 most-watched shows of the night on those networks. In 18-49, NBC finished #2 for the night among the Big 4, up from a year-ago #4 finish.
