On last night's LATE NIGHT, the 2016 presidential election motivated guest Jim Parsons to launch a weekly Sirius XM political show to help him better understand politics.
Earlier this year, producers for The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, the area's only year-round producing dinner theatre, announced the lineup of shows for its 2017 Season. Kicking off 2017's blockbuster year, will be the hilarious pirate farce, The Pirates of Penzance, opening in January.
CHICAGO P.D. (1.5/5 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET): Equals its best Wednesday 18-49 rating since the show's Sept. 21 season premiere (1.6).
Check please! Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati opens the second half of the season with the hilarious and sassy musical First Date, by Austin Winsberg, with music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” have won the week of Jan. 9-13, beating their ABC and CBS time-period rivals in every key measure – adults, men and women 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54, plus total viewers -- according to “live plus same day” ratings results from Nielsen Media Research.
Gad Elmaleh stopped by CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to perform material from his acclaimed English-language stand up show, Oh My Gad, which he'll bring to theaters across America, beginning in January.
With a schedule energized by the biggest hit of the new season, “This Is Us”; the #1 series on broadcast television, “Sunday Night Football”; television's #1 alternative series, “The Voice”; and a lineup of breakthrough special programs, NBC is delivering a season of historic ratings dominance.
Producers today have announced that OH, HELLO ON BROADWAY has officially recouped its $2.9 million capitalization, just before closing its limited run on January 22.
The Players Club of Swarthmore presents Reefer Madness, with music by Dan Studney, book and lyrics by Kevin Murphy, directed by Thomas-Robert Irvin of Swarthmore, on the Raymond W. Smith stage.
American Blues Theater, Chicago's second oldest Equity Ensemble, under the continued leadership of Producing Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside, has named Idris Goodwin the winner of the 2017 National Blue Ink Playwriting Award. Goodwin's play, HYPE MAN, was selected from a pool 543 submissions. As part of the award, Goodwin receives a $1,000 cash prize and the opportunity to further develop his script with American Blues Theater.
NBC's CELEBRITY APPRENTICE (1.2/4 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET): Grows +9% week to week in 18-49 (1.2 vs. 1.1) and +10% in total viewers (4.299 million vs. 3.912 million).
On last night's LATE NIGHT, CNN's Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper discussed the controversy surrounding CNN breaking a story about the Russian government's compromising dossier on President-elect Donald Trump.