Mariah Carey sang instead of pouted, the ball dropped on time, Kathy Griffin wasn’t there, and Steve Harvey made a faux pas that drew some online reaction. That was the sum total of New Year’s Eve online and off, as 2018 arrived with less bombast than past year-end celebrations. There was little water-cooler fodder…

The tweeter-in-chief loves to tweak his adversaries. But the holidays are a time for even the staunchest enemies to briefly reconcile, and so it was today with President Donald Trump and the media. The Commander-in-Chief took a moment to wish “all of my friends, supporters, enemies, haters, and even the very dishonest…

Marijuana, the recreational drug that has launched a thousand comedy and dramatic bits on TV and film, will become legal in California as of January 1st. Now the problem is navigating the crazy-quilt of regulations and law enforcement that will still govern marijuana’s use and possession in the state. Thanks to the…

Former New York Giants football coach Bill Parcells had a maxim that he used when people would talk about how losing teams were actually better than they appeared: “You are what your record says you are.” In this final weekend of the 2017 regular season for the National Football League, we should remember those words…

If you’re not near a television set, tonight’s Times Square ball drop will be online for the ninth year in a row, thanks to a production by the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment. The commercial-free ball drop is part of an overall webcast production that features music from popster Andy Grammer and…

According to comScore figures this New Year’s Eve, the worldwide box office has hit a record $39.92B. That’s up 3% over 2016 and makes 2017 the highest-grossing year ever in global box office history. While domestic box office is set to ring in 2018 with a close on 2017 of $11.12B, 2.3% down from 2016’s record $11.4B…

New Year's Six has topped itself this year as it continues to set new bowl records. The Capital One Orange Bowl and PlayStation Fiesta Bowl were the most-watched non-CFP Semifinal Orange and Fiesta Bowl in the New Year's Six era based on Nielsen's Fast Nationals. The Orange Bowl matchup between Wisconsin and Miami…

Against Orange Bowl on ESPN, which clocked a metered-market 6.6 household rating, broadcasters experienced a slow Saturday. NBC’s 8-10 PM Dateline repeat episode about a murdered mother, A Cold December Morning was broadcast’s biggest scorer of the night, with a 0.8 demo rating and 4.4 million viewers –Dateline‘s…

If you’re looking for ways to ring in the new year, there is definitely no shortage of celebration coverage on TV. From watching the iconic ball drop in New York’s Times Square to the traditional Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, here is a guide on what to watch to welcome 2018. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve W…

Donald Trump has tweeted his condolences to the victims of the shooting in Highlands Ranch suburb south of Denver, Colorado. Five deputies were shot, one fatally, when they responded to a “verbal disturbance” at 5:14 AM New Year’s Eve Sunday. “My deepest condolences to the victims of the terrible shooting in Douglas…

Holdovers are overshadowing the sparse number of specialty newcomers over the New Year’s weekend with Fox's The Post and Focus Features' Phantom Thread scoring the best per-theater averages of the weekend. Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread with Daniel Day-Lewis is tracking an estimated $305K in four theaters in…

According to ComScore this morning, the 2017 domestic box office for the period of Jan. 1-Dec. 31 rings in at $11.12 billion, which is the third best ever, and the third time that the B.O. has crossed that mark for the third consecutive year in a row. Disney for the third year ever has grossed north of $2 billion…