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A.D. The Bible Continues will not be continuing. NBC is not commenting, but it is understood that the network has opted not to go forward with a second installment of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s follow-up to their blockbuster miniseries The Bible. I hear the cast has been informed of the decision. Given the…

Steve Harvey has reinvigorated the syndicated Family Feud, lifting the game show to record ratings. The success of pairing the veteran comedian and the venerable brand has now extended to primetime with a big premiere for Celebrity Family Feud, a six-episode celebrity offshoot on ABC. Following an America’s Funniest Ho…

2ND UPDATE, 12:18 PM: The Cavaliers got a win in the final seconds of Sunday night’s game against Golden State, and ABC is hitting nothing but 3-pointers with this year’s NBA Finals. The final ratings from Game 2 are in: 18.8 million tuned in to last night’s overtime thriller from 8-11:24 PM, with a 7.3 rating in the…

There wasn't a lot that was new last night on the Big 4 and there was no NBA Playoffs or NHL Playoffs to watch as the finals of both don't start until later this week. With ABC all encores, Fox almost all repeats and the only new thing on CBS was 60 Minutes (0.8/3), which was down 20% from its most recent original of…

The first Sunday after the 2014-15 television season officially ended was fairly light on originals with repeats all over the schedule and some intense NBA Playoff action over on cable. But that didn't mean there wasn't a finale on broadcast plus some very very fast cars and some ongoing freshman newbies on NBC. With…

NBC was the odd man out last night in primetime as the only one of the Big 4 not showing a finale. On the second Sunday of the May sweep, ABC, CBS and Fox all had freshman shows wrapping up their runs – some on a more sturdy footing than others. Still, with the NBA and NHL playoffs on last night, plus the Season 2…

With an anger translator backup, President Barack Obama may have had his best White House Correspondents’ Dinner so far on Saturday night. But for CBS' freshman political drama Madame Secretary, this was not a weekend it will want to remember. While Madam Secretary (1.0/3) was the most-watched show of Sunday night…

There were big wins for Miranda Lambert and co-host Luke Bryan as well as performances by Garth Brooks and George Strait and a heartfelt presentation to Taylor Swift from her own mother last night at the 50th Academy Of Country Music Awards (3.6/11). Unlike last year, the show also wasn't up against the season…

It was Easter Sunday again last night for the Eastern Orthodox portion of America, but that didn’t help NBC’s A.D. The Bible Continues (1.7 in adults 18-49, 7.6 million total viewers), whose second installment at 9 PM fell -26% from its debut last Sunday. Night 2 of the original Bible miniseries on History slipped…

A.D. The Bible Continues had emerged as NBC’s best shot at a solid drama debut this season. The Mark Burnett- and Roma Downey-produced follow-up to their hit miniseries The Bible did log NBC’s highest drama debut this season, opening with a 2.3 rating in 18-49 and 9.5 million total viewers from 9-10 PM last night. It…

The massive success History had with The Bible miniseries in 2013 was a road to Damascus moment in many ways for broadcasters and Hollywood studios. While Mel Gibson had hit big box office with The Passion Of The Christ in 2004, faith-based productions weren’t heavily explored by the industry until Mark Burnett and Rom…

Debuting appropriately on Easter Sunday on NBC, the latest Bible-based epic from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey will face a very busy April 5 with the return of Mad Men on AMC, the debut of Wolf Hall on PBS and the premiere of its own lead-out American Odyssey, and of course ABC’s annual broadcast of The Ten Commandments…