NBC’s Dateline continued its strong run, winning the demo wars with an 0.6.4 and 3.32 million total viewers. The show had a strong lead-in from American Ninja Warrior. The two-hour ANW scored an 0.5/3 and 2.41 million viewers, down from last week by a tenth, but holding solid in demos. The two performances boosted NBC…

Mark-Paul Gosselaar has been tapped as the male lead in ABC's new comedy series Mixed-ish. In the Black-ish prequel about young Rainbow Johnson, Gosselaar will play Bow’s father Paul Johnson. He replaces Anders Holm who played the role in the original backdoor pilot episode of Black-ish. Gosselaar only became…

Good news: ABC won Monday night ratings with The Bachelorette accepting the rose for the top numbers of the evening, holding steady with 5.5 million viewers and a 1.5 adults 18-49 Live+same day rating. As for the Eva Longoria-produced new series Grand Hotel, the news isn’t as good. It wasn’t as grand of a debut as…

Fox’s coverage of the final round of U.S. Open scored a hole in one this weekend as it dominated weekend prime time. The telecast delivered a 5.2 metered market household rating/12 share, making it the best for final round coverage since 2013. The telecast, which aired 2 to 9:45 PM ET, was up +44% over 2018 (3.16/9)…

The summertime effect is kicking in to the Friday ratings game, and the slowdown is reflected in the lack of huge audience numbers being generated. No one show dominated the competition this week. At ABC, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. weighed in with an 0.4/3 and 2.22 million, with the two-hour 20/20 performing…

The Toronto Raptors' historic victory the 2019 NBA Finals is such a big deal that superfan Drake is dropping not one, but two new tunes today in celebration- and ABC might be grooving along. After a six-game series that has been consistently down double digits from recent years, the defeat of the Golden State Warriors…

(UPDATED WITH FINAL NBA NUMBERS) Last night's Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals proved to the Toronto Raptors’ dismay that it ain't over until it's over. On the verge of their first Larry O'Brien Championship trophy and in front of a roaring hometown crowd back in the 6ix, the Canadian kingpins looked like they had it in…

Canadian public broadcaster CBC and Australian public broadcaster ABC have struck a major deal to co-develop and co-produce drama, comedy, non-scripted and children's programming. The deal was unveiled at the Banff World Media Festival. It is a three-year agreement and builds on the fact that CBC has previously…

The cast and creators of ABC’s short-lived drama/comedy series, Men In Trees, reunited as part of ATX Television Festival’s canceled-too-soon presentation and as expected, the topic of a revival popped in. “We’re ready,” declared series creator Jenny Bicks, who was joined by producers/ writers Anna Fricke and Chris…

Grey’s Anatomy co-executive producer and writer Elisabeth R. Finch was joined by stars Camilla Luddington and Kim Raver to unpack the highly emotive season 15 episode, titled Silent All These Years, which involved a patient being admitted to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital after being brutally raped. Finch initially had…

ATX Television Festival-goers were treated to a never-before-seen upcoming episode from Season 2B of Freeform’s Grown-ish series, followed by a Q&A session with executive producer Craig Doyle and stars Yara Shahidi, Francia Raisa, Jordan Buhat, and Trevor Jackson. The second half of the season will continue to follow…

The North concluded its NBA Finals visit to the Bay Area last night, and laid waste to the Golden State Warriors like the Game of Thrones’ Mother of Dragons did to King’s Landing. A Game 4 victory at 105-92 over the reigning champ Warriors puts Toronto one game from the title, an achievement which would be the…