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MGM and Audio Up, the new podcast content production studio, platform and network, are teaming to launch an Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader podcast, hosted by original series host and executive producer Jeff Foxworthy. The Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader podcast is a curated selection of the series' best and most…

Nickelodeon’s revival of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, with new host John Cena, got off to an OK start in its Monday night premiere, drawing 1.1 million total viewers. The viewership total is up double digits over the prior four-week averages with kids and adults in the 7 PM time slot where the network most…

The series that made some parents blush and their kids beam is coming back to wreak more havoc at the dinner table. Nickelodeon has set 7 p.m. Monday, June 10, for the premiere of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? with new host John Cena. The game show will relaunch with a week-plus of new episodes through June 19…

Nickelodeon has unveiled its 2019 content slate, highlighted by SpongeBob SquarePants spinoffs and an hour-long special, a revival of sketch comedy show All That with Kenan Thompson as executive producer, a reimagined version of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? hosted by John Cena, and a scripted music series set…

There was twice the spice on NBC last night with Mel B. showing up on both America's Got Talent (2.0/7) and the Season 3 finale of Hollywood Game Night (1.3/4) The AGT judge and former Spice Girl was joined on the latter by Pete Wentz, Niecy Nash, Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D's Ming Na Wen, Kevin Nealon and Cedric…

Howie Mandel had to make an on-air apology last night for some ill-considered remarks about the entertainment value of bulimia but that didn't seem to affect America's Got Talent (2.1/8) very much. With Mandel's regret, which he repeated online, and another round of live performances on Tuesday, AGT dipped 9% among…

Things did not end up becoming very country strong for ABC last night with the CMA Music Festival: Country's Night To Rock ((1.2/4). Compiled from the four-day fest in Nashville in June, last night's three-hour special featured the likes of Kellie Pickler, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood. Despite…

A week ago primetime was the court for the clincher game of the 2015 NBA Finals. Well, the Golden State Warriors won, as did ABC with the best results since it started showing the series in 2003. But now, we've truly started to settle into the summer season with a Tuesday that saw America's Got Talent (2.5/9) slip…

There were a lot of championship level sports on cable last night in primetime and a lot of unscripted on the Big 4. After Tuesday's 7-3 ice battle, the New York Rangers have forced the Tampa Bay Lightning to a NHL Eastern Conference Game 7 to decide who competes for the Stanley Cup. At least LeBron James and the…

Fox is bringing back Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? The network has ordered a new season of the Mark Burnett-produced quiz show, which aired on Fox for three seasons from 2007 til 2009, followed by a two-year syndication run. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy, who hosted both the Fox and the syndicated versions, will return…