A pair of season finales did well for NBC last night as The Wall jumped 36% week to week in the demo, while adding 1.3 million viewers to hit its top ratings of the past year, and travelogue Better Late Than Never climbed 22% to season high in the demo. The network took a spill, however, with its 10 PM special The Best…

All things must come to an end, and last night's Monday Night Football saw the Miami Dolphins shut down the New England Patriots’ eight-game winning streak. In a season that has been full of ratings tackles for the league and its broadcasters, it also saw an uptick for ESPN and the NFL: With a 8.5 in metered market…

NBC today unveiled midseason premiere dates for a pair of game shows and its geriatric travelogue. The series premiere of the Ellen DeGeneres-hosted Ellen’s Game of Games is set for 8 PM January 2, with a preview episode airing at 10 PM December 18 after The Voice. The second season of The Wall will kick off at 8 PM…

Better Late Than Never was an appropriate title for NBC’s globe-trotting reality series featuring AARP stars. After sitting on the shelf for a while, the show got a big launch after the Summer Olympics and, following a solid freshman run, it has been renewed for a second season. In Season 1, Henry Winkler, William…

Part 1 of the NBC’s America's Got Talent season finale last night averaged 13.7 million viewers and a 2.7 among adults 18-49 in the fast nationals.  Those numbers, which sometimes are adjusted up in the finals, are up from last Tuesday (2.5, 12 million) as well as up from the same night last year by +13% in the demo…

The boys had a good ol' time in Hong Kong and Kyoto last night on Better Late Than Never (1.6/6), and they put a smile on NBC's face this morning too. Beating the Week 2 odds, last night’s travelogue show starring William Shatner, George Foreman, Henry Winkler and Terry Bradshaw came in even with its solid debut of Aug…

After two-weeks of the Rio Olympics, it turns out American isn't yet ready to come home yet from summer vacation – at least not if the trip is with William Shatner, George Foreman, Terry Bradshaw and Henry Winkler and the destination is Asia. The 10 PM debut of NBC's 4-week Better Late Than Never (1.6/6) was a solid…

In the DMZ between the end of the Summer Olympics and the start of Sunday Night Football and the fall season, NBC has dropped in the sometimes surreal Better Late Than Never, which starts its four-episode romp through Asia run on August 23. Leaving all but the loosest of narrative and structure on this side of the…

NBC has set Tuesday, August 23 as the premiere for its new comedy event series Better Late Than Never and Monday, July 11 for the season debut of Running Wild with Bear Grylls. Both shows will begin at 10 PM. Based on a popular Korean format, Better Late Than Never is a fish-out-of-water show that follows Henry…

NBC is taking Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman and Jeff Dye on a major adventure throughout Asia. They have been tapped to join Better Late Than Never, an alternative comedy series based on the South Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers from content company CJ E&M. The one-hour series will…

NBC has put in development Better Late Than Never, a reality series based on the South Korean format Grandpas Over Flowers from content company CJ E&M. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (The Sound Of Music, Smash) will produce the project, which draws parallels to Betty White’s Off Their Rockers that started on NBC. In Better…