Prolific composer Alan Menken has won an astonishing eight Oscars, 11 Grammys and a Tony Award, but the Emmy that would make him only the 13th member of the exclusive EGOT club — Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner — has been surprisingly elusive. In fact, he has only been nominated twice, including this year. His…

Lost in the carnage at ABC, which canceled a lot of shows today, was Galavant, the quirky little musical medieval comedy, which too has been formally canceled after two seasons. The producers themselves had called the Season 2 renewal “a miracle.” With creator Dan Fogelman and the show’s biggest supporter, former…

The pundits are still battling over whether Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton won last night's Democratic Debate (1.9/6) on NBC, but the clear big winner on Sunday was the Denver Broncos and CBS. The team’s 23-16 comeback win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC playoffs sees Peyton Manning and crew looking at a…

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Dan Fogelman is keeping the self-deprecating tone of his medieval musical comedy series Galavant intact in a big-scale opening number penned by the series’ songwriting duo of Alan Menken and Glenn Slater. It’s one of 32 new songs they have written for the 10-episode second season, which kicks off on January 3.

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DDA Public Relations has made some executive shifts, notably hiring Neil Bhatt in the newly formed role of President, Film & Television. The exec was most recently Head of UK Theatrical Publicity at StudioCanal and previously spent three years at DDA before moving to Optimum Releasing in 2008. Bhatt will assume respons…

On a quiet Sunday between the AFC Championship game and the Super Bowl viewers gravitated towards pageantry and silly videos.

NBC’s three-hour broadcast of the 63rd Annual Miss Universe Pageant (2.0/6 in 18-49, 7.6 million viewers) was the top program of the night in the demo and earned the…

After a blowout win yesterday against the Indianapolis Colts, the New England Patriots are going to Super Bowl XLIX. As convincing and solid as the 45-7 victory was for Tom Brady and crew, the crushing of the Colts was not a touchdown for CBS. With a 24.2/37 in metered market results, last night's primetime AFC game…

Debuting shows Empire and Galavant attracted the most online interest on Yahoo this month, the search and entertainment giant said, alongside ratings powerhouses American Idol and NCIS and fall newcomers Jane The Virgin and Gotham. 

Yahoo represents about one in six searches, well behind search leader Google, but also …

Encouraged by Galavant‘s solid premiere on Sunday, ABC is giving the musical fairytale comedy extra sampling on the network’s signature comedy night, Wednesday. The first two episodes of Dan Fogelman’s Galavant will air again at 10 PM tomorrow, January 7, following the return to originals of ABC’s strong 8-10 PM…

It’s gratifying when networks that take creative risks with programming that defy convention get rewarded. It just happened to ABC whose musical fairytale comedy Galavant got off to a promising start last night.

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ABC has laid out some of its midseason scheduling plans, setting premiere dates for comedy Galavant and drama Marvel’s Agent Carter and slotting return dates for some of its dramas that will go on a winter hiatus.

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