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NBC entertainment format Hollywood Game Night is heading to Russia after broadcaster CTC Media ordered a local version of the show. M.I.R., the Russian production company run by The Eurovision Song Contest producer Andrei Boltenko, is to produce a 12-part run, known as Celebrity Game Night, to air this autumn. The…

NBC has booked premiere dates for a quartet of its summer series. The character-driven new procedural drama The InBetween, which origianlly was slated for midseason, now will launch at 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. Also set are the returns of long-running newsmag Dateline NBC (June 10) and game shows The Wall (June 20)…

EXCLUSIVE: Let the games begin in the UK. Viacom's Channel 5 is remaking long-running U.S. entertainment show Hollywood Game Night. The British commercial broadcaster has ordered a UK version of the NBC Universal format from Monkey Kingdom, the Made In Chelsea and Newlyweds producers that it owned by the Hollywood…

Let the games continue. NBC has given a 13-episode Season 6 renewal to Hollywood Game Night, its summer series hosted by Jane Lynch. No word yet on a premiere date or celebrity guests. The show features two contestants who are transported from their everyday lives into a night of fun as they step beyond the velvet…

As curiosity over the pre-launch controversy wore off, ABC's Bachelor in Paradise drew 3.9 million total viewers and a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating in its Tuesday airing, dropping 23% in viewers and 31% in the demo from its Monday season premiere. But it provided an original lead-in for struggling freshman drama Somewhere B…

NBC has made a few tweaks to its summer schedule. The series premiere for World Of Dance has moved to 10 PM Tuesday, May 30 from its original May 8 slot, now piggybacking with the return of America’s Got Talent. The move also allows the show to remain on Tuesdays throughout its run. It initially was scheduled to…

Tuesday was one of those nights when the adage of what goes up must come down felt a little more pointed than usual – if you were CBS. Although the network won the night in adults 18-49 with the same 1.8/6 rating it got last week and topped viewership with 11.91 million watching, its dramas had a bit of a bumpy…

The holiday break is really over as shows are returning in droves this week and new series prepare to launch. Almost all of the Big 4 had something new or newish on last night, with Hollywood Game Night (1.2/4) and New Girl (1.4/5) making their season debuts in whole new parts of a new year – and both taking a…

NBC announced today its hit party-time series Hollywood Game Night will return for a fourth season Tuesday, January 5 at 8 PM, with Emmy-winner Jane Lynch back as host. Last summer, originals of Hollywood Game Night averaged a 1.5 rating, 5 share in adults 18-49 and 5.3 million viewers overall. That’s up 25% in 18-49…

Gabrielle Krengel had been a staple in every acceptance speech Jane Lynch has made, with the actress regularly giving her agent of more than a decade shoutouts like "Gabrielle Krengel, you are the best agent in the world" and "I love you" from the Emmy and Golden Globe stage. Lynch did it one last time tonight when…

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…

There wasn't a lot of movement Tuesday night in primetime but there were some fine moves from Seth Green, Cheryl Burke and Joe Jonas on Hollywood Game Night (1.4/5). With that action on board, the Jane Lynch-hosted show — which also had Michelle Trachtenberg, Jenna Elfman and Jeff Dye on last night — saw a strong 27%…