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Amazon has continued its move into stand-up comedy by commissioning a special with Iain Stirling, who has shot to fame in the UK as the voice of ITV2’s Love Island. Last Week Tonight With John Oliver producer Avalon will make the one-hour special, which will be filmed over two performances at the King's Theatre in…

Brenda, Brandon, Kelly, Donna, Steve, Andrea and David are back, and Beverly Hills 90210 fans old and new seemed more than happy to see them. The premiere of Fox’s revival of sorts of the iconic Aaron Spelling series, now called BH90210, was Wednesday’s top-rated show with a 1.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic and…

CBS has handed dating reality series Love Island a second season. The broadcaster is showing faith in the remake of the British entertainment format, which is hosted by Arielle Vandenberg. The show, which has aired five nights a week in an 8pm slot since July 9, ends its opening run on August 7. Contestants will…

CBS’ hit reality romance series Love Island is heading to Pop TV. CBS-owned Pop will air a marathon of the series on Saturday, July 27 from 9 AM ET/PT until midnight. The 14-hour binge will include every episode of the series, from the July 9 premiere through the previous night's broadcast. New one-hour episodes…

NBC finished first in Tuesday’s primetime ratings ranking thanks to America’s Got Talent, which topped all of the Big 4 with a 1.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and an impressive 9.99 million viewers for its two-hour show. The talent competition ticked up a tenth from last week to hits best result since June…

ITV is coupling up even further with its hit reality dating format Love Island by doubling the number of seasons of the show set to air in 2020. The British commercial broadcaster will air two seasons next year, coming on the back of ratings growth for its fifth season, which is the most watched program of the year…

ITV and the BBC have officially unveiled the launch of UK streaming platform BritBox with ITV holding 90% equity in the venture. The two companies have also revealed the first shows that will be available on the service, which launches in the fourth quarter of the year, including Love Island (above) and HBO co-pro Gent…

CBS’ Big Brother (1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 3.99 million viewers) returned to the top of the heap as primetime’s top-rated and most watched show Thursday, teaming with the latest installment of Love Island (0.6, 2.61M) and a new Elementary (0.4, 2.89M) to help the network tie for the night’s top demo…

ABC’s broadcast of the ESPY Awards finished with an 0.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.87 million viewers Wednesday night. The three-hour show hosted by Tracy Morgan was on par with last year’s special in the demo in Nielsen fast nationals, while lagging slightly in viewers and trailing CBS’ Big Brother…

Tuesday’s primetime TV schedule featured returns, premieres and the MLB All-Star Game on Fox. The latter hit a 1.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.07 million viewers in fast affiliate ratings, making it the night’s top-rated program. Still, the baseball showcase was off from last year’s 2.1 rating and…

Greek star Arielle Vandenberg is to host CBS' version of reality dating series Love Island. Vandenberg is an actress and comedian who has starred in series including How I Met Your Mother and Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns and also has a large social following thanks to her weekly Snapchat show. The U.S. remake of Love…

Love Island continues to be a huge ratings success in the UK as the reality format scored its highest ever opening with 3.3M viewers. It is what it is, as the contestants say. The ITV2 format, which is produced by ITV Studios, returned last night for a fifth season with a 90-minute episode, that performed better than…