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ITV has confirmed that hit entertainment show Love Island will be restored to its summer schedule after last year’s sun-soaked dating format was derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. ITV’s content chief Kevin Lygo said Love Island will be back after it has been off-air for around a year. The last season was a winter…

ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall has cast doubt over whether the UK version of Love Island will go ahead this year, as the coronavirus pandemic rages on across Europe. ITV was forced to cancel last year’s summer season because the logistics of producing the show in Mallorca were complicated by travel restrictions…

Love Island will return to CBS for a third season. The U.S. remake of the hit British format has been renewed and is currently in the middle of casting ahead of a summer production in Hawaii. The renewal was announced by Thom Sherman, Senior Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Entertainment during CBS’ virtual…

ITV's Q3 trading update shows continued difficulty with revenues down 16% year-on-year at £1,860m (2019: £2,209m) for the nine months to September 30. There are signs of recovery after a vastly challenging year, however, with advertising spend recovering from the low of being 23% down in July to 3% up in August, 2%…

BAFTA Wales Winners Announced His Dark Materials scooped three prizes at the BAFTA Wales awards on Sunday. Ruth Wilson won for best actress, while the BBC/HBO show — made by Bad Wolf — won gongs for photography and lighting (Suzie Lavelle) and production design (Joel Collins). Jonathan Pryce won best actor for his…

ITV Studios hit Love Island is to get its 18th international remake after Discovery commissioned an Italian version of the reality show. Fremantle will adapt the show for Discovery and it will premiere next year. It follows the likes of CBS in the U.S. remaking the BAFTA-winning dating format, in which singletons pair…

ABC slam-dunked over all other networks on Sunday night with the NBA playoff matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets. The game dominated the adults 18-49 demographic, delivering a 1.3 rating while 3.8 million viewers tuned in to watch the Lakers defeat the Rockets 117-109 to tie the second-round…

CBS’ Big Brother remained the big show in primetime Thursday, topping the night with a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.06 million viewers. It teamed with a two-hour Love Island (0.4, 1.55M) to give the network a No. 1 finish in the demo overall among broadcasters. Big Brother was even with both its…

The NBA Playoffs on ABC scored big Tuesday night, delivering a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.73 million viewers who tuned in to watch the Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz. ABC also aired a primetime iteration of The Jump (0.5, 2.30M), its pregame show, prior to the playoff matchup. These are preliminary…

After two weeks of the DNC and RNC, regular programming began to resurface in primetime Monday night. American Ninja Warrior returned with a special all-stars episode, leading the night with a 0.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.48 million viewers. It was followed by a rerun of Dateline, with both shows giving…

CBS’ unscripted combo Big Brother and Love Island helped the network to the top ratings spot Thursday, on a night President Donald Trump’s 70-minute speech from the White House lawn in primetime wrapped the Republican National Convention. Big Brother scored a night-leading 1.0 rating and 4.01 million viewers, with the…

The quarantined second season of Love Island premiered on CBS on Monday and took a two-tenths hit from last year’s freshman debut. Still, the reality dating competition in which hot and bothered singles are essentially stuck on an island to find “love” scored a 0.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 1.94…