The current second season of NBC’s series Midnight, Texas will be its last. The network has opted not to order a third season of the supernatural drama based on the books by author Charlaine Harris. Producing studio Universal Television is shopping it to other outlets. NBC also will not be picking more episodes of…

CBS’s Big Brother (1.5, 5.26M), recovering from July 4 week ratings doldrums, easily captured Thursday’s No. 1 status, demo-wise with a 15% climb compared to last week. NBC’s 8 PM Little Big Shots (0.7, 5.80M) slipped slightly week to week, but nonetheless topped the night in total viewers. That network’s Marlon (0.6…

CBS’ Big Brother (1.3 demo rating, 4.94 million viewers) topped Thursday night in the 18-49 age bracket, while NBC’s Little Big Shots (0.8, 6.39M) won the night in total viewers with its most watched telecast since Sunday, April 8. NBC’s 9 PM Marlon (0.6, 2.97M) grew to a season high in total viewers, while…

Two days after One Day at a Time and Vida writers put out a challenge to fellow television scribes to protest and donate against family separation and Donald Trump's baby snatching border policy, over half a dozen series are on board – including last year's Emmy Best Drama winner, The Handmaid's Tale. One of the…

Three broadcast networks shared the top spot in the demo Thursday night, though what ABC, CBS and Fox shared was a 0.7 rating in the 18-49 age bracket. An original-scarce schedule included NBC’s return of Marlon, in back-to-back episodes (0.7, 2.96M; 0.6, 2.43M). They followed a Little Big Shots lead-in (0.8 5.65M)…

NBC has set premiere dates for its new high-concept drama series Reverie and the Season 2 return of last summer’s top scripted series Marlon, starring Marlon Wayans. Reverie, starring Sarah Shahi and Dennis Haysbert, will premiere Wednesday, May 30 at 10 PM, immediately following NBC's hit summer alternative series Ame…

NBC has ordered a second season of its comedy Marlon starring Marlon Wayans. Following the series’ solid summer run, the renewal was not in doubt, with the network and producers over the past few weeks discussing the size of the order and the time frame for the show’s return. Season 1 consisted of 10 episodes (as…

There were no season premieres, no NFL and ABC and the CW didn't have any original skin in the primetime game last night but things got hot on MasterChef (1.3/5) The penultimate week of the Gordon Ramsay show's eighth season saw the FOX series hit a season high among adults 18-49. Up a tenth from its previous high of…

NBC's America's Got Talent results show, which saw five more acts advance to the final, drew 11.7 million total viewers and a 2.1 demo rating last night. That was up a tenth in the demo from the fast nationals last week, matching a Wednesday season high. In total viewers, 11.7 million is a new season high, and…

There were eliminations on America's Got Talent (2.0/8) last night but NBC was singing nothing but a happy song today as newbie Marlon equaled the best any summer comedy has done in its second week in a decade. Down a tenth in its 9 PM (1.2/5) airing from last week's solid debut and even in its 9:30 PM (1.0/4) slot…

A good night for NBC saw America's Got Talent continue to outperform its year-ago pace, clocking a 2.1 18-49 demo rating compared to a 1.8 for last year's first live Wednesday results show. NBC's Marlon Wayans comedy series Marlon launched with a 1.3 rating –  the highest rating among 11 new or returning scripted…

NBC has announced its schedule for the summer — a lineup that includes the debuts of series including comedy Marlon, reality competition World of Dance and supernatural drama Midnight, Texas, along with the returns of The Carmichael Show, The Night Shift, midseason 2016 breakout Little Big Shots, seasonal staple Americ…