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Entrepreneurs topped wrestlers once again in the Friday night demo wars, as ABC’s Shark Tank came in with an 0.7 and the night’s biggest P2+ audience at 4080. That topped the 0.6 of the WWE Friday Night SmackDown, which was highlighted by a contract signing between Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns. This was the final…

NBC has firmed up its January lineup and has set premiere dates for new Tina Fey-Robert Carlock comedy series Mr. Mayor, starring Ted Danson, and for Season 2 of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Mr. Mayor will take over the 8 p.m. anchor slot in NBC’s Thursday comedy block starting January 7, with Superstore sliding to…

EXCLUSIVE: Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is going back to his local band member roots with Get Lucky, a drama project, which has landed at NBC with a put pilot commitment. Written by Thomas, in Get Lucky, for the popular wedding band Get Lucky, every week there's a new to gig play, a new love story, and a new…

Tina Fey will host NBC’s One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, a two-hour special on Dec. 10 celebrating Broadway and featuring street performances from some of its most popular shows. Fey, Tony-nominated for her musical Mean Girls, will welcome the casts of Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, Chic…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about "Honestly", Season 5, Episode 4 of NBC's This Is Us. Tuesday night's episode "Honestly" may have been your last dose of This Is Us until the new year, but it certainly served up enough Pearson family revelations to keep us going during the break. Amid the backdrop of a…

Today show cohost and weatherman Al Roker plans to be back on the NBC morning show next Monday, he told viewers today while also sharing news that his prognosis after last week’s prostate surgery is “excellent.” The 66-year-old Roker underwent the five-hour surgery Nov. 9 to remove his prostate and surrounding tissue…

NBC Co-President of Scripted Programming Tracey Pakosta is leaving the broadcast network to join Netflix as head of comedy, reporting to Global TV head Bela Bajaria. Pakosta will oversee both development and current programming for Netflix's slate of scripted comedy series including adult animation and live-action…

A week after being bumped to 10 PM, ABC’s Shark Tank was back swimming in more familiar waters at 8 PM. The return proved fortuitous, as the show topped the evening’s demo wars with a solid 0.7 and the night’s largest total audience. The win by Shark Tank and a strong 0.6 by newsmag 20/20 powered ABC to the network…

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Silverman (No Good Nick, Salvation) has been tapped for a recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of NBC’s Good Girls, from creator Jenna Bans. Written and executive produced by Bans, Good Girls stars Christina Hendricks, Retta and Mae Whitman as three suburban moms who get tired of trying to…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development Eden, a mystery drama written/executive produced by The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, a Latinx family drama written/exec produced by Valentina Garza and a chef comedy written by Jimmy O. Yang & Jeremy Yadegari, with Aseem Batra supervising. The three projects hail from Julie Anne R…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development a drama from husband-and-wife writing duo April Maguire and Will Honley; CryptTV CEO/co-founder Jack Davis; and his father, top film and TV producer John Davis. CryptTV and John Davis’ Davis Entertainment produce with Universal TV, where Davis Entertainment is under a deal. In the…

Fresh from hosting Saturday Night Live, comedian John Mulaney has got himself a surprising new gig – as a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers. The Kid Gorgeous comedian has officially joined as a staff writer on the NBC show. He joins the likes of Amber Ruffin, John Lutz, Sal Gentile, Karen Chee and Jenny Hagel…