ABC’s two-hour American Idol (1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 7.11 million viewers) was Sunday’s top-rated show of broadcast primetime, and finished second to CBS’ 60 Minutes (0.7, 7.44M) as the night’s most watched show. The programming included Fox wrapping up the seasons of its animated comedies, while N…

As expected, CBS has renewed NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans for the 2019-20 season. NCIS: Los Angeles will be back for an eleventh season, NCIS: New Orleans for a sixth. The pickups follow the recent renewal of the mothership series NCIS as CBS is keeping the CBS TV Studios-produced crime procedural franchise…

It’s a JAG reunion! JAG leading lady Catherine Bell is joining her co-star David James Elliott for a recurring stint on CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles. The plan at the moment is for the duo to do a joint arc on NCIS: LA only. However, in the current environment when reboots are more popular than ever, their appearance…

The NCIS universe will be welcoming a familiar face . David James Elliott is is set to reprise his JAG character, Navy Captain Harmon Rabb Jr. in a multi episode arc on NCIS: Los Angeles. He will make his debut in the May 12 episode, The Guardian. Hit CBS military drama JAG, which ran for 10 seasons, spawned the…

Esai Morales (Superfly) is set for a recurring role on the upcoming tenth season of CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles. Morales will play Deputy Director Louis Ochoa. Smart, authoritative, polished and trustworthy, Ochoa accompanies a special prosecutor from the Department of Defense who is investigating the NCIS office and its…

An absent Ed Sheeran was the big winner at the Billboard Music Awards (2.1/8) last night, when Janet Jackson took home the Icon Award and Texas-born host Kelly Clarkson railed the lack of action on gun violence in America after the latest school shooting. In another year of falls among adults 18-49, the three-hour NBC…

Ken Randall is returning to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Ernest Waddell, who recurred as Fin Tutuola’s (Ice-T) son Ken Randall over six seasons from 2003-2016, is returning to reprise his role. The storyline is being  kept under wraps. Waddell also is known for his recurring role as Omar Little’s boyfriend Dante…

A week before Christmas Eve, it was a very busy Sunday — and we don't mean just with the shopping and packing some of you are still working on. With a hard-fought and potential playoff preview New England Patriots-Pittsburgh Steelers game on CBS owning the earlier part of the evening, it was NFL football vs. the live…

Struggling to gain ratings traction this season amidst political protests, Sunday Night Football went for a big-play performance of sorts last night as the New England Patriots took on the Denver Broncos. Simply put, with neither team kneeling during the national anthem, the primetime Week 10 NFL game on NBC saw the…

At the halfway point now in the NFL season, the much traveled Oakland Raiders pulled off a Sunday Night Football win against the Miami Dolphins as yet again protests stole much of the game's thunder. The Raiders' Week 9 27-24 victory saw the Dolphins' Michael Thomas, Julius Thomas and wide receiver Kenny Stills kneel…

Jeff Kober (Sully) is set for a key recurring role in CBS’ veteran crime drama series NCIS: Los Angeles. Kober will portray Harris Keane, who will play an important part in Hetty's (Linda Hunt) past and their meeting will change Hetty’s future. His first episode will air November 5. Kober is currently shooting a…

The whirlwind NFL season of protests, outrage and ratings declines has flipped the script again — and then again. Up a touch in metered market results from last week, Sunday Night Football looks to be again clearly delivering a win for NBC, but as of now the game is down in the key ratings demo. On a day that saw…