There will be no third chapter for Resurrection, with the supernatural ABC drama not getting a renewal. Resurrection was a big breakout for ABC last season, delivering the strongest launch for a new series on the network when it opened after the Oscars in spring 2014. But, with its high-concept of dead loved ones…

On a quiet Sunday between the AFC Championship game and the Super Bowl viewers gravitated towards pageantry and silly videos. NBC’s three-hour broadcast of the 63rd Annual Miss Universe Pageant (2.0/6 in 18-49, 7.6 million viewers) was the top program of the night in the demo and earned the beauty pageant its top…

As November sweeps gimmicks go, some always work better than others – especially if you have timing on your side. However, for the most part, you've got your guest appearances and you've got your crossovers. Last night Fox took the latter through time and space on The Simpsons (2.9/8) – at least if you are a Matt…

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers rolled the Baltimore Ravens 43-23 last night on Sunday Night Football, and NBC and the NFL didn't do badly either. With no World Series competition, the battle between old rivals delivered a 6.1/16 preliminary rating with 17.02 million watching from 8:15-11:30…

EXCLUSIVE: Another week in Hollywood, another battle over commissions heading to the courts. Last week it was Bad Judge's Kate Walsh going after her ex-managers for money that the star of the new NBC show says she doesn't owe them. In late August, Criminal Minds' Thomas Gibson’s former manager sued him for the 10% he…

The ratings power of crossovers was in full display last night with big returns for a Frozen-themed Once Upon A Time and a The Simpsons-flavored Family Guy. Frozen bestowed some of its box-office magic on ABC’s Once Upon A Time. Kicking off its hyped Frozen arc, Once opened its fourth season with a 3.4 fast national…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains references to story elements and events in Season 3 of Game of Thrones Michelle Fairley is coming back from the dead. No, this is not a surprise plot twist on HBO’s blockbuster Game of Thrones, where Fairley’s Catelyn Stark faced a spectacular demise. The Northern Irish actress is…

EXCLUSIVE: With filming underway in LA, The Woman In Gold has added Frances Fisher to its cast. Fisher, whose ABC freshman hit Resurrection was renewed for a second season, joins Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Orphan Black‘s Tatiana Maslany, Daniel Brühl, and Katie Holmes in the fact-based drama about a Holocaust…

NBC has won the 2013-14 TV season — but you already knew that — with Sunday Night Football finishing the season as the No. 1 show in primetime in total viewers (21.528 million viewers) and among adults 18-49 (9.971 million viewers), based on Live+Same Day data from Nielsen. NBC’s The Blacklist and ABC’s Resurrection…

They were really building something on The Simpsons (1.9/6) on Sunday. "You're right," Marge said to a questioning Bart last night, "something is different about the Simpsons today." Of course, the answer wasn't just that Homer was "wearing a tie." It was that the Fox show was almost completely full of the Danish…

While AMC’s The Walking Dead wrapped its fourth season last night, there were no premieres or finales on primetime broadcast TV on Sunday, but there sure was a lot of action. For one thing, CBS‘ primetime was pushed back more than 20 minutes on the East Coast and the Central time zone due to overruns from the NCAA Tour…

ABC has pulled the plug on midseason drama Mind Games after five low-rated airings. For the next two weeks, the network will use the Tuesday 10 PM slot for extra sampling of its promising midseason Sunday drama Resurrection, which will air repeats in the slot. Beginning April 15, ABC will launch Season 3 of utility…