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CBS’ new reality competition series Tough As Nails lived up to its title and topped Wednesday’s primetime ratings, delivering a 0.6 in the adults 18-49 demographic and netting 4.07 million viewers. The two-hour premiere episode was followed by a rerun of S.W.A.T, which gave the network a 0.5 average and a share of the…

CBS’ Game On! saw a tenth bump from last week’s series debut to pace Wednesday’s primetime with a 0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.35 million viewers. The night’s other summer game show, Fox’s Ultimate Tag (0.4, 1.58M), saw a tenth dip. On a quiet night of more repeats than originals, ABC aired its…

Fox’s Ultimate Tag and the CBS comedy game show Game On! shared the top spot in Wednesday primetime, with both delivering a 0.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic. The extreme version of the classic playground game netted 1.86 million viewers, but Game On! surpassed it, tallying 3.58 million viewers. On the CW, Bul…

ABC’s “Wonderful World of Disney” presentation of Pixar’s Up won Wednesday in broadcast primetime, delivering a 0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.36 million viewers. That’s a two-tenths lift from last week’s presentation of Thor: The Dark World, and it led in to a new episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I…

It was a Wednesday night of comic book heroes on ABC with the Season 7 premiere of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The superhero series kicked off its final season delivering a 0.4 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 1.93 million viewers, staying on par with last season’s averages. The network primed the Marvel…

The team behind Fox's Ultimate Tag hope that NFL stars JJ Watt and his brothers TJ and Derek fronting a physical competition format will sate viewers missing out on live sports. It's certainly a bit louder than live marble racing. The show, which is based on the playground game of chase or tag, essentially sees…

Fox has dropped its first teaser trailer for physical competition format Ultimate Tag and has set its premiere launch for May 20. The show, which launches at 9 pm, was also designed for a summer run, and with all episodes in the can, it is one of the few non-scripted shows that hasn't been interrupted by the…

Editors' Note: The television business is in a state of flux as the global coronavirus pandemic continues to claim thousands of lives and hit the economy. This is one of several stories that will look at how the non-scripted industry is dealing with the crisis. ABC's American Idol is supposed to begin airing live…

Fox Entertainment in May launched an in-house unscripted studio to provide reality series for the newly independent broadcast network, starting with Season 2 of flagship The Masked Singer. The network’s CEO Charlie Collier said at the time that the company's overall mission to keep a lid on costs. In line with that…

NFL players J.J., T.J. and Derek Watt are to front a physical competition format based on a classic playground game for Fox. The broadcaster has ordered Ultimate Tag from Znak & Co, the production company run by Masterchef exec producer Natalka Znak. The high-octane series, based on the playground game where players…