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Young Sheldon is heading to Nickelodeon. In an off-network sale, TV’s No. 1 comedy series is being added to Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon’s nighttime programming block, this fall. The first three seasons (65 episodes) of the CBS/WBTV sitcom will be available in November, with latter seasons coming to Nick at Nite…

There was no dead-cat ratings bounce for Council of Dads, but the just-canceled NBC freshman drama series did not end its run on a low note. The Season 1 and series finale drew 2.8 million total viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 Live+Same Day rating on Thursday. That was on par with last week in the demo and down just in…

HBO Max has snapped up the rights to Young Sheldon in the latest big streaming deal. The nascent digital platform, which launched this week, struck a deal with sister company Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for all three seasons to The Big Bang Theory spin-off. This brings all of the BBT universe under…

UPDATED with more numbers: The Parks and Recreation special topped Thursday in primetime with a 1.4 rating and 3.67 million viewers, with NBC saying today the telecast collected donations so far totaling $2.8 million. The zinger-filled special, the first appearance for the Emmy-winning comedy since its seven-season…

UPDATE with additional guests The casts of Young Sheldon, Desperate Housewives, Jessie and Barry will reunite for this week’s livestream episodes of Stars in the House, the series hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to raise donations for The Actors Fund’s COVID-19 efforts. Among the stars taking part are, among…

UPDATED with more shut down series: Warner Bros. Television Group has become the latest TV studio to confirm that they are shutting down or postponing production on some current series and pilots. The company is not revealing titles, but I hear the list of current series whose filming has been halted include CBS’ Young…

Grey’s Anatomy returned after last week’s sendoff for Justin Chambers’ Alex Karev, staying atop the Thursday primetime ratings heap with a 1.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.29 million viewers. Last night’s episode dipped just a tenth from last week, when the long-running medical drama saw its best…

ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, which wrapped up the story arc of Justin Chambers’ 16-year character Alex Karev on Thursday, scored a night-leading 1.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.31 million viewers. It marked the veteran medical drama’s best ratings result since its midseason return January 23. Bookended by Sta…

It was a big night for multiple winner Daddy Yankee at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards, and it was a very big night for Univision. Taking over the Spanish-language network's entire primetime, the 32nd annual Latin music show was a star-studded night with Ricky Martin, Natti Natasha, J Balvin, Sebastián Yatra, Christian…

The one-two punch of Station 19 and Grey’s Anatomy made ABC the top-rated network in primetime Thursday, a night that saw the second week of midseason offerings Indebted on NBC and Katy Keene on the CW fall from their premieres, and CBS’ Tommy starring Edie Falco hold steady. It was CBS with the night’s most-watched…

NBC’s The Good Place came to a tranquil end Thursday after its four-season run, as the supersized series finale of the Michael Shur-created comedy touched season highs with an 0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.35 million viewers. The finale episode, in which Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, Jason and the gang fin…

Proving that what goes up must come down, last night's primetime fell to Earth after shooting up into the ratings stratosphere with more Jeopardy!: Greatest of All Time and the ABC News special Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein. With an adults 18-49 win for Fox (0.7/4) and a viewership victory for CBS (5.4 million), the…