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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/6/20)
ABC: The Bachelor (Premiere) at 8pm
CARTOON NETWORK: Infinity Train (Premiere) at 7:30pm
FOOD NETWORK: Kids Baking Championship (Premiere) at 9pm
GSN: Get A Clue (Premiere) at 4pm
NBC: America’s Got Talent: The Champions (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Manifest (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Antiques Roadshow (Premiere) at 8pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Miami (Premiere) at 9pm
Ricky Gervais landed both laughs and groans as host of Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, where the A-listers in the room were, as usual, his prime targets. Encouraging winners to just thank their agents and God, Gervais noted, “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything…most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.” That didn’t keep presenter Jennifer Aniston from reading a speech from Best Actor/Miniseries winner Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice), who was in his home country, Australia, as wildfires raged, that urged climate change action based on science.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A newly unsealed PBS investigative report related to lawsuits over the dismissal of Tavis Smiley accuses the former talk show host of engaging in sexual relationships with subordinates and guests, verbal abuse and unwanted sexual comments. Smiley, who hosted Tavis Smiley for 14 years, denies the allegations. Smiley sued PBS for breach of contract when his show was canceled amid misconduct allegations; in a countersuit, PBS is asking for the return of $1.9 million in production advances. A trial is scheduled for February 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Directors Guild of America sent an email to members informing them that the submission for Jill Soloway for Transparent Musical Finale was “inadvertently omitted” from the ballot. Anyone who wished to recast their vote was offered the opportunity to do so online; nominations are slated to be announced today.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A&E’s Live PD was the #1 program in 2019 in DVR and VOD viewing, according to Vizio TV data unit Inscape. The Voice and This Is Us placed second and third in the DVR category, while Teen Mom 2 and Grey’s Anatomy followed in VOD viewing. The top three programs for OTT were Grey’s Anatomy, Live PD and This Is Us. The top eight programs in live viewing were sports and news shows – #9 was Friends. In 2018, Live PD was tops in DVR, VOD and OTT viewing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A former member of Discovery’s Deadliest Catch crew was one of two survivors of a boating accident in rough, icy waters off the coast of Alaska. Dean Gribble Jr. was found along with another passenger suffering from hypothermia after the crabbing vessel capsized; five other people were missing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BBC America handed Killing Eve an early season four renewal, months ahead of its season three premiere. “How could we not have massive confidence in Killing Eve? It has won big in every major award show and is the highest growing show on US television for six years,” said Sarah Barnett, President, AMC Networks Entertainment Group and AMC Studios. Season two of the drama had the highest rate of growth of any returning TV drama since the final season of AMC’s Breaking Bad in 2013, doubling its season one audience in Live+SD Nielsens.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is teaming with Blumhouse Television to develop an interview series featuring topical, provocative subject matter. Blumhouse is also producer of Showtime’s The Loudest Voice, which tells the story of FNC founder Roger Ailes and Carlson’s part in his downfall. “We see a kindred spirit in Gretchen who is unafraid to shine a light where others may not dare to look and we’re happy that she has made Blumhouse a home,” said Blumhouse TV co-presidents Jeremy Gold and Marci Wiseman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Daily morning shows E! News and Pop of the Morning debut today on E! at 7a and 11a, respectively. In E! News, hosts Lilliana Vazquez and Scott Tweede cover pop culture, lifestyle and entertainment stories, while Pop offers an unfiltered, more in-depth and irreverent look at news stories.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Amazon Prime Video’s Hunters makes its debut Friday, February 21.Conspiracy thriller series starring Al Pacino follows a band of Nazi hunters in 1977 NYC who discover a plot to create a Fourth Reich in the US.
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USA Network wrapped 2019 as the #1 cable net in the A18-49 demo for the third consecutive year, and among A25-54 for the second consecutive year, according to Nielsen. USA also boasted the #1 new series (Temptation Island), the #1 new drama (Treadstone) and the #1 returning drama (Queen of the South) among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NFL regular season football averaged 16.5 million viewers for the league’s national TV games, according to Nielsen, up 5% year-over-year. Digital viewership was up 51%, to 487,000.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Univision’s Feliz 2020 averaged 2 million Total Viewers, 830,000 A18-49 and 371,000 A18-34 on Tuesday, up +37%, +41% and +40%, respectively, versus 2018.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The season premiere of Fox’s Last Man Standing topped Thursday night among A18-49, with a 1.0 rating. ABC special What Is Jeopardy? was #1 in viewers, with 7.81 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Masked Singer debuted in the UK on Saturday, averaging a night-topping 5.5 million viewers for ITV, ahead of the season two premiere of Simon Cowell’s The Greatest Dancer (3.2 million). It was ITV’s best new entertainment premiere since 2013’s Splash!.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Economist Adam Smith died December 27 after battling cancer. He was 58. Smith, who was Futures Director at GroupM, was known in the ad industry for his “This Year Next Year” forecast.
(Source: Cynopsis)
2020 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
https://www.eonline.com/news/1106608/2020-golden-globe-awards-winners-the-complete-list
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker – $33.7 million
Jumanji: The Next Level – $26.5 million
Little Women – $13.6 million
The Grudge – $11.3 million
Frozen II – $11.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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