TV News RoundupA Quick Hit of Current Headlines
- (05/30) NBC officially cancels sitcom ABBY'S and dramas THE VILLAGE and THE ENEMY WITHIN.
- (05/28) NBC has cancelled AP BIO after 2 seasons.
- (05/21) Warner Bros. Studios has renewed THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW through 2022.
- (05/20) AMC cancels sci-fi series, HUMANS, after three seasons.
- (05/18) Game show WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE has been cancelled after 20 seasons.
- (05/17) NBC Universal is movie the series, DIRTY JOHN, from Bravo to USA, for season 2.
- (05/16) Amazon has cancelled THE TICK after two seasons.
- (05/15) CBS All Access has announced the new TREK series will officially be titled, STAR TREK: PICARD.
- (05/14) Actor/comedian, Tim Conway (THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, MCHALE'S NAVY, SPONGE BOB SQUAREPANTS) passes away at age 85.
- (05/13) USA Network will reboot the reality series, THE BIGGEST LOSER, premiering in 2020.
- (05/13) Singer/Actress Doris Day (THE DORIS DAY SHOW) passes away at the age of 97.
Netflix UK & Ireland has begun to release top 10 lists of its more popular programming, a few different categories. We will pass along these list as they are published, and eventually Netflix should be expanding the lists to other markets, including North America/USA.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — May 29, 2019 — NBC has tied for #1 in primetime results for the week of May 20-26 in the key demographic of adults 18-49 and won the week outright in total viewers, according to “live plus same day” viewership figures from Nielsen Media Research.
The second season premiere of WHISTLEBLOWER was Friday’s #1 broadcast at 8:00 PM and posted year-to-year increases with series highs in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Friday, May 24.
The NBA Playoffs once again dominate the sports week, taking four of the top five spots. The ESPN Western Conference Finals was #1 with 7.8 million viewers, while TNT place three Eastern Conference games, averaging six million viewers.
The much anticipated live remake of Disneys ALADDIN topped the 4-day Memorial Day weekend, scoring nearly $113 million in its first four days of release. $22 million was brought in on Monday, alone.
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ABC Wednesday Prime Time (8:00-11:00 p.m. – 7.8 million and 1.3/7 in AD18-49):
The NBA Playoffs dominate the sports week, as the conference Championships take the top five spots and six of the first eight. Three of the games draw over seven million viewers and just one, was under five million.
JOHN WICK 3 was the "endgame", topping the Marvel film for the #1 spot on the Box Office chart. The Keanu Reeves film grossed over $57 million in its first three days, topping AVENGERS ENDGAME by nearly $30 million. This is the best opening of the three JOHN WICK films, getting $27 million more than Chapter Two, back in 2017. FOR ENDGAME, it crossed over the $770 million mark, domestically, passing AVATAR as the #2 film on the all-time chart, $170 million behind STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.
