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TV Ratings: 'Criminal Minds,' 'CSI' help CBS dominate Pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday
1 hour ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Fast National ratings for Wednesday, November 27, 2013. With much of the competition taking the night off, CBS dominated Thanksgiving Eve in all measures with new episodes of "Survivor," "Criminal Minds" and "CSI." Among the limited competition, Fox's "X Factor" and NBC's "Making of 'The Sound of Music'" special drew only limited audience as well. And for whatever it's worth, The CW's airing of the holiday classic "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" did the same key demo rating as ABC's repeat of "Nashville." On to the numbers... Among adults 18-49, CBS drew a 2.2 rating, easily winning »
- Daniel Fienberg
Dancing With the Stars Season 17 Finale Recap: And the Winner Is…
26 November 2013 8:12 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
After all the sensational sambas, terrific tangos, relentless injuries and shocking eliminations, we’ve finally reached the end of Season 17 of Dancing With The Stars.
With the Mirrorball Trophy tantalizingly close to their grips, Amber Riley and Corbin Blue entered the finale as co-favorites, with the inspiring, surprising Jack Osbourne taking the dark horse role. And fittingly, the ballroom crackled with an “anything can happen” atmosphere.
With just one remaining dance each (a challenging “fusion” round) for our trio of celebs, Tuesday night’s two-hour show was packed with more filler than Joan Rivers’ face (oh hush, I love Joan, »
- Michael Slezak
OneRepublic Founder Joins ‘The Voice’ as In-House Producer, Songwriter
27 November 2013 9:08 AM, PST | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“The Voice” is beefing up its professional talent roster, as Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic joins the NBC series as its first-ever in-house producer and songwriter.
Tedder, who served as an adviser this season on “The Voice,” co-founded OneRepublic and supplies the vocals for tracks including “Apologize,” “Stop and Stare” and “Good Life.” As “The Voice’s” in-house producer and songwriter, he will work with the final three artists this season, penning original songs stylized for each contestant.
The finalists will perform the original songs at the conclusion of the season on Dec. 17. (Like all performances on “The Voice,” the tracks will then be available for download immediately following the episode broadcast on iTunes.)
Singing competitions including “American Idol,” “X Factor” and “The Voice” are typically known for having contestants cover songs from major artists, save “Idol’s” coronation songs for finalists, which have, at times, gone on to be chart-topping hits. »
- AJ Marechal
Xbox One Is Still Stuck in Cable’s Orbit
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The “one” in the name Xbox One is a little misleading when it comes to watching live TV through Microsoft’s new videogame console.
Though the device is being touted as an all-entertainment hub, accessing channels on it still requires a settop box from a pay-tv provider.
The Hdmi cord still required to connect the two boxes is the compromise Microsoft had to make in order to take its baby step toward revolutionizing how consumers interact with content.
Through Microsoft’s OneGuide, the Xbox One cleanly and cleverly organizes series from broadcast and cable networks, as well as the streaming content provided via entertainment apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon and Machinima. Like the new Windows, the OneGuide is a piece of software that lays on top of another — in this case, the often frustratingly slow and confusing onscreen listings of TV shows offered by most pay-tv providers.
OneGuide is smart and it works. »
- Marc Graser
British singer Cheryl Cole Settles ‘X Factor USA’ Legal Dispute
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
London — British singer Cheryl Cole has settled a legal dispute with the producers of “X Factor USA,” according to U.K. press reports.
Cole, who achieved fame with the band Girls Aloud, had inked a deal to appear as a judge in two seasons of Simon Cowell’s talent show, but was dropped after filming just one episode in 2011. Nicole Scherzinger replaced her. According to media reports, there were fears that U.S. viewers could not understand her, because of her strong regional accent — she comes from Newcastle in the North of England.
She sued Blue Orbit for $2.3 million for loss of earnings earlier this year. The dispute has now been settled out-of-court, with Blue Orbit paying her an undisclosed sum, the BBC reported Thursday.
The pay or play deal was for $1.8 million for the first season, and $2 million for the second, according to legal papers filed in L.A. »
- Leo Barraclough
Frank Darabont Looks Ahead to ‘Mob City’ After Tense ‘Walking Dead’ Departure
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
It’s 10:45 a.m. on a Thursday, and Frank Darabont is groggy. With barely a month left until the premiere of his latest TV series, TNT’s “Mob City,” the workload is weighing on him.
“I don’t escape it in my sleep,” Darabont says between sips of coffee. “I go home, and whatever amount of sleep I do get, I’m dreaming about being on set and all the thorny possible things that could happen, but it’s an abstraction of those problems. … It’s just my subconscious messing with me. It’s always been that way.”
Sitting on the floor of his Spanish-style offices in Los Feliz, Darabont takes drags off an e-cig, vaguely resembling the characters in his period drama that draws on the rich heritage of L.A. noir — except that he’s wearing one of his signature Hawaiian shirts, and his nearby iPhone is »
- AJ Marechal
TV ratings: 'Criminal Minds' leads CBS to a big win against soft competition
1 hour ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013
The CBS win was even larger than normal since it had all-new episodes up against ABC's reruns, NBC's special programming, "The X Factor" and a movie on the CW. "Criminal Minds" was the top show of the night with 11 million viewers.
The Peacock won with 10.2 million viewers and a 6.2 rating/11 share in households. NBC was second with 4.89 million viewers and a 3.0/5, followed closely by Fox at 4.86 million and a 2.8/5. ABC was fourth at 3.6 million viewers and a 2.3/4 and the CW brought up the rear with 1.8 million and a 1.1/2.
The 18-49 demo title also went to CBS with a 2.2, followed by NBC (1.4), Fox (1.2), ABC (0.8) and the CW (0.5).
Wednesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "Survivor: Blood vs. Water" (8.8 million viewers, 5.1/9 households)
NBC: "The Making of the Sound of Music Live" (4.9 million, 3.2/5)
ABC: "The Middle" rerun (4.89 million, 3.1/5)/"Last Man Standing" rerun (4.3 million, 2.7/5)
Fox: "The X Factor" (4.8 million, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
America’s Next Top TV Exec: Come on Down!
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Every Hollywood executive has a similar story. They attend a holiday dinner or party, mention what they do, and get pitched ideas by some idiot nephew, enthusiastic neighbor or irritating friend of a friend.
Some are no doubt more polite than others, but invariably they come back with a similar retort — that while from afar it might seem like anybody can do what they do, the job really isn’t as easy as it looks.
Lately, though, the success of newer players, particularly in the failure-prone world of ordering and acquiring TV shows, has dealt that argument a bit of a blow, demystifying the process of identifying popular programming or the notion that those weaned on development meetings and focus groups can claim such skill or intuition as their exclusive province.
At least when cable networks started becoming aggressive about airing original content, networks could take comfort in the idea »
- Brian Lowry
Heroines of Cinema: Reed Morano, The Next Big Thing in American Cinematography
1 hour ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Thirty-six-year-old Reed Morano is fast becoming one of independent cinema’s most exciting cinematographers. First gaining notice for shooting 2008’s “Frozen River”, she is coming to the end of her biggest year yet. In January, “Kill your Darlings” premiered at Sundance, swiftly followed by a hallowed nomination to the American Society of Cinematographers (one of only eleven female members). Films shot since include the forthcoming “War Story” with Catherine Keener and Ben Kingsley, offbeat drama "The Skeleton Twins" with Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Luke Wilson and Rob Reiner’s “And So It Goes” with Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton. Meanwhile, she has just wrapped the entire debut season of HBO’s new gay-themed series “Looking”. Cinematography has been a traditional minefield for women, as I wrote about last year. Among many damning statistics, no woman has ever been nominated for an Academy Award, while only 2% of last year’s »
- Matthew Hammett Knott
NBA Inks U.K. Deal with Pay TV Operator BT
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
London — U.K. pay TV operator BT has inked a deal with the National Basketball Assn. for exclusive live television coverage of NBA games, as well as other NBA programming.
The NBA coverage, which will air on the BT Sport platform, tips off on Dec. 1 as the Indiana Pacers take on the L.A. Clippers.
Coverage will include weekly games on Sundays. Fans will also be able to access selected games streamed live and for free on the BT Sport website and BT Sport App. Up to 200 games across the season will appear on the BT platforms. There will be up to seven live games per week throughout the regular season, and the first and second rounds of the Playoffs, as well as every game of the Conference Finals, culminating in the NBA Finals in June.
Also included in the partnership will be several magazine shows: “NBA Action,” which combines »
- Leo Barraclough
Throwback Thursday: The single greatest moment from a 'Will & Grace' Thanksgiving episode -- Video
2 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Will & Grace’s Jack McFarland is one of my all-time favorite characters to ever grace the small screen. From crafting the greatest 50-second entrance in sitcom history to that time he danced with J.Lo and everything in between, Jack gave me some of my most memorable TV moments. And considering today is Thanksgiving, I thought it would be fitting to relive one of Jack’s many highlights, which happened to occur during one of Will & Grace’s much-missed Thanksgiving episodes.
When our favorite foursome headed to Queens so Will could meet Vince’s family, things got a little, well, »
- Samantha Highfill
Exclusive Raising Hope Video: Molly Shannon Takes Over Howdy's — and Turns It Into a Hotel?
2 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Jimmy and Sabrina get a new boss on Raising Hope this Friday (Fox, 9/8c) when Saturday Night Live vet Molly Shannon kicks off her recurring gig as the new owner of Howdy’s supermarket.
In the following exclusive preview, Shannon’s Maxine wastes no time making changes to the store, including turning the deli case into a Japanese commuter hotel.
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While Barney is horrified, Sabrina is kind of inspired by the businesswoman’s “Maxinemize” philosphy.
Press Play on the video below to watch Maxine in action. »
- Vlada Gelman
'Duck Dynasty' Christmas special: Get ready for the pirducken
2 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
"Duck Dynasty" returns in December with an all new one-hour Christmas special on Wednesday, December 11 at 10/9c.
Ms. Kay will be preparing a "pirducken" -- a pig <-- turkey <-- duck <-- chicken -- which we have to believe is a delicious work of art. Jase takes on decorating duties with some redneck Christmas light designs (and we hope he has to untangle a set or two, because that would be comedy gold) while Phil ventures out onto the Robertson land to cut down the family tree. Meanwhile, Willie volunteers to play Santa at a children's church event and Si tags along as an uninvited elf, complete with his tea cup.
We've put together a full gallery of all the available photos from the Christmas special. Enjoy.
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- editorial@zap2it.com
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2013: Talk about it here!
2 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It’s that time of year, PopWatchers — when otherwise responsible parents camp out, exposing their children to threateningly low temperatures in order to see questionable lip synching and larger-than-life icons on puppet strings. No, I’m not talking about a Today show performance by One Direction… but close! It’s the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!
Like any good spectacular, there was no shortage of eleventh-hour drama: High winds in New York City nearly scuttled this year’s march through Manhattan (for only the second time in 87 years), but justice — and giant balloons! – prevailed. So buckle in, turkeys, because you »
- Lanford Beard
TVLine Readers Give Thanks for Scandal, Good Wife, Arrow, Originals, Veronica Mars and More!
4 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
TVLine asked you, our loyal readers, to tell us what you’re grateful for this TV season, and you were quick to give thanks for your favorites: Arrow‘s bold second season, damsels not in distress, a pair of Scandal-ous flames and much more!
Photos | What TVLine Is Thankful For This TV Season
From deliciously good villains to a P.I. from Neptune to the comedies filling the Happy Endings void, we’ve compiled your picks into a slideshow, complete with your jubilant prose. Take a look below to see what made the cut and then come celebrate with us in the comments. »
- Team TVLine
A viral video guide to a less awkward Thanksgiving dinner -- Video
4 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
So it’s that time of year again, PopWatchers. The table is set. The turkey’s about to come out of the oven. You’ve firmly claimed a spot at the adults table and you’re contemplating stuffing your face with yet another Parker House roll because you can’t think of anything else to say to your supposedly nearest and dearest dinner companions. But your Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t have to consist of force-fed small talk. ‘Tis also time of year to be thankful for… the internet. In addition to your manners, be sure to bring your smartphone to the table, »
- Jennifer Arellano
'Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade': Kellie Pickler, Joan Jett, and Hanukkah get represented
4 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
So what if Christmas decorations popped up on store shelves before Halloween? The season officially begins Thursday at 9 a.m. with the parade.
Yes, this is one of the few things in life so famous that it can be referred to that generally. Specifically, it is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 28.
For those keeping track, this is the 87th parade (it began in 1924 but was suspended 1942-44 during World War II). For three hours on NBC Thursday morning, it's a fair bet most people are watching "Today" regulars Al Roker, Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie chat about the lineup that includes the cast of "Duck Dynasty," Cirque du Soleil and Florida Georgia Line.
Jimmy Fallon and the Roots jam with the cast of "Sesame Street." The Rockettes will high-kick in front of the landmark 34th Street store, and casts from Broadway's "Motown: The Musical," "Matilda" and "The Sound of Music Live! »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Former ‘X Factor’ Judge Cheryl Cole Settles Legal Dispute With Producers
4 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
A little over a year ago, erstwhile X Factor judge Cheryl Cole sued producers Blue Orbit Productions for more than $2.3M. The case has now been settled out of court, with producers paying an undisclosed sum to the pop star, the BBC reported today. A spokesperson for Cole tells Deadline, “Cheryl’s dispute with Blue Orbit has been resolved amicably.” Cole was a three-time judge on The X Factor UK before being imported by Simon Cowell to serve as judge for the debut season of the American version in 2011. Amid much drama that summer, however, she was replaced by Nicole Scherzinger before the show went to air. In her suit, Cole claimed she was owed money under a pay or play contract. Cole had been paid $1.8M for Season 1 of the U.S. X Factor, but was seeking money for Season Two. Cole’s teams twice won the X Factor UK »
- NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
Happy Thanksgiving!
5 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
We hope you’re enjoying all the programs that will be airing today on TV. Specifically anything Charlie Brown or Football related. But just in case you’re not sleeping from all that turkey and gravy, just know there’s a nice line up of things to watch. Let’s just hope the wind dies down for the Macy’s [&hellip
Happy Thanksgiving! »
- Nat
Your guide to Thanksgiving Day marathons 2013
5 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
If there were one holiday that was tailor-made for sitting on the coach and indulging in a marathon of your favorite show, it would be Thanksgiving. So if you find yourself unable to help in the kitchen or simply not interested in the parade — which starts at 9 a.m. on NBC and CBS — and/or football viewing parties around you, we’ve rounded up some of your other viewing options for the day. And we’re talking the entire day. It’s TV marathon time!
From morning until night — assuming you don’t fall asleep post-turkey — here’s what your »
- Samantha Highfill
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