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Netflix Rumored To Want Gerard Depardieu For French ‘House Of Cards’
24 May 2015 3:22 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Netflix reportedly is courting Gerard Depardieu to play a French version of the conniving U.S. president played by Kevin Spacey in House Of Cards, according to Radio Europe1. Marseille would mark Netflix's first French-language production. Marseille would be produced in France by the French, Europe1 said. The idea has not been popular in France, with French filmmakers fretting that Netflix’s incursion on their home turf could hurt the industry as well as dilute the… »
Sweden’s Mans Zelmerlow Wins Eurovision Song Contest in Front of 195 Million Viewers
24 May 2015 12:21 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
London — Sweden’s Mans Zelmerlow won the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday in Vienna, Austria. The show attracted a television audience estimated at 195 million across 45 countries, including China for the first time.
Mans performed the power pop anthem “Heroes,” which was written by Anton Malmberg Hard af Segerstad, Joy Deb and Linnea Deb. The runner-up was Russia’s Polina Gagarina, who sang “A Million Voices.” Italy finished in third place.
The 27 finalists included Australia, which was taking part for the first time. The finalists performed live in front of an audience of 10,000 at the Wiener Stadthalle in the Austrian capital. This followed semi-finals, in which 40 countries took part, on May 19 and 21.
The show was a co-production between the European Broadcasting Union and Austrian broadcaster Orf. More than 1,600 journalists from 85 countries covered the event in Vienna.
After the contest, the ballots cast by Macedonia and Montenegro were »
- Leo Barraclough
Charter-tw Cable: Broadband Will Be Focal Point of Deal Approval
52 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The biggest regulatory hurdle Charter Communications likely will face in its mega-bid for Time Warner Cable is the question of control over the U.S.’s broadband pipes — the issue that prompted Comcast to abandon its own bid for Tw Cable.
The Charter’s $78.7 billion takeover of Tw Cable, together with its acquisition of Bright House Networks, would yield an entity with about 20 million broadband subscribers. That’s still less than Comcast, which had 22.4 million at the end of Q1.
Charter-twc-Bright House would own about 30% share of broadband as defined by the Federal Communications Commission as providing 25 megabits per second of bandwidth downstream. By comparison, Comcast-tw Cable would have controlled roughly 57%.
Still, there’s regulatory risk. Simply being smaller than Comcast may not be a guarantee that Charter’s tie-up with Tw Cable and Bright House will be approved, analyst Craig Moffett wrote in a research note Tuesday.
“Ultimately, the »
- Todd Spangler
Heroes Reborn: Orphan Black Alum Dylan Bruce Joins NBC Revival
55 minutes ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Don’t worry, Orphan Black fans: Dylan Bruce is about to be Reborn.
The actor will recur on NBC’s upcoming Heroes Reborn revival. (And if you don’t want to know what became of Ob‘s Paul, don’t read the last paragraph of this story.)
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The Peacock network isn’t releasing any details about Bruce’s character, our sister site Deadline reports, but the actor will recur in the event series, which will air Thursdays this fall.
Reborn is a continuation of NBC’s superhero drama Heroes, which originally ran »
Ratings: NBC’s ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Returns Strong
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
NBC was the broadcast leader in key demos Monday thanks to a nice return for “American Ninja Warrior” and an Ok start for another alternative series, “The Island.”
Early ratings weren’t available for History’s miniseries “Texas Rising,” which launched last night. Over at Espn, Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals between Houston and Golden State averaged a 6.0 overnight household rating, which should translate into more than 7 million viewers in the nationals.
According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, “American Ninja Warrior” averaged a 1.8 rating/6 share in adults 18-49 and 5.9 million viewers overall to stand as the night’s No. 1 series in both categories. It was up 12% (0.2) from the show’s year-ago premiere, which aired from 9 to 11, and matched the show’s season finale of last summer. “Ninja” was followed by the series premiere of Bear Grylls’ latest show for the network, “The Island” (1.2/4 in 18-49, 4.0 million viewers »
- Rick Kissell
Ratings: Ninja Warrior Tops Memorial Day, Up From Previous Premiere
1 hour ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
The season opener of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior on Memorial Day drew 5.9 million total viewers and a 1.8 demo rating, leading the night in both measures and up 16 percent and two tenths from its previous opener.
Versus its September finale, Anw added a few eyeballs while steady in the demo.
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Leading out of that, The Island retained 4 mil and a 1.2, placing third and second (behind an NCIS: La rerun) in the time slot.
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Over on ABC, 500 Questions (5.2 mil/1.1) scored »
Digital Audience Ratings: Bieber Boosts ‘Corden’ Over ‘Letterman’ Finale
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Provided by ListenFirst Media, Dar – TV measures what entertainment content is resonating most across Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube and Wikipedia combined. For more on the methodology behind Dar – TV, scroll to the bottom of the article.
Digital Audience Ratings (Dar) – TV Broadcast Monday May 18, 2015 – Sunday May 24, 2015 Rank Last Week Program Rating(000) 1 1 The Voice 32,042 2 5 America’s Got Talent 7,927 3 7 Dancing With The Stars 5,644 4 4 Glee 4,385 5 – America’s Funniest Home Videos 4,272 6 3 American Idol 3,155 7 2 Supergirl 3,091 8 8 Empire 3,067 9 10 The Simpsons 2,682 10 9 The Flash 2,264 –
Cable/Streaming Monday May 18, 2015 – Sunday May 24, 2015 Rank Last Week Program Rating(000) 1 1 Lip Sync Battle 6,337 2 4 Game of Thrones 4,709 3 3 Top Gear 4,459 4 6 Pretty Little Liars 4,306 5 – WWE Raw 4,180 6 8 Key and Peele 3,564 7 5 Inside Amy Schumer 3,564 8 9 Fake Off 2,607 9 10 Dance Moms 1,881 10 – Impact Wrestling 1,606 –
Late Night Monday May 18, 2015 – Sunday May 24, 2015 Rank Last Week Program Rating(000) 1 1 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 51,097 2 5 The Late Late Show With James Corden 27,515 3 4 Late Show With David Letterman 23,091 4 3 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 19,733 5 2 Conan 15,555 –
Trending Monday May 18, 2015 – Sunday »
- Jason Klein
U.K. Broadcaster ITV Calls Off Pursuit of TV Arm of The Weinstein Company: Report
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
London — U.K. network ITV has ruled out a bid for the TV division of The Weinstein Co., according to a report in Broadcast magazine.
It had previously been reported by several outlets that the U.K. commercial channel was lining up an offer of $970 million for TWC’s TV arm.
ITV has been on a buying spree in the U.S. and Europe over the past five years, acquiring major stakes in producers of both scripted and unscripted shows. In 2013, for example, ITV took a controlling stake in Thinkfactory Media, the U.S. producer of reality, entertainment and drama shows, including the Emmy award-winning “Hatfields & McCoys,” and “Texas Rising,” which premiered Monday on History.
TWC has ramped up its TV activity in the past few years both in the scripted and unscripted arenas. The company’s roster includes Lifetime’s “Project Runway,” VH1’s “Mob Wives,” National Geographic TV »
- Leo Barraclough
Matt's Inside Line: Scoop on Gotham, Major Crimes, Wayward Pines, Extant, Hannibal, Defiance, Lumen and More
2 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Which DC Comics baddies are en route to Gotham? Who has Defiance in their crosshairs? How does one get to Wayward Pines? Which procedural is planning the “worst honeymoon” ever? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.
Hey TVLine! I want some DC Comics TV scoop, please! Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow…. Give me all you got! –Keith
What I’ve got is… Fox’s Gotham casting for Season 2 a “male DC Villain” described as “intelligent, cultured and highly articulate,” “extremely attractive, both seductive and threatening,” as well as a female DC »
Two Traveling Cats Journey To Sprout For ‘Ollie & Moon Show’ In 2017
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Two traveling cats are about to set on a path that will bring another original series to Sprout, the kid-focused cable network operated by NBCUniversal.
“The Ollie & Moon Show” has been greenlit by Sprout for a 2017 debut. In the series, two animated cats travel around the world. teaching viewers about “the joy of unlikely friendships and global citizenship,” the network said in a statement. The series will use art that blends live-action with 2D designs.
Announcement of the series shows Sprout continuing to launch original series rather than increasing its dependence on older programming from other sources. Before NBCU bought control of the network from partners, Sprout relied heavily on old PBS Kids series like “Sesame Street” and “Caillou,” which continue to appear on its schedule. PBS and Sesame Workshop were partners in Sprout when the network began.
In the recent past, Sprout has unveiled new originals like “Nina’s World, »
- Brian Steinberg
TV Review: ‘Aquarius’
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Using the Manson Family two years before the Tate-labianca murders as a portal into 1960s counterculture, “Aquarius” is actually pretty groovy — a bit like a poor man’s “La Confidential” in its revisionist look at the Lapd in a tumultuous earlier time. That makes NBC’s handling of this David Duchovny vehicle puzzling: In making all the episodes available online after its premier, it’s either an interesting experiment, charitably speaking, or an unceremonious dumping of a project whose prospects are, admittedly, uncertain. While the dawning of “Aquarius” is hardly revolutionary, the show does kick off summer with a provocative, cable-like gamble.
Duchovny plays Sam Hodiak, a World War II vet and Lapd homicide detective, asked by a former girlfriend (Michaela McManus) to help find her missing 16-year-old daughter, Emma (Emma Dumont). The girl, it turns out, has been taken by, and soon falls under the spell of, Charles Manson »
- Brian Lowry
Where Are They Now? The Cast of Pushing Daisies
3 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
It’s crazy to think that it has been almost six years since the final pie was made at the Pie Hole on Pushing Daisies. From the incredible mind of Bryan Fuller, best known these days for his work on NBC’s Hannibal, Pushing Daisies was a fantastical dramedy that aired on ABC for two (abbreviated) seasons from 2007-2009. Debatably one of the major victims of the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Pushing Daisies was a “forensic fairy tale” that became loved for its writing, characters, and very unique visual style. It’s hard to believe that the internet would have allowed for the untimely cancellation of Pushing Daisies if it had happened in 2015’s landscape rather than 2009’s, but the 22 episodes of Pushing Daisies will be forever loved by fans that consistently hope for a revival of the show in some form. Creator Bryan Fuller has been met »
- Jasef Wisener
Time Warner Cable Stock Soars On Charter Bid
3 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Shares of Time Warner Cable rose noticeably in early trading Tuesday in the wake of an announcement that the New York company had agreed to be purchased by Charter Communications in a deal that makes the smaller company, controlled by media executive John Malone, a more substantial rival to Comcast Corp.
Shares in Time Warner Cable rose $7.42, or 4.33%, in earlier trading, to $178.60 on volume of about 7.94 million. Average daily volume is 4.74 million.
Meanwhile, shares of Charter dipped slightly, falling 24 cents a share, or .14%, to $175.09 on volume of about 4.52 million. Average daily volume is 1.5 million.
The deal, like a scuttled one by Comcast to acquire Time Warner Cable that was prepared and debated over much of 2014 and this year, raises the stakes in the media sector, where distribution of content has become as important as the TV shows and streaming-video vignettes that occupy so much of the nation’s free time. »
- Brian Steinberg
Reality Check: Does Adam Levine Need a Voice Vacation? Plus: Six Critical Tweaks for Idol's Final Season!
3 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
This summer’s gonna hurt like a mother: Worst Maroon 5 lyric ever — or the lament of Idol and Voice fans now that their favorite singing competitions have wrapped their respective seasons?
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In either event, here’s hoping the season finale of Reality Check helps remove some of the sting. My co-host Melinda Doolittle and I are dishing the highs and lows of The Voice‘s Season 8 finale — from Sawyer Fredericks’ righteous win to Kelly Clarkson’s general aura of awesomeness to those terrible, »
Get to Know the Stars of NBC’s Aquarius
3 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
One of the most highly anticipated new shows of the summer is NBC’s Aquarius, a drama about a police sergeant in 1967 who, through the course of a missing persons investigation, gets caught up with the one-and-only Charles Manson. The show has been anticipated since its announcement, and expectations have increased exponentially during the past few weeks. The cast is a star-studded one, and it is definitely one of the main things that audiences are looking forward to from the show, which is described by NBC as an “event series.” Let’s take a look at the cast of NBC’s Aquarius: David Duchovny as Sam Hodiak Perhaps the most prolific actor on the cast, David Duchovny is best known for playing the role of Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files, a long-running sci-fi series on Fox. Aside from his role on The X-Files, Duchovny is well-known for his »
- Jasef Wisener
'Twin Peaks' Will Return With 18 Episodes, Angelo Badalamenti Composing All New Music
3 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Now that a détente has been reached between David Lynch and Showtime over the upcoming "Twin Peaks" revival, we can return to wondering just what's going to be coming in the latest adventures of the cult TV show. And as promised, it will be bigger than anticipated. During the "Twin Peaks" panel at Crypticon in Seattle, Sherilyn Fenn and Sheryl Lee revealed two big pieces of news: there will be eighteen new episodes of "Twin Peaks," all directed by David Lynch, and his longtime collaborator Angelo Badalamenti would be composing all new music. Yep, we'll take a slice of cherry pie to go with that. This effectively doubles the nine episodes that were announced when the Showtime deal was first revealed, and suggests this will be more than just your standard waltz through the past. Read More: Watch 'Sesame Street' Takes on 'Twin Peaks' With 'Twin Beaks' Production is scheduled to begin in September, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Dumbledore Actor Michael Gambon to Play Winston Churchill in ITV-Masterpiece Film
4 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
London — Michael Gambon, who was Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies, is to play Winston Churchill in ITV and Masterpiece’s feature-length film “Churchill’s Secret.” Lindsay Duncan co-stars as Clementine Churchill.
Set during the summer months of 1953, Churchill — now British Prime Minister for the second time and in his late 70s — suffers a life-threatening stroke, which is kept secret from the world. Told from the viewpoint of his young nurse, Millie Appleyard, the drama follows his battle to recover as his long-suffering wife, Clemmie, desperately hopes the stroke will force Winston to retire, while his political friends and foes plot to determine who will succeed him. Meanwhile, his adult children descend on his home, Chartwell, unsure if he will pull through, as tensions within his family begin to surface.
Filming will begin next month in London, and at Chartwell in Kent. The film will air in the U. »
- Leo Barraclough
The Five Best Episodes of Hannibal (So Far)
4 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Since April 4, 2013, Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal has been an absolute dream for millions of people around the world. What started off as an ill-advised adaptation of one of the most famous characters in literature and film has blossomed into what is perhaps the most well-crafted television series in history. An elegant horror masterpiece, Hannibal keeps fans on pins and needles in anticipation of the next episode every single week. Ahead of the Season 3 premiere on Thursday, June 4, here’s a look at what I think are the best episodes of Hannibal (so far). Spoilers for Seasons 1 and 2 of Hannibal Follow: 5. “Entrée” (Season 1, Episode 6) “Here we are, a bunch of psychopaths helping each other out.” – Freddie Lounds For the first few episodes of Hannibal, the show played as a killer-of-the-week detective drama. It was still expertly crafted, and the cases were always incredibly interesting, but, other than…
The Five Best Episodes »
- Jasef Wisener
Charter CEO: Tw Cable Acquisition Will Lead to ‘Better Industry’ Overall
4 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge predicted the union of Charter and Time Warner Cable will benefit the cable industry overall as the enlarged company will be able to invest in upgraded services and innovative products.
“I think there’s a better industry as a result of this combination,” Rutledge said in a conference call Tuesday morning to discuss details of the $78.7 billion transaction with Wall Streeters. Rutledge specifically referred to the potential for expanding the cooperation among cable giants to offer public wifi networks to subscribers. That model of inter-operable systems can be a template for other products and services, he said.
“In this structure we’ll be able to make those kinds of opportunities work better and easier,” Rutledge said. “There will be less people to coordinate (with) to make those new products work.”
In talking up the benefits of the complex transaction to buy Tw Cable and Bright House Networks, »
- Cynthia Littleton
Charter Communications to Buy Time Warner Cable in $78.7 Billion Deal
7 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Charter Communications has confirmed that it will buy Time Warner Cable in a deal that valued at $78.7 billion. The mega merger sets Charter up as a formidable rival to Comcast Corp. in the cable and broadband service arena.
The agreement hammered out in the four weeks since Comcast withdrew its $45 billion acquisition offer for Tw Cable works out to a pricetag of $195.71 per share for Tw Cable shareholders, based on Charter’s market closing price on May 20.
The combination will give the enlarged Charter a footprint of 23.9 million subscribers in 41 states, notably the prime markets of New York City and Los Angeles where Tw Cable is entrenched. The company projects that after the deal closes, it would have 17.3 million video subscribers and 19.4 million broadband subs. By comparison, Comcast has 27.2 million subscribers, nearly 23 million of which are traditional video subs and 22 million are broadband customers.
Charter CEO Tom Rutledge said Tuesday »
- Leo Barraclough and Cynthia Littleton
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