NBCUniversal and Twitter have announced a new multi-year global partnership. The agreement brings NBCUniversal’s digital content to Twitter, allowing marketers to meet global, national, and local audiences where they are; shape key cultural conversations as they unfold in real-time; and build innovative ad experiences around trending content—from sponsored sports highlights, to red carpet livestreams, to […]
NBCUniversal has opted against a second season of “Brave New World,” which marks the first cancellation for the introduced streaming service. Based on the novel by Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World” depicts a utopian society that has reached peace by prohibiting monogamy, privacy, money, family and history altogether. An artificial intelligence system called Indra is also […]
New NBCUniversal streamer Peacock, which officially launches on July 15, has reached a licensing deal with Viacom covering movies from Paramount and TV shows from across the company through limited exclusivity windows in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Under the deal, TV series from that library of product immediately available at Peacock will include comedies “Everybody […]
Syndicated daytime talk show “Maury,” hosted by Maury Povich, has been renewed by NBCUniversal for two more seasons, taking it through 2022. “Like my father used to say about his marriage to my mother after 60 years, we take this one decade at a time. With the ‘Maury’ show and NBC, it’s a great marriage,” […]
NBCUniversal has announced the second season pickup of first-run court strip “Judge Jerry,” with Jerry Springer. The series has been cleared in more than 95% of the U.S. on various station groups across the nation. In this current season, “Judge Jerry” premiered as the highest-rated court show in five years. The court strip is currently […]
NBCUniversal’s unnamed streaming service has its first original sitcom, “A.P. Bio,” which is produced by Lorne Michaels and was canceled by the network after two seasons. The series stars “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star Glen Howerton as a disgraced Harvard professor who gets a second lease on life when he takes a job as […]
With midseason officially here, the following is a timeline of notable events during the first 15 days in January. Listed in order of date (and incorporating network, digital, cable and syndication), included are new program announcements, series renewals, rating highlights, scheduling announcements, awards show winners, historical highlights, industry provider updates, celebrity news, executive news, casting […]
After months of speculation, NBCUniveral has confirmed it will move forward with “Judge Jerry,” featuring Jerry Springer trading trashy talk for a go as a court show judge using law and order to settle disputes. “For the first time in my life, I am going to be called honorable,” Springer said in a statement. “My […]
“The Kelly Clarkson Show” from NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution, a new syndicated daytime talk show slated to debut in fall 2019, has been sold to 11 NBC-owned affiliates across the country. It will air weekdays as the lead-in to “Ellen” in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Miami, San […]