The CW programming chief Brad Schwartz took a gentle swipe at the network’s previous business model as he revealed its fall schedule.
28.04.2023 - 19:03 / variety.com
BreAnna Bell FX’s latest docuseries opened on a high note, the network reveals. According to multi-platform ratings, the “Dear Mama” debut scored FX’s most watched premiere for an unscripted series ever. The show opened on FX on April 21 and became available to stream the following day on Hulu, which combined for the record setting performance. From director Allen Hughes, the five-part docuseries explores the lives and legacies of mother and son, Afeni and Tupac Shakur. A renowned revolutionary, Afeni became a feminist figure of the ’70s, a female leader in the movement amidst the macho milieu of the Black Panther Party. Tupac, a rapper and poet, also became a political visionary, philosopher and one of the greatest rap artists of all time. “Their story chronicles the possibilities and contradictions of the United States from a time of revolutionary fervor to Hip Hop culture’s most ostentatious decade,” reads the official description.
“It’s only fitting that Allen Hughes definitive piece on Tupac and Afeni Shakur delivered a record performance for us and it speaks to Tupac’s enduring legacy,” said Nick Grad, President, FX Entertainment. “Allen’s examination of Tupac viewed through the prism of his mother Afeni is a fascinating take that really gets beneath the education and experience that shaped his life and inspired him to become one of the greatest artists ever.” The series returns on Friday night with episode 3, titled “So Many Tears.” As Tupac’s legal troubles escalate, with multiple different arrests in different states, his struggles ultimately land him with a sexual assault charge in New York. With Afeni as the voice of the New York Panther 21, she defends herself at trial and shocks the world when the verdict
The CW programming chief Brad Schwartz took a gentle swipe at the network’s previous business model as he revealed its fall schedule.
The reality competition version of Squid Game is coming later this year.
Charna Flam Netflix announced the return of “Is it Cake?” and the addition of its latest “Nailed It!” spinoff, “The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge,” with both to premiere on the platform this summer. “Is It Cake, Too?” will premiere on June 30. It will keep deceiving celebrity judges as some of the world’s most talented bakers compete to create hyper-realistic cakes that look exactly like everyday objects. As they compete with cash on the line, judges and audiences will ask, “Is it real?” or… “Is it cake?” The eight-episode game show is hosted by Mikey Day and executive produced by Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Nan Strait, Dan Volpe, Andrew Wallace and Cat Sullivan.
“The Watcher” is set in New Jersey — and as it turns out, residents there are intently watching “The Watcher.”The product review site PerfectRec has revealed which Netflix series every state is obsessed with, based on May data from Google Trends and IMDb rating information.California’s pick was “Cobra Kai,” while Hawaii tuned into “Emily In Paris,” despite critics calling the meme-able series “boring.”Fittingly, people in North Carolina frequently watched “Outer Banks,” while those in Iowa streamed “Love is Blind.”“Stranger Things” was tops in Utah. In fact, the Duffer Brothers thriller was the most-streamed series in 2022.Netflix, citing Nielsen ratings, said the drama was the most-watched English TV show within its first four weeks of release, with its latest season scoring 1.35 billion hours of view time in the first 28 days.The series, which premiered in 2016, is slated to end with Season 5.Production plans are unclear amid the Hollywood writers strike.Fans are disappointed that their favorite band of monster-fighting teens will be no more, but actor David Harbour, who plays Eleven’s doting father figure, Jim Hopper, said it’s time for a curtain call.“I think it’s a great show, even if I wasn’t in it,” the 48-year-old actor said in February.
The Kardashians aren’t going anywhere: Hulu has announced it picked up 20 additional episodes of the unscripted series.
The Kardashians are back with a new 30-second teaser for the much-anticipated third season of their hit Hulu show!
Eurovision Song Contest final was the most watched grand final in the competition’s history, the BBC has said.The final of the competition, which was held in Liverpool, attracted an average of 9.9 million viewers, with a peak of 11 million. This represented a 63 per cent share of the audience overall.The last ratings peak occurred in 2011 when an average of 9.5 million watched.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's life is getting the documentary treatment.Netflix's three-part docuseries, , chronicles Schwarzenegger's journey from Austria to reaching the American dream. Told through interviews with Schwarzenegger, his friends, adversaries, co-stars and colleagues, the docuseries explores his days as a bodybuilder to Hollywood actor to his run as governor of California.As the trailer, released Wednesday, also promises, the docuseries will address the lows in Schwarzenegger's personal life, including the end of his marriage to ex-wife Maria Shriver amid his extramarital affair with their housekeeper and him fathering a child, son Joseph Baena.«People will remember my successes and they will also remember those failures,» Schwarzenegger says in the two-minute trailer.Though he doesn't explicitly specify the circumstances that surrounded his marital troubles with Shriver, the star does imply major hurdles.«It was very tough on my marriage, on my relationship with the kids.
CBS is expected to finish the 2022-23 broadcast season on a high note.
EXCLUSIVE: Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting the documentary treatment.
J. Kim Murphy It’s the end of the road for Jack Ryan. Prime Video has slated the premiere date for the fourth and final season of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.” The espionage action series, which stars John Krasinski as the CIA spy, will premiere the first two episodes of its final season on June 30. Two episodes will be released weekly thereafter, with the finale of the six-episode season debuting on Prime Video on July 14. The new episodes of “Jack Ryan” come to the streamer only six months after the third season debuted in December. Prime Video debuted all eight episodes of Season 3 simultaneously over the winter, but has shifted to a weekly release structure for the final season. The series was renewed for a fourth season prior to airing episodes of its third.
The Super Bowl Halftime Show is one of the biggest stages an artist can book!
is always there for him – Ben. As the episode continues, members of the family lament their own disappointments of that one important day years – and in some cases, decades – earlier.
Rihanna‘s performance at this year’s Super Bowl game is officially the most-watched halftime show of all time.The news was confirmed by Rihanna’s label Roc Nation on Twitter tonight (May 2) with 121.017million views. Per an image attached to Roc Nation’s tweet, an initial report from Nielsen was incorrect and has since been corrected, now making Rihanna’s halftime show the “most-watched on record”..@Rihanna's Super Bowl LVII 2023 performance is the most watched halftime show of all time, with 121.017M views! https://t.co/iRY2u9XlOa #SBLVII pic.twitter.com/Ixgev7X7vp— Roc Nation (@RocNation) May 2, 2023Shortly after Rihanna’s performance in early February, it was announced that her performance was the second most-watched halftime show in history, with Katy Perry’s 2015 performance clinching the top spot.Perry’s halftime show was reported to have 121million views in February.
115.1 million people watched the Feb. 12 Super Bowl broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ triumph over the Philadelphia Eagles across various traditional television, its Spanish language Fox Deportes and digital streaming services.That Nielsen Media Research figure was up by 2.1 million from the 113 million viewers initially credited to the game, which featured a last-minute win for the Patrick Mahomes-led Chiefs in one of the most exciting championship games in years.
Super Bowl LVII is now the most-watched in history, according to Nielsen.
Lil Nas X knows how to make an entrance!The 24-year-old rapper showed up to the 2023 Met Gala Monday night in a full crystallized cat look by Pat McGrath and Dior Men that almost masked his identity.With his body glittering in head-to-toe silver, Lil Nas X was outfitted with silver sequins and a host of pearls, creating what looked like a necklace on the singer. He also sported a face mask, equally bedazzled, that covered every inch of his face.
Dinner will be served at the end of May, and it’s going to be a real drag.
Netflix has set June 9 for the Season 2 premiere of Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources. An impressive list of guest stars will join the show for its upcoming final season including Florence Pugh, Miley Cyrus, Eugene Levy, Sam Richardson, Niecy Nash-Betts, Jason Mantzoukas, and Isabella Rossellini.
Celebrities always know how to stand out on a red carpet. And in some cases, they’re shimmering with some of the world’s most expensive diamonds and outfits.