Nielsen Enlists Disney, Interpublic Group, in New Bid to Count Audiences Across Screens

One of the first Twitter trends of the year is nostalgic, wholesome, AND hilarious.

Hollywood has been fascinated by the world of art for decades, and there is a new project on the horizon focused on Jean-Michel Basquiat, the young Black American artist who took the world by storm and brought New York City graffiti and street art to the global high-end art collecting scene. READ MORE: The Best Film Performances Of 2021 According to Variety, “Samo Lives” comes from filmmaker Julius Onah, and he’ll write, direct, and produce the biopic with “Cyrano” star Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Hollywood has been fascinated by the world of art for decades, and there is a new project on the horizon focused on Jean-Michael Basquiat, the young Black American artist who took the world by storm and brought New York City graffiti and street art to the global high-end art collecting scene. READ MORE: The Best Film Performances Of 2021 According to Variety, “Samo Lives” comes from filmmaker Julius Onah, and he’ll write, direct, and produce the biopic with “Cyrano” star Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Apink will be making their long-awaited comeback with all six members next year.The girl group’s agency IST Entertainment (formerly known as Play M Entertainment) announced in a statement yesterday (December 22) via Xports News that Apink would be making a comeback in February 2022.However, IST clarified that “their precise comeback date and album details have not yet been decided, so we will announce these at a later date”, as translated by Soompi.

Apink will be making their long-awaited comeback with all six members next year.The girl group’s agency IST Entertainment (formerly known as Play M Entertainment) announced in a statement yesterday (December 22) via Xports News that Apink would be making a comeback in February 2022.However, IST clarified that “their precise comeback date and album details have not yet been decided, so we will announce these at a later date”, as translated by Soompi.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNielsen is in the midst of a battle to count TV audiences of the future, but the company just disclosed it’s still having problems counting them in the present.The media-measurement giant informed TV networks and other clients Wednesday that it has, since September of 2020, undercounted so-called “out of home” audiences — the people watching programs in offices, bars, hotels and other places — for national TV programming.

As Bachelor Nation gears up for Michelle Young’s season 18 finale of The Bachelorette, Greg Grippo is opening up about quitting Katie Thurston’s season 17 earlier this year despite being billed as the front-runner from the start.

Tom Hanks was joined by some familiar faces in a surprise appearance opening a Covid-hit Saturday Night Live.

statement to fans.Meanwhile, the New York Post reported that some members of the “SNL” cast have recently tested positive for COVID and that the show was considering canceling tonight’s episode, citing multiple insiders. Among the cast members that the insiders say will not appear tonight is lead writer Colin Jost, who hosts the mainstay segment “Weekend Update” with Michael Che.

“Saturday Night Live” announced its decision to cancel the live studio audience just hours before the Paul Rudd-hosted episode began taping.

NEW YORK -- People's Sexiest Man Alive of 2021 is set to be inducted into the vaunted Five-Timers Club on “Saturday Night Live,” but the surging omicron variant of the coronavirus means there won't be a live audience to see it happen.The long-running sketch comedy show announced on social media Saturday afternoon that the night's episode would tape without a live audience and with only limited cast and crew “due to the recent spike in the Omicron variant and out of an abundance of

The show cited concerns over a new surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the Omicron variant as New York City recorded an all-time high of just over 21,000 cases reported in a single day earlier this week. Multiple Broadway productions, including “Moulin Rouge” and “MJ, the Musical,” have cancelled performances in response to the new outbreak, as well as the Radio City Rockettes’ holiday performance.

Selome Hailu editorDue to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in New York City, Saturday’s holiday episode of “Saturday Night Live” will proceed without a live audience.

With New York emerging as the epicenter of the latest surge in the coronavirus pandemic, tied to the fast-spreading Omicron variant, NBC’s Saturday Night Live has imposed restrictions for its taping tonight.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViacomCBS is among the big media companies rushing to find new ways to measure video audiences. Starting next year, the entertainment conglomerate expects to start doing deals based on a new yardstick.Dentsu, the Japanese ad conglomerate that owns Carat and Merkle, among other U.S.

Hailey Mia is giving fans deja vu with her recent performance on “The Voice”, covering another Olivia Rodrigo hit.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCount marketing analytics firm 605 among the number of firms that hope to fill in some of the gaps in measuring video audiences as more companies press for alternatives to the current standard, Nielsen.The company, founded by Kristin Dolan and backed by Dolan Family Ventures, the investment arm of the family long associated with the former Cablevision as well as AMC Networks, plans to use its data to launch a media trading currency that can undergird advertising

Djimon Hounsou looks so sharp in his purple suit at the premiere of The King’s Man held at Museum of Modern Art on Monday (December 13) in New York City.

Vox Media, which owns digital brands like The Verge, Eater and Polygon as well as New York magazine, is in advanced talks to merge with Group Nine Media.