TV Ratings: NBA Playoff Game Trumps ‘America’s Got Talent,’ ‘Transplant’ Debuts to 4 Million Viewers

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Love Island” has swapped its titular island for Las Vegas this season, and the show just scored its largest dice roll (read audience) of the season.Episode 19 of season 2 drew a total of 2 million viewers, a 6% increase from last episode. That represents it largest tally of the season to date, narrowly beating out the premiere which drew 1.9 million.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe NFL season kicked off on Thursday night, dominating the television ratings for the evening while still seeing a decline from the opening game in 2019.Defending Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs’ winning effort against the Houston Texans averaged 19.3 million viewers on NBC, per Nielsen.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterVidAngel, the Utah-based streaming service that filters out offensive content for faith-and-family audiences, has agreed to settle its long-running copyright dispute with several major studios for $9.9 million.A Utah bankruptcy court approved the deal on Friday, which allows VidAngel to emerge from bankruptcy and continue to operate.The company appeared to be doomed in July 2019, when a Los Angeles jury ordered it to pay $62.4 million to Disney, Lucasfilm, Warner

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe NBA Playoffs on ABC scored big Tuesday night, delivering a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.73 million viewers who tuned in to watch the Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz. ABC also aired a primetime iteration of The Jump (0.5, 2.30M), its pregame show, prior to the playoff matchup.

Verzuz DJ battles launched in March, fans have clamored for one matchup above all others: Brandy vs. Monica, the R&B singers who spawned one of the biggest hits in history with 1998’s “The Boy Is Mine,” and have sparred off and on ever since.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAs award shows try to figure out the right formula for putting on an event comparable to live pre-COVID TV events, MTV’s annual Video Music Awards put on quite a show Sunday night.

LeBron James is honoring the memory of Chadwick Boseman.

Britain's Got Talent winner and securing the prize of an incredible £250,000 and the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Yellowstone” is proving to be a major outlier in a quiet summer for TV ratings.The season 3 finale, which was already one of the most-viewed cable telecasts of the year in its live showing, grew its audience substantially in Live+3. A total of 7.6 million viewers tuned in to the finale after three days of delayed viewing, making the Aug.

Emilia Clarke is opening up about her experience on the set of Game of Thrones.

The NBA playoffs are continuing to be postponed amid an ongoing boycott from basketball players due to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, which has sparked outcry across the nation.

Another day of the NBA playoffs will be postponed, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press on Thursday. The three games will join the three that weren't played Wednesday, the person told the AP on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made.

Jordan Moreau The NBA has postponed the three playoff games which were scheduled to take place Thursday, as players continue to strike in light of protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake, Variety has confirmed.However, the season is not officially over, as multiple outlets are reporting that players have voted to resume the playoffs at a later, as-yet-undecided date.The three Thursday games were between the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz, the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors, and the

The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5 of their playoff series against Orlando Magic in protest over racial injustice.

sat out of their scheduled playoff game against the Orlando Magic in the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting. Blake, a 29-year-old Wisconsin man, was shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday.

The Milwaukee Bucks are not playing tonight (August 26) in protest of police brutality, and as a result, the playoff games are being postponed.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorUPDATED with NBA statement: The NBA has announced that all of tonight’s playoff games have been postponed. The late games were slated to air on TNT.The NBA and the NBPA today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – MIL-ORL, HOU-OKC and LAL-POR have been postponed.