TV Ratings: ‘The Titan Games’ Season 2 Finale Leads NBC to Monday Win

Denzel Washington remembered Chadwick Boseman fondly more than two decades after he paid for the late actor’s study abroad tuition at the British American Drama Academy. “He was a gentle soul and a brilliant artist, who will stay with us for eternity through his iconic performances over his short yet illustrious career,” Washington, 65, said in a statement after Boseman’s death was announced to the public on Friday.

Colin Kaepernick is thanking LeBron James for leading walkouts in the NBA bubble and boycotting games following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

The Deadline Team In yet another marriage of sports media with the rising tide of legalized sports betting in the US, NBCUniversal and PointsBet today announced a multi-year partnership by which PointsBet becomes the official sports betting partner of NBC Sports.As part of the agreement, NBC Sports will provide PointsBet with year-round, multi-platform media and marketing opportunities across its portfolio of events.

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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorLongtime Warner Bros. TV executive Susan Rovner has emerged as a top candidate for the job at NBCUniversal overseeing programming for NBC, USA Network, fledgling streamer Peacock and the rest of the company’s entertainment cable networks.

Kate McKinnon's Carole Baskin project has received a straight-to-series order at NBC. The network announced the news on Tuesday, sharing that the limited series — in which McKinnon will star as Baskin — will roll out across NBCU’s scripted entertainment platforms, NBC, Peacock and USA.

a major reorganization of the company’s television business. That reorganization placed a clear emphasis on the company’s future streaming plans while deemphasizing the importance of certain cable networks in the NBCU portfolio in order to cut costs.The bizarre world of Exotic and Baskin was most famously documented in the hit Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” The series dropped on March 20 and quickly became a media sensation.

Wondery podcast of the same name, “Joe Exotic” is a limited series based on true events following Carole Baskin (McKinnon), a big cat enthusiast, who learns that when fellow exotic animal lover Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel is breeding and using his big cats for profit, she sets out to shut down his venture, inciting a quickly escalating rivalry. But Carole has a checkered past of her own and when the claws come out, Joe will stop at nothing to expose what he sees as her hypocrisy.

Sure, it was only like five months, but it sure does feel like Netflix’s “Tiger King” took over the public discourse years ago, doesn’t it? Oh, how quickly the world can change in 2020, with each new month bringing yet another ridiculous obstacle. Frankly, I miss the good ol’ days of March 2020, when the pandemic seemed like only a minor inconvenience that would pass relatively quickly.

NBCUniversal is going to make the most of the interest in Tiger King. The company on Tuesday announced that its Joe Exotic drama starring Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon has been formally ordered to series and will air as a cross-platform venture on NBC, USA Network and streamer Peacock.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBCUniversal is going all in for Joe Exotic (working title), UCP’s limited series starring and executive produced by Kate McKinnon, which has received a joint straight-to-series order by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming divisions.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Kate McKinnon-led series about Carole Baskin and the “Tiger King” Joe Exotic has received a multi-platform series order at NBCUniversal Television, Variety has learned.The limited series, currently titled “Joe Exotic,” is now set to air on NBC, Peacock, and USA Network. In addition, Etan Frankel has boarded the project as writer and executive producer under his overall deal with series producer Universal Content Productions (UCP).

season’s finale, Sunday’s total-viewer tally soared +84%, with a +71% increase among adults 18-49.Also Read: Chloe x Halle, Jack Harlow, Lewis Capaldi to Perform on MTV VMAs Pre-Show (Exclusive)“Yellowstone” stars Kevin Costner as John Dutton, who controls the largest, contiguous ranch in the United States.

Actress and comedian Gabrielle Union revealed that her America’s Got Talent exit was her hardest moment in the industry so far. “Probably the ‘AGT’…it all was so surprising and so heartbreaking and so frustrating and so unnecessary.

Peter White Television EditorNBC is continuing to rejig its fall schedule with American Ninja Warrior moving into The Voice’s slot in September.Season 12 of the reality competition series, which completed production during the pandemic, will launch from 8-10 p.m. Monday, September 7.Deadline understands that The Voice, which was set to occupy the Monday 8-10 p.m.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“American Ninja Warrior” has beaten the obstacle course that is coronavirus production.NBC has announced that the competition series will premiere its twelfth season on Monday, Sept. 7 in the 8 p.m.

The Walking Dead‘s franchise head Scott Gimple has provided some hints about who may perish in the show’s season ten finale.The delayed episode – to finally be broadcast in the US on October 4 and in the UK on October 5 – will pitch the survivors against Beta and his horde, which surrounds the hospital.Gimple has now revealed in a Comic-Con@Home panel that whoever is looking after Judith and RJ should be careful, suggesting that they will be the ones to fall victim.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Titan Games lived up to its name, ruling over Monday night in primetime delivering a 0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.55 million viewers in its season finale.

The Walking Dead has unveiled some first-look photos from the Season 10 finale – you can see them below.The Walking Dead has officially delayed its 11th season premiere until 2021, but will air the much-delayed season 10 finale on Sunday, October 4 in the US and the UK on October 5. Additional bonus episodes will also be aired in early 2021.Now, AMC have shared some first-look photos from the much-anticipated finale which you can see below.#TWD makes its epic return on October 4th.

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