Broadcasting & Cable News

James Holzhauer Becomes Second-Winningest 'Jeopardy!' Contestant With Win 21

May 05, 2019

James Holzhauer won his 21st consecutive Jeopardy! game Thursday, making him the second-winningest contestant in the game show's history. Holzhauer, who won $80,615 during Thursday's game, has $1,608,627 in total winnings so far. The professional gambler is second to Ken Jennings, who won 74 games ...

YouTube Seeking Bigger Spending from Advertisers

May 05, 2019

YouTube boasted big numbers and said it should be getting bigger advertising budgets from big advertisers. Speaking Thursday at YouTube’s Brandcast event during the NewFronts, CEO Susan Wojcicki said that the video sites fastest growing screen is the one in the living room, with people watching ...

ABC Orders ‘Black-ish’ Spinoff ‘Mixed-ish’

May 05, 2019

ABC has given an early series order to Mixed-ish, a spinoff of comedy Black-ish that explores Rainbow Johnson’s experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ‘80s. ABC also ordered a sixth season of Black-ish. Black-ish also spawned spinoff Grown-ish, which airs on Freeform. Tracee Ellis ...

Super Bowl Will Have Fewer, Longer Ad Breaks

May 05, 2019

The National Football League and Fox are making a change in the Super Bowl that is expected to make television’s most watched event easier for viewers to watch. Super Bowl LIV will have four commercial breaks during each quarter instead of five breaks per quarter. The four breaks will be longer and ...

FCC Warns About 'One Ring' Calls That Ring False

May 05, 2019

Think of it as the West African country of Mauritania's version of "one ring to divide them all." The FCC has issued an alert to be on the lookout, or in this case "listenout" for "waves" of one-ring, or "wangari" robocalls. Those are a series of scam calls, often in the middle of the night, that ...

True Bangkok United F.C. Chooses ChyronHego's Coach Paint Telestration Tool to Enhance Pregame Preparation and Player Performance

May 05, 2019

LONDON — May 2, 2019 — ChyronHego announces that True Bangkok United Football Club (F.C.), one of Thailand's most successful and popular football teams, has adopted ChyronHego's Coach Paint for its 2019 season. True Bangkok United's coaching staff is leveraging Coach Paint's advanced video ...

Bounce Adding Comedy Series From Kevin Hart

May 05, 2019

Bounce is adding new comedy series from Kevin Hart to its primetime lineup, starting May 6. Executive produced by Hart, and produced by Bounce and Lionsgate Television, each episode of Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud will feature content from the comedian’s digital LOL channel. The show’s 10 episodes ...

Evan Shapiro Named National Lampoon President

May 05, 2019

Evan Shapiro has been named president of comedy brand National Lampoon. He will oversee all development, acquisitions and production on television, digital and audio content for the company. National Lampoon has also acquired Shapiro's eshapTV production outfit. Shapiro had been executive VP, ...

Sen. Hawley Blasts Social Media as Unproductive 'Peril'

May 05, 2019

First-year senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who has made hammering Big Tech his signature issue, provided a Hoover Institute audience Thursday with a dystopian view of social media as an addiction that imperils its users and "sucks" the brightest minds to the coasts--abandoning flyover country--and ...