Broadcasting & Cable News

Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins as ‘Masked Singer’ Finale Draws a Crowd

March 03, 2019

Fox won the Wednesday ratings race, as the finale of The Masked Singer led to a whopping 3.1 in viewers 18-49 for the network, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 13 share. In second was NBC at 1.2/5. The Masked Singer occupied all of Fox’s prime and went up 19% over last week. It was Chicago night ...

Oath Veteran Kalapesi Joins FreeWheel as COO

March 03, 2019

FreeWheel said it named Carl Kalapesi as chief operating officer, a new position at the Comcast-owned company. Kalapesi, previously VP, global strategy and business operations, at Verizon’s Oath unit, will report to FreeWheel GM Dave Clark. He will oversee FreeWheel’s global business operations and ...

Dems Take Aim at Forced Arbitration Clauses

March 03, 2019

Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would eliminate mandatory/forced arbitration clauses like those in consumer and employment agreements (including some broadband, cable and cell phone contracts) that attempt to foreclose class action suits by designating disputes to an outside ...

Donnie Wahlberg to Host ‘Very Scary People’ on HLN

March 03, 2019

Donnie Wahlberg will host Very Scary People, a six-episode HLN series that chronicles the lives of the most frightening individuals in recent history. Each two-hour episode traces their criminal acts. John Wayne Gacy starts things off March 17, Charles Manson goes March 24, and the NorCal Rapist, ...

Reports: Greenblatt in Talks to Run New WarnerMedia Unit

March 03, 2019

AT&T is reportedly in talks with former Showtime and NBC executive Robert Greenblatt to run a new unit within its WarnerMedia division that houses HBO, Turner networks and a pending new streaming video offering. News that Greenblatt was in talks with the programmer was first reported by The ...

Witten Drops ESPN Mic to Catch Passes for Cowboys

March 03, 2019

After one year as an analyst on ESPN’s Monday Night Football, Jason Witten is returning to the Dallas Cowboys to resume his career as an NFL tight end. Witten retired from football last year to take a high profile job on television in the MNF booth. Working with Joe Tessitore and Booger ...

Season Five of ‘Bosch’ on Amazon April 19

March 03, 2019

Season five of police drama Bosch begins on Amazon Prime April 19. There will be 10 episodes. Bosch is produced by Fabrik Entertainment, which is part of Red Arrow Studios. The series is based on Michael Connelly’s Los Angeles cop novels. Titus Welliver plays Detective Harry Bosch. Jamie Hector, ...

New Episodes of ‘Braxton Family Values’ on WE April 4

March 03, 2019

New episodes of Braxton Family Values roll on WE tv April 4. The show is about singer Toni Braxton, her sisters and her mother. WE promises “more drama than ever before” in the upcoming episodes. Season six started in March 2018, and continues April 4. In the upcoming episodes, Toni has the family ...

Digital Nirvana at the 2019 NAB Show

March 03, 2019

MonitorIQ 6.0 MonitorIQ is a leading broadcast-monitoring solution from Digital Nirvana that offers services such as signal and loudness monitoring, air-check logging, competitive analysis, and content repurposing. The solution is Linux-based for secure scalability. This highly efficient solution ...