Monday, December 23, 2024

Television

Ricky Gervais Returning To Host the Golden Globes For a 5th Time: Are They Gluttons for Punishment or Crazy Like Foxes?

Ricky Gervais is back to host the Golden Globes for the fifth time. This should be good. Nobody makes the Globes fun like Ricky. He...

Megyn Kelly Internet Comeback Fizzles With Only Six Thousand Instagram Subscribers, 22K on YouTube

Megyn Kelly's big comeback on You Tube and Instagram has fizzled. She's scratched up just 22,000 followers on the latter, and a mere 6...

Perennial Soap Days of Our Lives Falls Forward for a Surprise 1 Year Time Jump on its 54th Anniversary on NBC

NBC's "Days of our Lives" turned 54 on Friday and did something no soap opera has ever done: they jumped forward by a year. Using...

Constance Wu Gets Her Wish After Last Spring’s Debacle: ABC Cancels “Fresh off the Boat,” This Will Be Its Last Season

"Fresh Off the Boat" is sunk. ABC has cancelled the series are six seasons. This one will be its last. Last spring, when the sitcom...

Tuesday Ratings: “Empire” Plunged 9% Last Night in Total Viewers, 11% in Key Age Group to Lowest Ever

Overall, "The Little Mermaid" live on ABC didn't get high marks. But it scored 9 million viewers, enough to take anyone away from "Empire"...

Great News: “Good Wife” Star Julianna Margulies Joining the Fifth Season Cast of “Billions,” Along with Corey Stoll

Ask me what the best TV news could be and I can announce it: Julianna Margulies is joining the cast of Showtime's "Billions" for...

Sunday Cable Ratings: Kardashians Are the Walking Dead, Both Shows Hit All Time Lows As Viewers Exit En Masse

You could say the Kardashians are the Walking Dead, ratings-wise. On Sunday night, both "The Walking Dead" and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" hit ratings...

Michael Jackson Estate Bails Out Sly Stone, Ellen Degeneres Gets Golden Globe TV Award, Elton John’s Book is Number 1 Over Ronan Farrow

Just to keep us all caught up: Here's a real irony. The Michael Jackson estate is bailing out Sly Stone, aka Sylvester Stewart. Follow this...