R. Thomas Umstead
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ESPN, Fox Sports Score Most Sports Emmy Award Wins
ESPN and Fox Sports battled to a tie for the top spot among Sports Emmy Awards winners, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Tuesday evening during a virtual awards ceremony. → Read More
Pac-12 Latest Conference to Cancel College Football Season
The Pac-12 Conference Tuesday announced it will postpone all sports competitions, including college football, through the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Big Ten Conference Postpones College Football Season
First of Power Five Conferences to pull the plug on 2020 college football season → Read More
Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News Opens August on Top of Ratings Charts
The launch of live sports league programming couldn’t slow down Fox News’ ratings momentum as the news network extended its winning streak on the primetime and total day charts. → Read More
Sarah Barnett to Depart AMC Networks
AMC and BBC America veteran Sarah Barnett is stepping down from her position as AMC Networks Entertainment Group president, the company said Thursday. → Read More
Netflix Hires Bozoma Saint John as Chief Marketing Officer
Former Endeavor executive first African American C-Suite hire for streaming service → Read More
HBO Re-Ups 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' for 11th Season
HBO has renewed its comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm for an 11th season, the network said Tuesday. → Read More
Baseball Set to Take Swing at 2020 Season
Shortened 60-game regular season scheduled to begin in late July → Read More
Weekly Cable Ratings: Fox News, Cable News Nets Continue Ratings Dominance
Fox News continued to lead the cable news networks to the top spots among the weekly cable ratings charts, according to Nielsen. Fox News averaged 3.3 million viewers in primetime for the week of June 8 to June 14, topping all cable networks for the 21st consecutive week, reported Nielsen. Cable news networks MSNBC and CNN finished second and third, averaging 1.8 million and 1.6 million viewers,… → Read More
ViacomCBS Drops Big Fish Entertainment
ViacomCBS’ Entertainment & Youth Group Friday ended its working relationship with reality series producer Big Fish Entertainment, a day after A+E Networks dropped the New York-based production company’s unscripted series Live PD. → Read More
Reports: NBA Close to Restarting Season
League Board of Governors to vote Thursday on 22-team regular season and playoff run → Read More
NHL Outlines Plans for Return to the Ice
League plans to play 24-team playoff schedule in two hub cities → Read More
BET to Move Ahead with ‘BET Awards’
BET is going ahead with plans to produce its annual BET Awards event this June featuring live and taped segments. → Read More
Fox Sports to Roll Out Live Pro Bowling Events
June 6 'PBA Strike Derby' to kick off several summer bowling events → Read More
BET Renews Tyler Perry Series ‘The Oval,’ ‘Sistas’
BET will bring back drama series Tyler Perry’s Sistas and Tyler Perry’s The Oval for sophomore campaigns. → Read More
Fox News Host Faulkner Is Working Overtime
Fox News Channel has been dominating the cable ratings charts in 2020, and few of the network’s anchors have been more dominant in their time slots than Harris Faulkner, who hosts daily news shows Outnumbered and Outnumbered Overtime from her New Jersey home. → Read More
ESPN’s ‘The Last Dance’ draws 5.9 Million for Second Night
First four parts of Chicago Bulls-themed documentary averaging 6 million viewers → Read More
ESPN Cancels X Games Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
ESPN Friday added its July X Games competition to the list of live sports events that have been canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
Fox News Rolls Along on Cable Weekly Ratings Charts
Cable news networks continue to dominate top spots in primetime, total day → Read More
ESPN's 'The Last Dance' Premiere Episodes Score 6.1 Million Viewers
ESPN's much anticipated sports documentary series The Last Dance, averaged 6.1 million viewers Sunday across its two episode premiere. → Read More