Back in 1995, during my days writing for TV Guide Canada, I had a memorable encounter with Faye Dunaway. At the time, the Academy Award-winning actress had a reputation for being difficult; certainly on a set during a production but also in exchanges with reporters. “Good luck,” I was warned after landing the assignment. My
Thursday night, Young Sheldon ends a seven season run with two back-to-back episodes on CBS and CTV. Gone are the day, however, when the end of a sitcom would command record-breakng audiences. CBS is trying to goose the numbers, of course. The Chuck Lorre-produced sitcom will welcome back Jim Parsons (an executive producer and narrator
What are the most popular shows on ad-supported, video-on-demand (AVOD) platforms? Not just on services such as Tubi, Roku and PlutoTV but also on the digital platforms of traditional broadcast networks such as CBS and ABC? Reelgood is a San Francisco-based company that provides a complete guide to online streaming content. It has a system
There are still people, I guess, who only watch TV the old, traditional way — broadcast network television. Hey, I get it — it is more affordable. Mainly though, it is familiar and therefore, in a world that keeps changing at a faster and dizzier pace, more comfortable. Plus, all you lousy 30- or 40-something
What is the most-watched scripted series in America in all of broadcast TV these days? No, not NCIS, or FBI, or Chicago Fire. According to data released Tuesday, April 16 by CBS, it is Tracker, the rookie series about lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw played by Justin Hartley. Shaw roams America helping cops and private citizens
The big winner Sunday with their coverge of Super Bowl LVIII was CBS Sports. Nielsen data and Adobe Analytics report that the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime victory over San Francisco 49ers drew 123.4 million average viewers across all platforms (CBS Television, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision and digital properties such as NFL+). That makes it the most-watched
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour had a profound effect on this 10 to 12-year-old. You watched TV as a family back then, in front of the one screen in the house, in our case, a 25-inch Clairtone. “From Television City in Hollywood,” said announcer Roger Carroll. “Ladies and gentlemen, The Smothers Brothers.” Shot from above,
In 2023, we said goodbye to so many showbusiness headliners. Norman Lear, Ma5tthew Perry, Suzanne Somers, Bob Barker, Andre Braugher and David McCallum to name just a few. And while it is fitting that they be saluted in Oscar “In Memoriam” segments and in TCM’s annual year-end tributes, kudos to CBS for throwing a party