ABC rang in the New Year with the largest audience across the broadcast and cable news networks’ special programming. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest drew an average of about 13.1M total viewers from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The first part of the special, which aired from 8-10, managed an audience … Read more
The weather is getting chilly, and the holiday decorations are coming out of storage — and you know what that means! The most wonderful time of the year also means a slew of holiday specials hitting the airwaves, featuring some of your favorite celebrities and musicians alongside beloved traditions you remember from childhood. This year’s … Read more
Disney+ is doubling down on the holidays. The streamer has unveiled three new unscripted holiday specials. Best in Snow is hosted by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess, Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays features the eponymous a capella group and Run D.M.C’s Rev Run is making The Hip Hop Nutcracker. The specials were … Read more
CBS is bolstering its specials division. The broadcast network has promoted Mackenzie Mitchell to VP, specials, music and live events. She will oversee a “significant” portion of the specials programming production and development for CBS Entertainment’s lineup. Mitchell reports to Jack Sussman, EVP, specials, music, live events and alternative programming. She joined CBS as a … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: HLN has lined up a trio of topical true-crime specials that will examine the cases of Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell, Sherri Papini and Gabby Petito. “She weaponized sexuality,” he hear of Maxwell in a promo for the first one, Sex Ring Secrets: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein (watch it below). Set to air August 15, the two-hour show exposes her as the mastermind … Read more
Paul Coker Jr., whose character and production designs for the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion and animated holiday specials and his many years as one of Mad magazine’s “Usual Gang Of Idiots” endeared him to generations of fans, died following a brief illness at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 23. He was 93. … Read more