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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Scandal’ Inches Up, ‘Last Resort’ Drops, ‘POI’ Tops ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday October 26, 2012 @ 9:31am PDTTags: Last Resort, Person of Interest, Ratings, Scandal, World Series
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Scandal Ratings ABCABC’s lineup last night featured two series anxiously awaiting word on a back order: dramas Last Resort and Scandal. One of them got good news. Scandal (2.0/5 in adults 18-49), which had been all but assured a back-nine order, sealed the deal with a ratings uptick of 5% from last week. (It was up across all key demographics, including 18-34, where it spiked 15%). And Scandal did it with its lead-in, Grey’s Anatomy (2.9/8), down 15% from last week to a season low. Airing against Game 2 of the World Series, ABC’s male-skewing Last Resort (1.3/4) tumbled 24% from last week to a series low despite ABC putting extra promotional muscle behind the episode. Baseball was a mitigating factor, and Last Resort is a major DVR gainer but the Live+Same Day delivery was nevertheless disappointing.

CBS’ male-skewing The Big Bang Theory and Person Of Interest did not get dinged by baseball. Big Bang (4.8/14) was up a tenth from its fast national last Thursday, even with the final, to again lead the night. Person Of Interest (3.0/8) was up 7% to match its season high and top Grey’s for the first time this season. The hammock show between the two, veteran Two And A Half Men (3.7/11), slipped 7% from last week’s highly rated Miley Cyrus episode but was still 6% above the episode from two weeks ago, indicating some of the Cyrus ratings gains have stuck. At 10 PM, Elementary (2.2/6) shed another tenth for a new low but still topped the 10 PM hour. READ MORE »

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First Seasons Of ABC’s ‘Revenge’, ‘Once Upon A Time’ & Scandal’ Head To Netflix

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday September 10, 2012 @ 7:16am PDTTags: ABC, Netflix, Once Upon a Time, Revenge, Scandal
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Putting Breaking Bad on Netflix is credited for the ratings surge the AMC series has experienced this season as more viewers discover the serialized drama. ABC is hoping for a similar bump for the second seasons of its returning serialized dramas Once Upon A Time, Revenge and Scandal. In a unusual move so early into series’ runs, the complete first seasons of  the three ABC shows are being made available for U.S. members to watch instantly on Netflix and will become exclusive to Netflix at the end of the month. The move is timed to get the three series out just days before their second-season premieres. Read More »

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Duo Join ABC’s ‘Scandal’ As Recurring, Ian Hart Cast In DirecTV’s ‘Rogue’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 27, 2012 @ 7:16am PDTTags: Rogue, Scandal
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Jillian Armenante Scandal CastingGregg Henry Scandal CastingGregg Henry (Hung) and Jillian Armenante have booked recurring roles on the upcoming second season of Shonda Rhimes’ ABC drama Scandal, which is undergoing casting changes. Domain-repped Henry will play Jackson, a big-money Southern guy who is smart and warm unless you cross him. Armenante, currently seen in The Dark Knight Rises, will play the role of Lucas which was originally written as male. Lucas is described as smart, well-spoken and brash. Armenante is with Domain and Framework. Read More »

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Bellamy Young To Be Regular On ‘Scandal’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 12, 2012 @ 6:00pm PDTTags: Scandal
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There will be more First Family drama on Shonda Rhimes’ drama Scandal next season. The series starring Kerry Washington as Washington crisis management consultant/fixer Olivia Pope has promoted Bellamy Young to a regular. Young plays First Lady Mellie Grant on … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Scandal’ & ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ End Seasons Up

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday May 18, 2012 @ 9:58am PDTTags: American Idol, Community, Grey's Anatomy, Ratings, Scandal

Scandal ABCThe season finales of Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy brought ABC good numbers last night. The Season 8 finale of Grey’s Anatomy (3.9/11) at 9 PM saw the show up 11% from last week, drawing 11.9 million total viewers. Wrapping up its first season, political drama Scandal (2.4/7) was up 26% from last week’s season low in its 10 PM slot. The 8 PM finale of the now-cancelled Missing (1.3/4) saw an 18% jump from last week’s series low.

On American Idol (4.2/14), the contestants were down to a final two and the show was up 8% over last week, making it the night’s top show in the adults 18-49 demo and among total viewers (15.8 million) — its highest viewer total since March 29. After Idol, Touch (1.8/5) was down 5% from last week. Fox won the night in the demo. CBS edged Fox 11.27 million-11.09 million in total viewers. Read More »

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UPDATE: ABC’s ‘Scandal’ Renewed, ‘GCB’, ‘The River’, ‘Missing’ & ‘Pan Am’ Canceled

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 11, 2012 @ 4:02pm PDTTags: ABC, GCB, Scandal
Nellie Andreeva

ABC‘s two bubble midseason drama series are heading in opposite directions. Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal, which just inched up in the ratings last night, is being renewed for a second season, while GCB is being canceled. ABC’s two … Read More »

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PRIMETIME RAT RACE: ‘POI’ Tops ‘Grey’s’ On Night Of Losses, ‘Scandal’ Premiere OK

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 6, 2012 @ 10:56am PDTTags: Scandal, The Big Bang Theory
Nellie Andreeva

Scandal TV Show ReviewsWith the Easter/Passover holiday approaching, adult 18-49 usage dropped 5% last night, with most series posting even bigger week-to-week drops. CBS’ The Big Bang Theory (4.2/14 in adults 18-49) was down 7% from last week’s fast … Read More »

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ABC’s ‘Don’t Trust The B—-’ & ‘Scandal’ Get Time Slots But Not ‘Cougar Town’: TCA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 10, 2012 @ 9:21am PSTTags: Cougar Town, Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23, Scandal
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At ABC’s TCA executive session, president Paul Lee announced that new midseason comedy Don’t Trust The B—- In Apartment 23 will launch on April 11 on Wednesday after Modern Family. Shonda Rhimes’ new drama Scandal will also premiere April 5 in the post-Grey’s Anatomy Thursday 10 PM slot. “We are using our No. 1 drama to push the launch of Scandal, and we are using our No. 1 comedy to push the launch of Don’t Trust The B—,” Lee said. Don’t Trust will succeed Happy Endings, which will have ended its sophomore run, while Scandal will take over Private Practice, which will get a four-week trial after Dancing With The Stars. There is still no slot for Cougar Town, through Lee hinted that they “have an idea” where the third-year comedy will go. Its tentative return date is in March. “I think when we launch it, we’ll bring a big strong message that we love that show,” Lee said. As for Cougar Town‘s long-term prospects, Lee said it factors into a “dream” he has about one day bringing together the “group of young irreverent comedies” the network has in Happy Endings, Cougar Town and the upcoming Apartment 23. Back in May, ABC announced plans to extend its new Tuesday 8-9 PM comedy block to 10 PM between the two cycles of Dancing With The Stars, with Cougar Town and Apartment 23 taking over the Dancing result show. But the network dropped the plan following the breakout success of Fox’s New Girl in the Tuesday 9 PM slot, Lee said after the panel. Lee also talked about ABC’s strategy of staggering its fall and midseason launches. “Maybe I’m slightly in the cable model, but my job is not to launch a week’s television, my job is to bring great television and spend a year launching it.”

Other highlights from ABC’s executive session: Read More »

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3RD UPDATE: ABC Picks Up 7 New Dramas, 5 Comedies, ‘Smothered’ Still Alive

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 13, 2011 @ 1:10pm PDTTags: ABC, Apt. 23, Charlie's Angels, Good Christian Belles, Last Man Standing, Once Upon a Time, Pan Am, Pickups, pilots, Revenge, Scandal, The River
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE 1:10 PM: The last comedy pilots to get the nod at ABC today are Suburgatory and the cross-dressing Work It. Another buzzed-about pilot, Smothered, has not been picked up but remains in contention. Among those that are not moving … Read More »

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Primetime Pilot Panic: ABC & CBS Updates

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 13, 2011 @ 12:15am PDTTags: ABC, Apt. 23, Bad Mom, Charlie's Angels, Good Christian Bitches, Hail Mary, Hart of Dixie, Identity, Once Upon a Time, Pan Am, Person of Interest, Poe, Primetime Pilot Panic, Ringer, Rookies, Scandal, Smothered, Suburgatory, The Rememberer, The Secret Circle, Tim Allen Pilot, TV Pilots, Work It
Nellie Andreeva

With Fox done with its series orders and NBC pretty much done too, attention is focusing on ABC and CBS. ABC is expected to make its series pickups tomorrow. Here is the latest buzz on the two networks:

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Primetime Pilot Panic: Screenings Updates

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 5, 2011 @ 11:30pm PDTTags: Awakening, Bad Mom, Cooper & Stone, Council of Dads, Danni Lowinski, Exit Strategy, Family Album, Good Christian Bitches, Grace, Grimm, Hail Mary, Hart of Dixie, Heavenly, How To Be a Gentleman, Metro, My Freakin' Family, Other People's Kids, Person of Interest, playboy, Prime Suspect, Primetime Pilot Panic, REM, Rookies, Scandal, Smash, Smothered, Suburgatory, The Rememberer, The Secret Circle, Touch, TV Pilots, Two Broke Girls, Untitled Peter Knight, Untitled Susannah Grant, Weekends at Bellevue, Wonder Woman
Nellie Andreeva

The marathon pilot screenings at the broadcast networks are in full force. While they are rarely the deciding factor in the networks’ final series pickup decisions, they help solidify early standouts’ frontrunner positions and sometimes breathe life into pilots that might have been written off too soon. Here are some … Read More »

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Director John McTiernan Headed To Prison

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 4, 2010 @ 10:09am PDTTags: Chuck Roven, John McTiernan, John McTiernan Director, John McTiernan Pellicano, John McTiernan Sentencing, Movies, Scandal

UPDATE: Die Hard director John McTiernan had already pleaded guilty in July after being convicted of lying in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping and racketeering scandal that enveloped Hollywood. His one-year federal prison term was handed down this morning at a sentencing hearing presided over by the same judge he lied to, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer. The 59-year-old McTiernan had lied to the feds in 2006 about his association with P.I.-to-the-stars Pellicano and the wiretapping of movie producer Chuck Roven while the filmmakers were shooting 2002′s Rollerball. Read More »

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‘Lawman’ Shut Down over Sexual Harassment Suit But Not By A&E

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 14, 2010 @ 3:50pm PDTTags: Actors, Cable, Law, Reality, Scandal, TV Shows
Nellie Andreeva

In the reality genre, which is built on notoriety, what does it take for a network to shut down production on a series? Pretty much nothing. The dissolution of a marriage in front of million of viewers and eight kids didn’t stop TLC from finding a way to continue “Jon … Read More »

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More About That Spitzer Sex Scandal Docu

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 13, 2010 @ 9:30pm PDTTags: Documentaries, Film Festivals, Movies, Politics, Scandal
Mike Fleming

eliotspitzer4A new Alex Gibney-directed tell-all documentary about the Elliot Spitzer sex scandal premieres April 24th at the Tribeca Film Festival. The story of the downfall of the New York governor is supposed to stir up headlines when its work in progress print gets … Read More »

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Letterman’s Extortionist Gets Only 6 Months

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 9, 2010 @ 12:15pm PSTTags: Courts, Late Night TV, Scandal
Mike Fleming

GYI0000483180.JPGBREAKING NEWS! Robert Halderman, the former Emmy-winning producer of CBS’s 48 Hours, appeared in a Manhattan Supreme Court and pled guilty just now to blackmailing David Letterman. Halderman spoke to reporters outside the courtroom and apologized to Letterman, the late night … Read More »

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Music Biz Scandal: Black Eyed Taxes

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday December 14, 2009 @ 4:20pm PSTTags: Law, Music, Scandal

dollar signsEXCLUSIVE (contains update): If you’ve followed Nic Cage’s financial back-and-forth with his business manager, then this will interest you. Plus, if the allegations are true, I think it should rank in the Hall of Fame of entertainment business manager screw-ups. … Read More »

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Michael Bay Speaks Up: “I Don’t Condone Crew Letter Or Megan Fox’s Quotes”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday September 13, 2009 @ 2:57pm PDTTags: Actors, Directors, Movies, Scandal, Summer Movies

UPDATES Michael Bay’s Crew Bitchslaps Megan Fox

Now Michael Bay has personally updated his website with this message:

The Crew Letter
09/12/2009 11:32 PM
I don’t condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don’t condone Megan’s outlandish quotes. But her crazy quips are part

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Michael Bay’s Crew Bitchslaps Megan Fox

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday September 12, 2009 @ 1:09pm PDTTags: Actors, Directors, Hollywood, Movies, Scandal, Summer Movies

Michael Bay Speaks Up: “I Don’t Condone Crew Letter Or Megan Fox Quotes”

Three of Michael Bay’s crew members asked his website last night to post their response to Megan Fox’s recent insults of the director made to a magazine … Read More »

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Toronto Film Festival And Tel Aviv: Now The Protest About The Protest

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday September 11, 2009 @ 7:34am PDTTags: Film Festivals, Foreign, Movies, Scandal

tiffI’m sure you are all aware of the protest taking place at the Toronto Film Festival condemning the organizers’ choice of Tel Aviv for an inaugural City-to-City Spotlight. Many of the participants have denounced this “celebratory spotlight on a city … Read More »

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