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New drama Mistresses, starring Alyssa Milano, Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes and Jes Macallan, will premiere on Monday, May 27 at 10 PM on ABC. Meanwhile, the network has set the Season 9 premiere of The Bachelorette for Monday, May 20 at 9 PM. The following week it will move to its regular 8 PM time slot. Based on the UK series, Mistresses revolves around the scandalous lives of a sexy and sassy group of four girlfriends, each on her own path to self-discovery. The ABC Studios series is executive produced by Rina Mimoun, K.J. Steinberg, Robert Sertner and Douglas Rae. The Bachelorette is a production of Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television; Mike Fleiss and Martin Hilton are executive producers.
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ABC Sets May Premiere Dates For ‘Mistresses’ & ‘Bachelorette’
‘Bachelor’ & ‘Bachelorette’ Racial Discrimination Suit Dismissed
The class action lawsuit against The Bachelor and The Bachelorette was dismissed today. In a 23-page ruling (read it here), Judge Aleta Trauger in a Tennessee district court granted the motion to dismiss the racial … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Bachelorette’ Finale & ‘Dateline’ Up, ‘Teen Choice Awards’ Flat, ‘Big Brother’ Down
Sunday night saw the season finale of ABC’s The Bachelorette (3.0/9), which was up 7% from last year’s August 1 finale as this year’s bachelorette Emily Maynard chose entrepreneur Jeff Holm over race-car driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. The live Bachelorette: After The Final Rose (3.2/9 ) that aired at 10:02 PM was up 14% from last year. For CBS’ Big Brother (1.9/6), the news wasn’t so good: The reality series was down 17% from last Sunday. On Fox, there was Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and much more for the live Teen Choice 2012 (1.1/3) awards, flat from a year ago. On a weekend where news focused on The Dark Knight Rises shooting tragedy in Colorado, Dateline NBC (1.0/3) had a two-hour episode from 7-9 PM, the newsmagazine show was up 25% from last week. That was followed by a two-hour encore broadcast of America’s Got Talent (0.8/2). ABC won the night in adults 18-49 and total viewers. Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bachelorette’ Hits Low, ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Up Big, ‘Fear Factor’ & ‘MasterChef’ Rise
The Bachelorette (2.2/6) had its tell-all episode last night with the guys who didn’t make Emily Maynard’s cut. The show was down 12% from last week and tied a season low (with the exception of specials). Still, last night’s episode – the last before July 22’s finale — was Monday’s most-watched show with more than 7 million viewers. Meanwhile, the fifth week of The Glass House (1.0/3) was flat with last week and tied a season low. ABC won the night in viewers and Fox won in adults 18-49. Read More »
‘Bachelor’ Accountant Accused Of Embezzlement
The production company behind The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and other TV shows filed suit today in Los Angeles Superior Court against former lead production accountant Iain Anderson. (Read the lawsuit here) AND Syndicated Productions accuses Anderson, who is listed as residing in Ventura County, and unspecified co-defendants of artificially … Read More »
Univision Topped English-Language Nets Last Week In Key Demos
Univision was the No. 1 television network in America among the coveted adults 18-49 and adults 18-34 demos last week — just the third time that has happened. From July 2-8, the Spanish-language net beat CBS … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Glass House’ Up, ‘Bachelorette’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Flat, ‘Fear Factor’ ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Hit Low
ABC’s The Bachelorette (2.5/7) pared down to the final two hopeful guys as it heads towards its July 22 season finale. However that didn’t help the shw pick up traction, as it was flat with last week. The fourth week of The Glass House (1.1/3), on the other hand, was up 10% from last week’s show — though that was helped by a four-minute overrun into the 10 PM slot from Bachelorette. On Fox, Hell’s Kitchen (2.4/8) was flat with last week, and MasterChef (2.4/7), down to the final nine contestants, was up 4% from last week. ABC won the night in total viewers with 6.45 million, while Fox was tops in adults 18-49.
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bachelorette,’ ‘Glass House,’ ‘MasterChef’ Up, ‘America’s Got Talent’ Wins Night
It was down to the final three on The Bachelorette (2.5/8) last night, but the ratings were up 9% from last week. Also up — after two weak weeks since its June 18 debut – was ABC’s legally challenged The Glass House (1.2/3), which also was up 9% from last week.
Dara Torres didn’t end up making the U.S. Olympic Team team and Monday’s 8-8:30 PM U.S. Olympic Trials: Swimming (1.8/6) on NBC doesn’t seem to have broken any ratings records in fast nationals estimates. However, it still pulled in 7.3 million viewers overall. Also on NBC, a 2 1/2-hour America’s Got Talent (2.9/9), live from New York, was essentially flat with last week’s 3.0/9. It drew 10.2 million viewers overall, making it the night’s most-watched show. NBC won the night in adults 18-49 and total viewers. Read More »
ABC Invokes First Amendment In ‘Bachelor’ Racism Lawsuit
ABC says allegations that The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are racist are “demonstrably false and unsupportable.” In a motion filed yesterday (read it here) seeking dismissal of the April 18 lawsuit against the shows, their producers and the network, ABC said the lawsuit “violates the First Amendment, which protects Defendants’ creative choices concerning the content — including the casting — of the television series that they produce and broadcast to the public.” The network goes on to cite legal precedent to say “it is well settled that ‘[e]ntertainment, as well as political and ideological speech, is protected’ fully by the First Amendment.” Back in April, football players Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson filed a class-action lawsuit against the reality shows for racial discrimination. The suit stated that over the course of both series a person of color has never been the finalist or the one picking their potential mate on the shows. The duo, both African-Americans who unsuccessfully auditioned to be on The Bachelor, named ABC, Bachelor executive producer and Bachelorette creator Michael Fleiss, Warner Horizon Television, Next Entertainment, and NZK Productions as defendants. Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: Stanley Cup Scores Low, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, ‘MasterChef’ & ‘Bachelorette’ Rise
It was a good night for the LA Kings – they won the Stanley Cup for the very first time. But for NBC, the Stanley Cup Game 6 (1.6/5) battle between the Kings and the New Jersey … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘MasterChef’ Premiere Rises, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Premiere Dips, ‘Talent’ & ‘Bachelorette’ Up
It was all Gordon Ramsay all night on Fox last night. At 8 PM was the Season 10 return of Hell’s Kitchen (2.4/7). The show slipped a bit, down 4% from last year’s premiere. MasterChef (2.3/6) was … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘America’s Got Talent’ & ‘Bachelorette’ Down; NBC Tops The Night
There were a lot of primetime repeats on Memorial Day, but NBC decided to go ahead with new stuff. A new one-hour 8 PM episode of America’s Got Talent (2.7/8) was down 16% from last week. But with brass bands and other auditions out of Tampa, Fla, the show’s 10.03 million total viewers still easily won the night. Following at 9 PM, American Ninja Warrior (2.0/5) was also new and also down. The sports battle show fell 17% from last week’s Season 4 premiere. Read More »
ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’ & ‘The Bachelorette’ Sued For Racial Discrimination
UPDATE: Warner Horizon, which produces The Bachelor franchise, issued a statement in response to the lawsuit.
This complaint is baseless and without merit. In fact, we have had various participants of color throughout the series’ history, and the producers have been consistently — and publicly — vocal about seeking diverse candidates
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bachelorette’ Finale Takes Dive
The Bachelorette capped its lowest-rated cycle ever with a 2.7/8 for its finale last night. That was down 29% from last summer’s finale to rank as the franchise’s lowest-rated closer to date. The Bachelorette: After The Finale Rose special (2.8/8) … Read More »
ABC Poised To Win Monday, Which Was Impacted By President Obama’s Speech
With President Obama’s speech on the debt negotiations (or lack thereof) and House Speaker John Boehner’s response taking up most of the 9-9:30 PM half-hour on the East Coast, fast nationals are approximate. From 8-9 PM, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen (2.5/8) ran uninterrupted and was even with last week to once … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: Deja Vu – ‘Bachelorette’ Slips, ‘MasterChef’ Goes Up, ABC Wins Night
It is probably appropriate that on a night dominated by reruns we had an almost complete ratings repeat from last Monday. The move of MasterChef to 9 PM continues to pay dividends for Fox. For a second consecutive week, the … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘MasterChef’ Up At 9 PM, ABC Reality Shows Down But Win Night
After MasterChef‘s soft premiere at 8 PM last Monday, Fox moved the cooking series to 9 PM. The move resulted in an 11% improvement last night, when MasterChef drew a 2.0/5 among adults 18-49 in its new berth. (Fox aired … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC’s ‘Bachelorette’ & ‘EM’ Top Night, ‘MasterChef’ Down In Return
ABC dominated every half-hour of primetime last night with The Bachelorette (2.6/8), up 18% from last Monday, which was Memorial Day, and Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (2.2/8), down 8% from its Memorial Day premiere. ABC won the night in … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bachelorette’ Slips, ‘Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss’ Debut OK
As the only network with an all-original lineup, ABC easily won Monday in adults 18-49 (2.2/6) and total viewers (7.1 million). Moving to its regular 8-10 PM time slot, The Bachelorette (2.1/6) was down 23% from its premiere behind the … Read More »
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