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Eric Gilliland, a television producer and writer known for his work on the hit sitcom “Roseanne,” died of colon cancer on Sunday, his sister Lisa confirmed to Variety. He was 62.

Gilliland served as a producer and writer on the ABC series “Roseanne” from 1992 to 1996. He received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for the show’s 1992 episode, “The Dark Ages.”

Gilliland went on to work as a consulting producer for two episodes of the “Roseanne” spinoff series “The Conners” in 2019.

After his time on “Roseanne,” Gilliland worked as a consulting producer on “That ’70s Show” from 1998 to 1999, as well as wrote the first season’s third episode, titled “Streaking.” In the episode, Eric (Topher Grace), Kelso (Ashton Kutcher), Hyde (Danny Masterson) and Fez (Wilmer Valderrama) plan on running naked in front of President Gerald R. Ford during his visit to Point Place, Wis.

Gilliland also worked as a producer...

Exclusive: Amrit Kaur, best known for her role as Bela Malhotra in Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls, has signed with Buchwald.

Kaur is an actor, writer, comedian, and activist. She believes in acting as a humanitarian art form with the power to heal, transcend, and empower.

Kaur was awarded Best Actor in A Feature Film for her dual character work in The Queen of My Dreams, at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards. Her other credits include American Gothic, Kim’s Convenience, Hudson & Rex, Nurses and The D Cut.

She also works as a company member and actor at The Gracemoon Arts Company, founded to create a humanitarian hub for artists. This month, the company is opening the largest theatre in Brooklyn, NY, with a gallery and separate open mic salon.

Kaur continues to be repped by Etm Ltd. in Canada.

"Wkrp in Cincinnati" may not be easy to find on streaming these days, but it's still a highlight in sitcom history. The show about a failing radio station run by a groovy and eccentric team was a hit in the '70s, garnering 10 Emmy nominations and the coveted Humanitas Prize before signing off after four seasons. Unfortunately, the show's heavy emphasis on popular music has made it a rare quantity today: according to MTV, the show didn't make it to DVD until 2007 in part because it was tricky to secure the rights to all of the songs featured in its original run. It's currently only available digitally if you buy it on Apple TV, and versions of the show available today are still reportedly missing some songs, with stock music added in their place.

Still, the ultra-'70s show is worth seeking out for comedy fans and music fans alike,...

Exclusive: We’ll be seeing more of Tyler Green in the upcoming season of Criminal Minds: Evolution. Ryan-James Hatanaka, who heavily recurred as the character last season has been promoted to series regular for Season 2 of the Paramount+ series, which is currently in production.

Hatanaka’s Tyler Green is a former army intelligence officer who infiltrated the serial killer network created by Elias Voit (Zach Gilford). This season, the Bau recruits Tyler as a consultant, utilizing his psychological operations training on their latest season-long investigation.

Green joins cast members Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, Paget Brewster and Gilford.

Criminal Minds: Evolution is produced by ABC Signature and CBS Studios. Erica Messer serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Breen Frazier, Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw and Mark Gordon also executive producing.

Evolution‘s second season is set to premiere this year.

Previously, Hatanaka was a regular...

Hallmark’s canceled western “Ride,” starring Nancy Travis (“Last Man Standing”) is galluping to The CW, which picked up repeats of the show to air next month. The 10-episode series will launch on Monday, January 22 at 8 p.m., paired with “Wild Cards” at 9 p.m.

“Ride” is described as “a multigenerational family drama that follows the lives of the McMurrays, a tight-knit family that embarks on a journey of self-discovery on the heels of a tragic loss as they uncover a twisted web of secrets that threatens to tear the family and their Colorado town apart.” Beau Mirchoff, Tiera Skovbye, Sara Garcia, Jake Foy and Tyler Jacob Moore also star.

Blink49 Studios and Seven24 Films, in partnership with Bell Media for CTV Drama Channel in Canada, produce the show, which is based on an original script by husband and wife writing team Rebecca Boss and Chris Masi, who executive produce...

Within minutes, the McMurrays cemented a place in our hearts, and hopefully, we'll be watching them for several seasons.

During Ride Season 1 Episode 1, the McMurrays banded together to try and save the family ranch.

They also showed that family wasn't always just by blood, and sometimes you were blessed to find another family.

Many long-running family dramas have ended recently, including This Is Us, Good Witch, and Chesapeake Shores. Ride elevates the family loyalty from Chesapeake Shores and adds sizzling chemistry from the two leads.

The multi-talented cast adds to the magic of the series, particularly the McMurray family. Nancy Travis is a well-respected actress known for many projects, especially ABC's Last Man standing. She plays the matriarch, Isobel McMurray.

Tiera Skovbye, who portrays Missy McMurray, is most well-known for playing Grace Knight in the Canadian medical series Nurses and Polly Cooper on Riverdale.

Beau Mirchoff, who plays Cash McMurray,...

It’s time to saddle up. Hallmark Channel has revealed that its new rodeo-focused drama series Ride will debut in late March, immediately after The Way Home season finale.

‘Ride’ premieres March 26 on Hallmark Channel, stars Beau Mirchoff and Tiera Skovbye [L-r] Nancy Travis, Beau Mirchoff, Tiera Skovbye | Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images; Matthias Clamer/Freeform via Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Ride will premiere on Sunday, March 26 at 9 p.m. Et on Hallmark Channel, the network revealed in a tweet.

The multi-generational family drama stars Nancy Travis of Three Men and a Baby and The Kominsky Method; Awkward and Good Trouble alum Beau Mirchoff; and Tiera Skovbye from Riverdale and the Canadian TV series Nurses. The cast also includes Sara Garcia (The Flash), Jake Foy (Hallmark’s A Little Daytime Drama), Marcus Rosner (Hallmark’s Romance to the Rescue), and Tyler Jacob Moore (Shameless), TV Insider reports.

Go home, then get ready to ride!

Hallmark Channel's foray into new original series continues next month.

The cable network announced Tuesday that it will offer viewers a special event night with a double dose of primetime drama on Sunday, March 26.

The big night kicks off with the highly-anticipated season finale of its critically acclaimed, hit multigenerational family drama series The Way Home.

The freshman drama moves to an earlier time slot of 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

After The Way Home wraps its run, we'll be introduced to the new drama series, Ride, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. 

Ride follows the intertwined lives of a rodeo family dynasty.

Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, and Sadie Laflamme-Snow (The Apprentice) star in The Way Home, which premiered Sunday, January 15, and has become a runaway hit for the cable network.

Over its first three episodes, The Way Home grew from its premiere to become cable's #1 program on Sundays.

Exclusive: Saving Hope and Burden of Truth showrunner Adam Pettle has joined a newly formed content arm at Canada’s Vanguarde Artists Management.

Pettle, also an exec on CBC drama The Borough, will work alongside Tina Horwitz and Jay Horwitz at Vanguarde Pictures, which will be based in Toronto and focus on developing scripted content for cable, broadcast, streaming and podcasts.

Tina Horwitz, who founded Vanguarde Artists Management, will be Co-Head of Vanguarde Pictures alongside Jay Horwitz.

“This is a very natural progression for Adam and for us collectively,” said Tina Horwitz. “We’re lucky to have had some very rewarding relationships working with clients as producers, and we look forward to giving these efforts more oxygen.”

Along with managing clients, she has been executive producer on CBC and Netflix series Workin’ Moms, which is nearing the end of a seven-season run.

Pettle’s credits include showrunner on Corus and NBC drama Nurses,...

Seasoned Finnish producer Ilkka Matila of Mrp Matila Röhr has signed with Estonia’s Taska Film and locked early support from the Finnish Film Institute and local commercial channel MTV3 for the 2.7m film “Between the Hammer and the Sickle.” Nordisk Film holds Scandinavian rights.

To be pitched on Aug. 24 at the Nordic Co-Production Market in Haugesund, Norway, the title will be one of Matila’s most defining projects, a feature which he believes will stay, along the lines of the multi-awarded “Mother of Mine” or “The Eternal Road.”

“Between the Hammer and the Sickle” will be one of the first features ever to portray Finland’s illustrious former president Urho Kekkonen. Head of state for nearly 26 years, Kekkonen served as the longest-serving Finnish president from 1956 until 1981 and masterminded his country’s policy of neutrality, keeping at bay the threatening Soviet Union with which Finland shares 800 miles of border.

“I...

Many people throughout the years have been referred to as “Disney Legends,” usually based on their close proximity to the company or for working on multiple projects with them. But starting in the late 1980s, becoming a Disney Legend was something that would actually happen – you’d get a statue and a golden, lifetime ticket to all of the Disney Parks and your handprints would soon be immortalized in Legends Plaza, an area on the Disney Lot in Burbank (formerly the reflection pool for the masterful Team Disney Burbank building designed by postmodern architect Michael Graves). In recent years, a lavish ceremony has been added to the D23 Expo, the all-Disney version of Comic-Con, that happens every two years in Anaheim.

While this year’s inductees have yet to be announced, we have some ideas about who should be honored this year:

Robert A.M. Stern Disney

Like Graves, Stern is...

“You’re a horse person?” a Belgian stable owner asks Johanna, a young Finnish journalist delving into the discovery of a microchip in a baby’s meat patty at a Helsinki daycare center. Only creator-director Auli Mantila’s own horse affiliations as a qualified farrier may explain in part one of the most singular of entries at this year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize: “Transport.”

This is Scandinavian crime drama, but “ordi-noir,” Mantila told the Nordisk Film & TV Fond newsletter, in that it “happens in broad daylight, involves people with no special talent or trauma, and takes place in locations anyone could just walk in.”

It also addresses a massive but little explored subject, turning on pan-European food fraud which embroils three women: Marianne, a by-the-book bank loans exec forced to money launder earnings of a sinister food import company; an insurance investigator checking the disappearance of a...

Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing has acquired award-winning feature films “Definition Please” and “Donkeyhead” and will debut them on Netflix.

Array has acquired distribution rights to both films in the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand, with the additional territory of Canada for “Definition Please,” and will debut them on Jan. 21 on Netflix.

Both films are by South Asian origin female actor-filmmakers making their feature directorial debuts and who also star in them. “Definition Please” is by Sujata Day, whose acting credits include HBO’s “Insecure” and she directed and starred in short “Cowboy and Indian,” which is now being developed as a series.

The film follows Monica (Day), a former Scribbs Spelling Bee champion in the U.S. who must reconcile with her estranged brother when he returns home to help care for their sick mother. The film also features Ritesh Rajan (“Russian Doll”), Anna Khaja (“The Walking Dead: World Beyond...

Raymond Ablack, Laura Hopper, Sean Amsing and Emilio Solfrizzi have joined the cast of Netflix’s new rom-com “Love in the Villa.”

Starring Kat Graham and Tom Hopper, “Love in the Villa” follows a young woman who takes a romantic trip to Verona, Italy after a break up. When she arrives to find that that villa she reserved was double-booked, she has to share her vacation with a cynical (yet very good-looking) British man. Ablack plays the woman’s ex-boyfriend.

Set to be released on the streamer in 2022, the rom-com is written, directed and produced by Mark Steven Johnson, with Margret Huddleston and Stephanie Slack producing for Off Camera Entertainment.

The new movie marks a continuation of Ablack’s relationship with the streamer after appearing in “Maid,” “Ginny & Georgia” and “Narcos.” In “Ginny & Georgia,” Ablack plays Joe, the owner of the local farm-to-table restaurant who can’t help...

During the regular 2019-20 television season, NBC launched only seven new TV shows and five of them were cancelled. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020-21 season will be unlike any other in history. Which TV shows will be cancelled or renewed this time? Stay tuned.

NBC shows this season (so far): American Ninja Warrior, The Blacklist, Capital One College Bowl, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Pd, Connecting..., Dateline NBC, Debris, Ellen's Game of Games, Good Girls, Kenan, Law & Order: Svu, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Manifest, Mr. Mayor, New Amsterdam, Nurses,  Superstore, This Is Us, Transplant, The Voice, The Wall, Weakest Link, Young Rock, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

There's lots of data that NBC execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series but the ratings are typically the biggest piece. Here's how the network's shows are doing.

Every year, the NBC television network airs new and continuing TV series. Many are cancelled and many are renewed by the season's end. Although everyone understands that Nielsen ratings usually play a big role in TV cancellations and renewals, most fans do not get to participate in that system. So, we are offering you the chance to rate NBC TV shows here, instead.

NBC TV series that have premiered (so far) during the 2020-21 television season: American Ninja Warrior, The Blacklist, Capital One College Bowl, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Pd, Connecting..., Debris, Ellen's Game of Games, Good Girls, Kenan, Law & Order: Svu, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Making It, Manifest, New Amsterdam, Nurses, Superstore, This Is Us, Transplant, The Voice, The Wall, Weakest Link, Young Rock, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

Here's a...

The Covid-19 pandemic was barely a week old when Fox moved to enlist L.A.’s Finest — meaning, Spectrum’s Jessica Alba/Gabrielle Union cop drama — to fill one of the programming holes that would inevitably be caused by the swift shutdown of TV and movie productions.

“I knew that it was [originally] developed for broadcast television, it had two stars…. So before the end of March 2020, I was negotiating for it,” Dan Harrison, the EVP of Program Planning and Content Strategy at Fox Entertainment, recalls for TVLine.

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James Wolk is officially returning to the small screen.

NBC has ordered new drama Ordinary Joe to series.

The series explores the three parallel lives of the show's main character after he makes a pivotal choice at a crossroads in his life.

The series asks the question of how different life might look if you made your decision based on love, loyalty or passion

This means we'll get to see Wolk playing a rock singer, a nurse, and a cop as his life goes in very different directions.

"I still remember when Matt Reeves shared this passion project back when I worked at Twentieth. Russel and Garrett wrote such a compelling and emotional script that was expertly executed from page to screen," said Lisa Katz, President, Scripted Content, Entertainment and Streaming.

"We love how 'Ordinary Joe' lets us experience the universal question of 'what if' through an incredible...

The Season 20 premiere of NBC’s The Voice drew a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.74 million viewers for its two-hour debut Monday, finishing as the night’s most-watched show and tying ABC’s The Bachelor for the top spot in the key demo.

It also served a lead-in for NBC’s new sci-fi drama Debris, toplined by Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele. It was up a tenth from the averages of Weakest Link and The Wall which had held the slot so far in 2021, and up two tenths from the last 10 p.m. premiere for NBC, Canadian pickup Nurses.

NBC was the most-watched broadcast network in primetime last night, and tied for the demo top spot with Fox, which scored with its hit drama doubleheader 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star. Both were steady with last week’s numbers.

The Bachelor, which...

Magnolia has acquired U.S. rights to the Swedish horror film “The Other Side,” the debut feature from Oskar Mellander and Tord Danielsson. The movie is represented by REinvent Intl. Sales.

“The Other Side” follows a family of three — Shirin, her partner Fredrik and his 5-year old son — who move into a small-town duplex and begin to hear mysterious noises from a supposedly uninhabited part of the house. Shirin comes to realize that they are haunted by an evil that only she can stop. The cast includes Dilan Gwyn (“Love Me”) and Linus Wahlgren (“Blue Eyes”).

REinvent has also scored sales on the film for Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Poland (Best Film) and Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia (Vertigo Media).

Mellander and Danielsson are well-established TV drama directors, with credits including “The Last Reality Show,” “Vikingshill” and “Nurses.”

“The Other Side” was released in Sweden in October 2020 and ranked as...

As those who read my reviews will remember, Nurses Season 1 Episode 8 included some negative and inaccurate depictions of religious Jews. Clearly, I wasn't the only one upset about this.

Allison Josephs did a piece for Jew In The City called "NBC Needs To Apologize For Their Libelous Portrayal of Hasidic Jews In 'Nurses.'"

She explains how the episode portrayed the Hasidic Jewish characters as backward, hateful, and refusing to accept medical help, pointing out the inaccuracies as she goes.

The article ends with a call to action, "Hasidic Jews are being attacked in the streets with greater frequency every single day. Do better, Hollywood, at not constructing pernicious lies that endanger our community.

Jew in the City is planning an upcoming event in Manhattan to promote education and accurate coverage of Orthodox Jews in the media.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center seconds Josephs comment on the danger of media encouraging...

NBC has pulled an episode of Canadian import Nurses from its digital platforms after it was condemned by the Simon Wiesenthal Center for its depiction of Orthodox Jews, per The Hollywood Reporter.

The installment in question — which aired on Feb. 9 in the states — featured a scene in which a young Orthodox Jewish patient named Israel is informed by a doctor that he will require a bone graft for his injured leg. The procedure requires surgically inserting a part of a cadaver’s leg into the patient, prompting remarks from Israel and his father.

More from TVLineNurses Finale Recap: Fresh Starts and Bad Decisions — Plus,...

An episode of Canadian drama “Nurses” that aired on NBC earlier this month has been pulled from the broadcaster’s digital platforms following backlash over the installment’s storyline about an Orthodox Jewish patient refusing a bone graft from a potentially “Arab” or female donor, a spokesperson for the network tells TheWrap.

“The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes, right down to the name of the patient, Israel – pious and all,” the Simon Wiesenthal Center said in a statement earlier Wednesday. “In one scene, NBC has insulted and demonized religious Jews and Judaism. Overreaction? Orthodox Jews are targeted for violent hate crimes — in the city of New York, Jews are number one target of hate crimes in U.S.. This is no slip of the tongue. It was a vile, cheap attack masquerading as TV drama. What’s NBC going to do about it?...

NBC is pulling the season finale of its Canadian import Nurses off its digital platforms amid backlash from national Jewish organizations regarding a scene they accuse of being anti-Semitic.

A network source confirmed the move Wednesday, the same day groups including the Simon Wiesenthal Center released a statement condemning the scene, in which an Orthodox Jewish patient refuses a bone graft for his leg because it would come from a “goyim leg.”

“The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes, right down to the name of the patient, Israel—paiyous and all. In one scene, NBC has insulted and demonized religious Jews and Judaism,” it said. It added: “Overreaction? Orthodox Jews are targeted for violent hate crimes – in the city of New York, Jews are number one target of hate crimes in US; this is no slip of the tongue. It was a vile,...

Though it wasn’t one of the top programs of Tuesday evening according to Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers (that triumph goes to an original of NBC’s “This Is Us” and to an encore of CBS’ “NCIS”), The CW’s series debut of “Superman & Lois” at 8 p.m. and the “Superman & Lois: Legacy of Hope” special both scored substantial primetime numbers compared to the network’s typical ages 18-49 performance. “Superman & Lois” beamed 1.71 million viewers to its premiere telecast and drew a rating of 0.3 in the key demo. The subsequent special also obtained a 0.3 and drew 1.50 million viewers.

Elsewhere on television, NBC was dominating Tuesday, starting with the 9 p.m. airing of a new episode of “This Is Us” that garnered 5 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the key demo. It came first in terms of ages 18-49 rankings and second in total viewership for the night.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, it’s Superman & Lois! The new CW superhero series flew up, up and away with its 90-minute series debut Tuesday in primetime, with the pilot earning a 0.4 in the demo and 1.71 million viewers, marking the largest audience for a DC series since the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover episode of The Flash on December 10, 2019.

Superman & Lois was also the second-best CW premiere since the October 2019 debut of Batwoman. Last night’s series premiere matched the Nielsen Live+Same Day fast-affiliate demo of the debut of Walker, which drew 2.43 million viewers on January 21, sparking the network’s most watched Thursday primetime since 2018.

A second 30-minute Superman & Lois episode followed the debut last night.

Elsewhere in primetime, NBC’s This Is Us dipped from last week but it still ruled the night in ratings. Meanwhile, Young Rock dipped...

An episode of the NBC medical drama Nurses has earned condemnation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center over a plot involving an Orthodox Jew who refuses a bone graft from a potentially “Arab” or “woman” donor.

“The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes right down to the name of the patient, Israel — payouts [sidelocks] and all,” a statement reads. “In one scene, NBC has insulted and demonized religious Jews and Judaism.”

The scene — which aired Feb. 9 in an episode called “Achilles Heel” and was first called out ...

An episode of the NBC medical drama Nurses has earned condemnation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center over a plot involving an Orthodox Jew who refuses a bone graft from a potentially “Arab” or “woman” donor.

The controversy has led NBC to pull the episode from all digital platforms and future airings.

“The writers of this scene check all the boxes of ignorance and pernicious negative stereotypes right down to the name of the patient, Israel — payouts [sidelocks] and all,” a statement reads. “In one scene, NBC has insulted and demonized religious Jews and Judaism.”

The scene — ...

Has it really only been four months? At the end of Nurses Season 1 Episode 10, our favorite group of health care professionals reflects on how long, or rather short, their time at St. Mary's has been. 

So much has happened since the premiere. For some of these five individuals, things are finally looking up. For others, the challenges are just beginning.

Grace and Keon both faced challenges during this installment, but they overcame them.

Dr. Banks: It's a negative sign. I'm not pregnant.

Keon: You're not pregnant?

Dr. Banks: No. And neither are you.

Keon: Oh my god.

Dr. Banks: Yeah.

Keon: Wow.

Dr. Banks: And all that stuff you were just saying about the place in the burbs and the minivan?

Keon: Crazy.

Dr. Banks: Absolutely.

Keon: Yeah.

Dr. Banks: But also super hot.

Permalink: But also super hot. Added: February 21, 2021

Keon and Dr. Banks' pregnancy scare was just that,...

It was an eventful first four months on the job for the newbie Nurses. Season 1 of the Canadian medical drama ended its NBC shift on Tuesday by tackling a pregnancy scare, alcoholism and sexual assault.

Now that she’s gone public with her allegations against Dr. Hamilton, Grace is swarmed by the media and ostracized by some of the hospital’s doctors (“I’d say hi, but I don’t want you to sue me”). Evan, of course, is nothing like the others and pretends that everything is normal. Unbeknownst to her, Grace also gets support from her ex Kabir,...

Off the case. In this exclusive clip from Tuesday, Feb. 23's Nurses season finale, Ashley (Natasha Calis) faces retaliation from head nurse Sinead (Cathy White) after reaching out to the latter's boyfriend with concerns about Sinead's drinking. For those unfamiliar with the show, per NBC, Nurses "follows five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy downtown hospital, dedicating their lives to helping others, while struggling to help themselves." This is proven to be true in the just-released footage above. "What did I tell you?" an enraged Sinead snaps at Ashley. "My boyfriend just confronted me about being back in the drop. I wondered where he got such a...

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NBC topped the broadcast ratings Monday in primetime with two series premieres and its drama kingpin This Is Us. The network’s night started with the Dwayne Johnson family comedy Young Rock, which debuted strong with a 0.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.03 million viewers tuning in to smell what The Rock was cooking. Saturday Night Live staple Kenan Thompson followed with the debut of his new comedy Kenan.

The duo marked NBC’s best two comedy premieres in the demo since 2017 in Nielsen’s Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers. The comedies also took the No. 1 and No. 2 spots when it came to scripted series debuts for the 2020-2021 season, with Young Rock the best comedy launch on all of broadcast in the 18-49 demo since January 2019.

The new shows were followed by This Is Us, which ticked up in the demo from last week to top...

In the latest TV show ratings, the tag team of Young Rock and Kenan greatly improved NBC’s Tuesday leadoff slot, paving the way for This Is Us to also rise.

Young Rock debuted to 5 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating, while Kenan drew 4.1 mil and a 0.8 — on average doubling what the on-hiatus and Sunday-bound Zoey’s Playlist had most recently been doing in the 8 o’clock hour.

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NBC’s “Young Rock” just got some pretty grown-up Nielsen numbers from its series premiere. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s sitcom topped 5 million total viewers on Tuesday. Immediately following, Kenan Thompson’s “Kenan” debuted to more than 4 million viewers. “This Is Us” at 9 didn’t disappoint either. NBC finished first in the key ratings demo last night, but finished second in total viewers to a trio of CBS reruns. Also Read: 'Young Rock' Casts Its Vince McMahon and 'Macho Man' Randy Savage NBC was first in ratings with a 0.8 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 4.1 million, according to preliminary numbers. “Young Rock” at 8 p.m. landed a 0.9/6 and 5.034 million viewers. At 8:30, “Kenan” drew a 0.8/5 and 4.1 million viewers. “This Is Us” at 9 scored a 1.1/6 and 5.6 million viewers. At 10, “Nurses” got a 0.3/2 and 2.2 million viewers. ABC was second...

ABC and CBS settled for a primetime ratings tie with Univision on Wednesday, when ABC’s “For Life” dipped to a new low among adults 18-49 and CBS premiered Season 2 of “Tough as Nails.” “For Life,” which is produced by rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, slipped to a 0.2 rating in the key demo, according to Nielsen. It did, however, manage to have a few more overall viewers this week than last week. CBS aired two reruns last night and ABC aired one — that didn’t help either network’s case. NBC’s “One Chicago” lineup comfortably won another Wednesday primetime. Fox finished second. Also Read: Ratings: 'This Is Us' Return Tops Tuesday in Key Demo, but 'Zoey's' and 'Nurses' Drag NBC Down NBC was first in ratings with a 0.9 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 6.8 million, according to preliminary numbers.

Though it wasn’t the top program of Tuesday evening according to Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers (that triumph goes to an original of NBC’s “This Is Us”), The CW’s broadcasts of “Two Sentence Horror Stories” and “Trickster” both scored substantial boosts of 66.67% in the key demo, soaring above the previous week’s episodes.

Last night’s new episode of spooky anthology series from Guam-born creator Vera Miao earned a 0.1 rating in the key, adults 18-49 demographic and drew 0.52 million viewers during its 8 p.m. timeslot. The new episode of the coming-of-age tale about an Indigenous teen earned a 0.1 rating in the key demo, and drew 0.37 million viewers at 9 p.m. “Trickster” was recently embedded in a scandal, as its director and producer Michelle Latimer was found guilty of “indigenous-fishing,” claiming to be of Aboriginal descent when she is not. The aftermath led The CW and...

NBC’s flagship drama This Is Us returned with a new episode Tuesday after being sidelined three weeks because of Covid-related production delays and was welcomed as primetime’s top-rated show, drawing a 1.0 rating and 4.99 million viewers. CBS won the night overall in both metrics meanwhile on a rare night these days of almost all original fare.

CBS’ lineup included returns after a week off of NCIS, Tuesday’s most-watched show, followed by FBI and FBI: Most Wanted, all steady with their last originals January 26.

NBC was second in the demo overall with This Is Us bookended by Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and Nurses, both even with last week. This Is Us’ last original episode was January 12; it was up a tenth from that episode last night.

ABC was second in viewers Tuesday with an all-original lineup of To Tell the Truth, up a tenth,...

“This Is Us” returned Tuesday from an unplanned hiatus due to another coronavirus production shutdown. And while the drama finished first in demo ratings, lead-in “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” and lead-out “Nurses” let NBC down in terms of primetime averages. CBS, which returned procedurals “NCIS,” “FBI” and “FBI: Most Wanted” from rerun-land, topped primetime outright. CBS was first in ratings with a 0.8 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 7.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. “NCIS” at 8 p.m. posted a 0.9/6 and 9.5 million viewers. At 9, “FBI” put up a 0.8/5 and 7.6 million viewers. “FBI: Most Wanted” at 10 received a 0.6/4 and 5.5 million viewers. NBC was second in ratings with a 0.6/4 and third in viewers with 3 million. “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” at 8 had a 0.4/3 and 2.1 million viewers. “This Is Us” at 9 drew a 1.0/6 and 5 million viewers. At 10, “Nurses” got a 0.3/2 and 1.9 million viewers. Also Read: 'This Is...

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s This Is Us returned (once again) to 5 million viewers and a 1.0 rating, holding steady in the demo (and leading Tuesday in that measure) while dipping to an audience low. (Read recap.)

Bookending the family drama, Zoey’s Playlist (2.1 mil/0.4, read post mortem) and Nurses (1.9 mil/0.3) were steady in the demo.

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Keon screws up royally on Nurses Season 1 Episode 8. His heart was in the right place, but he overestimated his own power in the situation.

Keon has been fighting the stereotype that comes with being a successful athlete since day one, but he played right into it when he tried to intimidate Dr. Hamillton.

He's used to people being scared and stepping down because he's strong and imposing. However, he's just a first-year nurse in this situation. He has no more power than Grace of Naz. Dr. Hamitlon is the powerful big bad boogyman here.

Grace: Why did you have to tell him?

Keon: I just ... I just thought, if he knew someone was watching, he'd think twice about trying anything else.

Grace: Who exactly is watching? A couple of junior nurses?

Keon: I didn't mean to make things worse.

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ABC’s Pacific Northwest noir drama Big Sky held steady with last week’s numbers to top Tuesday’s primetime ratings, scoring a 0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and netting 2.42 million viewers in Nielsen’s Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers.

The rest of ABC’s lineup was down in the demo across the board with To Tell the Truth and Black-ish (0.5, 2.63M) ticking down a tenth. Mixed-ish dipped two tenths from last week’s Season 2 premiere.

At NBC, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist was down, while Nurses managed to climb a tenth. In between was another encore of This Is Us which when in originals always ranks near the top Tuesday nights.

Fox’s The Resident stumbled a tenth in the demo, while Prodigal Son (0.4, 2.42M) was on par with last week.

The CW’s a fresh episode of Two Sentence Horror Stories was steady,...

It was a slow night, but the one constant was ABC's Big Sky.

Big Sky Season 1 Episode 7 managed 3.6 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating -- on par with last week's midseason debut, and right on par with its season average.

For a 10 Pm series, Big Sky is holding up very well, and should get a second season renewal at these levels.

Elsewhere on ABC, To Tell the Truth (4.2 million/0.5 rating), Black-ish (2.6 million/0.5 rating) and Mixed-ish (2.2 million/0.4 rating) all came down from last week's opener, meaning that Big Sky was the network's only steady series on the night.

Over on Fox, The Resident came down to a series low in the demo.

The medical drama had a 0.5 rating and 4 million viewers, while Prodigal Son was steady at series lows with 2.4 million and a 0.4 rating.

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2.2 million/0.4 rating) dipped, while Nurses (1.7 million/0.4 rating) went the other way.

This Is Us...

Poor Grace. Nurses Season 1 Episode 7 was another Grace centric episode, and man, did we feel for her. She's trying so hard to be strong, but she's been through so much.

Grace blames herself for what Dr. Hamilton did to her. That isn't an uncommon response to an assault, unfortunately. Thankfully, Grace has Ashley and the rest of her friends to tell her that it wasn't her fault.

What happened with her patient, Nic, however, was. We can sympathize with Nic. Between living in a hospital and dealing with a chronic condition, it must be the worst. Plus, losing your toes? Nobody can blame her for wanting a day off.

Nic: Two toes down. Pedicures will never be the same.

Grace: Maybe you'll get a 20& discount.

Nic: You know, when you're going downhill, you don't ever think that you're literally going to fall apart.

Grace: (Laughs) Sorry. I shouldn't laugh.

Nic: Really.

For the second Tuesday in a row, CBS’ cop drama “NCIS” was the top program of the evening according to Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers. The 8 p.m. airing of a brand new episode garnered 9.74 million viewers, soaring above the rest of the primetime rankings. “NCIS” was also first in the adults 18-49 demographic, drawing a 0.9 rating.

CBS continued to dominate Tuesday, with the “FBI” duo taking second and third place for the night in both the key demo and in viewership. At 9 p.m., “FBI” attracted 8.08 million viewers and a 0.8 in adults 18-49; at 10 p.m., “FBI: Most Wanted” landed a season-best amount of watchers (6.14 million), and a 0.6 in the key demo.

Elsewhere on television, ABC debuted the sixth season of the “To Tell the Truth” revival, hosted by Anthony Anderson, which obtained a 0.6 in the key demo and 4.29 million viewers during its 8 p.m. showtime. Additionally,...

CBS’s popular procedural NCIS led the night in ratings and audience delivering a 0.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 9.74 million viewers. The numbers were up from last week in both regards. FBI earned a 0.8 in the demo and 8.08 million viewers, down from the special January 24 episode while FBI: Most Wanted bookended the night climbing a tenth in the demo with a 0.6 rating and netting 6.14 million viewers.

ABC saw a pair of season premieres and the return of two shows. After taking a holiday break, Black-ish ticked up in the demo since its last fresh episode to deliver a 0.6 and 3.04 million viewers. The Season 2 premiere of the spin-off, Mixed-ish saw a two-tenths bump in the demo from its freshman finale with a 0.6 rating and 2.61 million viewers. David E. Kelley’s drama-thriller Big Sky returned with a 0.6 in the demo and 3.74 million viewers, holding steady with its fall finale. To Tell The Truth...

It was a good night for ABC's Big Sky.

The freshman drama returned with 3.7 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in the demo -- right on par with where it left off in the fall.

More promising is that it held up without a hefty lead-in from The Bachelorette.

The Season 2 debut of Mixed-ish did 2.6 million viewers and a 0.6 rating -- down from last season's premiere, but up from its spring average.

Black-ish resumed its season with 3 million viewers and a 0.6 rating.

To Tell the Truth started the night for ABC with 4.3 million viewers and a 0.6 rating.

Over on Fox, The Resident was stable with 3.5 million viewers and a 0.6 rating, but Prodigal Son came down to new series lows.

It had 2.2 million viewers and a 0.4 rating, which might not be good enough to stick around at Fox.

If the show continues to vault in delayed viewing, it should be fine. The...

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ NCIS delivered 9.8 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating, ticking up and leading Tuesday in both measures.

Leading out of that, FBI (8.1 mil/0.8) enjoyed a nice bump versus its previous Tuesday tallies following Sunday’s post-nfl showcase, while FBI: Most Wanted (6.1 mil/0.6) was steady.

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ABC | Leading out of To Tell the Truth (4.3 mil/0.6), black-ish (3 mil/0.6, read recap) improved on its fall Wednesday averages (2.5 mil/0.5), while mixed-ish (2.6 mil/0.6, read recap) was up a tick from its freshman finale.

Kabir is the worst. Actually, Dr. Hamilton is the worst, but Kabir is a close second. Grace finally ended her affair on Nurses Season 1 Episode 6, and I couldn't be happier! It's about time, really.

TV shows have a way of numbing us to less than okay relationships. We appreciate the nuances of morally ambiguous relationships, our shipper goggles excusing bad behavior.

We knew Grace's boyfriend was engaged to someone else. That's not a good sign for their relationship. He might not be the best guy. But we liked Grace, and she was doing it too, and we've excused worse in fiction before.

Grace: You know, your life plan will always revolve around you, because I'm just a moving piece in it, but that's okay, because for me, I guess, I was using you too to survive.

Kabir: Survive what? What are you talking about?

Grace: But that isn't working anymore,...

Back in early 2020, before the pandemic had really started, CBC premiered Nurses, their new medical drama. A year later, it premiered in the U.S. on NBC. And we're so glad it did!

We're only halfway through the first season at this point, so we're still getting to know the characters, but so far, we love them all!

We didn't love Ashley Collins so much to begin with. she doesn't make the best first impression, but she's growing on us. The talented Natasha Calis play Ashley.

Natasha's been acting since age seven. She's known for her role in Box Office Hit, The Possession, and NBC's The Firm.

Natasha took some time to talk with us about Ashley's character and what she thinks people have gotten and will get out of the show.

Disclaimer: This interview has been edited for clarity.

Nurses came out about a year ago in Canada and...