Live events like awards shows were supposed to be what saves broadcast TV. But even while they’re stuck at home in the middle of a pandemic, viewers have lost interest in kudocasts — and the ratings declines this year don’t bode well for the future of the form.
The recent performance of the Golden Globes, Grammys and SAG Awards should make the producers of this month’s Oscars nervous. So far this year, year-to-year viewership for The CW’s Critics Choice Awards dropped 69%; NBC’s Golden Globes ceremony was down 62%; TNT and TBS’ simulcast of the SAG Awards dipped 52%; and CBS’ Grammys telecast fell 51%.
Last year’s Academy Awards, in which “Parasite” took best picture, averaged 23.6 million viewers — making it the lowest-watched on record. If this year’s trend continues, a 50% drop would bring it down to the shockingly low level of around 12 million.
The all-time peak remains 57.2 million...
The recent performance of the Golden Globes, Grammys and SAG Awards should make the producers of this month’s Oscars nervous. So far this year, year-to-year viewership for The CW’s Critics Choice Awards dropped 69%; NBC’s Golden Globes ceremony was down 62%; TNT and TBS’ simulcast of the SAG Awards dipped 52%; and CBS’ Grammys telecast fell 51%.
Last year’s Academy Awards, in which “Parasite” took best picture, averaged 23.6 million viewers — making it the lowest-watched on record. If this year’s trend continues, a 50% drop would bring it down to the shockingly low level of around 12 million.
The all-time peak remains 57.2 million...
- 4/15/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Let “Saturday Night Live” do all the President Trump sketches it wants. Over on HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” there are skits that cleverly parody how slow soul food restaurants are and how it feels to be overlooked in society with a recurring bit called “Invisible Spy.” Meanwhile, “Sherman’s Showcase” on IFC pokes fun at music-driven biopics with “This Is How He Did It: The Montell Jordan Story” and gives a nod in every episode to an obscure 1970s Afro Sheen commercial featuring Frederick Douglass. And Comedy Central’s “Alternatino with Arturo Castro,” mocks everything from drunk wedding guests to popstar Pitbull and the inhumane treatment at Ice detention centers.
When the new series “Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show” premieres on Netflix Friday, comedy lovers can expect the same type of culturally relevant topics and humor. Executive produced by Kenya Barris (“Black-ish”), the series pushes past the...
When the new series “Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show” premieres on Netflix Friday, comedy lovers can expect the same type of culturally relevant topics and humor. Executive produced by Kenya Barris (“Black-ish”), the series pushes past the...
- 12/3/2019
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- Variety Film + TV
Visibility matters.
This is a refrain most often — and most importantly — sung about the representation of women, people of color, Lgbtq, those with disabilities and other marginalized groups within the entertainment industry. But in many ways, it is crucial for Emmy nominees, too.
After all, with more than 500 scripted series alone, the odds that the 25,000 members of the Television Academy have actually seen any part of a show, let alone all of it, get slimmer every year. Series or individuals with larger footprints have seemingly pushed forward this year. The ones that did land nominations scored accolades across the ballot.
Now that the time left on final round voting is ticking down quickly, visibility — both from a campaign perspective and a larger cultural conversation — will likely push one nominee to the front of the pack.
“It’s challenging to look back to see if there was any correlation to getting...
This is a refrain most often — and most importantly — sung about the representation of women, people of color, Lgbtq, those with disabilities and other marginalized groups within the entertainment industry. But in many ways, it is crucial for Emmy nominees, too.
After all, with more than 500 scripted series alone, the odds that the 25,000 members of the Television Academy have actually seen any part of a show, let alone all of it, get slimmer every year. Series or individuals with larger footprints have seemingly pushed forward this year. The ones that did land nominations scored accolades across the ballot.
Now that the time left on final round voting is ticking down quickly, visibility — both from a campaign perspective and a larger cultural conversation — will likely push one nominee to the front of the pack.
“It’s challenging to look back to see if there was any correlation to getting...
- 8/20/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s roundup, Gloria Estefan joins “One Day at a Time” Season 3, and CBS News hired Michele Perez Exner as its communications director for Washington, D.C. and “Face the Nation.”
Dates
The Creative Artists Agency has announced that its second annual CAA Amplify will begin on Wednesday in Ojai, Calif., featuring guest speakers Carmelo Anthony, Xavier Becerra, Joy Buolamwini, Julian Castro, Jon M. Chu, Cheo Hodari Coker, Cesar Conde, Lee Daniels, Channing Dungey, David Fizdale, Thelma Golden, Vanita Gupta, Sherrilyn Ifill, Lisa Ling, Al Madrigal, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Heather Rae, and Alan Yang. At the event, filmmakers, activists and business people will discuss topics ranging from creative processes to criminal justice reform.
Casting
Gloria Estefan will guest star in a Season 3 episode of Netflix‘s “One Day at a Time.” Estefan, who also sings the series theme song, will play Mirtha, the baby sister and enemy of Rita Moreno...
Dates
The Creative Artists Agency has announced that its second annual CAA Amplify will begin on Wednesday in Ojai, Calif., featuring guest speakers Carmelo Anthony, Xavier Becerra, Joy Buolamwini, Julian Castro, Jon M. Chu, Cheo Hodari Coker, Cesar Conde, Lee Daniels, Channing Dungey, David Fizdale, Thelma Golden, Vanita Gupta, Sherrilyn Ifill, Lisa Ling, Al Madrigal, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Heather Rae, and Alan Yang. At the event, filmmakers, activists and business people will discuss topics ranging from creative processes to criminal justice reform.
Casting
Gloria Estefan will guest star in a Season 3 episode of Netflix‘s “One Day at a Time.” Estefan, who also sings the series theme song, will play Mirtha, the baby sister and enemy of Rita Moreno...
- 6/25/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
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