Saturday, May 2, 2026

Television

Oscars Announce First Presenters Include Good Sport Lady Gaga, Who Wasn’t Even Nominated, Plus Chris Rock, Kevin Costner

The Oscars are coming on March 27th. Today ABC announced the first presenters. They are Kevin Costner, Zoë Kravitz, Lady Gaga, Rosie Perez, Chris Rock...

Jennifer Hudson’s Talk Show is a ‘Go’ at Fox Stations as A Replacement for Ellen DeGeneres

She's got the Oscar and a bunch of other awards. Now Jennifer Hudson is coming to afternoon TV. JHud will host her own syndicated talk...

War is Good For Prime Time Cable: CNN Shows Rise by a Million or More Viewers During Ukraine Crisis

End of the world? Nuclear war? Not such a good thing. But for CNN, break out the Champagne! When I wrote the story of Jeff Zucker's...

Kevin Costner Shows Political Colors, Makes “Yellowstone” Doc Deal with Ultra Conservative Fox Nation

EXCLUSIVE Kevin Costner was always a rare right wing Republican in Hollywood. But when it didn't serve his purposes, Costner backed off for a...

Surprise: “SNL” with John Mulaney Draws a Million Fewer Viewers Than Same Date Last Year

Hunh. I'm very surprised. "SNL" with John Mulaney scored 4.785 million viewers, which isn't bad but not great. Nothing ro write home about Indeed, Mulaney's return,...

Pretty Pretty Bad: Larry David HBO Documentary Set for Tonight Surprisingly Cancelled By HBO

HBO has abruptly cancelled the Larry David documentary that was supposed to play tonight and tomorrow in two parts. They've even pulled the trailer from...

Ratings: “SAG Awards” Score About 1.8 Mil Viewers, “Euphoria” Rises to 6.6 Million For Finale

The Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night were a kind of private affair. About 1.8 million people tuned in on a combination of TNT...

Sunday Night Ratings: If “American Idol” Had Queen Latifah Sing on the Show, Everyone Would Win!

Sunday night on broadcast TV: If ABC's "American Idol" got Queen Latifah to come sing on their show, they'd each have hits. As it is, QL's...