Television

Ratings: “Jeopardy!” Aaron Rodgers 2nd Week Falls, “Ellen DeGeneres” Stays Under a Million, Tamron Up, Top Shows Down

Syndication ratings are in for two weeks ago, and they weren't good for Aaron Rodgers. The Green Bay quarterback didn't complete his passes as "Jeopardy!"...

Oscars Ratings As Bad as Feared, Fall to 10 Million from 26 Mil Last Year, Lowest Ever But to Be Expected

We knew this was going to be bad. Last night's Oscars were always going to be a ratings bust. Last year's Oscars hit an...

Told Ya! Anthony Hopkins Won Best Actor After All But Didn’t Show — He Was in Wales on Holiday

I told you this morning Anthony Hopkins wasn't coming to the Oscars, He won anyway. But as I reported this morning he was in Wales, where...

Oscar Prognosticators Were Wrong About Most Everything: SAG Winners Lose, Stalwarts Win, Show was Refreshing

All the Oscar prognosticators were wrong. Frances McDormand and Anthony Hopkins won Best Actress, old stalwarts who already had Oscars. The Academy added thousands of...

Tonight’s Oscars Are About Great Movies, Not Box Office: It Was the Same in 1980 and Always Has Been

I'm seeing articles lamenting that the Best Picture nominees for tonight's Oscars weren't popular or didn't have big box office numbers. The Oscars are not...

Watch Lindsey Graham Tell Chris Wallace That “We Just Elected a Two Term African American President”

read the rest of today's entertainment headlines here Lindsey Graham, who I think is a United States Senator, seems confused today about...

UPDATE “CBS Sunday Morning” Glossed Over Jon Voight’s Crazier Aspects, Referred to Him as a Trumper

Here's an update on the "CBS Sunday Morning" profile of Jon Voight. TCM's Ben Mankiewicz (grand-nephew of "Mank') glossed over Voight's loonier stuff and stuck...

“Saturday Night Live” Announces Elon Musk as Next Host, Fans Respond Negatively on Social Media

"Saturday Night Live" doesn't learn its lesson. They announced this afternoon that the next host of the show, on May 8th, is billionaire Elon Musk...

Awards Show Ratings Disaster as Indie Spirit Special on IFC Fails to Make Top 150 Cable Shows of Thursday

Is it possible? I actually had a feeling this would happen. With little promotion or attention, the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards shown live last night...

We Dodged a Bullet: Report that ABC Won’t Go Ahead with Kelsey Grammer-Alec Baldwin Sitcom

Did you hear that ABC ordered a series starring Kelsey Grammer and Alec Baldwin? It was not going to be called "Kings of Bombast,"...