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12-24-2019, 04:51 AM

Most Profitable Show In Gen-TV History?
----What Show Tops List

What is the most profitable show in Gen-TV History? Answering that question is the goal of this Hollywood Now list. Over the last 10 seasons (It'll be 11 in September) Gen-TV has made billions of dollars and produced some memorable and popular series; such as "Mallory's of Jefferson County" and "Over My Head". But which series reigns supreme? We'll answer that question as we countdown the 25 most profitable series in Gen-TV History; looking at a variety of factors including Domestic Revenue, International Revenue, Syndication and Streaming Profitability, DVD/Home Video Sales/Merchandising Sales, Emmy and Golden Globe Nominations/Wins and Overall Popularity.

Over the next several weeks we'll attempt to answer that question, in small groups until we reach #1. Here is the first batch.

25. Life's Facts: This sitcom was one of the networks first viable comedies, and starred sitcom favorites Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains), who has since disavowed the show and Gen-TV and Lisa Whelchel (The Facts of Life). Airing across four seasons (2009-2012), this comedy aimed to take a look at suburban life from a conservative point of view. After a couple seasons of solid comedy Kirk Cameron took over the creative reins of the show and it devolved into a right-wing mess that alienated viewers and drove ratings down. It did well in syndication for a few seasons (2011-2014) but was pulled after one contract cycle ended in 2014. Aside from a short appearance on Hulu in 2013 and a long out of print season one DVD release in 2012, the series hasn't had much of a shelf life in the USA.

Internationally, it sold well during its original run airing in over 25 countries including most of Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada and most Asian countries (except China). It currently airs in only 13 countries as most contracts for the show were not renewed beyond 2016.

Overall Profit for Gen-TV: 104.8 million

24. Something Old, Something New: Another sitcom that aired four seasons during Gen-TV's formative years (2009-2012); this comedy starred sitcom veteran Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) alongside Rena Sofer (General Hospital), Melissa Peterman (Reba) and a young Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place). McCormack starred as a soon to be married New Yorker who finds out that he has a 15 year old daughter he never knew about when his college girlfriend shows up unannounced.

The series was surprisingly popular during its inaugural run and ended it's final season with 18.5 million viewers. The series was cancelled at the time due to creative reasons and internal politics at Gen-TV; as a new regime took over and wanted to create their own programs.

This show has fared very well in syndication, becoming the #4 comedy in second run syndication in 2013 and airing on multiple networks since. Including eight years on Lifetime (2010-2018) and six on TV Land (2014-2019). It has also aired sporadically on TBS, Pop TV and E. It currently airs on Hulu, Amazon Prime, Stream-ME and CW Owned and Operated Stations nationwide. The entire series was released on DVD and Blu-Ray between 2013 and 2015 and re released in 2017.

Internationally this series hasn't fared so well; airing only in Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. A 2014 NY Times Article explained "The series comes across as "too american" for most international audiences and seems to put off international buyers due to it's excessive sexual innuendo and references to American popular culture."

Overall Profits: 114.8 million

23. County General: This drama aired for four seasons (2009-2012) and was the among Gen-TV's first popular drama series. Produced by David E. Kelley it was a serious and yet, zany look at a Boston hospital. Among the cast were Geena Davis, Tim Matheson, Neve Campbell, Linda Blair, Mekhi Phifer, Justin Hartley (before This Is Us fame) and Sela Ward.

At the time it was a top ten series and an awards magnet; generating Emmy and Golden Globe nominations every season.

It has fared well on DVD and Streaming; with the entire series released on DVD and Blu-Ray between 2010 and 2014. It has appeared on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Stream-Me and aired in syndication since 2011. It aired on Lifetime from 2011-2014 and has aired on Pop TV since 2016.

Internationally it has had mass appeal; airing in nearly 70 countries. In Switzerland it has ranked as the #1 most popular non-Swiss series ever and is considered a "classic" in that country.

Overall Profits: 125.9 million

22. Abducted: Airing across six seasons (2012-2015) this drama series starred Emmy and Oscar Winner Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope) and Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us) as police detectives working kidnapping and abduction cases. The main serial element involved the abduction of Lahti's characters daughter; which she strives to solve.

Lahti and Ventimiglia both earned nominations from Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG for their work. The series was a popular mainstay on Gen-TV and earned heaps of critical praise.

It has maintained a solid following internationally and airs in 50 countries across the world; and as far away as Dubai. It has sold well on DVD where it's first three seasons are available (released between 2012 and 2014) and the final three scheduled for release in 2020.

In syndication it was a success when it debuted and ranked among the top 40 most-watched second-run shows for several seasons. Currently it airs only on GetTV and Stream-Me.

Overall Profits: 128.78 million

21. Boyfriends: This extremely popular sitcom ran for six seasons between 2010 and 2012. It was a massive success during those years; consistently ranking in the top 5 shows on TV and earning critical acclaim. A highly-watched reunion film in May 2018 garnered record breaking numbers.

This show has remained very popular in syndication, where it debuted in Fall 2014 and has remained ever since. It has aired on TBS, Lifetime, CMT, E, Pop TV and diginets Get TV, ME TV and Antenna TV. It has aired on Hulu; Netflix, Amazon Prime and Stream-ME.

The entire six season run was released on DVD and Blu-Ray between 2012 and 2015 and it has sold well internationally; mostly in European countries and Canada.

Overall Profits: 138.93 million

20. This Time Around: This popular serial drama aired for four seasons and earned critical acclaim for Gen-TV. Often credited as being Gen-TV's first "serious show" it won numerous awards. It was a top 5 hit for it's first two seasons before falling out of the top 20 in it's last two seasons.

It has sold well on DVD and it's season 1 DVD set ranks in the top 100 TV on DVD sets of all-time. Internationally this show has done extremely well airing in 80% of the world and constantly ranking as one of the most popular US Drama's abroad. It remained in syndication as a top 3 hit until 2016 when Gen-TV pulled it from local syndication and moved it exclusively to Stream-ME.

Overall Profits: 154.4 million

Most Profitable Show In Gen-TV History?
----What Show Tops List

What is the most profitable show in Gen-TV History? Answering that question is the goal of this Hollywood Now list. Over the last 10 seasons (It'll be 11 in September) Gen-TV has made billions of dollars and produced some memorable and popular series; such as "Mallory's of Jefferson County" and "Over My Head". But which series reigns supreme? We'll answer that question as we countdown the 25 most profitable series in Gen-TV History; looking at a variety of factors including Domestic Revenue, International Revenue, Syndication and Streaming Profitability, DVD/Home Video Sales/Merchandising Sales, Emmy and Golden Globe Nominations/Wins and Overall Popularity.

Over the next several weeks we'll attempt to answer that question, in small groups until we reach #1. Here is the next batch:

19. TIE: Two series tie for nineteenth place among the most profitable shows in Gen-TV history; both earning approximately the same amount of money.

First up, the older of the two series:

"Hot Tamales": Although it's easy to forget, this series which aired for five seasons between 2009 and 2011 was once insanely popular. So popular in fact that it is often considered to be Gen-TV's first break-out comedy series. Though ratings (and certainly critical support) died down in later seasons as frequent cast changed affected the quality of the series.

It's also easy to forget that this series once averaged over 18 million viewers per episode; and at the height of it's popularity earned its stars a salary of over a million dollars per episode. The show was a popular spot for A-List guest stars as well and perhaps the most impressive was a two-episode arch featuring Whitney Houston which aired as the season finale for the series inaugural season.

The series did very well in syndication; and for a time in 2014 was the #1 rated comedy in second-run. It aired on multiple networks from 2014-2016 and was then pulled from syndication and has aired exclusively on Stream-ME since 2017. It has sold well on DVD; with all seasons available and having been released between 2013 and 2016.

The show has huge international appeal and airs in over 60 countries where it remains a big hit.

Overall Profits: 155.96 million

Tied with "Hot Tamales" is another iconic Gen-TV series; "The Huntress".

"The Huntress": Like "Hot Tamales" this show aired for five seasons on Gen-TV ending it's run in 2013. It was a action-drama about a tough as nails bounty hunter that starred Shannen Doherty in the title role. It was a massive success, and for a time was the networks most popular drama series. It had a lot of fans and was even picked for a critics choice award during its first season as "Outstanding Drama."

The series eventually ended when ratings began to slip and the network lost faith in the ability of its producers to craft storylines that were fresh and new.

In syndication the series was and remains a solid and true hit. It landed a huge syndication deal with A&E TV that earned the network nearly four million dollar in it's first two-years alone. After the contract for that deal expired in 2016, the series has aired on GetTV, SyFy and USA. It also streams on Amazon Prime and Sony Crackle. It is the #1 most popular drama on Sony Crackle and in the top 50 on Amazon Prime.

It sells well internationally and is among the top 10 American television series in Europe and in Japan it is among the most popular television series ever; with a devoted fan following and a yearly Comic-Con like festival held every October.

Overall Profits: 155.96 million

18. Doctor/Patient: Airing for four seasons (2009-2012) this comedy series went out on top with it's final season averaging 23.3 million viewers and was Gen-TV's second most-watched sitcom of the season (after "Over My Head" which averaged 36.5 million for its third season). It may seem like a lifetime ago, but this series was once considered a landmark comedy and became something of a signature series for Gen-TV, who made many programming decisions trying to emulate the success of this show.

It ended its run in 2012 after four seasons due to a combination of financial reasons (production costs rising, showing no signs of decreasing) and creative struggles (writers felt they had no ideas left and the story had come to a conclusion.) It entered syndication in 2014 and was an instant success; airing on Lifetime, Oxygen, WE, E, TVLand, Nick@Nite, TBS, USA and Bravo over various time periods. It was always a success in second-run, and remained available until 2016 when Gen-TV moved it exclusively to Stream-Me.

It has sold well on DVD and streamed on Netflix and Hulu until 2016. Internationally it has been a solid performer, with runs overseas in various countries starting in 2015. It currently airs in over 68 countries.

Overall Profits: 165.83 million

What is the most profitable show in Gen-TV History? Answering that question is the goal of this Hollywood Now list. Over the last 10 seasons (It'll be 11 in September) Gen-TV has made billions of dollars and produced some memorable and popular series; such as "Mallory's of Jefferson County" and "Over My Head". But which series reigns supreme? We'll answer that question as we countdown the 25 most profitable series in Gen-TV History; looking at a variety of factors including Domestic Revenue, International Revenue, Syndication and Streaming Profitability, DVD/Home Video Sales/Merchandising Sales, Emmy and Golden Globe Nominations/Wins and Overall Popularity.

Over the next several weeks we'll attempt to answer that question, in small groups until we reach #1. Here is the next batch:

17: Clue: Launched in 2009 and running until 2015, this game show was an early success for Gen-TV Studios syndication arm. It brought a lot of publicity and massive ratings for what was at the time, a relatively new studio. Coupled with celebrity participants playing the characters of the classic board game, this fun and lively series was an immediate hit. So successful in fact that it eventually launched a spin-off series "Super Clue" that ran briefly on Gen-TV Networks primetime schedule.

Around the world "Clue" was a big success, airing at its peak in more than 50 countries and being the #1 American game show in the UK for four seasons straight. Game shows obviously have limited appeal on DVD, so it hasn't generated much profits from that except a few "Best of Clue" sets released in 2012 that generated a decent profit. On Streaming, classic episodes of the series have aired on Stream-ME since 2018 and select episodes have been available on Amazon Prime since 2016.

Overall, Clue has been a very successful series for Gen-TV Studios, generating a massive profit.

Overall Profit: 165.87 million dollars

16. Deidre Hall: Launching in 2009 and ending in 2013, this daytime talk show was an immediate triumph for Gen-TV. Starring the popular star of soap opera "Days of Our Lives" while she was on a hiatus from the series, this topical series mixed social issues with light general interest in a format that grabbed viewers in droves. It's 2009 debut episode drew over six million viewers and set a record at the time for the highest debut of a talk show, topping the record set in 1996 by "The Rosie O'Donnell Show". Later in 2009, the series achieved another milestone when it became the first talk show in history to dethrone "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as the #1 rated talker in the country when it reached 40.0 million viewers.

The success of this talk show helped launch Gen-TV's daytime schedule which was struggling at that point and relied heavily on reruns of sitcoms and old soap operas. By 2012 however, Hall grew tired of the format, viewers began to drift away and Gen-TV management experienced sudden turn-over and support for the show began to wain away as they attempted (and often failed) to launch similar talk shows. Speaking on the series rocky final few seasons, Hall reflected in a 2014 article for the Hollywood Now saying "After we topped Oprah it seemed that our support within Gen-TV diminished. We had reached the top and had nowhere left to go. Suddenly, development for Gen-TV was based on finding talk shows that would replicate our format and often failed to do so with any sort of artistry." Touche, in the years following her, Gen-TV launched several talk shows featuring daytime soap stars including Susan Lucci, Lisa Rinna and Jackie Zeman; but not had the long-lasting success of "Deidre Hall".

Internationally, this show was one of the few (alongside Oprah, Jerry Springer, Maury Povich and Rosie O'Donnell) to find lasting success. In Germany it remains the most-watched American program ever, after "Baywatch" and "Melrose Place." In France, it aired to such acclaim that in November 2016, they declared every March 2nd as "Deidre Hall Day" a national holiday in which French people (mostly men for some reason) call out of work and watch reruns of the show.

It has had a fantastic shelf life after it's run with reruns airing on Lifetime from 2010 until 2015 and on Oxygen from 2015 until 2016. In 2016, it reruns moved exclusively to Stream-ME and aired until 2018. It was the #10th rated series on Stream-ME for the entirety of it's run there. in 2011 Gen-TV Studios released four "Best Of" boxed sets featuring over 70 episodes of the show and all of them remained best-sellers throughout 2012 and 2013.

Overall Profits: 179.55 million dollars

Hollywood Now
--Gen-TV's Most Profitable Show Ever?

This past summer Hollywood Now started counting down Gen-TV's most profitable shows ever, leading up to our big reveal of the #1 most profitable show in Gen-TV history. Due to breaking world events we never finished publishing the remainder of the list.

Here now, is the next chapter of that list, albeit in an abbreviated form than originally intended.

15. Detective Mom: Airing for 8 seasons between 2012 and 2016, "Detective Mom" was an out of the box success and a huge surprise for Gen-TV. The series instantly clicked with viewers in an unexpected way and became a much more successful show than its premise or execution deserved. Over the course of eight seasons it managed to become Gen-TV's #2 comedy series (often narrowly being defeated by "Over My Head.") It was named Top Comedy by AFI twice and was voted Best Comedy by the Television Critics Association twice.

Among female viewers; aged 21-30 it was Gen-TV's top-rated comedy four years consecutively, easily trumping "Over My Head."

Internationally it had great success, airing in over 30 countries and becoming a top-rated program in 15 of those. It has had a strong shelf life in syndication where it continues to air on local stations daily in the US; and remains a favorite with cable networks. It currently airs on no less than 7 cable or streaming services in the US.

It sold well on DVD and Blu-Ray as well; with the entire series being released between 2015 and 2016.

Overall Profits: 180.24 million dollars

14. Selling Out: Oddly enough, this series which was just cancelled by Gen-TV and hasn't even entered syndication yet has remarkably generated an absurd amount of money for Gen-TV. The majority of its profits have come from merchandising and ad sales. Because the series has attracted an upscale audience it has generated more ad dollars than most Gen-TV series will ever. It is a critic's darling, winning numerous awards and has broken viewership records on Hulu where it is the most-streamed single camera sitcom in their history; easily beating out "The Office", "30 Rock" and "Parks & Recreation."

Overall Profits: 184.28 million dollars

13. One Of These Days: Perhaps this is the show that "put Gen-TV on the map", perhaps it's another show. That is up for debate, but what isn't up for debate is that "One of These Days" was a breakthrough success for Gen-TV. It helped the network gain credibility with its cast that included Angie Harmon, Marla Sokoloff and Lacey Chabert. It won nearly every award under the sun; including multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Awards.

It broke records when it sold into syndication for a massive 3.2 million dollars per episode; and stunned everyone when it debuted in syndication as the #1 rated series in off-network syndication. It's popularity has cooled in recent years, but it remains available on Stream-Me; Sony Crackle and has continued to sell well on Blu-Ray and DVD.

Overall Profits: 184.45 million dollars

12. 1-2-3 Cook: This instrucional cooking show produced by Gen-TV Studios has become the most popular show in the culinary space and has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Interactive Show three times and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Host four times.

It has aired on two different networks and has become a merchandising sensation. However, most of the profits from this show have come from it's Live Interactive Stage show which travels to casinos and other performance venues throughout the year.

Overall Profits: 187.83 million dollars

11. Malibu Country Club: Believe it or not, this summertime soap opera has generated a very large sum of money for Gen-TV. Primarily through international syndication where it has remained a perennial favorite and is among the most popular US-produced series to ever air in parts of Europe and South America. It ran for 7 seasons on Gen-TV (2012-2016) and was a annual summer treat.

It has been released on DVD and Blu-Ray with the entire series released between 2014 and 2017. It entered broadcast syndication in 2015 but only lasted six months before it was pulled by Gen-TV for generating poor viewership. It was a so-so performer on streaming sites. It's profits continue to come from international airings.

Overall Profits: 188.83 million dollars

10. Perfection: Launched in 2009 alongside "Clue", this popular game show based on a well known board game lasted a season longer than "Clue" and typically always had ratings at least 15% higher than "Clue." It was a huge success for Gen-TV launching in primetime before being moved to daytime and becoming Gen-TV's first attempt at selling a show into national first-run syndication. It was a gamble that paid off in spades. It was the #1 or #2 rated game show in the USA for nearly six years straight.

Overall Profits: 188.93 dollars

9. Family Court: Launched in 2016, initially only on Gen-TV stations; this daytime court show was sold into syndication in 2017 and was the first daytime court show to push "Judge Judy" out of the #1 spot among court shows. Despite a controversial premise it has earned accolades from the American Psychological Association and the American Family Counsel.

Overall Profits: 189.93 million dollars

8. Elizabeth Bordoe: Airing for 6 seasons (ending in 2014), this comedy series starred Elizabeth Banks as a pathetic but ambitious lounge singer in Las Vegas. It earned critical acclaim and a devoted following. It has done fantastically well in syndication, where it currently airs in local syndication and on ten different cable networks and streaming services. It has done well internationally and sells well on home video.

Overall Profits: 190.3 million dollars

factsoflife

12-24-2019, 10:35 AM

Gen-TV News:
---Network Sets Christmas Special

Gen-TV Studios has announced production of a new holiday special to air during christmas time. Called "Christopher's Courage"; this "heartwarming holiday special follows a little boy named Christopher and his courage as he must save his family from a medical emergency when their car plunges over a cliff." "Christopher's faith in god, himself and magic will be tested as he must act quickly and save the day."

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Gen-TV News:
Holiday Special to Air Christmas Eve

Gen-TV's live special "Christopher's Courage" will air on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24th) and will be broadcast live on-air from Los Angeles. A star-studded cast is being assembled and will be announced at a later date.

Gen-TV Special:
--Cast Announcement for Christopher's Courage

Gen-TV has announced that Live Holiday special "Christopher's Courage" will feature Jacob Tremblay (Room) as Christopher and will feature Connie Britton (911, Dirty John) as Mom; Ryan Gosling as Big Brother, Scarlett Johansson as 911 Operator, Dolly Parton as Guardian Angel and will feature in undisclosed roles Alec Baldwin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liam Payne, Ryan Reynolds, Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling.

The special event airs live tonight (Tuesday, December 24) on Gen-TV Network and will also stream on Stream-Me. It will air Live from 7pm until 9pm and will repeat on Gen-TV again at 9pm, 10pm and 11pm.

factsoflife

12-31-2019, 08:29 PM

Gen-TV Special:
--Cast Announcement for Christopher's Courage

Gen-TV has announced that Live Holiday special "Christopher's Courage" will feature Jacob Tremblay (Room) as Christopher and will feature Connie Britton (911, Dirty John) as Mom; Ryan Gosling as Big Brother, Scarlett Johansson as 911 Operator, Dolly Parton as Guardian Angel and will feature in undisclosed roles Alec Baldwin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liam Payne, Ryan Reynolds, Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling.

The special event airs live tonight (Tuesday, December 24) on Gen-TV Network and will also stream on Stream-Me. It will air Live from 7pm until 9pm and will repeat on Gen-TV again at 9pm, 10pm and 11pm.

Gen-TV Special TANKS
---Christopher's Courage Flops at Gen-TV

Gen-TV's Christmas Eve special "Christopher's Courage" was a huge flop for the network, garnering only 7.2 million viewers and a 2.2 in demos. A huge letdown compared to the estimated 15 million viewers that industry experts were projecting would view the live special.

Considering the cost of producing this star-studded event the special was a huge loss for Gen-TV. Reportedly the event cost over 4 million dollars to produce.

factsoflife

12-31-2019, 09:11 PM

Hollywood Now
--Gen-TV's Most Profitable Show Ever?

This past summer Hollywood Now started counting down Gen-TV's most profitable shows ever, leading up to our big reveal of the #1 most profitable show in Gen-TV history. Due to breaking world events we never finished publishing the remainder of the list.

Here now, is the next chapter of that list, albeit in an abbreviated form than originally intended.

15. Detective Mom: Airing for 8 seasons between 2012 and 2016, "Detective Mom" was an out of the box success and a huge surprise for Gen-TV. The series instantly clicked with viewers in an unexpected way and became a much more successful show than its premise or execution deserved. Over the course of eight seasons it managed to become Gen-TV's #2 comedy series (often narrowly being defeated by "Over My Head.") It was named Top Comedy by AFI twice and was voted Best Comedy by the Television Critics Association twice.

Among female viewers; aged 21-30 it was Gen-TV's top-rated comedy four years consecutively, easily trumping "Over My Head."

Internationally it had great success, airing in over 30 countries and becoming a top-rated program in 15 of those. It has had a strong shelf life in syndication where it continues to air on local stations daily in the US; and remains a favorite with cable networks. It currently airs on no less than 7 cable or streaming services in the US.

It sold well on DVD and Blu-Ray as well; with the entire series being released between 2015 and 2016.

Overall Profits: 180.24 million dollars

14. Selling Out: Oddly enough, this series which was just cancelled by Gen-TV and hasn't even entered syndication yet has remarkably generated an absurd amount of money for Gen-TV. The majority of its profits have come from merchandising and ad sales. Because the series has attracted an upscale audience it has generated more ad dollars than most Gen-TV series will ever. It is a critic's darling, winning numerous awards and has broken viewership records on Hulu where it is the most-streamed single camera sitcom in their history; easily beating out "The Office", "30 Rock" and "Parks & Recreation."

Overall Profits: 184.28 million dollars

13. One Of These Days: Perhaps this is the show that "put Gen-TV on the map", perhaps it's another show. That is up for debate, but what isn't up for debate is that "One of These Days" was a breakthrough success for Gen-TV. It helped the network gain credibility with its cast that included Angie Harmon, Marla Sokoloff and Lacey Chabert. It won nearly every award under the sun; including multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Awards.

It broke records when it sold into syndication for a massive 3.2 million dollars per episode; and stunned everyone when it debuted in syndication as the #1 rated series in off-network syndication. It's popularity has cooled in recent years, but it remains available on Stream-Me; Sony Crackle and has continued to sell well on Blu-Ray and DVD.

Overall Profits: 184.45 million dollars

12. 1-2-3 Cook: This instrucional cooking show produced by Gen-TV Studios has become the most popular show in the culinary space and has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Interactive Show three times and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Host four times.

It has aired on two different networks and has become a merchandising sensation. However, most of the profits from this show have come from it's Live Interactive Stage show which travels to casinos and other performance venues throughout the year.

Overall Profits: 187.83 million dollars

11. Malibu Country Club: Believe it or not, this summertime soap opera has generated a very large sum of money for Gen-TV. Primarily through international syndication where it has remained a perennial favorite and is among the most popular US-produced series to ever air in parts of Europe and South America. It ran for 7 seasons on Gen-TV (2012-2016) and was a annual summer treat.

It has been released on DVD and Blu-Ray with the entire series released between 2014 and 2017. It entered broadcast syndication in 2015 but only lasted six months before it was pulled by Gen-TV for generating poor viewership. It was a so-so performer on streaming sites. It's profits continue to come from international airings.

Overall Profits: 188.83 million dollars

10. Perfection: Launched in 2009 alongside "Clue", this popular game show based on a well known board game lasted a season longer than "Clue" and typically always had ratings at least 15% higher than "Clue." It was a huge success for Gen-TV launching in primetime before being moved to daytime and becoming Gen-TV's first attempt at selling a show into national first-run syndication. It was a gamble that paid off in spades. It was the #1 or #2 rated game show in the USA for nearly six years straight.

Overall Profits: 188.93 dollars

9. Family Court: Launched in 2016, initially only on Gen-TV stations; this daytime court show was sold into syndication in 2017 and was the first daytime court show to push "Judge Judy" out of the #1 spot among court shows. Despite a controversial premise it has earned accolades from the American Psychological Association and the American Family Counsel.

Overall Profits: 189.93 million dollars

8. Elizabeth Bordoe: Airing for 6 seasons (ending in 2014), this comedy series starred Elizabeth Banks as a pathetic but ambitious lounge singer in Las Vegas. It earned critical acclaim and a devoted following. It has done fantastically well in syndication, where it currently airs in local syndication and on ten different cable networks and streaming services. It has done well internationally and sells well on home video.

Overall Profits: 190.3 million dollars

This past summer Hollywood Now started counting down Gen-TV's most profitable shows ever, leading up to our big reveal of the #1 most profitable show in Gen-TV history. Due to breaking world events we never finished publishing the remainder of the list.

Here now, is the next chapter of that list, albeit in an abbreviated form than originally intended.

7. Tag Team: Airing across six seasons between 2012 and 2016; this inventive and surprisingly clever family sitcom following a pro wrestler (played by Mike "The Miz" Mizanin) forced to retire following an injury who starts working for his estranged brothers (Josh Meyers) construction company. This family friendly comedy was a surprise hit when it debuted in summer 2012 and maintained a loyal fanbase throughout its successful run. The success of the show even earned its two stars Golden Globe Nominations in 2013.

Maintaining its ratings wasn't the only thing this clever series did; it instantly became a profit center for Gen-TV earning over 110 million dollars in merchandising between 2012 and 2014 alone. It entered off-network syndication in 2015 and has remained a staple there ever since; it currently ranks among the Top 40 off-network series on television. It has aired reruns on MTV 2, TBS, TV Land, Laff TV, Antenna TV, ME TV, Logo, and has streamed on Hulu, Sony Crackle and CBS All Access. In 2016 the exclusive streaming rights were moved over to Stream-Me where it has ranked consistently among the top 4 most-streamed series on the platform.

Internationally this show has become a massive success; ranked within the top 2 American series shown in over a dozen countries. It has virtually never lost a timeslot battle in Germany; ranking #1 almost every time it has aired in that country.

Overall, this show that doesn't get much press now seems to continue building new audiences every day.

Overall Profits: 198.57 million dollars

6. Magic School: Considering this pre-school series has only been on the air for four seasons and recently moved to daytime its a bit of a surprise to see how profitable this show has become. The more shocking part is how much of this profit is derived from merchandising; nearly 77% of the profit from this show has been from merchandising and second-run. Live original episodes account for only 4% of the profits this show has provided for Gen-TV.

Consistently ranked within the top 4 pre-school series on TV; "Magic School" has become a true profit center for Gen-TV and doesn't show any signs of slowing down.

Overall Profits: 199.93 million dollars

5. Over My Head: Running for 13 seasons (Gen-TV's longest-running series ever) and amassing nearly every award known to man; it is no surprise that Over My Head ranks within the top 5 most profitable Gen-TV series ever. When it entered off-network syndication it instantly became the #1 most-watched series in syndication; a title it held onto until May 2017 when "The Big Bang Theory" dethroned it.

It has been a success in nearly every metric. International syndication, yes; Streaming and DVD/Blu-Ray sales? yes. Merchandising? You betcha. Merchandising accounts for nearly 60% of the shows profits; with the remainder split evenly between streaming and international syndication.

Overall Profits: 201.34 million dollars

4. Sisters: It's no secret that Gen-TV longest-running drama series ever ran for 12 seasons and was among the most acclaimed series ever. It's also no secret that it remains popular in reruns and in DVD/Blu Ray Sales. It still ranks within the top 7 second-run series on TV and it's streaming views place it among the top 10 most-streamed show in history.

Sisters continues to rake in profits day after day; as it becomes available in more and more countries.

Overall Profits: 223.4 million dollars

yankeesrj12

01-02-2020, 03:03 AM

Sunday, December 15, 2019
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.91 million viewers and 0.9 (0.922) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.42 million viewers and 0.8 (0.795) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

10- Revolution - FALL FINALE - 4.94 million viewers and 0.8 (0.803) A18-49, even for the fifth episode in a row.

Monday December 16, 2019
8- Soccer Stories - FALL FINALE - 5.12 million viewers and 0.8 (0.824) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- The Agency - FALL FINALE - 4.24 million viewers and 0.7 (0.711) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- CIA Files - FALL FINALE - 11.58 million viewers and 1.5 (1.482) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Mind of a Hunter - FALL FINALE - 7.03 million viewers and 0.8 (0.794) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - FALL FINALE - 7.19 million viewers and 1.3 (1.286) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks series low.

830- Parkway Motel - FALL FINALE - 7.03 million viewers and 1.2 (1.244) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- College - FALL FINALE - 8.45 million viewers and 2.0 (2.042) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks season low.

930- Life Lessons - FALL FINALE - 6.73 million viewers and 1.2 (1.169) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

10- TAKEN - FALL FINALE - 11.96 million viewers and 1.3 (1.286) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019
8- Looking for Love - SEASON FINALE - 5.96 million viewers and 1.2 (1.224) A18-49, up a tenth form last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - FALL FINALE - 10.05 million viewers and 1.2 (1.196) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - FALL FINALE - 10.28 million viewers and 1.1 (1.068) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Thursday, December 19, 2019
8- Mother & Daughter - FALL FINALE - 7.12 million viewers and 1.1 (1.127) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Grandparents - FALL FINALE - 7.19 million viewers and 1.1 (1.135) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Full Time Mom - FALL FINALE - 7.58 million viewers and 1.2 (1.199) A18-49, even for the fourth episode in a row.

930- The Hughes Family - FALL FINALE - 7.24 million viewers and 1.1 (1.143) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Extended Family- SPECIAL HOLIDAY EPISODE / 8TH SEASON 'UNOFFICIAL' PREMIERE - 6.37 million viewers and 0.9 (0.923) A18-49.

1030- College- REPEAT - 4.96 million viewers and 0.7 (0.703) A18-49.

Friday, December 20, 2019
8- Bloodlines - FALL FINALE - 6.48 million viewers and 0.6 (0.634) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Serve and Protect - FALL FINALE - 6.39 million viewers and 0.6 (0.626) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Cops of Miami - FALL FINALE - 6.22 million viewers and 0.6 (0.611) A18-49, even with last week.

Saturday, December 21, 2019
8- Moving Down - 2.58 million viewers and 0.2 (0.242) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.47 million viewers and 0.2 (0.239) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.58 million viewers and 0.4 (0.399) A18-49.

yankeesrj12

01-02-2020, 06:16 PM

Sunday, December 22, 2019
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - SEASON FINALE - 6.13 million viewers and 1.0 (0.985) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - FALL FINALE - 5.56 million viewers and 0.8 (0.764) A18-49, even for the fourth week in a row.

Monday December 23, 2019
8- Family Super Challenge: Christmas Lights Extraordinaire - PART ONE OF THREE - 5.35 million viewers and 0.8 (0.756) A18-49.

Tuesday, December 24, 2019
8- Family Super Challenge: Christmas Lights Extraordinaire - PART TWO OF THREE - 5.12 million viewers and 0.7 (0.734) A18-49.

Wednesday, December 25, 2019
8- Family Super Challenge: Christmas Lights Extraordinaire - PART THREE OF THREE - 5.34 million viewers and 0.8 (0.767) A18-49.

Thursday, December 26, 2019
8- Looking for Love - REUNION - 4.52 million viewers and 0.8 (0.761) A18-49.

Saturday, December 28, 2019
8- Moving Down - 2.21 million viewers and 0.2 (0.202) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.03 million viewers and 0.2 (0.194) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - SEASON FINALE - 4.23 million viewers and 0.3 (0.344) A18-49.

factsoflife

01-04-2020, 02:15 AM

jimpickens

01-05-2020, 03:22 AM

After the success of You've Gone Apeshit Charlie Brown on RMTV we have decided to follow up with a limited run series that will run from now until June called The Charlie Brown Chronicles which follows everyone's favorite blockhead who by the way was found not guilty of murdering Lucy by reason of justified homicide and they never found the body from his days in the USMC, mercenary and international man of adventure to his time in the DEA as an undercover agent lots of action on this show.

factsoflife

01-07-2020, 07:17 PM

Breaking News:
---Golden Globes Honor Gen-TV; Snubs Other Broadcasters

Gen-TV Network made Golden Globes History this year, being the only major broadcast network (other than a cable or streaming service) to be honored with nominations at the Golden Globe Awards. The nominees this year were made up exclusively of shows on cable and streaming services, shutting out all of the broadcast networks such as ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CW and YTN.

Among the nominees for Gen-TV were sophomore comedies "Kate & Ali", which snagged four nominations; including Best TV Series-Musical or Comedy and Best Lead Actor-Musical or Comedy for Keegan-Michael Key. "Ready To Wear" also snagged nods for Best TV Series-Musical or Comedy and nominations for both Zooey Deschanel and Wendie Mallick in Best Lead Actress---Musical or Comedy Series.

Despite falling ratings and being cast off the networks schedule and sidelined to Stream-ME, the Gen-TV streaming site, "Selling Out" also scored major nominations for Best Lead Actress-Musical or Comedy for Tina Fey and Octavia Spencer. Lastly, the final season of Gen-TV's signature comedy "Making It Work" received four nominations as well.

Among the drama series getting nominations are "Deadly Visions", "Boston Blues", "American Citizen" and mini-series "Maria's Quinceanera", "If Hillary Had Won." Anthology drama "Love Affair" which wrapped its final season this past summer also scored big nominations as well; including nominations for stars Jodie Foster and Zoey Deutch. "Fugitive Recovery" and "The Border Police" also scored nominations in several categories, while freshmen drama "Having Faith", scored a network best eight nominations.

The full list of Golden Globe Nominations is below, with Gen-TV's nominations highlighted by BOLD print.

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Barry, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
The Kominsky Method, Netflix
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon Prime Video
The Politician, Netflix
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Selling Out, Gen-TV
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida (Showtime)
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (Amazon)
Zooey Deschanel, Ready To Wear (Gen-TV)
Wendie Mallick, Ready To Wear (Gen-TV)
Tiya Sircar, Kate & Ali (Gen-TV)
Octavia Spencer, Selling Out (Gen-TV)
Tina Fey, Selling Out (Gen-TV)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Bill Hader, Barry (HBO)
Ben Platt, The Politician (Netflix)
Paul Rudd, Living with Yourself(Netflix)
Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu)
Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali (Gen-TV)
Justin Long, Making It Work (Gen-TV)

Best Television Series - Drama
Big Little Lies, HBO
The Crown, Netflix
Killing Eve, BBC America
The Morning Show, Apple TV+
Succession, HBO
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Having Faith, Gen-TV
Fugitive Recovery, Gen-TV
"The Border Police", Gen-TV

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Olivia Colman, The Crown (Netflix)
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Regina Hall, Having Faith (Gen-TV)
Poppy Montgomery, Boston Blues (Gen-TV)
Marilu Henner, Deadly Visions (Gen-TV)
Kim Raver, Fugitive Recovery (Gen-TV)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Brian Cox, Succession (HBO)
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot (USA Network)
Tobias Menzies, The Crown (Netflix)
Billy Porter, Pose (FX)
James Van Der Beek, Boston Blues (Gen-TV)
Eion Bailey, The Border Police, (Gen-TV)
Dylan Bruno, Fugitive Recovery (Gen-TV)
Matthew Settle, Deadly Visions (Gen-TV)

Best Television Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Catch-22, Hulu
Chernobyl, HBO
< Fosse/Verdon, FX
The Loudest Voice, Showtime
Unbelievable, Netflix
American Citizen, Gen-TV
Love Affair, Gen-TV
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV

Best Performance By An Actress In A Limited Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
Kailtyn Dever, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Joey King, The Act (Hulu)
Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great (HBO)
Merrit Weaver, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon (FX)
America Ferrera, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Diane Lane, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)
Jodie Foster, Love Affair (Gen-TV)
Zoey Deutch, Love Affair (Gen-TV)
Laura Linney, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Helen Hunt, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Jada Pinkett-Smith, American Citizen (Gen-TV)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Limited Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
Christopher Abbott, Catch-22 (Hulu)
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy (Netflix)
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice (Showtime)
Jared Harris, Chernobyl (HBO)
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verson (FX)
Benicio Del Toro, Love Affair (Gen-TV)
Tate Donovan, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)
Sterling K Brown, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Javier Bardem, American Citizen, (Gen-TV)

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Patricia Arquette, The Act (Hulu)
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown (Netflix)
Toni Collette, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Emily Watson, Chernobyl (HBO)
Vivica A. Fox, Having Faith (Gen-TV)
Maria Conchita-Alonso, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Angela Bassett, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Jane Fonda, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Series, Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO)
Andrew Scott, Fleabag (Amazon)
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl (HBO)
Henry Winkler, Barry (HBO)
Gary Cole, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)
Harry Hamlin, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Tony Plana, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Ricky Martin, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Michael B. Jordan, 7th Heaven (Gen-TV)

(The series represented on this list do not reflect the entirety of the nominations tally; as it omits numerous categories, including technical categories, which comprise the full breath of nominations.)

History is Made:
---Gen-TV Sweeps GG TV Awards

After making history, becoming the only broadcast network nominated at the Golden Globe Awards this year; Gen-TV made history again becoming the only broadcast network to WIN any this year; and actually swept the ceremony taking home a startling 50 total awards this year. Gen-TV mad a full and clean sweep of the Golden Globes, winning every single award this year and shocking the industry when it has become traditional for cable and streaming outlets to win all the major awards.

The full list is below!

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Barry, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
The Kominsky Method, Netflix
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon Prime Video
The Politician, Netflix
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Selling Out, Gen-TV
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV

Gen-TV's racially inclusive reboot of the 1980's classic "Kate & Allie" now called "Kate & Ali" won the GG for Outstanding Comedy Series; beating out a string of streaming and premium series and two Gen-TV series; "Ready To Wear" and "Selling Out." Executive Producer Keegan-Michael Key was stunned when the winner was announced and gave an impassioned speech in which he implored "the leaders of our country to remember that underneath the skin we are all flesh and blood and we are all human and we are all deserving of a place in this world where we feel safe, we feel heard and we are equal." His speech earned him a standing ovation and has already been trending online where it has gone viral, emassing over 2 million views.

The popular reboot has already earned awards from the Writers Guild of America; A Peabody Award; The Humanitas Award and the AFI Award for Best Comedy; as well as several awards from the Television Critics Association.

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix)
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida (Showtime)
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (Amazon)
Zooey Deschanel, Ready To Wear (Gen-TV)
Wendie Mallick, Ready To Wear (Gen-TV)
Tiya Sircar, Kate & Ali (Gen-TV)
Octavia Spencer, Selling Out (Gen-TV)
Tina Fey, Selling Out (Gen-TV)

Zooey Deschanel ("Ready To Wear") took home the Golden Globe for her performance as a quirky retail boutique manager in the #1 rated comedy on television. For her performance she has already won the 2019 Best of TV Award; a BAFTA Award, A Satellite Award and a TCA Award. Her win was surprising considering the reluctance of voters to award shows on broadcast networks but it is well deserved.

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Bill Hader, Barry (HBO)
Ben Platt, The Politician (Netflix)
Paul Rudd, Living with Yourself(Netflix)
Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu)
Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali (Gen-TV)
Justin Long, Making It Work (Gen-TV)

Keegan-Michael Key also won the Best Actor (Comedy) for "Kate & Ali" a show that has already earned him a Writers Guild of America Award; A Peabody; The Humanitas Prize.

Best Television Series - Drama
Big Little Lies, HBO
The Crown, Netflix
Killing Eve, BBC America
The Morning Show, Apple TV+
Succession, HBO
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Having Faith, Gen-TV
Fugitive Recovery, Gen-TV
"The Border Police", Gen-TV

For Outstanding Drama Series, Gen-TV's "Having Faith" won beating out acclaimed limited run series from various streaming services and cable. The spiritual drama has captured the hearts of Americans and has become a fan favorite.

Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Olivia Colman, The Crown (Netflix)
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Regina Hall, Having Faith (Gen-TV)
Poppy Montgomery, Boston Blues (Gen-TV)
Marilu Henner, Deadly Visions (Gen-TV)
Kim Raver, Fugitive Recovery (Gen-TV)

Regina Hall took home the Drama Actress award for "Having Faith" beating out heavyweights like Jennifer Aniston, Jodie Comer and Nicole Kidman. Her simple speech was a highlight of the evening in which she begged everybody in the world to "show humanity towards each other, be kind to each other and to have faith that it will all work out."

Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Brian Cox, Succession (HBO)
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot (USA Network)
Tobias Menzies, The Crown (Netflix)
Billy Porter, Pose (FX)
James Van Der Beek, Boston Blues (Gen-TV)
Eion Bailey, The Border Police, (Gen-TV)
Dylan Bruno, Fugitive Recovery (Gen-TV)
Matthew Settle, Deadly Visions (Gen-TV)

Dylan Bruno ("Fugitive Recovery") won the Best Actor (Drama) award taking home the first major win "Fugitive Recovery" has had since its relaunch last season.

Best Television Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Catch-22, Hulu
Chernobyl, HBO
Fosse/Verdon, FX
The Loudest Voice, Showtime
Unbelievable, Netflix
American Citizen, Gen-TV
Love Affair, Gen-TV
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV

Surprising nobody, Gen-TV's "American Citizen" took home the award for Best TV Movie or Limited Series. A win that was highly anticipated and expected.

Best Performance By An Actress In A Limited Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
Kailtyn Dever, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Joey King, The Act (Hulu)
Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great (HBO)
Merrit Weaver, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon (FX)
America Ferrera, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Diane Lane, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)
Jodie Foster, Love Affair (Gen-TV)
Zoey Deutch, Love Affair (Gen-TV)
Laura Linney, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Helen Hunt, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Jada Pinkett-Smith, American Citizen (Gen-TV)

Jodie Foster took home the award for Best Actress (Limited Series/TV Movie) for "Love Affair"; a very bold choice of awarding a very personal performance. The winning performance showcased Foster as a lesbian nun having a torrid and emotional affair with another nun in the 1960's.

Best Performance By An Actor In A Limited Series Or A Motion Picture Made For Television
Christopher Abbott, Catch-22 (Hulu)
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy (Netflix)
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice (Showtime)
Jared Harris, Chernobyl (HBO)
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verson (FX)
Benicio Del Toro, Love Affair (Gen-TV)
Tate Donovan, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)
Sterling K Brown, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Javier Bardem, American Citizen, (Gen-TV)

"Love Affair" also won the Best Actor (Limited Series/TV Movie) for Benicio Del Toro. His underrated performance was a highlight of the 2019 season.

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
Patricia Arquette, The Act (Hulu)
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown (Netflix)
Toni Collette, Unbelievable (Netflix)
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Emily Watson, Chernobyl (HBO)
Vivica A. Fox, Having Faith (Gen-TV)
Maria Conchita-Alonso, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Angela Bassett, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Jane Fonda, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)

Continuing a trend, Vivica A Fox won the Supporting Actress award for "Having Faith" as a drug addict and prostitute who is the sister of the title character, Reverend Faith.

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Series, Limited Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method (Netflix)
Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO)
Andrew Scott, Fleabag (Amazon)
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl (HBO)
Henry Winkler, Barry (HBO)
Gary Cole, If Hillary Had Won (Gen-TV)
Harry Hamlin, American Citizen (Gen-TV)
Tony Plana, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Ricky Martin, Maria's Quinceanera (Gen-TV)
Michael B. Jordan, 7th Heaven (Gen-TV)

Industry veteran Gary Cole won the Supporting Actor award for "If Hillary Had Won" in which he played Bill Clinton. This win was widely predicted as a possible alternative to awarding more streaming series.

factsoflife

01-07-2020, 07:33 PM

Gen-TV News:
--Board Election Heating Up
---The Skinny on Who Is Running

Gen-TV's Board of Directors Election is heating up, with all potential candidates now having fully confirmed their intentions on running. It's been a crazy month as we've learned who is and who is not running for President of Gen-Tv's Board of Directors.

Who Is NOT Running:

First up, since Margo Danbury has been named President of Gen-TV Studios she is not running for President of the Board of Directors. "According to Gen-TV bylaws, the sitting President of the Entertainment Division is not allowed to run for the role of Board of Directors President. It would be a conflict of interest" says Maxine Smith, the current Executive Assistant for the Board President.

Also out is Jake Hawking, the former Vice President of the Board who has run for President twice and lost twice. He announced he will not run this year. Obviously, Eva Vargas is also out, as she is serving the remainder of her prison term.

Who IS Running:

Two former Presidents of Gen-TV's Entertainment Division have announced they will run for Board President. Ross Chin (March-September 2017) has announced he will run saying "My brief term as President of Gen-TV in 2017 was an incredible year and taught me a lot about what kind of leader I am, what kind of leader I want to be and what kind of company I want Gen-TV to be. I plan to bring professionalism, integrity and accountability to the board of directors."

Also running is, Dylan Garrettson (February-April 2019) who briefly served as President of the Entertainment Division this year. He said "My passion for the television industry is unmatched and my passion for Gen-TV is the only thing that comes close to touching that passion." "I believe I am the right choice for this role in many ways."

Three other people have announced they will run for President of the Board of Directors. Maxine Smith has announced she will run for President, and so has Ted Davis, who is currently the Executive Treasurer for the Board of Directors.

Lastly, a former Vice President of Gen-TV's Entertainment Division has announced their intention to run as well; Benny Portman (February-April 2019) who served under Dylan Garrettson has declared he will run for Board President.

The official election will take place in February 2020, with the top two candidates squaring off in front of the full board of directors and giving a detailed presentation about why they should win. 270 of the 325 Board Members will be allowed to vote, and votes will be tabulated strictly on a "Yes/No" format. "The candidate who receives the majority of the "Yes" votes wins." "In the event of a tie or no candidate having a clear majority of the "Yes" votes, then the remaining 55 board members (mostly comprised of the Executive Board Members and various other high-profile members) will cast their votes and their votes will be added to the previous total, to decide the winner."

But before that happens, they must decide which of the candidates will win nominations to run for President. Of the current crop, only three will win a nomination and be permitted to move forward to the next phase, which is the January pre-election vote. In order to move to that phase, all current Gen-TV Employees (regardless of board status) will vote and the top three vote getters will move to the January election. In January, another round of balloting occurs, narrowing the top three down to the top two who will present to the board in February.
Election News:
Eva Vargas Announces Bid for President

Eva Vargas has been a free woman for just over a month now and has some big news; she has announced her candidacy for the soon to be vacant seat of President of Gen-TV's Board of Directors. She joins an expansive list of candidates running for this position and is a surprising addition to this race. A month ago she was serving a lengthy prison term and was viewed as a disgraced former executive; now she has been released from prison and a federal judge is reviewing an appeal that could actually overturn her entire conviction and even potentially dismiss all charges against her completely.

She is now viewed as a candidate who may have been wronged and may deserve a second chance. The truth is she shakes up this race in big ways; as she is easily the most well known person running and is very popular at Gen-TV. Only time will tell how much impact she has on the race and only time will tell how possible it is for her to win.

Election 2020 News:
--1 Month Away

With just over a month until Gen-TV votes in its new Board of Directors; the election cycle is in full swing and there have been some big developments.

The biggest news was Eva Vargas entering the race and she was viewed at the onset as a disrupter in this race. However, her candidacy has proven to be a non-starter and it seems that sentiments and votes are swinging away from her and in the favor of a different candidate; Benny Portman who has been leading all the recent polls by nearly a 30% margin over second-place choice Ross Chin.

Polls have been conducted by Hollywood Insider and Hollywood Now where we asked members of the Gen-TV Board to select which candidate they intend to vote for and Portman has the lead with 60% of the respondents indicating they would vote for him. Ross Chin is in second place with 22% saying they intended to vote for him. Eva is actually in fourth place with only 11% of the respondents claiming her as their top choice. Of course these polls are hardly scientific and voting members could go any number of different directions.

This years election is proving to be far more low-key than the 2016 election which ended up having two candidates charged on felony voter tampering charges and had the FBI called in to investigate threats levied against one candidate from another.

01-07-2020, 07:37 PM

Classics TV News

Touched By An Angel: A New Generation not going forward

By The Classics TV Staff

Originally scheduled for a Fall 2019 premiere, Touched By An Angel: A New Generation has decided not to move forward. According to Martha Williamson, Valerie and Roma are just simply too busy with other projects.

yankeesrj12

01-08-2020, 12:51 AM

Sunday, December 29, 2019
8- Best of the 2010s: Music - TWO HOUR SPECIAL - 4.87 million viewers and 0.6 (0.573) A18-49.

Monday December 30, 2019
8- Best of the 2010s: Movies - TWO HOUR SPECIAL - 5.31 million viewers and 0.6 (0.639) A18-49.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019
8- Best of the 2010s: Television - TWO HOUR SPECIAL - 4.14 million viewers and 0.5 (0.496) A18-49.

Wednesday, January 1, 2020
8- Best of the 2010s: Technology - TWO HOUR SPECIAL - 4.46 million viewers and 0.5 (0.532) A18-49.

Thursday, January 2, 2020
8- Best of the 2010s: Politics - TWO HOUR SPECIAL - 4.32 million viewers and 0.5 (0.528) A18-49.

Saturday, January 3, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.18 million viewers and 0.2 (0.197) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.21 million viewers and 0.2 (0.198) A18-49, even with last week.

jimpickens

01-08-2020, 01:43 AM

In the first episode of CBC Charlie Brown The Operator good old Chuck is hired by the CIA in 1985 to take down a KGB/ Cuban DGA terrorist cell who is arming and training terrorist in El Salvador planning to destroy America from within via armed drug gangs.

factsoflife

01-08-2020, 10:33 PM

Breaking News:
---Best of TV Awards Coming

The 2020 Best of TV Awards are coming soon. Honoring the absolute best that television had to offer in 2019, this years ceremony will be held in New York City at the historic Madison Square Garden. The iconic sports and concert arena will be transformed into a glorious Hollywood Awards show!

This year the ceremony is being hosted by ten iconic television personalities; each presenting different sections of the show: Courteney Cox ("Friends") will host the "Comedy" portion of the show; in which awards on the comedy categories will be presented. Anthony Edwards ("ER"), Claire Danes ("Homeland") and Jill Hennessy ("Law & Order", "Crossing Jordan") will host the "Drama" portion of the show, which presents the awards in the drama series categories. Presenting the "Reality & Unscripted" portion of the evening; in which awards are given out for reality series, news programs and other unscripted programming will be Veteran Journalist Meredith Vieira ("The Today Show", "The View"), noted reality show host Jeff Probst ("Survivor") and morning show, reality host and actor Mario Lopez ("Extra", "Access Hollywood" and "Saved By The Bell").

Presenting the "Limited Series, Movie & Mini-Series" categories will be Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife", "ER"), Maggie Gyllenhaal ("An Honourable Woman"; Gen-TV's "The Ambassador General") and Zachary Quinto ("Heroes").

The ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 16th, 2020 and this year will be broadcast on Gen-TV Network and Starz. In the USA and Mexico it will also air in Spanish on Telemundo. In Canada, it will air on both Gen-TV Canada (in English) and on Unis TV (in French). It will air in the UK on SkyTV.

The Creative & Technical portion of the ceremony (honoring trade, crafts and non-creative categories) will be presented on Saturday, February 15th and will be streamed online at Stream-Me. Portions of that ceremony will be shown on the main ceremony as well. During the main ceremony on Sunday a recap of these awards will be presented by Connie Britton ("Dirty John", "Nashville") and Michael Ealy ("Stumptown").

A new feature this year will be the first ever Best of TV Lifetime Achievement Awards for Performance and Series. The Performance Award, given to a Iconic and Legendary TV Performer is being given to Betty White ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Golden Girls" and "Hot In Cleveland." While, the Series Award; given to an iconic and legendary series is being given to "E.R."

For the series award presentation, Gen-TV is reuniting select cast members from the series fifteen year run. Confirmed to be attending are Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, Sherry Stringfield, Gloria Reuben, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq Lasalle, Maura Tierney, David Lyons, John Stamos, William H Macy, Mariska Hargitay. And no, so far, George Clooney has not been confirmed. A Gen-TV spokesperson says "We are working tirelessly to round up as many ER cast members as we can, but so far George has not been available to attend the ceremony."

The Best of TV Awards honors all of the best television programming from the previous calendar year. Any program that aired at least five episodes in the year 2019 is eligible to compete. Nominations will be announced later this month.

Nominations for this prestigious award, which unlike other awards bodies is happy to honor broadcast TV are competitive and in recent years Gen-TV has been the leader in terms of nominations and wins.

Among the top series most likely to earn Gen-TV nominations this year are "Border Patrol", "Fugitive Recovery", "American Citizen", "Ready to Wear", "Kate & Ali" and "Bless Your Heart."

A Hollywood Now Report:
--2020 Best of TV Awards
Competition Heating Up

Rival networks Gen-TV and YTN are in fierce competition for the 2020 Best of TV Awards. Along with fellow broadcasters like CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and the CW, these two networks dominate the Best of TV Awards in a way that cable and streaming service do not. "Gen-TV has lead nominations and wins at the Best of TV Awards (or BOTA's) for the last four seasons." "and YTN is always very closely behind." "Unlike the Emmy's or Golden Globes, this is one award show that prefers to award traditional broadcasting series and is built upon appealling to the masses."

The two networks seem to be taking very different strategies in terms of submissions, and it's going to be a very interesting race to see which of the two networks will come out on top. Sources within the industry predict that YTN will emerge with the most wins, but that Gen-TV will lead nominations. "Gen-TV's strategy this year, like previous years is to submit as many possible contenders as they can in every category; presumably to give them an edge over other networks." "YTN on the other hand makes selective submissions in a handful of key categories; hoping to rise to the top on merits alone." "They actually skip the acting races all-together, concentrating instead on the series races." "It's an interesting concept, but will put them at a deficit in terms of nominations." "It could help them win a few key races, but won't allow them to lead the nominations like Gen-TV will."

That said, Hollywood Now can exclusively release the full list of the submissions for both networks, in all the competitive series categories, with the exception of the Awards of Merit and Life Achievement Awards which are juried prizes and announced later. Acting submissions will be announced at a later date, as they go through a different process.

Best Drama Series

YTN:

TAKEN - YTN has submitted their popular and long running procedural drama about abductions for consideration.

CIA Files - Also being considered is another popular procedural drama about a group within the CIA who investigate the most gruesome crimes in the country.

Virus - Serial post-apocalyptic drama about a group of survivors following a deadly virus across the globe. This series is considered by many to be YTN's flagship series and perhaps the one most likely to score awards nominations.

Revolution- Another YTN entry is this serial drama about the USA following the second American Revolution.

LAPD Unit 7 - Also being considered is this procedural drama about a unit of officers in the LAPD.

Day in the Life - Another potential top contender is this serial drama about a man who has the ability to live inside the body of any other human for one day.

Newsflash - A new contender this year is "Newsflash", a drama about Parker Douglas, who is the editor of the Boston Beacon and looks to bring the latest news to the city in a social media society. Her team of close companions, in Charles, Meredith, Oscar, and Gwen, help lead the charge of dodging fake news

Hollywood Now's thoughts: YTN has some strong submissions here and submitted wisely. They are clearly putting their best efforts forward.

Gen-TV:

Fugitive Recovery-- Among the most popular series on television, this revival of a past Gen-TV favorite has emerged as a strong ratings winner and critical darling. It has earned Gen-TV some of the highest ratings its ever had. This drama combines comedy, drama and action as it focuses on an FBI Task Force hunting down wanted fugitives on the run from law enforcement.

The Border Police--This timely and acclaimed revival only gets more relevant which each passing day. It is a critical darling and a ratings winner, among the top rated shows on TV. This drama follows the lives of border patrol agents and ICE agents in the immigration wars of America.

Boston Blues---The critical consensus is that Gen-TV's acclaimed police drama is a shoo-in to win major awards this year, despite an obvious downtick in ratings. This drama follows the personal and professional lives of Boston police officers and their families.

Deadly Visions-- Still highly rated and well regarded among critics, this psychic-solves-crimes drama is a strong contender for top awards.

Degree of Guilt---This acclaimed drama stars Ryan Phillippe and Riz Ahmed in a political conspiracy thriller. It is acclaimed and its second season earned strong ratings.

Love Affair--- This critically acclaimed and long-running anthology series came to an end in 2019 with its final season. This romance-themed series focuses on love affairs turned tragic. The final season was divided into two separate sections with different storylines. The first half of the season, directed by Ava Duvernay focused on an interracial love affair between a white politician and the black wife of his political rival in 1960's Texas. The second half focused on the tragic love affair between two nuns in a 1960's convent.

The Hardest Goodbye-- This critically beloved anthology program focused its 2019 season on the drug epidemic in America and featured stories of people losing loved ones to addiction.

Atlanta Medical-- A new entry this season, this medical drama captivated viewers in summer of 2019.

Trauma Center---The final season of Gen-TV's landmark medical drama concluded in 2019.

Maria's Quinceanera---This limited run series focused on the family dramas that come forward in preparation for 15 year old Maria's quinceanera.

Grand Jury--A new crime procedural focused on lawyers trying cases before a Grand Jury. It is among the highest-rated new series of 2019.

CIA: New York--A brand new crime drama focused on agents at the NYC office of the CIA.

American Citizen--The acclaimed anthology series focused on racial issues had a strong third season focused on police violence against minorities.

Having Faith--The #1 rated new drama on TV this spiritual series has connected with viewers in a big way. It is focused on a female reverend named Faith returning to her church and her hometown to start anew.

7th Heaven-A reboot of the 1990's drama of the same name focuses on a female minister and her family trying to find themselves in today's violate
world.

If Hillary Had Won--This ambitious mini-series focused on the political climate of the world as it could have been if Hillary Clinton had won the 2016 Election instead of Donald Trump.

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: Gen-TV has a wide slate of programs to choose from and submitted both their best efforts and some clunkers. Though popular "7th Heaven" has no place on this list. "Degree of Guilt" has largely been forgotten by the industry and "If Hillary Had Won" was a huge misfire. "Blue Bloods" is fading from memory as well each week. Gen-TV wisely chose not to submit "Medical Center" a huge dud and oddly chose to include "Atlanta Medical" and "Trauma Center" which have no place on this list.

Best Comedy Series:

YTN:

Mother & Daughter - Long-running multi-camera comedy about a mother & daughter who live together.

College - This reboot of a classic YTN series is now in its second season and follows the lives of four friends from the original College series.

Blended - This is a rare example of a successful and acclaimed multi-camera comedy and it focuses on a blended family.

Life Lessons - This popular multi-camera comedy about two married teachers and their family.

High Times of Denver -Another contender is this single-camera comedy about friends who operate a marijuana dispensary in Denver.

Soccer Stories - Single-camera comedy about three families and their interactions with their children's soccer team.

Sanchez's in the Suburbs - Multi-camera comedy about a Latino family.

Grandparents - Freshman multi-camera comedy about grandparents raising their four grandchildren after an accident kills their parents. This acclaimed comedy has risen above its standard premise and become something special.

The Agency - Freshman single-camera comedy about a travel agency in Central Ohio.

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: YTN made all the right submissions here, including signature series "High Times of Denver", "College" and "Life Lessons." We'll see if it helps them secure some needed wins.

Gen-TV:

Making It Work-- Gen-TV's longest-running comedy is coming to an end after its 7th season and is in the running for the top comedy prize. This comedy focused on a married couple attempting to keep their relationship afloat despite the interference of their meddling families, who focus on their differences instead of what keeps them together.

Cafe Oddity--This popular comedy focuses on three best friends in their middle ages who are running an American themed diner in the middle of Texas.

Ready To Wear- This absurdist comedy focuses on a upscale boutique owner forced to sell her struggling store to a chain thrift store and the culture clash that occurs when she is forced to work for a zany, quirky new boss who is the opposite of her.

Kate & Ali-- This critically acclaimed comedy is a reboot of the 1980's single mother comedy "Kate & Allie" and focuses on single parents of color dealing with all the issues that people of color face today. Written by Keegan-Michael Key (who co-stars) it focuses on a African-American Muslim single father and an Indian-American Lesbian single mother as they share an apartment and attempt to raise their children to be decent, caring and loving people.

Grounded- This comedy focuses on a pilot who has been placed on mandatory retirement and is attempts to reconnect with his family.

Every Other Weekend--This divorced parents comedy focuses on things from the kids perspective as they spend "every other weekend" visiting either their mother or their father.

Unemployed---This comedy focuses on three men in their 20's and 30's facing every day unemployed and struggling to make ends meet.

Our Pet Dragon-- This family comedy transitioned into a successful stoner-comedy with adult themes and has become a breakout success.

The Boss Lady-- Starring Comedy Icon Kristen Wiig this comedy focuses on an abrasive and abusive woman who is faking her way through a new job after a case of mistaken identity puts her into the bosses office.

Selling Out---This comedy series focuses on a housewife who makes a deal with her new boss, who happens to be the actual devil.

Baker's Dozen--This romance comedy shifted premises in its second season and now focuses on the romance between two gay men.

Bless Your Heart--This fish out of water comedy focuses on a brash northerner from the Bronx who marries into a wealthy southern family.

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: Gen-TV has a lot of great comedies, but they also have a lot of sitcoms that don't belong competing for award shows. They wisely decided to forego submitting series like "Zendaya" or "Hart of Family" in place of acclaimed series like "Selling Out", "Kate & Ali" and "Cafe Oddity."

Best Reality or Unscripted Series

YTN:

Money Mountain - Game show with a chance to win $1 million.

The Neighborhood - Families have the chance to win a brand new home in a random neighborhood in the United States.

Adventure of a Lifetime - Reality series with various competitions across the globe.

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: YTN isn't likely to be a big contender in the unscripted races, but ther is always a chance for surprises. Their best chance is "Adventure of a Lifetime" which has all the hallmarks of the kind of series beloved at the BOTA's.

Gen-TV:

Celebrity Cooking Battles--This cooking competition featuring celebrity contestants has been a massive hit for Gen-TV.

Climb The Pyramid--The popular game show features contestants vying to win the top prize in a trivia contest.

Family Court--This syndicated court show focuses on judges as they try to put together families in crisis.

Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition--A second version of the popular franchise featuring gameplay designed for families and young viewers to watch together, and featuring contestants made up of families.

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: Gen-TV is likely the network to beat in the unscripted categories, along with A&E and HBO they have the best chance of dominating these awards. "Family Court" is a tough show to beat, especially with its change this year towards putting families together again.

Best News or Documentary Program

YTN:

Life After Prison - GEN-TV produced series following prisoners after their release.

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: This show presents a great chance for YTN to win in unscripted, although it is bittersweet for them as this show is produced by Gen-TV.

Gen-TV:

The Download with Keith Olbermann-- This daily news show features short segments on the top news stories of the day.

Nightcap- Gen-TV's flagship news program shifted its focus in 2019 to include stories about younger viewers.

Mouthy Broads--A talk show that includes a panel of hosts who are all comedians.

Hot Flashes--This talk show features a panel of hosts over the age of 60 dealing with issues important to their age range. Sponsored by the AARP.

3Girls2Gays-This chat show features a panel of three gay women and two gay men discussing issues relevant to their lives.

Soapless: Life After Daytime: This docudrama focuses on the lives of soap opera actors after they've left daytime TV or their series were cancelled.

American Loser--This documentary series focuses on the rise to prominence of Donald Trump widely viewed by many as the worst President in American history.

High School Diaries: Freshmen Year- The flagship entry in Gen-TV's reality franchise featuring real life high schoolers as they deal with the realities of everyday life in America.

High School Diaries: Sophomore Year--The second installment of this popular franchise.

Without Borders--Focused on doctors working in third world countries, this docudrama puts viewers on the frontlines of the real medical action around the globe.

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: This is probably the toughest category to win in and is typically dominated by PBS, Gen-TV and HBO. I think the shows to beat here are "Without Borders", which is a difficult show to bear and "American Loser" if politics is on the mind of voters.

Best New Program

YTN:

The Agency
Grandparents
Newsflash

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: "Newsflash" is probably YTN's strongest bet in this category, but they'll have a hard time competing against Gen-TV's huge list of submissions.

Gen-TV:

Atlanta Medical
Very Single Virginia
Capitol Hill
Maria's Quinceanera
Grand Jury
Medical Center
CIA: New York
American Loser
Having Faith
7th Heaven
Bless Your Heart
If Hillary Had Won
Breaking Blue
Summer Share
Summer Heat: The Resort
Mouthy Broads
3Girls2Gays
Hot Flashes
Jenny & Sherri

Hollywood Now's Thoughts: The show to beat in this category is "Having Faith" which is proving a popular choice this award season. Another strong bet is "Grand Jury." Some of the submissions here don't belong on this list. There is nobody who will be voting for duds like "Summer Share" or "Summer Heat: The Resort."

factsoflife

01-10-2020, 11:27 PM

Gen-TV TCA 2020 Panel
--Hollywood Now Highlights TCA Panel 2020

Hollywood Now presents highlights from the 2020 Winter Press Tour. Today we're discussing Gen-TV Studios panel from the TCA's. The TCA's are the Television Critics Association Press Tour, an annual press event in which television studios discuss their programming lineups, business goals and other issues for television critics and journalists.

The topic of conversation at the Gen-TV panel was the upcoming February board of directors election for President. Despite a splashy campaign, Eva Varga's bid for President has been a bit of a non-starter, and she's falling far behind in the polls from where she should be. Benny Portman is way out in front right now, polling triple digits higher than second place Ross Chin. Considering her high profile and her legal victory earlier this year when she was released from prison and had her entire conviction overturned. Vargas, who is reportedly just days away from filing a huge wrongful conviction lawsuit against the state of California and the United States Government should be polling better, but is stuck in fourth place, with only Dylan Garrettson polling lower.

When asked why they think Eva isn't doing better, Gen-TV's current Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson said "I think people just find it hard to trust Eva. Even though her conviction was overturned she ultimately proved herself to be a rat by turning state's evidence and I think people at Gen-TV find that distasteful." Margo Danbury, the current President of Gen-TV Studios said this "I can't explain it, but we have a bevy of talented candidates running for Board President and I think they'd all be an excellent choice."

Speaking of Danbury, she spoke at length about her plans for Gen-TV in 2020 (and beyond), and those plans largely include increasing development not only for Gen-TV Network proper, but for Gen-TV's syndication & distribution arm; a field that has been lagging in recent years. "We've developed a number of shows for YTN and some other cable networks (such as 1-2-3 Cook which moved to TLC from A&E; and Upselling and Life After Prison for YTN, plus several others) but it is time to greatly increase the number of programming we produce for first run syndication and to be distributed to other outlets." "In the past first-run programming for non-Gen TV outlets accounted for nearly 38% of our business, but from 2016 to 2019 it accounted for only 14%."

Among the ideas she has to increase that number include "a return to the popular game show market which was very lucrative for us in the past." "We have multiple high profile titles in the works that could become huge successes for us." "One such title is a TV version of the popular mobile game Ring of Trivia" Danbury says "The app is hugely popular with an estimated 3.2 million active users." "We have been working on acquiring the development rights for a TV version since 2017 and we will have some big news to announce about that in the coming weeks."

Two of the biggest series Gen-TV Studios ever produced were game shows; "Clue" and "Perfection" which ran for nearly a decade each and are among the 25 most profitable shows the studio has ever produced. They both spawned numerous spin-off's including the uber-popular Primetime versions "Extreme Clue" and "Extreme Perfection." Revival's of both series have also been in active discussions with the network.

Danbury also plans to continue developing new programming for Stream-Me, the Gen-TV owned streaming service which was relaunched this past fall and has been going through a rough patch. In 2019 it fell from the #3 most-used streaming service in the US to #7. Worldwide it fell from #4 to #20. Several new series were launched (and several more to come) with mixed results, but none that became out of the box instant successes. "We're still attempting to find the right mix of programming to make Stream-Me a dominant force."

Daytime Television is also a point of interest for Danbury who says "We're looking to give our daytime programming a huge facelift." The first half of that goal was met earlier this fall when we launched our pre-school and elementary programming block of sitcoms including primetime transplants "Magic School", "Fish out of Water" and "Head of Household" which moved to daytime and are performing well above expectations. Particularly "Magic School" continues to be a point of pride for Gen-TV. Danbury says "taking that formula and expanding it is among my goals for this year and giving it some new energy as well." One possibility she mentioned is creating a children's programming block for saturday or sunday mornings. "We have several programming ideas in mind including the return of "The Special Classroom" which was originally intended to move to daytime this past fall but was held-back due to liscenings issues. "That show will be back very soon as those licensing issues have been cleared up." "An announcement on that is coming soon."

Talk shows used to be the bread and butter of Gen-TV's daytime schedule, but in recent years they have lost traction as no new talk show that has debuted since 2015 has become a long-term success. "We haven't really looked into developing new talk shows as they have been a bit of a sore topic for us." "But we are encouraged by the numbers we're seeing for "Mouthy Broads" and "Hot Flashes." so we'll see." One genre that Gen-TV isn't investing any money or time on right now is soap operas; "that is a non-issue for us as we haven't had any success in that area. Unless we found a rock solid script that would be a surefire hit we wouldn't even consider a new soap opera."

Moving onto primetime, the biggest cause for concern right now, at least according to Danbury is "finding a way to save Boston Blues." The police drama debuted last season (2018-2019) to rock solid reviews and incredible numbers (in season one it averaged over 25 million viewers per episode); but those numbers dropped in season two (dropping to an average of 14.3 million per episode) and the once luminous reviews have also faded; with critics calling season two "tedious, a bore and devoid of redeeming quality." Margo Danbury says "It is among our top priorities to fix Boston Blues; to restore its critical reputation and renew viewer interest in what is an incredible series with franchise opportunity." "We have been searching for months and are thisclose to securing a top-level talent to take over as showrunner and to implement a plan of injecting new life into the series." "Fan are going to be blown away when they see what is in store for this show." "So, nobody needs to worry the show is still a big priority for us and it isn't going anywhere anytime soon." "However there is likely to be some big casting changes upcoming as the series evolves."

Another show in the process of evolving albeit with far less fanfare is "Medical Center" which isn't even present on the new midseason schedule (being displaced by a new drama called Feds.) This show debuted in September to lukewarm ratings and sup-par reviews. It was pulled from the schedule in October and was present on the first draft of the mid-season schedule but was pulled from that in November. Sources at the time said the show was being retooled; and indeed star Patricia Richardson was fired and Megan Fox was hired to headline a rebooted cast. But since November we've heard nothing more about it since. "We're still working on a new path for this show that will help us find an audience for it. But creatively we haven't found it yet." "At this time it remains a priority for us and all I can say is that Megan Fox is still attached to the series." "We have no information on a possible return date."

Several returning favorites still remain on the bench, but not for long. Fung-Wilson says that "Degree of Guilt" will be present on the April schedule revision, as will returning reality franchise "High School Diaries" while the sixth season of "Celebrity Cooking Battles" will likely not air until Summer 2020. Long-rumored mini-series "American Family" (a spin-off of "American Citizen") has been scrapped all-together, and despite this "we're still looking for a project to collaborate with Laura Linney on."

Editor's Note:

We mistakenly misidentified the fired star of "Medical Center" as Patricia Heaton. The fired star is actually Patricia Richardson. We apologize for the confusion and have corrected it in the above article.

yankeesrj12

01-12-2020, 06:53 PM

Sunday, January 5, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - NINTH SEASON PREMIERE - 5.19 million viewers and 0.7 (0.732) A18-49.

9- Revolution - NEW TIME - 4.74 million viewers and 0.8 (0.811) A18-49, even with its last new episode three weeks ago.

Monday, January 6, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.48 million viewers and 0.9 (0.856) A18-49, up a tenth from its last new episode.

830- The Agency - 4.37 million viewers and 0.7 (0.732) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

9- CIA Files - 12.33 million viewers and 1.6 (1.641) A18-49, up a tenth from its last new episode.

10- Better Days - SERIES PREMIERE - 4.82 million viewers and 0.7 (0.665) A18-49, stalling out of the gate with a mediocre retention of 39% in total viewers and 41% in the demo. The performance is also below that of every episode of Mind of a Hunter that aired in the timeslot earlier this season (and is now waiting for a timeslot). Half hour: 0.785/0.544

Tuesday, January 7, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 7.34 million viewers and 1.3 (1.302) A18-49, even with its last new episode three weeks ago.

830- Parkway Motel - 7.12 million viewers and 1.3 (1.266) A18-49, up a tenth from its last new episode.

9- College - 9.04 million viewers and 2.3 (2.257) A18-49, up three tenths from its last new episode to a new season high.

930- Life Lessons - 7.09 million viewers and 1.3 (1.255) A18-49, up a tenth from its last new episode.

10- TAKEN - 12.21 million viewers and 1.3 (1.257) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - TENTH SEASON PREMIERE - 9.01 million viewers and 2.5 (2.482) A18-49, down two tenths from its year-ago season premiere.

9- The Neighborhood - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 9.83 million viewers and 2.7 (2.699) A18-49, down three tenths from its year-ago 9 o'clock episode. Even so, this is still a very robust performance for both hours.

10- Moments in Life - SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW PREMIERE - 7.97 million viewers and 1.5 (1.521) A18-49. It was a pretty respectable start for the newbie drama, which will officially premiere in late March. It also marks a significant improvement over the series premiere of Better Days on Monday (5 million viewers and 0.7 18-49). TAKEN: Phoenix returns to the timeslot next week, with LAPD Unit 7 returning to its 9 o'clock home in two weeks.

Thursday, January 9, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.95 million viewers and 1.1 (1.063) A18-49, even with its last new episode two weeks ago.

830- Grandparents - 6.67 million viewers and 1.0 (1.032) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

9- Full Time Mom - 7.02 million viewers and 1.1 (1.074) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

930- The Hughes Family - 6.39 million viewers and 1.0 (1.004) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

10- Virus - 11.82 million viewers and 4.8 (4.784) A18-49, down two tenths from its fall finale in November.

Friday, January 10, 2020
8- Bloodlines - 6.23 million viewers and 0.6 (0.621) A18-49, even with its last new episode two weeks ago.

9- Serve and Protect - 6.58 million viewers and 0.6 (0.647) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.25 million viewers and 0.6 (0.624) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

Saturday, January 10, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.34 million viewers and 0.2 (0.213) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.38 million viewers and 0.2 (0.221) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

01-13-2020, 10:24 PM

jimpickens

01-14-2020, 02:18 AM

Tonight's episode of CBC is Knock'em Out Charlie Brown which revolves around his time as a bare knuckle brawler while working as a merchant marine.

yankeesrj12

01-17-2020, 01:02 AM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN AT THE TCA'S
Here's some of what happened with YTN's panel at the TCA's this week...

RENEWALS: CIA FILES, COLLEGE, AND MORE!
YTN has renewed eight series for the 2020-2021 television season, including two freshman comedies.

The network announced it would proceed with a sixth season of its number two drama, CIA Files. While the show is down from its heights of season two and three (like most shows on television), CIA Files still averages a robust 12.47 million viewers and 1.7 A18-49 in L+SD. It will return for 26 episodes next season, confirmed by the President of YTN.

YTN also confirmed that hit reboot comedy College will return for its third season. The network was mum on a number of episodes, and even if the series will return in the fall. They said, "Goal number one is to find a time when we can get everyone together to film. Everyone is coming back, but we're working with the cast to make fit it in with their other projects."

YTN Vice President Donna MacKenzie told the crowd, "At this point, we're not even sure if it will be ready for the fall. It's all contingent on the cast coming together. We're not going to rush the product to fill a timeslot. If they all need more time, we are definitely going to accommodate them."

The network is also moving forward with additional seasons of freshman comedies Grandparents, and in a bit of a early surprise, single-camera comedy The Agency. YTN did not confirm episode orders for either show, and announced they'd likely be known at the upfront presentation.

Grandparents has been a break-out hit, averaging a 1.29 A18-49 in L+SD, tied for third highest on the network. The Agency has struggled a bit (averaging 0.7001 A18-49 L+SD) but has been a favorite of network executives from the beginning.

"We absolutely love The Agency. Its real, its hilarious, its a typical story for many people. We cannot wait to let it flourish and see whats there. Viewers are going to start finding this gem."

Returning for its eighth season next year is Full Time Mom. The tentpole Thursday night comedy has held up fairly well this season, averaging 1.31 A18-49. It moved from its long-time Wednesday home this season.

YTN rounded out its renewals with sophomore comedy hits Sanchez's in the Suburbs, Parkway Motel, and second-year drama LAPD Unit 7.

WHAT ABOUT AVA & LIAM?
The weird story of Ava and Liam continues to be a major topic of discussion among critics. First ordered in March 2018, the show was set to debut in January 2019. It was later held off until the Fall 2019 season, surprisingly renewed for a second season in the process, and scheduled behind YTN's number one comedy.

After flopping two episodes into its run, YTN pulled Ava and Liam from its timeslot. The network says it will "Return at a later time."

When pressed on the question, YTN President said, "We still believe in Ava and Liam. We're figuring out how to best make it work for us, but we believe in it. You will see more of Ava and Liam soon."

VIRUS
YTN's number one show was left out of the early renewals, but executives say don't worry! VP Donna MacKenzie says, "Virus is in the process of negotiations, so we cannot comment too much on its prospects. We want it back, and we're getting there."

factsoflife

01-17-2020, 01:58 AM

Gen-TV News
--Network Renews Four Series

On the heels of setting a record with 79 Best of TV Award Nominations, Gen-TV has renewed four strong series for the 2020-2021 TV season. First up, sitcoms "Ready To Wear" and "Kate & Ali" have been renewed for third seasons. Both series earned five nominations at this year's Best of TV Awards; including nominations for "Best Comedy Series", "Best Actress-Comedy" and "Best Writing-Comedy."

Both series have earned strong ratings throughout their second seasons and continue to rank in the top 3 comedies on TV; and remain critically acclaimed.

Also getting renewed for next season is veteran drama "Deadly Visions" which has earned a multi-season renewal for two more seasons; keeping it on-air through its sixth season. The crime procedural is currently Gen-TV's fourth highest-rated drama (after respectively, American Citizen, Fugitive Recovery and The Border Police) and remains in the top 5 highest-rated shows on Gen-TV. It earned a single nomination this year.

Lastly earning a renewal is "Having Faith"; a highly rated spiritual drama that has easily won its Friday night timeslot each week. It earned four nominations this year and is among the most acclaimed new series on TV.

Noticeably absent from this list of renewals is "Boston Blues"; which despite earning four nominations has suffered from declining ratings and a loss of critical support this season. Gen-TV Executives commented on this saying "We are waiting to see how BB's does in its new timeslot over the next few weeks."

yankeesrj12

01-20-2020, 01:32 AM

Sunday, January 12, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.01 million viewers and 0.7 (0.718) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Revolution - 4.82 million viewers and 0.8 (0.824) A18-49, even for the fifth straight episode.

Monday, January 13, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.14 million viewers and 0.8 (0.812) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- The Agency - 4.42 million viewers and 0.7 (0.739) A18-49, even for the third episode in a row.

9- CIA Files - 12.24 million viewers and 1.6 (1.611) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Better Days - 4.11 million viewers and 0.5 (0.543) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks already weak premiere. It seems unlikely that Better Days will be around for much longer.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.48 million viewers and 1.2 (1.184) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.39 million viewers and 1.2 (1.182) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- College - 8.13 million viewers and 1.9 (1.932) A18-49, down four tenths from last weeks season high.

930- Life Lessons - 6.12 million viewers and 1.1 (1.078) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

10- TAKEN - 11.34 million viewers and 1.2 (1.153) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 8.97 million viewers and 2.4 (2.401) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks premiere.

9- The Neighborhood - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 9.35 million viewers and 2.5 (2.517) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks 9 o'clock episode.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 10.23 million viewers and 1.1 (1.084) A18-49, up a tenth from its last new episode in December.

Thursday, January 16, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.61 million viewers and 1.0 (1.042) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Grandparents - 6.42 million viewers and 1.0 (1.021) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.29 million viewers and 1.0 (0.987) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.95 million viewers and 0.9 (0.956) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Virus - 10.23 million viewers and 4.1 (4.103) A18-49, down six tenths from last week.

Friday, January 17, 2020
8- Bloodlines - 6.95 million viewers and 0.6 (0.639) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Serve and Protect - 7.10 million viewers and 0.7 (0.664) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.31 million viewers and 0.6 (0.626) A18-49, even with last week.

Saturday, January 18, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.53 million viewers and 0.2 (0.237) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.46 million viewers and 0.2 (0.226) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.19 million viewers and 0.4 (0.386) A18-49, even with last week.

jimpickens

01-22-2020, 10:43 AM

Last nights episode of the Charlie Brown Chronicles All Guns blazing Charlie Brown details his stint as an undercover agent for the DEA as he infiltrates an outlaw motorcycle club to bust a narcotics operation in Chicago.

factsoflife

01-22-2020, 10:53 PM

Gen-TV Announces BIG Plans
---New Showrunner, Cast Changes Ahead

Gen-TV Executives weren't kidding when they said earlier this month that big changes were coming for "Boston Blues"; the sophomore drama that has seen a dramatic ratings decrease from its debut season. In an effort to curb that downward trend, Gen-TV has hired a brand new showrunner to take over the series and as Gen-TV Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson said "kick some life into this show and restore it to the marquee name it should be."

Taking over duties as Executive Producer and showrunner will be a team of talented TV veterans. Serving as the primary creative force behind the show will be Nick Santora (Scorpion, Breakout Kings), who will be joined by three writers who are veterans of Gen-TV; Maggie James (The Huntress, Lifeline), Stephen Goldfarb (The Malones, Deadly Visions) and Victor Morell (This Time Around, Trauma Center).

Episodes helmed by the new team will debut on Gen-TV in March and will include a number of surprising changes; including what Santora describes as "A nearly total overhaul of the cast." "We're looking to really shake things up." "This is a cop show and the danger factor is going to be explored in big ways this season." "We're looking to turn this show from a soap opera into a serious police drama."

Most of the casting changes are being kept secret until they air, but one change that is being announced ahead of time is that Vanessa Angel, who recently earned a "Best of TV Award" nomination for her work has been fired from the show and will exit before the season ends. "Vanessa is very talented, but her performances no longer fit the feel we're going for."

factsoflife

01-23-2020, 07:11 PM

Gen-TV Makes History, Again!
--Gen-TV scores broadcast TV's lone SAG Noms

Just like last week when the Golden Globe nominations were announced, Gen-TV has made history again at the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) awards by scoring numerous nominations, and becoming in this case one of only two broadcast networks getting nominated. NBC picked up a single nomination for Sterling K Brown on "This Is Us" while Gen-TV shocked the industry picking up numerous nods in every category.

The full list is below:

Performance by an ensemble in a drama series
“Big Little Lies” (HBO)
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“Game of Thrones” (HBO)
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
"Boston Blues" (Gen-TV)
"The Border Police" (Gen-TV)

Performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
“Barry” (HBO)
“Fleabag” (Amazon)
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
"Kate & Ali" (Gen-TV)
"The Boss Lady" (Gen-TV)
"Ready To Wear" (Gen-TV)
"Cafe Oddity" (Gen-TV)

Performance by a male actor in a drama series
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us” (NBC)
Steve Carell, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones” (HBO)
David Harbour, “Stranger Things” (Netflix)
Jeffery Nordling, "The Border Police" (Gen-TV)
Eion Bailey, "The Border Police" (Gen-TV)
James Van Der Beek, "Boston Blues" (Gen-TV)

Performance by a female actor in a drama series
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown” (Netflix)
Olivia Colman, “The Crown” (Netflix)
Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve” (BBC America)
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”(Hulu)
Debbie Morgan, "Trauma Center" (Gen-TV)
Regina Hall, "Having Faith" (Gen-TV)
Vanessa Angel, "Boston Blues" (Gen-TV)

Performance by a male actor in a comedy series
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
Bill Hader, “Barry” (HBO)
Andrew Scott, “Fleabag” (Amazon)
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Justin Long, "Making It Work (Gen-TV)
Chris Parnell, "Selling Out" (Gen-TV)
Keegan-Michael Key, "Kate & Ali" (Gen-TV)

Performance by a female actor in a comedy series
Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag” (Amazon)
Kristen Wiig, "The Boss Lady" (Gen-TV)
Zooey Deschanel, "Ready To Wear" (Gen-TV)
Tiya Sircar, "Kate & Ali" (Gen-TV)
Valerie Bertinelli, "Cafe Oddity" (Gen-TV)
Sarah Chalke, "Every Other Weekend" (Gen-TV)

Performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries
Mahershala Ali, “True Detective” (HBO)
Russell Crowe, “The Loudest Voice” (Showtime)
Jared Harris, “Chernobyl” (HBO)
Jharrel Jerome, “When They See Us” (Netflix)
Sam Rockwell, “Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
Javier Bardem, "American Citizen" (Gen-TV)
Benicio Del Toro, "American Citizen" (Gen-TV)
Jamie Foxx, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)
Jeremy Renner, "Love Affair (Gen-TV)

Performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries
Patricia Arquette, “The Act” (Hulu)
Toni Collette, “Unbelievable” (Netflix)
Joey King, “The Act” (Hulu)
Emily Watson, “Chernobyl” (HBO)
Michelle Williams, “Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
Helen Hunt, "American Citizen" (Gen-TV)
Kylie Bunbury, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)
Jodie Foster, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)
Sigourney Weaver, "The Hardest Goodbye" (Gen-TV)
Zoey Deutch, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)

Gen-TV makes SAG History
---Broadcasters Wins A LOT of SAG Awards

Just like a month ago when Gen-TV made history and swept the Golden Globe Awards, winning 50 total prizes; the network has once again made TV history by making a full clean sweep of the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Gen-TV was victorious at every single category in the SAG Awards; and makes history as the first (and only) network to ever sweep the entirety of the SAG Awards and Golden Globe Awards in a single year.

The full list is below:

Performance by an ensemble in a drama series
“Big Little Lies” (HBO)
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“Game of Thrones” (HBO)
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
"Boston Blues" (Gen-TV)
"The Border Police" (Gen-TV)

At the Golden Globe Awards earlier this month Gen-TV's "Having Faith" was named the Best Drama Series. But at the SAG Awards it was "The Border Police" that reigned victorious. "The Border Police" is nominated for Drama Series at the Best of TV Awards and competes against fellow Gen-TV series "Fugitive Recovery."

Performance by an ensemble in a comedy series
“Barry” (HBO)
“Fleabag” (Amazon)
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
“Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
"Kate & Ali" (Gen-TV)
"The Boss Lady" (Gen-TV)
"Ready To Wear" (Gen-TV)
"Cafe Oddity" (Gen-TV)

Kate & Ali won the Ensemble Comedy Series Award at SAG, mirroring the GG awards where it won "Best Comedy Series." At the Best of TV Awards it is nominated for that as well alongside Gen-TV's "Ready To Wear" and "Baker's Dozen."

Performance by a male actor in a drama series
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us” (NBC)
Steve Carell, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones” (HBO)
David Harbour, “Stranger Things” (Netflix)
Jeffery Nordling, "The Border Police" (Gen-TV)
Eion Bailey, "The Border Police" (Gen-TV)
James Van Der Beek, "Boston Blues" (Gen-TV)

For Male Actor-Drama, Jeffery Nordling of "The Border Police" won; whereas "Fugitive Recovery" star Dylan Bruno won the Golden Globe. At the Best of TV Awards, Gen-TV has three nominees; including Nordling, his co-star Eion Bailey and James Van Der Beek from "Boston Blues."

Performance by a female actor in a drama series
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Helena Bonham Carter, “The Crown” (Netflix)
Olivia Colman, “The Crown” (Netflix)
Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve” (BBC America)
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”(Hulu)
Debbie Morgan, "Trauma Center" (Gen-TV)
Regina Hall, "Having Faith" (Gen-TV)
Vanessa Angel, "Boston Blues" (Gen-TV)

Regina Hall won Actress-Drama here, she won the same award at the Golden Globes and is nominated for the Best of TV Award.

Performance by a male actor in a comedy series
Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
Bill Hader, “Barry” (HBO)
Andrew Scott, “Fleabag” (Amazon)
Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Justin Long, "Making It Work (Gen-TV)
Chris Parnell, "Selling Out" (Gen-TV)
Keegan-Michael Key, "Kate & Ali" (Gen-TV)

The male comedy winner was Keegan-Michael for "Kate & Ali" winning the same award he won at the Golden Globes and is nominated for at the Best of TV Awards.

Performance by a female actor in a comedy series

Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon)
Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag” (Amazon)
Kristen Wiig, "The Boss Lady" (Gen-TV)
Zooey Deschanel, "Ready To Wear" (Gen-TV)
Tiya Sircar, "Kate & Ali" (Gen-TV)
Valerie Bertinelli, "Cafe Oddity" (Gen-TV)
Sarah Chalke, "Every Other Weekend" (Gen-TV)

In a huge surprise, Kristen Wiig from Gen-TV's "The Boss Lady" was named the winner at SAG while Zooey Deschanel from "Ready To Wear" won the Golden Globe. At the Best of TV Awards, both are nominees alongside Gen-TV's Octavia Spencer ("Selling Out") and Tiya Sircar ("Kate & Ali").

Performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries
Mahershala Ali, “True Detective” (HBO)
Russell Crowe, “The Loudest Voice” (Showtime)
Jared Harris, “Chernobyl” (HBO)
Jharrel Jerome, “When They See Us” (Netflix)
Sam Rockwell, “Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
Javier Bardem, "American Citizen" (Gen-TV)
Benicio Del Toro, "American Citizen" (Gen-TV)
Jamie Foxx, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)
Jeremy Renner, "Love Affair (Gen-TV)

In the Male Actor-Limited Series or TV Movie, Jamie Foxx won for his turn as a crooked politician in "Love Affair." At the Golden Globe Awards, Benicio Del Toro won for "Love Affair." (and to clarify recent confusion, Del Toro appeared on both "Love Affair" and "American Citizen" in 2019.)

Performance by a female actor in a television movie or miniseries
Patricia Arquette, “The Act” (Hulu)
Toni Collette, “Unbelievable” (Netflix)
Joey King, “The Act” (Hulu)
Emily Watson, “Chernobyl” (HBO)
Michelle Williams, “Fosse/Verdon” (FX)
Helen Hunt, "American Citizen" (Gen-TV)
Kylie Bunbury, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)
Jodie Foster, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)
Sigourney Weaver, "The Hardest Goodbye" (Gen-TV)
Zoey Deutch, "Love Affair" (Gen-TV)

The Female Acting Award for TV Movies and Mini-Series went to Jodie Foster for "Love Affair"; who won the equivalent award at Golden Globe and is nominated at the Best of TV Awards.

factsoflife

01-23-2020, 08:22 PM

factsoflife

01-23-2020, 09:22 PM

As per FCC guidelines, Gen-TV has released a full list of it's current holdings and recently expired contracts.

Gen-TV lost its rights to a number of programs in late 2019 and early 2020, but has picked up a number of new contracts as well. Among the big losses are the exits of "The Good Wife", "Girlfriends, "2 Broke Girls", "30 Rock" and "Two And a Half Men" which all expired at the end of 2019. The network also lost the rights to less popular programs such as "One Tree Hill", "The Americans", "Felicity", "Justified" and "Two Guys & A Girl."

The loss of "30 Rock" and "2 Broke Girls" is a major blow for Gen-TV; who was outbid for both by seperate networks. Until now, Gen-TV held the exclusive broadcast TV rights to reruns of "30 Rock" but was outbid by Comedy Central in November 2019. "2 Broke Girls" expired at the start of this month and will move to MTV2 in February after they won the non-exclusive rights. Gen-TV was outbid by nearly a million dollars on both series.

Sources say that Gen-TV opted to let "Two and A Half Men" expire as "they really ran that one into the ground by rerunning it nearly ad-nauseam in the year and a half they owned the rights to broadcast it." Gen-TV President Margo Danbury says "Though it remained very popular with our audience we just rerun it so much that we felt it was time to let it go and program something else." "It is a similar situation we faced with The Good Wife as well; very popular with our viewers, but we simply overplayed it so much."

Gen-TV has renewed the contracts of two sitcoms and a drama; "Modern Family", "Night Court" and "Castle" through 2022.

The full list is printed below and is current as of 1/23/2020:

(Current as of 1/23/20)

Recently Expired:
2 Broke Girls--- Expires 1/15/2020
Two Guys & A Girl---Expires 9/7/2019 (AKA Two Guys, A Girl & A Pizza Place)
The Americans--- Expires 11/30/2019
Felicity--- Expires 11/30/2019
Sons of Anarchy--- Expires 11/30/2019
One Tree Hill--- Expires 11/30/2019
Justified----- 11/30/2019
The Good Wife--- 11/30/2019
Two and A Half Men--- 11/30/2019
30 Rock--- 12/6/2019
Girlfriends----1/3/2020

Newly Acquired Programming:
Blended---- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)---Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
Life Lessons--- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)--- Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
The Golden Girls---Expires December 2024 (Starting January 2020) (shared syndication rights for weekends, M-F and shared streaming rights to limited episodes; capped at streaming 10 episodes per month) (Includes The Golden Palace Episodes for syndication, not streaming)
Empty Nest---Expires January 2021 (starting January 2020) (exclusive syndication for M-F and Weekends; full streaming rights)
Good Morning Miami—Expires January 2021 (Starting January 2020) (full rights for streaming; syndication weekends and M-F)
Wings---Expires January 2021 (Starting January 2020) (full syndication rights; limited streaming rights for limited episodes; capped at 10 episodes per month streaming)
Taxi---Expires January 2021 (starting January 2020) (full syndication rights M-F and Weekends; full streaming rights)
Evening Shade—Expires February 2021 (Starting January 2020) (Full Streaming Rights; Weekend Syndication Only)
Blindspot---Expires February 2021 (Starting January 2020) (Full Streaking Rights; M-F Syndication Only)
NCIS---Expires February 2021 (Starting January 2020) (Full Syndication Rights; No Streaming Rights)

Recently Renewed:
Modern Family----New Expiration 5/10/2022 (Previous Expiration 5/15/2020)
Night Court—New Expiration 5/10/2022 (Previous Expiration 5/15/2020)
Castle--- New Expiration 5/10/2022 (Previous Expiration 5/15/2020)

Complete List of Holdings:
The Hogan Family—Expires 8/20/2020 (Starting 11/20/2018) (includes Valerie’s Family episodes)
Will & Grace--- 8/23/2020 (Renewed in 2018)
The Mentalist---9/2/2020 (Renewed in 2018)
The West Wing----12/1/2020 (renewed in 2017)
The Mindy Project---12/1/2020 (Renewed in 2018)
Still Standing--- Previous Expiration- 2/5/2018 (New Expiration 12/1/2020)
Fired Up---Expires—1/20/2021 (Starting 10/20/2018)
City Guys---Expires 1/20/2021 (Starting 10/20/2018)
Hang Time---Expires 1/20/2021 (Starting 10/20/2018)
California Dreams—Expires 1/20/2021 (Starting 10/20/2018)
Saved By The Bell-Expires 1/20/2021 (Starting 10/20/2018)
Saved By The Bell: The New Class—Expires 1/20/2021 (Starting 1/20/2018)
The John Larroquette Show---8/23/2021 (Renewed in 2018)
New Girl---- 8/23/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
Touched By An Angel ---9/2/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
The Facts of Life---8/23/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
Grace Under Fire--- 8/23/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
The Nanny—8/23/2023 (Renewed in 2018)
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch ---Expires 8/23/2023 (Starting 10/23/2018)
Who’s The Boss?--- Expires 8/23/2022 (Starting 10/23/2018)
The Wizards of Waverly Place—Expires 8/23/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
That’s So Raven—Expires 8/19/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Black-Ish--- Expires 8/20/2022 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Out of This World—Expires 8/20/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Small Wonder—Expires 8/20/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
The Hogan Family—Expires 8/20/2020 (Starting 11/20/2018) (includes Valerie’s Family episodes)
Veep---Expires 8/20/2022 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Jane, The Virgin---Expires 8/20/2022 (Starting 10/20/2018)
St. Elsewhere---Expires 1/15/2020 (Starting 10/20/2018)
Fame---Expires 1/20/2020 (Starting 10/20/2018)
Moesha--- Previous Expiration 1/2018 (New Expiration---1/2/2021)
The Cosby Show—Expires 1/20/2021 (Starting 10/20/2018)
A Different World---Expires 1/20/2021 (Starting 10/20/2018)
E.R.—Previous Expiration 2/5/2019 (New Expiration 8/23/2022)
Blended---- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)---Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
Life Lessons--- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)--- Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
Just Shoot Me--- Previous Expiration 2/5/2019 (New Expiration--- 8/23/2023)

Lastly, the following programs are owned outright by Gen-TV Studios, and thus will not expire:

CLASSIC AND PAST SERIES/Gen-TV Studios Originals:
Port Charles
Loving (reruns only; 1983-1995)
The City (reruns only; 1995-1997)
General Hospital (reruns only; 1979-Present)
Bold & Beautiful (entire series)—(reruns only)
Clue---Gen-TV Original Series---No Expiration (2009-2015)
Perfection--- Gen-TV Original Series—No Expiration (2009-2016)
One Life To Live---No Expiration (reruns only; 1988-2012)
All My Children—No Expiration (reruns only; 1979-2011)
The Dating Game (2015-2016)
The Love Connection (2016)
Supermarket Sweep: Extreme Edition (2015-2016)
The Weakest Link (2015-2016)
Boggle (2016)
Pyramid Extreme (2015-2016)
Oak Pointe (2016)
Brighter Promise (2016)
Soliel & Melissa (Soleil Moon Frye and Melissa Joan Hart) (2016)
AM Live with Holly & Leah (Holly Robinson Peete/Leah Remini) (2015-2017)
Maria Menounos (2015-2016)
Giuliana & Ty (Giuliana Rancic & Ty Treadway) (2015-2016)/That Show with Ty Treadway and Lisa Rinna (2016-2017) (cancelled in February 2017, will air until April 2017)
Joan Lunden (2016-2017)
Talking Politics: Red vs. Blue (2016-2017)
The Brandy Norwood Show (January-May 2017)
Texas Law (2016-2017)
Ty Tells All (2015-2017) (Ty Pennington)
Law of Death (2013-2016 Gen-TV; 2016-2018 Stream-Me)
Sinbad (2015-2018)
Gen-TV Live Starring Chrissy Teigen & Jai Rodriguez (September 2017- May 2018)
Celebrity Dinner Party (2017-2018)
Hourly News with Keith Olbermann (2015-2018)
You’ve Got To Be Gidding Me (John Gidding) (2015-2018)
Food Genuis with Adam Gertler (2015-2018)
The Bidding War (2015-2018) (starring Jared Walker Dotsie)
Food Showdown (2015-2018) (starring Scott Cohen)
Law & Order: NYC (2014-2017 Gen-TV; 2017-2018 Stream-Me)
Law & Order: Hate Crimes (2015-2017 Gen-TV; 2017-2018 Stream-ME)
Law & Order: Immigration (2015-2016 Gen-TV)
Celebrity Dreamhouse Project (2016-2018) (Lifetime TV)
Please Fix My House (2016-2018) (Lifetime TV)
Ask Alyssa (2017-2019) (debuted in primetime; moved to daytime in 2018) (final episode will air in May 2019)
The Jackie Show (2017-2019) (ends run in May 2019, after 200 episodes)
Cooking For Dummies (2014-2017 Gen-TV; 2017-2019 Stream-Me) (final episodes stream in May 2019)
In The News with Janene Garofalo (2016-2019) (final season is 2018-2019 season; ended at Garofalo’s request. Last episode airs May 2019.)
Woman’s Day Live (2018-2019) (canceled after 1 season)
The Morning Talk (2018-2019) (canceled after 1 season)
The Daily Click (starring Tone Bell and Marissa Jarret Winokur) (2018-2019) (cancelled after 1 season)
In The Comments with Michael Ian Black (2018-2019) (cancelled after 1 season)
Very Nice Girls: New York (2017-2019) (WE TV 1; E! 2+) (cancelled by Gen-TV Studios in 2019; whole franchise cancelled)
Very Nice Girls: Dallas Debutants (2017-2019) (E!) (Cancelled By Gen-TV in 2019)
Very Nice Girls: Oklahoma City (2018-2019) (Cancelled by Gen-TV in 2019)
Very Nice Girls: New Orleans (Cancelled Before Airing)
Very Nice Nightlife: New York (Cancelled Before Airing)
Very Nice Girls: Atlanta (Cancelled Before Airing)
Very Nice Nightlife: New York (Cancelled Before Airing)

CURRENTLY AIRING/UPCOMING:
Nightcap (2015-Present) (formerly Nightcap featuring Gio Benitez until 2019)
Second Chance (2014-Present) (airing on YTN)
Outdoor Renovation (2015-Present) (2015-2018 YTN; 2018-Present Stream-Me)
Family Court (2016-Present) (Gen-TV and National Syndication)
Life After Prison (2016-Present) (airing on YTN)
1-2-3 Cook (2016-2019; A&E TV) (2019-Present TLC Network)
Faded Beauties (January 2017-January 2018 Bravo; 2018-Present Stream-ME)
Finding Home (2017-2019, Showtime) (2019, Stream-Me) (moves to Stream-Me in May 2019)
Upselling (2016-Present) (YTN)
Single Again (2016-Present) (TV ONE 2017-2019; Stream-ME 2019-Present) (moved to Stream-Me in May 2019)
Traders (2018-Present; YTN Network)
Moving Down (2018-Present; YTN Network)
Nowhere To Be Found (2018-Present; YTN Network)
Asset Protection (2018-Present; YTN Network)
Hunted (Stream-Me; September-November 2019)
The Download with Keith Olbermann (2018-Present)
The Strangler (Stream-ME; November-December 2019)
Burger Palace (Stream-Me; Debuts in Summer 2020)
CPS: Los Angeles (Stream-Me; Debuts In 2020-TBA)
US Intelligence (Stream-Me; Debuts In 2020-TBA)

factsoflife

01-23-2020, 10:05 PM

Gen-TV Network has released an updated version of their daytime and weekend schedule for January 2020. The new line-up features alterations to their second-run series as necessitated by some contractual changes that have taken place.

Also of note is the network has taken the steps of splitting their daytime schedule up into different zones based on the ages of the audience that the series are suitable for. This includes an entire block of programming aimed at viewers under the age of 12 and other blocks for viewers 12 and older, and sections suitable for all ages.

In terms of Gen-TV's original programs, "The Special Classroom" returns to Gen-TV after nearly a year and a half off-air due to licensing issues.

Gen-TV Daytime:
Revisions for January 2020 (takes effect January 24, 2020)

Daytime:

M-F Only

Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:
(programming suitable for all ages) [/I]
All Series Are Reruns

12am: Modern Family
1230: Modern Family
1am: Who’s The Boss?
130: Who’s The Boss?
2am: The Nanny
230: The Nanny
3am: Will & Grace
330: Will & Grace
4am: Doctor/Patient (Gen-TV Classic)
430: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
5am: Tag Team (Gen-TV Classic)
530: Over My Head (Gen-TV Classic)
6am: Over My Head (Gen-TV Classic)
630: Just Shoot Me
7am: Modern Family
730: Modern Family
8am: Blended (New To Gen-TV)
830: Life Lessons (New To Gen-TV)

Gen-TV Daytime Originals:
All Series Are New Episodes
Gen-TV’s Kid Zone Programming (Safe For All Kids Under 12 Years Old!)

9am: Magic School (New Earlier Timeslot)
930am: Magic School (New Earlier Timeslot)
10am: Fish Out Of Water (New Earlier Timeslot)
1030am: Head of Household
11am: The Special Classroom (Returns To Gen-TV; Now on Daytime!)
1130am: The Special Classroom (Returns To Gen-TV; Now on Daytime!)

Gen-TV Originals:
All Episodes New Unless Indicated
Gen-TV’s Teens & Adult Zone (Programming Suitable For Viewers Aged 12 and Up)

12pm: Family Court (New Timeslot)
1pm: The Download with Keith Olbermann (New timeslot)
2pm: Jenny & Sherri
3pm: Mouthy Broads
4pm: Hot Flashes
5pm: Blindspot (Now On Gen-TV)
6pm: 3Girls2Gays
7pm: NightCap starring Dan Harris and Elizabeth Vargas

WEEKENDS:
All Series Are Reruns
(programming suitable for all ages)

Saturday Mornings:
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies

12am: A Different World
1230: A Different World
1am: The Cosby Show
130: The Cosby Show
2am: Moesha
230: Moesha
3am: Good Sports (Gen-TV Classic)
330: Press Time (Gen-TV Classic)
4am: The Mindy Project
430: The Mindy Project
5am: New Girl
530: New Girl
6am: Starting From Scratch (Gen-TV Classic)
630: Made To Order (Gen-TV Classic)
7am: Hang Time
730: Hang Time
8am: Elizabeth Bordoe (Gen-TV Classic)
830: Saved By The Bell: The New Class

Classics & Gen-TV Oldies:
(Programming Suitable for All Ages)

9am: Saved By The Bell: The New Class
930: City Guys
10: Moesha
1030: Moesha
11: The Arrival (Gen-TV Classic)
1130: The Arrival (Gen-TV Classic)
12pm: Second Family (Gen-TV Classic)
1230: Something Old, Something New (Gen-TV Classic)
1pm: The Mentalist
2pm: Brand New World (Gen-TV Classic)
230: Turned Around (Gen-TV Classic)
3pm: Knocked Down (Gen-TV Classic)
330: Never Again (Gen-TV Classic)
4pm: Castle
5pm: Castle
6pm: Black-Ish
630pm: Black-Ish
7pm: NCIS (New To Gen-TV)

Sunday Morning-
(Programming Suitable For All Ages)
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:

12am: The Golden Girls (Returns to Gen-TV)
1am: The Golden Girls (Returns to Gen-TV)
2am: Empty Nest (New to Gen-TV)
3am: Empty Nest (New To Gen-TV)
4am: Taxi (New To Gen-TV)
430am: Taxi (New To Gen-TV)
5am: Night Court
530am: Night Court
6am: The Facts of Life
630am: The Facts of Life
7am: Selling Out (Gen-TV Classic)
730: Selling Out (Gen-TV Classic)
8am: The Facts of Life
830am: The Facts of Life
9am: The Nanny
930: The Nanny
10: Revolving Door (Gen-TV Classic)
1030: Revolving Door (Gen-TV Classic)
11am: Grace Under Fire
1130: Grace Under Fire
12pm: Modern Family
1230: Modern Family
1pm: NCIS (New To Gen-TV)
2pm: The West Wing
3pm: The West Wing
4pm: ER
5pm: ER
6pm: ER
7pm: ER

factsoflife

01-23-2020, 10:26 PM

A Hollywood Insider Exclusive:
Gen-TV Renews Stream-Me Series

Gen-TV Studios went to work today announcing renewals for several programs airing on the Stream-Me internet streaming service. A multiple season renewal was given to sitcom "Single Again" which completed its sixth season on the service after moving their from TV One in May 2019. The studio has renewed "Single Again" for a seventh and eighth seasons. The seventh season will debut this summer on Stream-ME. When announcing the renewal, Gen-TV Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson said "Single Again has been a complete success for Gen-TV and has struck a real cord with viewers who relate to the universal struggles of looking for love and acceptance." "We are proud to continue this series for two more seasons."

Also being renewed is "Outdoor Renovation" which moved to Stream-ME for a fourth season after being off-air for over two years when it was cancelled by YTN (it is produced by Gen-TV Studios). The fourth season did well with viewers and the series will return later this year.

Gen-TV is also issuing a surprise renewal to "Faded Beauties" a Gen-TV Studios program that aired on Bravo for three seasons before getting cancelled. A fourth season aired on Stream-ME this past fall and averaged a 4.5 in demos. It has been renewed for a fifth season, which will once again feature Pamela Anderson in a starring role. The fifth season will debut later in 2020.

Gen-TV has also decided to renew freshmen drama "Hunted" which stars Melina Kanakaredes and Jack Cutmore-Scott. Focused on bounty hunters, the series did only moderately well when it debuted in September; but apparently Gen-TV has faith in the program and is giving it a second season to debut this summer on Stream-ME.

Now for the bad news, Gen-TV has decided against a second season of "The Strangler", a limited run series that aired to little fanfare or press during December of 2019. Though it had a star studded cast including Colin Farrell, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kevin Costner, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kerry Washington and Nick Jonas; it fared poorly with viewers and is among the least-streamed series online in 2019.

Gen-TV has several new series ready to launch on Stream-ME later this year; they include an original comedy called "Burger Palace", a coming of age story set in a fast food restaurant in the late 1990's. They also have two drama series set to launch "US Intelligence", a spy drama and "CPS: Los Angeles" a procedural focused on the LA branch of Child Protective Services.

Now for the biggest news, Gen-TV has renewed original drama "Finding Home" for a fourth season. The third season of the drama moved from Showtime to Stream-ME and was seen by nearly four million viewers. A fourth season will debut later in 2020; with Carrie Preston and Susan Sarandon returning. Sources close to Gen-TV tell us that "the fourth season is likely to be a supersized season consisting of 28-30 episodes, enough to get the series to 100 episodes for syndication." "Gen-TV sees great potential in this drama to hit big in syndication." "The belief is that the more viewers who see this show, the more popular it will become."

yankeesrj12

01-26-2020, 03:10 PM

Sunday, January 19, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.85 million viewers and 0.7 (0.743) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Revolution - 4.87 million viewers and 0.8 (0.831) A18-49, even for the sixth episode in a row. The season finale airs next week.

Monday, January 20, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.04 million viewers and 0.8 (0.802) A18-49, even with last week.

830- The Agency - 4.06 million viewers and 0.7 (0.701) A18-49, even for the fourth episode in a row.

9- CIA Files - 11.92 million viewers and 1.5 (1.489) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Better Days - 3.57 million viewers and 0.4 (0.428) A18-49, down a tenth from last week. Expect Better Days to be pulled at any time.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.48 million viewers and 1.2 (1.177) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.41 million viewers and 1.2 (1.169) A18-49, even with last week.

9- College - 7.96 million viewers and 1.8 (1.793) A18-49, down a tenth from last week to a new season low.

930- Life Lessons - 6.27 million viewers and 1.1 (1.103) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN - 11.80 million viewers and 1.1 (1.119) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 8.58 million viewers and 2.3 (2.295) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - RETURN - 11.13 million viewers and 1.5 (1.453) A18-49, up three tenths from its fall finale in December and a new season high. It represents the best rating for the sophomore drama since a 1.529 on December 10, 2018.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 11.02 million viewers and 1.2 (1.211) A18-49, up a tenth from last week. It is also one of the few times TAKEN: Phoenix has out-rated the mothership series and skewed younger than it too.

Thursday, January 23, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.48 million viewers and 1.0 (1.011) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Grandparents - 6.01 million viewers and 0.9 (0.942) A18-49, down a tenth from last week to a new low.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.12 million viewers and 1.0 (0.957) A18-49, even with last week.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.53 million viewers and 0.9 (0.926) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Virus - 10.01 million viewers and 3.9 (3.931) A18-49, down two tenths from last week for its lowest rating since February 21, 2019 (3.934). The season average is still way ahead of where it was last season - 4.72 A18-49 vs. 4.20.

Friday, January 24, 2020
8- Bloodlines - 7.38 million viewers and 0.7 (0.711) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Serve and Protect - 7.41 million viewers and 0.7 (0.705) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.96 million viewers and 0.7 (0.674) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Saturday, January 25, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.14 million viewers and 0.2 (0.205) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.05 million viewers and 0.2 (0.198) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.24 million viewers and 0.4 (0.399) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

01-27-2020, 05:34 PM

Hollywood Now Exclusive:
Nominations Announced

Nominations were announced today for the Best of TV Awards; honoring the absolute best that aired on television in 2019. This years ceremony, the third under the title "Best of TV Awards" is bigger than ever with new categories for Limited Series, TV Movies and Anthology Series. There are also new categories honoring supporting acting performances, allowing supporting performers to compete seperately from lead performances. The nominations were full of surprises this year.

Leading the pack was Gen-TV, the most nominated network by far with 79 nominations. YTN was a fairly distant second place with 26 nominations. NBC was in third with 23.

The Best of TV Awards will air in February on Gen-TV (and other networks).

Best Drama Series:

Game of Thrones, HBO
The Border Police, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN
Killing Eve, BBC America
This Is Us, NBC
Prodigal Son, FOX
Fugitive Recovery, Gen-TV
Newsflash, YTN
Revolution, YTN

The final season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" competes against two Gen-TV series; "The Border Police" in its ratings dominant season and "Fugitive Recovery" also dominating ratings. YTN is present here with three nominated series, "Taken", freshmen drama "Newsflash" and "Revolution." Fox's lone nominee here is "Prodigal Son". Rounding out the category is NBC's "This Is Us" and BBC America's "Killing Eve."

Best TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

American Citizen, Gen-TV
The Loudest Voice, Showtime
Fosse/Verdon, FX
When They See Us, Netflix
Chernobyl, HBO
Love Affair, Gen-TV
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV

Gen-TV is the leader in this category with four of its limited series nominated. "American Citizen" is the front-runner here, but competes against "Love Affair", "The Hardest Goodbye" and "Maria's Quinceanera." While FX has "Fosse/Verdon" (for which it earned 5 nominations); Showtime earns a nomination here for "The Loudest Voice" and HBO and Netflix each get a single nomination here with "Chernobyl" and "When They See Us" respectively.

Best Comedy Series:

Fleabag, Amazon
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Barry, HBO
The Big Bang Theory, CBS
The Conners, ABC
Grandparents, YTN
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Blended, YTN
High Times of Denver, YTN
Mother & Daughter, YTN
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Will & Grace, NBC
The Good Place, NBC
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV

In a crowded category, Gen-TV earns three nominations with "Kate & Ali" (last years winner in this category), "Ready To Wear" (a nominee last year) and "Baker's Dozen" which earns its first nomination after completely rewriting its premise. YTN leads this category with four nominations; "Mother & Daughter", "High Times of Denver", "Blended" and "Grandparents" all compete against the other nominees which include "Fleabag" from "Amazon", HBO's "Barry" and numerous others. The surprise nominees here are ABC's "The Conners" and Pop TV's "Schitts Creek."

Best New Program:

Grand Jury, Gen-TV
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Newsflash, YTN
Grandparents, YTN
Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV
American Loser, Gen-TV
Having Faith, Gen-TV
Mixed-Ish, ABC
The Unicorn, CBS
Prodigal Son, Fox
Evil, CBS
Black Lady Sketch Show, HBO

Gen-TV has six nominees for "Best New Series"; spiritual drama "Having Faith", political documentary "American Loser", limited series "Maria's Quinceanera", fish out of water comedy "Bless Your Heart", bawdy daytime chatfest "Hot Flashes" and procedural drama "Grand Jury." They compete against stiff competition from YTN's "Newsflash" and "Grandparents" and ABC's "Mixed-Ish", CBS's "Evil" and "The Unicorn", Fox's "Prodigal Son" and HBO's "Black Lady Sketch Show."

Best Reality or Unscripted Show:

Money Mountain, YTN Network
Climb the Pyramid: Family Edition, Gen-TV
Family Court, Gen-TV
American Idol, ABC
The Voice, NBC
Project Runway, Bravo
Adventure of a Lifetime, YTN
Below Deck Mediterranean, Bravo
1-2-3 Cook, TLC

YTN earns a nomination here for "Money Mountain" and "Adventure of A Lifetime" while Gen-TV competes for "Family Court" and "Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition." "1-2-3 Cook" earns a nod for TLC (but is produced by Gen-TV Studios), while Bravo gets noms for "Project Runway" and "Below Deck Mediterranean" and ABC is in the running for "American Idol" and NBC for "The Voice."

Best News, Documentary or Talk Show:

The Today Show, NBC
20/20, ABC
Morning Joe, MSNBC
Nightcap, Gen-TV
3Girls2Gays, Gen-TV
Life After Prison, YTN
Without Borders, Gen-TV
High School Diaries: Freshmen Year, Gen-TV
Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO
The Ellen DeGenres Show, Syndication
The Kelly Clarkson Show, Syndication
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Morning Talk, Gen-TV

Gen-TV earns a surprise nod for long-cancelled talk show "Morning Talk" while also picking up nominations for "Hot Flashes", "Nightcap", "3Girls2Gays", "Without Borders" and "High School Diaries: Freshmen Year." YTN is nominated for "Life After Prison" (also produced by Gen-TV Studios). Other nominees are "Real Time With Bill Maher" (HBO); and syndicated talkers "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "The Kelly Clarkson Show." NBC's "Today Show" and MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and ABC's "20/20."

Best Lead Actress, Drama Series:

Jodi Comer, Killing Eve, BBC America
Mandy Moore, This Is Us, NBC
Regina Hall, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Simone Missick, All Rise, CBS
Viola Davis, How To Get Away with Murder, ABC
Sela Ward, Bloodlines, YTN
Connie Nielsen, Taken, YTN
Shohre Agdashloo, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Marianne-Jean Baptiste, Taken, YTN

YTN submitted acting nominations at the near last minute but this strategy paid off with nominations for three actresses; both Connie Nielsen and Marianne-Jean Baptiste compete for "Taken" while Sela Ward earns a nod for "Bloodlines." Gen-TV has Shohre Agdashloo for "The Border Police" and Regina Hall for "Having Faith." The surprise nominee here is Simone Missick for CBS's "All Rise."

Best Lead Actress, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon, FX
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
Jodie Foster, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Diane Lane, If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV
Kylie Bunbury, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Naomi Watts, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Toni Collette, Unbelievable, Netflix
America Ferrera, Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV

Gen-TV leads this category with five nominees; Diane Lane snags a nod for her turn as Hillary Clinton in "If Hillary Had Won" while Jodie Foster and Kylie Bunbury earn nods for "Love Affair" and Naomi Watts picks up a nod for "The Hardest Goodbye" and America Ferrera for "Maria's Quinceanera." Other nominee include Emmy-winner Michelle Williams for "Fosse/Verdon"; "Toni Collette" for "Unbelievable" and Emily Watson for "Chernobyl."

Best Lead Actor, Drama Series:

James Van Der Beek, Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones, HBO
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us, NBC
Ryan Eggold, New Amsterdam, NBC
Tom Payne, Prodigal Son, FOX
EIon Bailey, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Jeffery Nordling, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us, NBC
Enrico Colantoni, Virus, YTN
Alan Arkin, Taken, YTN
Benjamin Bratt, Bloodlines, YTN
Mark Harmon, NCIS, CBS

Gen-TV and YTN are neck in neck here with three nominations each. YTN competes for Enrico COlantoni in "Virus", Alan Arkin in "Taken" and Benjamin Bratt in "Bloodlines." YTN has James Van Der Beek in "Boston Blues" ( a show otherwise snubbed across the board); Eion Bailey in "The Border Police" (doing what one critic called "decade defining work.") and Jeffery Nordling also in "The Border Police." They compete against Tom Payne in "Prodigal Son"; Milo Ventimiglia in "This Is Us"; Mark Harmon in "NCIS"; Kit Harrington in "Game of Thrones"; Ryan Eggold in "New Amsterdam" and Sterling K Brown in "This Is Us."

Best Lead Actor, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Jeremy Renner, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Sam Rockwell, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Joshua Jackson, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice, Showtime
Jamie Foxx, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Josh Hartnett, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

With five nominees, Gen-TV is the leader in this category scoring three nominations for "The Hardest Goodbye" and two for "Love Affair." Sam Rockwell is a double nominee, also earning a nod for "Fosse/Verdon" and Showtimes "The Loudest Voice" also gets nodded for Russell Crowe.

Best Lead Actress, Comedy Series:
Tiya Sircar, Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Cardi B, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Amazon
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO
Zooey Deschanel, Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Kristen Wiig, The Boss Lady, Gen-TV
Tracee Ellis-Ross, Black-Ish, ABC
Octavia Spencer, Selling Out, Gen-TV
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Kristen Bell, The Good Place, NBC
Regina King, Blended, YTN
Rachel Dratch, The Hughes Family, YTN
Aubrey Plaza, High Times of Denver, YTN

Gen-TV is the leader here as well with five nominees; Tyia Sircar for "Kate & Ali", Zooey Deschanel for "Ready To Wear", Cardi B for "Bless Your Heart", Kristen Wiig for "The Boss Lady" Octavia Spencer for "Selling Out." YTN earned three nominations; Regina King in "Blended"; Rachel Dratch" in "The Hughes Family" and "Aubrey Plaza" in "High Times of Denver." Other nominees include Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep"), Phoebe Waller-Bridge ("Fleabag"), Tracee Ellis-Ross ("Blackish"), Catherine O'Hara ("Schitts Creek"), Kaley Cuoco ("The Big Bang Theory") and Kristen Bell in "The Good Place."

Best Lead Actor, Comedy Series:

Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Justin Long, Making It Work, Gen-TV
Bill Hader, Barry, HBO
Max Greenfield, the Neighborhood, CBS
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace, NBC
Anthony Anderson, Black-Ish, ABC
Mark Paul Gosslear, Mixed-Ish, ABC
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method, Netflix
Josh Cooke, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Hank Azaria, Blended, YTN
Patton Oswalt, The Hughes Family, YTN
Drake Bell, College, YTN
Rider Strong, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

It was four vs. three with Gen-TV leading YTN. Gen-TV scores nominations for Keegan Michael-Key in "Kate & Ali", Justin Long in "Making It Work", Josh Cooke in "Bless Your Heart" and Rider Strong in "Baker's Dozen." YTN's nominees are Hank Azaria in "Blended", Patton Oswalt in "The Hughes Family" and Drake Bell in "College." They compete against strong competition from Bill Hader ("Barry"), Max Greenfield ("The Neighborhood"); Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace"), Anthony Anderson ("Black-Ish"), Eugene Levvy ("Schitts Creek"), Mark Paul Gosselaar ("Mixed-Ish") and Michael Douglas in "The Kominsky Method."

Best Supporting Actress, Drama:
Vivica A Fox, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Vanessa Angel, Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Susan Kelechi Watson, This Is Us, NBC
Kimberly Elise, Trauma Center, Gen-TV
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies, HBO

Gen-TV earned four nominations with two from "Having Faith" (Vivica A. Fox and Jada Pinkett-Smith). Vanessa Angel for "Boston Blues" was a huge surprise as was Kimberly Elise for "Trauma Center." Also scoring big nods are Meryl Streep for "Big Little Lies" and Susan Kelechi Watson for "This Is Us."

Best Supporting Actress, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series

Zoey Deutch, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Sigourney Weaver, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Patricia Arquette, The Act, Hulu
Chloe Sevigny, The Act, Hulu
Niecy Nash, When They See Us, Netflix
Holly Hunter, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Courtney Thorne-Smith, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV

Gen-TV earned four nods here three came from "The Hardest Goodbye" while "Love Affair" scored a nod as well. Hulu's "The Act" earned two nods while Netflix picked up a nod for "When They See Us."

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy:
Wendie Mallick, Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Whoopi Goldberg, Café Oddity, Gen-TV
Justine Bateman, Café Oddity, Gen-TV
Anna Chlumsky, VEEP, HBO
Julie Bowen, Modern Family, ABC
Michaela Watkins, the Unicorn, CBS
Marasi Martin, Black-Ish, ABC
Jennifer Lewis, Black-Ish, ABC
Susan Sullivan, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Tiffany Haddish, Making It Work, Gen-TV
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace, NBC
Laurie Metcalf, The Conners, ABC
Rachel Dratch, Selling Out, Gen-TV
Chloe Grace Moretz, Full Time Mom, YTN
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Heidi Gardner, Saturday Night Live, NBC

Gen-TV picked up five nominations in this category with Wendie Mallick scoring for "Ready To Wear" while Rachel Dratch earns a nod for "Selling Out" and Susan Sullivan grabs a nod for "Bless Your Heart" and Tiffany Haddish scores for "Making It Work." Two cast members from "Cafe Oddity" score nods; Whoopi Goldberg and Justine Bateman. YTN earned a nod for "Full TIme Mom" for Chloe Grace Moretz. Other highlights include nods for Laurie Metcalf ("The Conners"), Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace), and double nods for ABC's "Black-Ish" (Jennifer Lewis and Marsai Martin).

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy:
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace, NBC
Henry Winkler, Barry, HBO
Jake Lacey, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Ted Danson, The Good Place, NBC
Mikey Day, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Alex Moffat, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Chris Colfer, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Colin Jost, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Gary Cole, Mixed-Is, ABC

Gen-TV earns two nominations here; Jake Lacey for "Bless Your Heart" and Chris Colfer in "Baker's Dozen."

Best Supporting Actor, Drama:
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, HBO
Justin Hartley, This Is Us, NBC
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us, NBC
Matthew Settle, Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Dallas Roberts, Medical Center, Gen-TV

Two noms for Gen-TV here!

Best Supporting Actor, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Paul Dano, Escape at Dannomera, Showtime
John Leguizamo, When They See Us, Netflix
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal, Amazon
Asante Black, When They See Us, Netflix
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl, HBO

Neither Gen-TV or YTN got noms here!

Best Writing, Drama Series:
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
The Border Police, Gen-TV
All Rise, CBS
Prodigal Son, FOX
This Is Us, NBC
Grey’s Anatomy, ABC
Revolution, YTN
Virus, YTN
Taken, YTN
Big Little Lies, HBO

YTN scores three nominations for Drama Writing with "Revolution"m "Virus" and "Taken." Gen-TV scores two with "Boston Blues" and "The Border Police." A big surprise here is CBS's "All Rise" earning a nod; and CBS All Access getting a nod for "The Good Fight."

Best Writing, TV Movie, Mini-Series or Limited Series:
Love Affair, Gen-TV
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV
American Citizen, Gen-TV
Chernobyl, HBO
When They See Us, Netflix
The Act, Hulu
Fosse/Verdon, FX

Gen-TV earns nominations for "Love Affair", "American Citizen" and "If Hillary Had Won".

Best Writing, Comedy Series:
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Veep, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Will & Grace, NBC
Black-Ish, ABC
The Hughes Family, YTN
Grandparents, YTN
The High Times of Denver, YTN

YTN is the leader here with three nominations against two for Gen-TV. YTN earns nods for "The Hughes Family", "High Times of Denver" and "Grandparents" while Gen-TV is nodded for "Kate & Ali" and "Ready To Wear."

Best Directing, Drama Series:

Bloodlines, YTN
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Killing Eve, BBC America
Virus, YTN
Big Little Lies, HBO

Gen-TV's "Boston Blues" competes against YTN's "Virus" and several high-profile streaming and premium cable series.

Best Directing, Comedy Series:
Veep, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
Modern Family, ABC
The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Ready to Wear, Gen-TV
The Boss Lady, Gen-TV
The High Times of Denver, YTN
College, YTN
Blended, YTN
Will & Grace, NBC
The Good Place, NBC

Gen-TV and YTN are evenly matched here with Gen-TV earning nominations for "Ready To Wear", "Kate & Ali" and "The Boss Lady" while YTN is nodded for "College", "Blended" and "High Times of Denver."

Best Directing, Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
When They See Us, Netflix
Love Affair, Gen-TV
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV
Fosse/Verdon, FX
A Very English Scandal, Amazon
Chernobyl, HBO

Gen-TV earns nods for "Love Affair" and "If Hillary Had Won."

Best Judge or Host; Reality, News or Talk Show:

Katy Perry, American Idol, ABC
Ryan Seacrest, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Syndication
Gail Simmons, Top Chef, Bravo
Gordon Ramsay, Masterchef, Fox
Rupaul Charles, Rupaul’s Drag Race, VH1
Josh Temple, Outdoor Renovation, Stream-Me
Megan McCain, The View, ABC
Tiffany Haddish, Morning Talk, Gen-TV
Alyssa Milano, Ask Alyssa, Gen-TV
Wanda Sykes, Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Morgan Fairchild, Hot Flashes, Gen-TV

GEn-TV earns fours nods while Stream-Me (owned by Gen-TV) earns one. sizzling new talk show "Hot Flashes" earns a nod for Wanda Sykes and Morgan Fairchild. Alyssa Milano is nominated for the long-cancelled "Ask Alyssa." Tiffany Haddish earns a nod for long-cancelled "Morning Talk."

Best Reality or TV Contestant or Personality (Non-News or Talk):
Rhylee Gerber, Below Deck, Bravo
Wendy Diaz, Survivor, CBS
Eric Girardi, Nailed It, Netflix
Fredrik Eklund, Million Dollar Listing: NYC, Bravo

Lifetime Achievement Awards (Announced during nominations, but non-competitive):
Sela Ward, Actress (“Bloodlines”, “FBI”, “County General”, “CSI: New York, “Once & Again”, “Sisters”)
Shonda Rhimes, Producer/Writer (“Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal”)
Norman Lear, Producer/Writer (“All In The Family”, “Maude”, “The Jeffersons”)
Dolly Parton, Actress/Singer/Songwriter/Host
Lily Tomlin (Actress/Host/Writer/Producer)

Breaking News:
---Best of TV Awards Coming

The 2020 Best of TV Awards are coming soon. Honoring the absolute best that television had to offer in 2019, this years ceremony will be held in New York City at the historic Madison Square Garden. The iconic sports and concert arena will be transformed into a glorious Hollywood Awards show!

This year the ceremony is being hosted by ten iconic television personalities; each presenting different sections of the show: Courteney Cox ("Friends") will host the "Comedy" portion of the show; in which awards on the comedy categories will be presented. Anthony Edwards ("ER"), Claire Danes ("Homeland") and Jill Hennessy ("Law & Order", "Crossing Jordan") will host the "Drama" portion of the show, which presents the awards in the drama series categories. Presenting the "Reality & Unscripted" portion of the evening; in which awards are given out for reality series, news programs and other unscripted programming will be Veteran Journalist Meredith Vieira ("The Today Show", "The View"), noted reality show host Jeff Probst ("Survivor") and morning show, reality host and actor Mario Lopez ("Extra", "Access Hollywood" and "Saved By The Bell").

Presenting the "Limited Series, Movie & Mini-Series" categories will be Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife", "ER"), Maggie Gyllenhaal ("An Honourable Woman"; Gen-TV's "The Ambassador General") and Zachary Quinto ("Heroes").

The ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 26th and this year will be broadcast on Gen-TV Network and Starz. In the USA and Mexico it will also air in Spanish on Telemundo. In Canada, it will air on both Gen-TV Canada (in English) and on Unis TV (in French). It will air in the UK on SkyTV.

The Creative & Technical portion of the ceremony (honoring trade, crafts and non-creative categories) will be presented on Saturday, January 25th and will be streamed online at Stream-Me. Portions of that ceremony will be shown on the main ceremony as well. During the main ceremony on Sunday a recap of these awards will be presented by Connie Britton ("Dirty John", "Nashville") and Michael Ealy ("Stumptown").

A new feature this year will be the first ever Best of TV Lifetime Achievement Awards for Performance and Series. The Performance Award, given to a Iconic and Legendary TV Performer is being given to Betty White ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "The Golden Girls" and "Hot In Cleveland." While, the Series Award; given to an iconic and legendary series is being given to "E.R."

For the series award presentation, Gen-TV is reuniting select cast members from the series fifteen year run. Confirmed to be attending are Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, Sherry Stringfield, Gloria Reuben, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq Lasalle, Maura Tierney, David Lyons, John Stamos, William H Macy, Mariska Hargitay. And no, so far, George Clooney has not been confirmed. A Gen-TV spokesperson says "We are working tirelessly to round up as many ER cast members as we can, but so far George has not been available to attend the ceremony."

The Best of TV Awards honors all of the best television programming from the previous calendar year. Any program that aired at least five episodes in the year 2019 is eligible to compete. Nominations will be announced later this month.

Nominations for this prestigious award, which unlike other awards bodies is happy to honor broadcast TV are competitive and in recent years Gen-TV has been the leader in terms of nominations and wins will be announced later this month.

Among the top series most likely to earn Gen-TV nominations this year are "Border Patrol", "Fugitive Recovery", "American Citizen", "Ready to Wear", "Kate & Ali" and "Bless Your Heart."

Best of TV Awards:
--2020 Winners Announced

Winners were announced on Sunday, January 26th for the "Best of TV Awards." It aired on both Gen-TV and Starz and was hosted by ten iconic television performers who each presented various themed categories.

Gen-TV was the big winner of the evening with 47 wins. YTN took home 15 trophies while the remaining categories were evenly split between HBO and NBC with 4 wins each, FX and Netflix with 3 each, 2 wins for CBs and 1 each for Showtime, Pop TV, Amazon, and The CW. Among streaming networks, Hulu went home empty handed despite having three nominations.

Here is the full list of winners in each category, presented with commentary from the editors of Hollywood Now:

Drama Categories:

Best Drama Series:
Revolution, YTN

--other nominees:
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Border Police, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN
Killing Eve, BBC America
This Is Us, NBC
Prodigal Son, FOX
Fugitive Recovery, Gen-TV
Newsflash, YTN

YTN’s “Revolution” came virtually out of nowhere to take home the top prize in the drama series category. Hollywood Now editors were predicting this category could be home to an upset, but most were expecting “Prodigal Son” or “Killing Eve” to be that spoiler. We are actually thrilled that “Revolution” is the victor. This show has intelligent writing, produced thoughtfully and has a relevance in today’s political climate that is exciting in a way that other shows are not. “Other shows like The Border Police for example feel forced in a way the Revolution does not.”

Best Lead Actor, Drama Series:
Jeffery Nordling, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us, NBC

Other Nominees:
James Van Der Beek, Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones, HBO
Ryan Eggold, New Amsterdam, NBC
Tom Payne, Prodigal Son, FOX
Eion Bailey, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us, NBC
Enrico Colantoni, Virus, YTN
Alan Arkin, Taken, YTN
Benjamin Bratt, Bloodlines, YTN
Mark Harmon, NCIS, CBS

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Sterling K Brown (“This Is Us”, NBC) and Jeffery Nordling (“The Border Police”, Gen-TV) were the winners in the “Best Lead Actor-Drama” category. Both men are worthy choices, and were among the favorites of Hollywood Now staff members. However, it would have been nice to see Alan Arkin (“Taken”, YTN) or Kit Harrington (“Game of Thrones”, HBO) win something. Nordling took home his award for his work as a US Border Control Agent who is slowly coming to resent his job and question his loyalty to both his job and his country as he has a crisis of faith over the laws he must enforce. Brown won for his work as Randall Pearson on NBC’s sentimental family drama.

Best Lead Actress, Drama Series:
Marianne-Jean Baptiste, Taken, YTN

Other Nominees:
Jodi Comer, Killing Eve, BBC America
Mandy Moore, This Is Us, NBC
Regina Hall, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Simone Missick, All Rise, CBS
Viola Davis, How To Get Away with Murder, ABC
Sela Ward, Bloodlines, YTN
Connie Nielsen, Taken, YTN
Shohre Agdashloo, The Border Police, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: YTN picks up another big victory in the “Lead Actress-Drama” category with “Taken’s” Marianne-Jean Baptiste. She garnered votes from 87% of the voting body and is an inspired choice. Hollywood Now Staffers had her in our top three choices, but were predicting a win for Regina Hall of Gen-TV’s “Having Faith.”

Supporting Actor, Drama Series:
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, HBO

Other Nominees:
Justin Hartley, This Is Us, NBC
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us, NBC
Matthew Settle, Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Dallas Roberts, Medical Center, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commenatry: HBO scores its only win of the evening for Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”). The majority of pundits had predicted this win; including Hollywood Now editors who were the first to call this one.

Supporting Actress, Drama Series:
Kimberly Elise, Trauma Center, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Vivica A Fox, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Vanessa Angel, Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Susie Kelechi Watson, This Is Us, NBC
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: This category proved to be the biggest headscratcher for pundits; nearly all of whom were predicting Meryl Streep would claim the title for “Big Little Lies”. In a very distant second among predictions was Vivica A. Fox for “Having Faith.” The other component that is puzzling is that Kimberly Elise’s character on “Trauma Center” was universally despised; both by critics and viewers. The introduction of her character actually saw an 80% decrease in viewership and got the show cancelled. Elise however, Is a wonderful actress who was saddled with a difficult role to play.

Writing, Drama Series:
The Border Police, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN

Other Nominees:
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
All Rise, CBS
Prodigal Son, FOX
This Is Us, NBC
Grey’s Anatomy, ABC
Revolution, YTN
Virus, YTN
Big Little Lies, HBO

Both YTN and Gen-TV scored victories in the “Best Writing-Drama Series”. YTN for “Taken” and Gen-TV for “The Border Police.” Both series are better than average crime procedurals centered by compelling performances from stars of high wattage.

Directing, Drama Series:
Bloodlines, YTN

Other Nominees:
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Killing Eve, BBC America
Virus, YTN
Big Little Lies, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: YTN’s “Bloodlines” won the “Directing-Drama Series” award for the first time. Gen-TV had to sit this one out.

Comedy Categories:

Best Comedy Series:
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Blended, YTN Network
Grandparents, YTN

Other Nominees:
Fleabag, Amazon
Barry, HBO
The Big Bang Theory, CBS
The Conners, ABC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
High Times of Denver, YTN
Mother & Daughter, YTN
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Will & Grace, NBC
The Good Place, NBC
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Unlike other award shows like for example “The Emmy Awards”, The “Best of TV Awards” does not limit the number of winners in a given category and the winners are determined by a percentage of the votes given.” So a given category can have any number of winners so long as they’ve received votes from “at least 60% of the voting body.” In this case, Gen-TV’s Kate & Ali” won the award for the second year in a row. YTN also scored two victories with “Blended” and “Grandparents.”
The victory of “Kate & Ali” is well deserved as the series continues to showcase the daily struggles of being a minority and a single parent trying to raise children in a world that doesn’t always want you to succeed.” The brilliant writing from Keegan-Michael Key is some of the smartest social commentary on TV because he grounds the commentary in humanity and heart. “Blended” also tackles issues of identity and focuses on a mixed-race family trying to survive. Lastly, the broad comedy of “Grandparents” boasts an impressive team of brilliant writers and some of the most sophisticated storylines on TV.

Best Lead Actor, Comedy:
Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Drake Bell, College, YTN
Rider Strong, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Justin Long, Making It Work, Gen-TV
Bill Hader, Barry, HBO
Mad Greenfield, the Neighborhood, CBS
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace, NBC
Anthony Anderson, Black-Ish, ABC
Mark Paul Gosslear, Mixed-Ish, ABC
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method, Netflix
Josh Cooke, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Hank Azaria, Blended, YTN
Patton Oswalt, The Hughes Family, YTN

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Like their female counterparts, the men of “Lead Actor-Comedy” all represent vastly different styles of comedy, prestige and popularity. Keegan-Michael Key (“Kate & Ali”, Gen-TV) infuses his series with political and social commentary, heart and humanity. Drake Bell (“College”, YTN) steals scenes with broad physical comedy and Rider Strong (“Baker’s Dozen”, Gen-TV) gave a tour de force performance as his character burst out of the closet and shed the pain of hiding his true self as he entered his first relationship with a man.

Best Lead Actress, Comedy:
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Kristen Wiig, The Boss Lady, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Tiya Sircar, Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Cardi B, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Amazon
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO
Zooey Deschanel, Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Tracee Ellis-Ross, Black-Ish, ABC
Octavia Spencer, Selling Out, Gen-TV
Kristen Bell, The Good Place, NBC
Regina King, Blended, YTN
Rachel Dratch, The Hughes Family, YTN
Aubrey Plaza, The High Times of Denver, YTN

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The three winners for “Lead Actress-Comedy Series” represent a diverse and incredibly talented group of characters. Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”, Pop TV) is an eccentric former millionaire forced to move to the one asset her family has left, a middle of nowhere town called “Schitt’s Creek.” Also picking up a win is Kaley Cuoco for the final season of CBS juggernaut “The Big Bang Theory.” Lastly, Gen-TV scored a victory with Kristen Wiig for “The Boss Lady.”
Hollywood Now Staffers were very wrong about this category, predicting Zooey Deschanel would win for “Ready To Wear” and also predicting Kristen Bell as a spoiler for “The Good Place.”

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy:
Mikey Day, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Jake Lacey, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace, NBC
Henry Winkler, Barry, HBO
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Ted Danson, The Good Place, NBC
Alex Moffat, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Chris Colfer, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Colin Jost, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Gary Cole, Mixed-Is, ABC

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: There were two actors chosen as “Supporting Actor-Comedy” Jake Lacey (“Bless Your Heart”, Gen-TV) and Mikey Day (“Saturday Night Live”, NBC). One is a exceptional sketch performer and the other a gifted actor with many layers of depth. Lacey does fine work opposite Cardi B and elevates her every performance.

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy:
Whoopi Goldberg, Café Oddity, Gen-TV
Chloe Grace Moretz, Full Time Mom, YTN

Other Nominees:
Wendie Mallick, Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Justine Bateman, Café Oddity, Gen-TV
Anna Chlumsky, VEEP, HBO
Julie Bowen, Modern Family, ABC
Michaela Watkins, the Unicorn, CBS
Marasi Martin, Black-Ish, ABC
Jennifer Lewis, Black-Ish, ABC
Susan Sullivan, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Tiffany Haddish, Making It Work, Gen-TV
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace, NBC
Laurie Metcalf, The Conners, ABC
Rachel Dratch, Selling Out, Gen-TV
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Heidi Gardner, Saturday Night Live, NBC

Hollywood Now’s Commenatry: This category was packed with talent and deserving choices; but only two were selected as winners this year. Chloe Grace Moretz (“Full Time Mom”, YTN) and Whoopi Goldberg (“Café Oddity”, Gen-TV.) Goldberg won here due to her sheer star power. She essentially took over the show with her presence and added a much needed layer of depth to this show. Chloe Grace Mortez is the youthful energy of this group and represents some of the finest acting of her generation.

Best Writing, Comedy Series:
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Veep, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Will & Grace, NBC
Black-Ish, ABC
The Hughes Family, YTN
Grandparents, YTN
The High Times of Denver, YTN
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: “Ready To Wear” won the award for “Best Writing-Comedy Series” and beat out the likes of “Veep” (HBO) for its final season, “Kate & Ali” (YTN) which won the Comedy Series category this year; and “Fleabag” (Amazon) which has won nearly every comedy award this season. If a Gen-TV show was going to win our money was on “Kate & Ali” but “Ready To Wear” is a popular show too and it had to win somewhere.

Best Directing, Comedy Series:
Ready to Wear, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Veep, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
Modern Family, ABC
The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
The Boss Lady, Gen-TV
The High Times of Denver, YTN
College, YTN
Blended, YTN
Will & Grace, NBC
The Good Place, NBC

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Gen-TV scored the win in “Directing-Comedy Series” for “Ready To Wear” a very popular and acclaimed comedy that also won the “Writing-Comedy Series” award.

Limited Series, TV Movie or Anthology Series Categories:

Best TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
Love Affair, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
American Citizen, Gen-TV
The Loudest Voice, Showtime
Fosse/Verdon, FX
When They See Us, Netflix
Chernobyl, HBO
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: We are truly stunned that Gen-TV’s “Love Affair” is the winner of the inaugural “Best TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series” Award. Our money was on “American Citizen” to grab this one up. “Fosse/Verdon” was also one of our top picks. However, Gen-TV’s anthology series about tragic romances had a fantastic season and wisely submitted a thrilling arch of episodes featuring Jodie Foster’s brilliant direction focused on a tragic romance between two nuns in the 1960’s. This is actually a very bold choice for the voters to make.

Best Lead Actress, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Diane Lane, If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon, FX
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
Jodie Foster, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Kylie Bunbury, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Naomi Watts, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Toni Collette, Unbelievable, Netflix
America Ferrera, Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Diane Lane won the “Lead Actress-TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series” award for her work in “If Hillary Had Won” and defeated Jodie Foster for “Love Affair” and Michelle Williams for “Fosse/Verdon.” Hollywood Now’s top choice was Naomi Watts. Diane is an inspired choice for her role as Hillary Clinton who in this series had won the Presidency in 2016 and is fighting for reelection while fighting a major political scandal

Best Lead Actor, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Jeremy Renner, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice, Showtime

Other Nominees:
Sam Rockwell, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Joshua Jackson, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Jamie Foxx, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Josh Hartnett, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The two winners of the “Lead Actor-TV Movie, Limited Series, Anthology Series” category are as different as can be. Russell Crowe for his portrayal of disgraced media executive Roger Ailes in “The Loudest Voice” and Jeremy Renner as a tragic politician involved in a politically difficult romance with his arch enemies wife. Renner’s win is another victory for Gen-TV.

Best Supporting Actress, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
Sigourney Weaver, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Zoey Deutch, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Patricia Arquette, The Act, Hulu
Chloe Sevigny, The Act, Hulu
Niecy Nash, When They See Us, Netflix
Holly Hunter, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Courtney Thorne-Smith, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: In a very competitive category, we were not sure who was going to win, and we’re pleased to see such a fine choice emerge victorious. Sigourney Weaver gave a compelling performance as a grieving friend dealing with her friends drug overdose.

Best Supporting Actor, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal, Amazon

Other Nominees:
Paul Dano, Escape at Dannomera, Showtime
John Leguizamo, When They See Us, Netflix
Asante Black, When They See Us, Netflix
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Ben Whishaw (“A Very English Scandal”, Amazon) won for Supporting Actor (Movie, Limited Series, etc). This was a competitive category and at one point nearly every one of the nominees was being predicted to win.

Best Writing, TV Movie, Mini-Series or Limited Series:

Love Affair, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV
American Citizen, Gen-TV
Chernobyl, HBO
When They See Us, Netflix
The Act, Hulu
Fosse/Verdon, FX

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Jodie Foster wins a “Best of TV Award” for writing the submitted episodes of “Love Affair” that earned Gen-TV’s anthology series the win here tonight for “Best Writing, TV Movie (etc).” It is a win that is more than well deserved.

Best Directing, Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
When They See Us, Netflix
Love Affair, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV
Fosse/Verdon, FX
A Very English Scandal, Amazon
Chernobyl, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The only two nominees to score enough votes for a win were Netflix’s “When They See Us” and Gen-TV’s “Love Affair” which has dominated the Limited Series/Movie categories this year. The recipients of this award are comprised of any director who was credited on-screen on any episode submitted for consideration in this category. For “Love Affair” that was Jodie Foster, Ava DuVernay and Laura Innes. For “When They See Us” it was Ava DuVernay.

Reality, Documentary, Talk or News Categories:

Best Reality or Unscripted Show:
Climb the Pyramid: Family Edition, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Money Mountain, YTN Network
Family Court, Gen-TV
American Idol, ABC
The Voice, NBC
Project Runway, Bravo
Adventure of a Lifetime, YTN Network
Below Deck Mediterranean, Bravo
1-2-3 Cook, TLC

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: “Climb the Pyramid: Family Edition” is the sole winner of the “Best Reality or Unscripted Show” category. This victory is a huge surprise as most pundits were predicting a win for “Family Court” or a rejuvenated “Project Runway.” However, the success of this family friendly program over the summer makes it a deserving choice. Aside from delivering strong ratings it was a critical success as well.

Best News, Documentary or Talk Show:

Hot Flashes, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
The Today Show, NBC
20/20, ABC
Morning Joe, MSNBC
Nightcap, Gen-TV
3Girls2Gays, Gen-TV
Life After Prison, YTN Network
Without Borders, Gen-TV
High School Diaries: Freshmen Year, Gen-TV
Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO
The Ellen DeGenres Show, Syndication
The Kelly Clarkson Show, Syndication
Morning Talk, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Gen-TV’s rowdy, raunchy and ridiculously funny talk show “Hot Flashes” was a winner in the “News, Documentary or Talk Show” category and is a darn deserving choice. Featuring a cast of panelists all over the age of 50 and sponsored by the AARP, this show does something no other show on TV does; embrace the reality of being old in America. It is the only talk show on TV starring women over 50 that deliberately embraces their age as a positive thing.

Best Judge or Host; Reality, News or Talk Show:
Tiffany Haddish, Morning Talk, Gen-TV
Wanda Sykes, Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Morgan Fairchild, Hot Flashes, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Katy Perry, American Idol, ABC
Ryan Seacrest, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Syndication
Gail Simmons, Top Chef, Bravo
Gordon Ramsay, Masterchef, Fox
Rupaul Charles, Rupaul’s Drag Race, VH1
Josh Temple, Outdoor Renovation, Stream-Me
Megan McCain, The View, ABC
Tiffany Haddish, Morning Talk, Gen-TV
Alyssa Milano, Ask Alyssa, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Gen-TV scored a trio of wins in the “Judge or Host- Reality, News or Talk Show” category. Scene-stealer Tiffany Haddish won for “Morning Talk” the long-cancelled Gen-TV talker that she was the clearly the star attraction of. Gen-TV’s new talk show “Hot Flashes” also scored wins for both Wanda Sykes and Morgan Fairchild.

Best Reality or TV Contestant or Personality (Non-News or Talk):
Wendy Diaz, Survivor, CBS

Other Nominees:
Eric Girardi, Nailed It, Netflix
Fredrik Eklund, Million Dollar Listing: NYC, Bravo
Rhylee Gerber, Below Deck, Bravo

Hollywoood Now’s Commentary: Neither Gen-TV or YTN were nominated in this category; and the winner went to Wendy Diaz from CBS’s “Suvrivor.” There were no strong predictions from pundits who were split evenly amongst the nominees in what is considered a weak category.

Achievement Categories:

Best New Program:
Newsflash, YTN
Black Lady Sketch Show, HBO
Having Faith, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Grand Jury, Gen-TV
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Grandparents, YTN
Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV
American Loser, Gen-TV
Mixed-Ish, ABC
The Unicorn, CBS
Prodigal Son, Fox
Evil, CBS

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The race for “Best New Program” was the one that Hollywood Now staffers were most anticipating and it did not disappoint. HBO’s vastly underrated “Black Lady Sketch Show” snagged a victory with a stunning “87% of the voters selecting it as a winner.” This hilarious and brilliant comedy delivered some of the biggest laughs of the year. Gen-TV’s “Having Faith” is also a deserving winner. Lastly, but not least YTN’s “Newsflash” picks up a trophy for “Best New Program” with its topical and engaging look at a daily lives of a newspaper editor and her team of journalists.

Life Achievement Awards:

Shonda Rhimes, Producer/Writer (“Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal”)
Norman Lear, Producer/Writer (“All In The Family”, “Maude”, “The Jeffersons”)

Other Nominees:
Sela Ward, Actress (“Bloodlines”, “FBI”, “County General”, “CSI: New York, “Once & Again”, “Sisters”)
Dolly Parton, Actress/Singer/Songwriter/Host
Lily Tomlin (Actress/Host/Writer/Producer)

Hollywood Now Commentary: The voting body has selected two deserving trailblazer to win this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Shonda Rhimes; the groundbreaking producer of such TV hits as “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Private Practice” and “Scandal” has created a legacy of empowering women and giving a voice to people often underrepresented. She has become a champion of inclusion and a TV icon.

Norman Lear is the legendary producer of such iconic hits as “All In The Family”, “Maude”, “The Jeffersons” and “One Day At A Time.” He is very well deserving of this award as his trailblazing programs continue to inspire viewers and future TV hit makers even today.

Icon Awards & Awards of Merit (Non-Competitive Awards; Decided By A Jury):

Iconic Performer Award: Betty White (Presented to Betty White for her outstanding legacy of TV work from “Life with Elizabeth” in the 1950’s to her iconic work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970’s, “The Golden Girls” and “Mama’s Family” in the 1980’s and 1990’s and “Hot In Cleveland” in the 2010’s.

Iconic Series Award: E.R. (1994-2009) (Presented to the most acclaimed and influential medical drama in television history. The series was by far and away network TV’s most popular drama for much of its run and boasted a star studded cast that included future Oscar-winner George Clooney and Julianna Margulies who would go onto to be the series only regular cast member to win an Emmy. She would later win two other Emmy’s in the next decade for her work on another drama “The Good Wife.” )

Awards of Merit:
Making It Work, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN
The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies” (HBO)
The Border Police, Gen-TV
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Zendaya, Gen-TV
Unlikely Family, Gen-TV
Marie Osmond, “The Talk” (CBS)
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Netflix
Hulu
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies” (HBO)
Amazon
Fugitive Recovery, Gen-TV
YTN Network

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The selected recipients of the Awards of Merit are YTN’s “Taken”, celebrating a milestone season. Gen-TV’s “Baker’s Dozen” for bravely redefining both its premise and the foundation of relationships on TV sitcoms. Meryl Streep is also being honored for her work on HBO’s “Big Little Lies.” Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” is being honored as well for its freshmen season. and lastly, Gen-TV's “Making It Work” is being chosen as it nears completion on its final season and completes its run after seven seasons.

Creative & Technical Awards (Presented in the non-televised ceremony the day prior to the televised ceremony): (These categories have no nominees, only the winners are chosen from the submitted episodes)

Best Editing, Series:
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Newsflash, YTN
Taken, YTN
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Game of Thrones, HBO

Best Editing, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
When They See Us, Netflix
Love Affair, Gen-TV
Fosse/Verdon, FX

Best Editing, Reality or Documentary Series:
Without Borders, Gen-TV
American Loser, Gen-TV

Best Editing, News or Talk Show:
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Nightcap, Gen-TV

Hairstyling, Series or Limited Series:
Fosse/Verdon, FX
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV

Costume Design, Series:
Selling Out, Gen-TV
Virus, YTN
Jane, The Virgin, CW

Costume Design, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Movie:
Fosse/Verdon, FX
Love Affair, Gen-TV
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV

Music Editing, Scripted Series, Limited Series or Movie:

Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN
Maria's Quinceanera, Gen-TV

Music Editing, Documentary, Reality or News Program:
American Loser, Gen-TV

Best Set Design, Series:
Grandparents, YTN
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Deadly Visions, Gen-TV

Lighting Design, Scripted Series:
Taken, YTN
Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Virus, YTN
When They See Us, Netflix

Lighting Design, Reality, News, Talk Show:

Morning Talk, Gen-TV
Money Mountain, YTN

Graphics Editing, Talk, News or Reality Series:
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
3Girls2Gays, Gen-TV
The Voice, NBC

Outstanding Segment Producing, News or Talk Show:
Morning Talk, Gen-TV
3Girls2Gays, Gen-TV
Today Show, NBC

MikeLutton

01-27-2020, 05:39 PM

Monday Through Friday Morning Line Up

5:00am Tom n Jerry Funhouse

6:00am Tom n Jerry Funhouse

7:00am Love Boat

8:00am I love Lucy

8:30am Lucy Show

9:00am The Honeymooners

9:30am The Honeymooners

10:00am Hazal

10:30am Patty Duke Show

11:00m Dick Van Dyke Show

11:30am Donna Reed Show
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Afternoon Line Up

12:00pm Bob Newhart Show

12:30pm Mary Tyler Moore Show

1:00pm Alice

1;30pm FLO

2:00pm Newhart

2:30pm The Golden Palace

3:00pm Bosom Buddies

3:30pm Evening Shade

4:00pm Happy Days

4:30pm Welcome'Back Kotter

5:00pm Laverne & Shirley

5:30pm Three's Company

6:00pm The Ropers

6:30pm The Odd Couple

7:00pm Mork & Mindy

7:30pm My Favorite Martian
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Weeknight Schedule

8:00pm All In The Family

8:30pm Maude

9:00pm The Jeffersons

9:30pm Benson

10:00pm Barney Miller

10:30pm Night Court

11:00pm WKRP in Cincinnati

11:30pm Taxi
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Late Night Schedule

12:00am Married With Children

12:30am Married With Children

1:00am The Odd Couple

1:30am Mork & Mindy

2:00am My Favorite Martian

2:30am i Dream Of Jeannie

3:00am Barney Miller

3:30am Get Smart

4;00am WKRP in Cincinniti

4:30am Taxi
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Saturday Weekend Schedule

5:00am Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C

5:30am Mchale's Navy

6:00am Andy Griffith Show

6:30am Mayberry R.F.D

7:00am Love American Style

7:30am Happy Days

8:00am Welcome'Back Kotter

8:30am Good Times

9:00am Three's Company

9:30am The Odd Couple

10:00am The Ropers

10:30am Three's A Crowd

11:00am Archie'Bunkers Place

11:30am What's Happening Now!
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Saturday Afternoon Schedule

12:00pm F-Troop

12:30pm Andy Griffith Show

1:00pm The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1:30pm My Mother The Car

2:00pm Here Comes The Brides

2:30pm That Girl

3:00pm The Mothers In Laws

3:30pm Please Don't Eat the Daisies

4:00pm The Monkees

4:30pm The Lucy Show

5:00pm I Love Lucy

5:30pm Here's Lucy

6:00pm Patty Duke Show

6:30pm Leave it to Beaver

7:00pm Dick Van Dyke Show

7:30pm Donna Reed Show

Saturday Late Night Weekend Line Up
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Saturday\Late Night Line Up

8:00pm Magnum Pi

9:00pm Simon & Simon

10:00pm A-Team

11:00pm Amazing Stories

11:30pm Tales From The Darkside
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Late Night Schedule

12:00am Mama's Family

12:30am Carol Burnett Show

1:00am Maude

1:30am Golden Girls

2:00am Gimme A Break

2:30am The Jeffersons

3:00am 227

3:30am Amen

4:00am What's Happening

4:30am What's Happening Now
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Sunday Morning Weekend Schedule
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5:00am B. J. and the Bear

6:00am Inspector Gadget

6:30am Heathcliff

7:00am Amen

7:30am 227

8:00am Benson

8:30am Sanford

9:00am All In The Family

9:30am The Jeffersons

10:00am Maude

10:30am Good Times

11:00am Diff'Rent Strokes

11:30am Silver Spoons
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Sunday Afternoon Schedule

12:00pm Growing Pains

12:30pm Family Ties

1:00pm Mr Belvedere

1:30pm Who's The Boss?

2:00pm Diff'Rent Strokes

2:30pm Facts of Life

3:00pm Silver Spoons

3:30pm Fresh Prince Of Bel Air

4:00pm Charles In Charge

4:30pm Gimme A Break

5:00pm Married With Children

5:30pm Empty Nest

6:00pm Perfect Strangers

6:30pm Family Matters

7:00pm Benson

7:30pm Fresh Prince Of Bel Air
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Sunday Night Line Up

8:00pm Highlander The Series

9:00pm Knight Rider

10:00pm Incredible Hulk

11:00pm Tales From The Crypt

11:30pm Alferd Hitchock Presents
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Late Night Line Up.

12:00am Bob Newhart Show

12:30am Newhart

1:00am Mary Tyler Moore Show

1:30am Rhoda

2:00am Alice

2:30am Its A Living

3:00am WKRP in Cincinnati

3:30am Taxi

4:00am Barney Miller

4:30am Get Smart

jimpickens

01-29-2020, 02:55 AM

This weeks episode is The Professional Charlie Brown this time he is a paid assassin hired to take out an syndicate chief and a head of a drug cartel who is flooding the streets with a highly fatal form of cocaine called Lucifer.

factsoflife

01-31-2020, 01:28 AM

A Hollywood Now Report
--- Two Series Finish Filming

Two classic Gen-TV sitcoms have completed filming their final episodes, marking the end of an era. "Making It Work" has finished filming its series finale and ending its historic seven season run on Gen-TV. It ranks among Gen-TV's longest-running series ever (third among comedies) and is among the most critically respected comedies the network has ever seen.

"Every Other Weekend" has also finished its production run, ending after four seasons and over 100 episodes. It debuted as a mid-season replacement in January 2017 and after a rocky first start was just barely renewed due to critical support. The performances of its lead cast, in particular Christina Applegate, Sarah Chalke and Peter Facinelli were praised by critics and earned nominations at the 2017 Emmy's, Golden Globes, SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards. Applegate was cited by TV Guide in 2017 as "The breakout star of the show" and her performance cited as "reminding us of what we already knew---that Applegate is a gifted performer who can mine comedy out of the smallest of details." "She expertly transitions from icy cold evil yuppie stepmother one minute and into vulnerable and fearful wife who is worried about losing her status in life the next."

Both series will continue to air until May and the series finales of both will be a huge part of Gen-TV's May Sweeps period.

yankeesrj12

02-03-2020, 12:20 AM

Sunday, January 26, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.31 million viewers and 0.7 (0.710) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Revolution - SEASON FINALE - 5.02 million viewers and 0.8 (0.842) A18-49, even for the seventh episode in a row. In unrounded, this was a season high and was the fifth straight episodes of growth in the metric. Revolution finished the season down 37% compared to last season, in a move back to Sunday for the first time since season one. The series will return for a final season in the fall.

Monday, January 27, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.43 million viewers and 0.9 (0.861) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- The Agency - 4.57 million viewers and 0.8 (0.752) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- CIA Files - 12.06 million viewers and 1.5 (1.526) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Better Days - 3.69 million viewers and 0.4 (0.436) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.67 million viewers and 1.2 (1.194) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.34 million viewers and 1.1 (1.135) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- College - 8.36 million viewers and 2.0 (1.953) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks season low. The one hour season finale airs next week.

930- Life Lessons - 6.68 million viewers and 1.2 (1.203) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 11.52 million viewers and 1.1 (1.099) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 8.93 million viewers and 2.4 (2.415) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 10.85 million viewers and 1.3 (1.323) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 11.04 million viewers and 1.1 (1.085) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Thursday, January 30, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.99 million viewers and 1.1 (1.142) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Grandparents - 6.11 million viewers and 0.9 (0.939) A18-49, even with last weeks low. After a hot start in the fall, Grandparents remains dominant, but has lost some steam over the last few episodes.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.03 million viewers and 0.9 (0.944) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.65 million viewers and 0.9 (0.903) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Virus - 10.53 million viewers and 4.1 (4.096) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

Friday, January 31, 2020
8- Bloodlines - 7.04 million viewers and 0.7 (0.694) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Serve and Protect - 7.13 million viewers and 0.7 (0.686) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.84 million viewers and 0.7 (0.664) A18-49, even with last week.

Saturday, February 1, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.04 million viewers and 0.2 (0.196) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 1.95 million viewers and 0.2 (0.192) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.52 million viewers and 0.4 (0.414) A18-49, even with last week.

jimpickens

02-06-2020, 03:24 AM

Last Nights episode Bang Your Head Charlie Brown where good old Chuck along with Linus and Pigpen and Schroeder form a popular death metal called Kill Lucy with a number 1 hit Gonna Shove that football Up her fat Ass.

yankeesrj12

02-09-2020, 10:56 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
YTN WINS 17 AWARDS AT "BEST OF TV AWARDS"
YTN walked away with 17 wins at last weeks "BEST OF TV" Awards on GEN-TV.

Long-running police procedural TAKEN was the big winner for YTN, taking home six awards, including Marianne-Jean Baptiste for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series. TAKEN also won for Best Writing (Drama), Best Editing (Series), Best Music Editing (Series), Best Lighting Design (Series), and an honorary Award of Merit. This is actually the second time TAKEN has won an Award of Merit, displaying its impact on the television industry.

The President of YTN says, "We are thrilled voters continue to support TAKEN in its eleventh season. This is an iconic series not only for our network, but also for the television industry as a whole. We could not be more proud of the cast and crew on TAKEN."

Three series, Grandparents, Newsflash, and Virus, each won two awards. YTN's highest rated new comedy of the season, Grandparents, won Best Comedy Series, as well as Best Set Design (Series). Sophomore Newsflash, which will return later this year, took home the award for Best New Program of 2019, and Best Editing (Series). The highest rated series on YTN,Virus, won awards for Costume Design (Series), and Lighting Design (Series).

YTN also won awards in the prestigious Best Series categories. In the aforementioned win for Best Comedy Series for Grandparents, Blended was also named Best Comedy Series of 2019. Long-running Revolution walked away with a win for Best Drama Series.

For the first time in network history, YTN was also the home of two winners in the Acting categories. Drake Bell was named Best Lead Actor (Comedy) for his work in the revival hit comedy, College. Chloe Grace Moretz of Full Time Mom won Best Supporting Actress (Comedy).

Finally, Friday night drama Bloodlines rounded out the night with a win for Best Directing (Drama)

yankeesrj12

02-09-2020, 11:08 PM

Monday, February 3, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.57 million viewers and 0.9 (0.895) A18-49, even with last week. The series will take a brief hiatus for double-episodes of High Times of Denver and return on March 2nd.

830- The Agency - SEASON FINALE - 4.79 million viewers and 0.8 (0.767) A18-49, even with last week. The series has been renewed for a second season.

9- CIA Files - 12.89 million viewers and 1.6 (1.569) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Better Days - 3.93 million viewers and 0.5 (0.468) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 7.21 million viewers and 1.3 (1.286) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.76 million viewers and 1.2 (1.235) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- College - ONE HOUR SEASON FINALE - 8.85 million viewers and 2.2 (2.211) A18-49, up two tenths from last week. College is down only one tenth from its December 2018 season one finale. For the season, College will finish down around 12% - not bad for a series that debuted massively for its revival a year ago.

10- TAKEN - 12.91 million viewers and 1.4 (1.398) A18-49, up three tenths from last week.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 8.21 million viewers and 2.2 (2.192) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 10.14 million viewers and 1.2 (1.243) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 11.16 million viewers and 1.1 (1.104) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, February 6, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.68 million viewers and 1.1 (1.103) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Grandparents - 6.55 million viewers and 1.0 (1.036) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 7.12 million viewers and 1.1 (1.128) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.99 million viewers and 0.9 (0.912) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

10- Virus - 10.96 million viewers and 4.3 (4.315) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

Friday, February 7, 2020
8- Bloodlines - SEASON FINALE - 7.31 million viewers and 0.7 (0.719) A18-49, even with last week. The series has not yet been renewed for a sixth season, but it is likely to return for another season.

9- Serve and Protect - 7.42 million viewers and 0.7 (0.721) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.91 million viewers and 0.7 (0.674) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

Saturday, February 8, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.19 million viewers and 0.2 (0.205) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.34 million viewers and 0.2 (0.216) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.31 million viewers and 0.4 (0.402) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

02-09-2020, 11:36 PM

HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN CANCELS "BETTER DAYS", RESHUFFLES SCHEDULE
YTN has cancelled Better Days after five episodes. The network confirmed the move is immediate, and the remaining episodes will air at a later date.

In its place, YTN will air the second season of drama Newsflash. After airing all of season one on Sunday nights, the series will move to the coveted post-CIA Files timeslot.

To accommodate the premiere, YTN has also pulled tomorrow nights episode of CIA Files. The series was expected to take a two week hiatus after tomorrow nights episode. YTN is moving that brief hiatus up, and will bring back the veteran drama the same night as the premiere of Newsflash - Monday, February 24th.

Newsflash has a 13 episode second season order.

The move means veteran drama High Times of Denver will air two episodes for the first two weeks by itself. It has its season premiere tomorrow night.

MikeLutton

02-10-2020, 02:40 AM

Monday Through Friday Morning Line Up

5:00am Highway To Heaven

6:00am Lassie

6:30am New Lassie

7:00am Flipper

7:30am Flipper

8:00am Bad News Bears

8:30am Bad News Bears

9:00am Harry And The Hendersons

9:30am Dinosaures

10:00am Out Of This World

10:30am ALF

11:00am I Dream Of Jeannie

11:30am Bewitched
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Afternoon Line Up

12:00pm Bob Newhart Show

12:30pm Newhart

1:00pm Mary Tyler Moore Show

1:30pm Rhoda

2:00pm Alice

2:30pm Flo

3:00pm Maude

3:30pm Maude

4:00pm Happy Days

4:30pm Diff'Rent Strokes

5:00pm Laverne & Shirley

5:30pm Mork & Mindy

6:00pm Mama's Family

6:30pm Carol Burrnet Show

7:00pm I Love Lucy

7:30pm The Honeymooners
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Weeknight Schedule

8:00pm Barney Miller

8:30pm Night Court

9:00pm WKRP In Cincinnati

9:30pm Taxi

10:00pm All in The Family

10:30pm The Jeffersons

11:00pm Sanford And Son

11:30pm Good Times
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Late Night Schedule

12:00am Newhart

12:30am Golden Palace

1:00am Bosom Buddies

1:30am Evening Shade

2:00am Wings

2:30am Wings

3:00am Love Boat

4:00am love Boat
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Saturday Weekend Schedule

5:00am I Love Lucy

5:30am Lucy Show

6:00am Jack Benny Show

6:30am Jack Benny Show

7:00am Gilligan's Island

7:30am Gilligan's Island

8:00am Gidget

8:30am Gidget

9:00am Love Boat

10:00am Fantasy island

11:00am Charlie's Angels
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Saturday Afternoon Schedule

12:00pm Highway Patrol

1:00pm Police Woman

2:00pm Mission: Impossibl

3:00pm The Fugitive

4:00pm Maverick

5:00pm Combat

6:00pm The Avengers

7:00pm Ironside

Saturday Late Night Weekend Line Up
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Saturday\Late Night Line Up

8:00pm Tales From The Darkside

8:30pm Tales From The Crypt

9:00pm Amazing Stories

9:30pm Dark Shadows

10:00pm The Hitchhiker

10:30pm Friday The13th The Series

11:00pm Poltergeist: The Legacy
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Late Night Schedule

12:00am Highlander The Series

1:00am Wiseguy

2:00am Renegade

3:00am Silk Stalkings

4:00am Le femma Nikit
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Sunday Morning Weekend Schedule
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5:00am Wonder Woman

6:00am Green Hornet

6:30am Green Hornet

7:00am Gilligan's Island

7:30am Gilligan's Island

8:00am Gidget

8:30am Gidget

9:00am Love Boat

10:00am Fantasy Island

11:00am Charlie's Angels
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Sunday Afternoon Schedule

12:00pm Hardcastle & Miccormick

1:00pm Mr Belvedere

1:30pm Who's The Boss?

2:00pm Diff'Rent Strokes

2:30pm Facts of Life

3:00pm Silver Spoons

3:30pm Fresh Prince Of Bel Air

4:00pm Charles In Charge

4:30pm Gimme A Break

5:00pm Married With Children

5:30pm Empty Nest

6:00pm Growing Pains

6:30pm Family Ties

7:00pm Cheers

7:30pm Frasier
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Sunday Night Line Up

8:00pm Maude

8:30pm Maude

9:00pm Carol Burrnett Show

9:30pm Carol Burrnett Show

10:00pm The Jeffersons

10:30pm The Jeffersons

11:00pm All In The Family

11:30pm All In The Family
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Late Night Line Up.

12:00am Good Times

12:30am Good Times

1:00am What's Happening

1:30am What's Happening Now!

2:00am That's My Mama

2:30am That's My Mama

3:00am Sanford And Son

3:30am Sanford And Son

4:00am 227

4:30am 227

factsoflife

02-10-2020, 03:24 AM

Best of TV Awards:
--2020 Winners Announced

Winners were announced on Sunday, January 26th for the "Best of TV Awards." It aired on both Gen-TV and Starz and was hosted by ten iconic television performers who each presented various themed categories.

Gen-TV was the big winner of the evening with 47 wins. YTN took home 15 trophies while the remaining categories were evenly split between HBO and NBC with 4 wins each, FX and Netflix with 3 each, 2 wins for CBs and 1 each for Showtime, Pop TV, Amazon, and The CW. Among streaming networks, Hulu went home empty handed despite having three nominations.

Here is the full list of winners in each category, presented with commentary from the editors of Hollywood Now:

Drama Categories:

Best Drama Series:
Revolution, YTN

--other nominees:
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Border Police, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN
Killing Eve, BBC America
This Is Us, NBC
Prodigal Son, FOX
Fugitive Recovery, Gen-TV
Newsflash, YTN

YTN’s “Revolution” came virtually out of nowhere to take home the top prize in the drama series category. Hollywood Now editors were predicting this category could be home to an upset, but most were expecting “Prodigal Son” or “Killing Eve” to be that spoiler. We are actually thrilled that “Revolution” is the victor. This show has intelligent writing, produced thoughtfully and has a relevance in today’s political climate that is exciting in a way that other shows are not. “Other shows like The Border Police for example feel forced in a way the Revolution does not.”

Best Lead Actor, Drama Series:
Jeffery Nordling, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us, NBC

Other Nominees:
James Van Der Beek, Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Kit Harrington, Game of Thrones, HBO
Ryan Eggold, New Amsterdam, NBC
Tom Payne, Prodigal Son, FOX
Eion Bailey, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us, NBC
Enrico Colantoni, Virus, YTN
Alan Arkin, Taken, YTN
Benjamin Bratt, Bloodlines, YTN
Mark Harmon, NCIS, CBS

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Sterling K Brown (“This Is Us”, NBC) and Jeffery Nordling (“The Border Police”, Gen-TV) were the winners in the “Best Lead Actor-Drama” category. Both men are worthy choices, and were among the favorites of Hollywood Now staff members. However, it would have been nice to see Alan Arkin (“Taken”, YTN) or Kit Harrington (“Game of Thrones”, HBO) win something. Nordling took home his award for his work as a US Border Control Agent who is slowly coming to resent his job and question his loyalty to both his job and his country as he has a crisis of faith over the laws he must enforce. Brown won for his work as Randall Pearson on NBC’s sentimental family drama.

Best Lead Actress, Drama Series:
Marianne-Jean Baptiste, Taken, YTN

Other Nominees:
Jodi Comer, Killing Eve, BBC America
Mandy Moore, This Is Us, NBC
Regina Hall, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Simone Missick, All Rise, CBS
Viola Davis, How To Get Away with Murder, ABC
Sela Ward, Bloodlines, YTN
Connie Nielsen, Taken, YTN
Shohre Agdashloo, The Border Police, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: YTN picks up another big victory in the “Lead Actress-Drama” category with “Taken’s” Marianne-Jean Baptiste. She garnered votes from 87% of the voting body and is an inspired choice. Hollywood Now Staffers had her in our top three choices, but were predicting a win for Regina Hall of Gen-TV’s “Having Faith.”

Supporting Actor, Drama Series:
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, HBO

Other Nominees:
Justin Hartley, This Is Us, NBC
Sterling K Brown, This Is Us, NBC
Matthew Settle, Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Dallas Roberts, Medical Center, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commenatry: HBO scores its only win of the evening for Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”). The majority of pundits had predicted this win; including Hollywood Now editors who were the first to call this one.

Supporting Actress, Drama Series:
Kimberly Elise, Trauma Center, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Vivica A Fox, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Jada Pinkett-Smith, Having Faith, Gen-TV
Vanessa Angel, Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Susie Kelechi Watson, This Is Us, NBC
Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: This category proved to be the biggest headscratcher for pundits; nearly all of whom were predicting Meryl Streep would claim the title for “Big Little Lies”. In a very distant second among predictions was Vivica A. Fox for “Having Faith.” The other component that is puzzling is that Kimberly Elise’s character on “Trauma Center” was universally despised; both by critics and viewers. The introduction of her character actually saw an 80% decrease in viewership and got the show cancelled. Elise however, Is a wonderful actress who was saddled with a difficult role to play.

Writing, Drama Series:
The Border Police, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN

Other Nominees:
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
All Rise, CBS
Prodigal Son, FOX
This Is Us, NBC
Grey’s Anatomy, ABC
Revolution, YTN
Virus, YTN
Big Little Lies, HBO

Both YTN and Gen-TV scored victories in the “Best Writing-Drama Series”. YTN for “Taken” and Gen-TV for “The Border Police.” Both series are better than average crime procedurals centered by compelling performances from stars of high wattage.

Directing, Drama Series:
Bloodlines, YTN

Other Nominees:
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Game of Thrones, HBO
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Killing Eve, BBC America
Virus, YTN
Big Little Lies, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: YTN’s “Bloodlines” won the “Directing-Drama Series” award for the first time. Gen-TV had to sit this one out.

Comedy Categories:

Best Comedy Series:
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Blended, YTN Network
Grandparents, YTN

Other Nominees:
Fleabag, Amazon
Barry, HBO
The Big Bang Theory, CBS
The Conners, ABC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
High Times of Denver, YTN
Mother & Daughter, YTN
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Will & Grace, NBC
The Good Place, NBC
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Unlike other award shows like for example “The Emmy Awards”, The “Best of TV Awards” does not limit the number of winners in a given category and the winners are determined by a percentage of the votes given.” So a given category can have any number of winners so long as they’ve received votes from “at least 60% of the voting body.” In this case, Gen-TV’s Kate & Ali” won the award for the second year in a row. YTN also scored two victories with “Blended” and “Grandparents.”
The victory of “Kate & Ali” is well deserved as the series continues to showcase the daily struggles of being a minority and a single parent trying to raise children in a world that doesn’t always want you to succeed.” The brilliant writing from Keegan-Michael Key is some of the smartest social commentary on TV because he grounds the commentary in humanity and heart. “Blended” also tackles issues of identity and focuses on a mixed-race family trying to survive. Lastly, the broad comedy of “Grandparents” boasts an impressive team of brilliant writers and some of the most sophisticated storylines on TV.

Best Lead Actor, Comedy:
Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Drake Bell, College, YTN
Rider Strong, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Justin Long, Making It Work, Gen-TV
Bill Hader, Barry, HBO
Mad Greenfield, the Neighborhood, CBS
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace, NBC
Anthony Anderson, Black-Ish, ABC
Mark Paul Gosslear, Mixed-Ish, ABC
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method, Netflix
Josh Cooke, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Hank Azaria, Blended, YTN
Patton Oswalt, The Hughes Family, YTN

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Like their female counterparts, the men of “Lead Actor-Comedy” all represent vastly different styles of comedy, prestige and popularity. Keegan-Michael Key (“Kate & Ali”, Gen-TV) infuses his series with political and social commentary, heart and humanity. Drake Bell (“College”, YTN) steals scenes with broad physical comedy and Rider Strong (“Baker’s Dozen”, Gen-TV) gave a tour de force performance as his character burst out of the closet and shed the pain of hiding his true self as he entered his first relationship with a man.

Best Lead Actress, Comedy:
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Kristen Wiig, The Boss Lady, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Tiya Sircar, Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Cardi B, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Amazon
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO
Zooey Deschanel, Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Tracee Ellis-Ross, Black-Ish, ABC
Octavia Spencer, Selling Out, Gen-TV
Kristen Bell, The Good Place, NBC
Regina King, Blended, YTN
Rachel Dratch, The Hughes Family, YTN
Aubrey Plaza, The High Times of Denver, YTN

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The three winners for “Lead Actress-Comedy Series” represent a diverse and incredibly talented group of characters. Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”, Pop TV) is an eccentric former millionaire forced to move to the one asset her family has left, a middle of nowhere town called “Schitt’s Creek.” Also picking up a win is Kaley Cuoco for the final season of CBS juggernaut “The Big Bang Theory.” Lastly, Gen-TV scored a victory with Kristen Wiig for “The Boss Lady.”
Hollywood Now Staffers were very wrong about this category, predicting Zooey Deschanel would win for “Ready To Wear” and also predicting Kristen Bell as a spoiler for “The Good Place.”

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy:
Mikey Day, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Jake Lacey, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace, NBC
Henry Winkler, Barry, HBO
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC
Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek, Pop TV
Ted Danson, The Good Place, NBC
Alex Moffat, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Chris Colfer, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Colin Jost, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Gary Cole, Mixed-Is, ABC

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: There were two actors chosen as “Supporting Actor-Comedy” Jake Lacey (“Bless Your Heart”, Gen-TV) and Mikey Day (“Saturday Night Live”, NBC). One is a exceptional sketch performer and the other a gifted actor with many layers of depth. Lacey does fine work opposite Cardi B and elevates her every performance.

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy:
Whoopi Goldberg, Café Oddity, Gen-TV
Chloe Grace Moretz, Full Time Mom, YTN

Other Nominees:
Wendie Mallick, Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Justine Bateman, Café Oddity, Gen-TV
Anna Chlumsky, VEEP, HBO
Julie Bowen, Modern Family, ABC
Michaela Watkins, the Unicorn, CBS
Marasi Martin, Black-Ish, ABC
Jennifer Lewis, Black-Ish, ABC
Susan Sullivan, Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Tiffany Haddish, Making It Work, Gen-TV
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace, NBC
Laurie Metcalf, The Conners, ABC
Rachel Dratch, Selling Out, Gen-TV
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Heidi Gardner, Saturday Night Live, NBC

Hollywood Now’s Commenatry: This category was packed with talent and deserving choices; but only two were selected as winners this year. Chloe Grace Moretz (“Full Time Mom”, YTN) and Whoopi Goldberg (“Café Oddity”, Gen-TV.) Goldberg won here due to her sheer star power. She essentially took over the show with her presence and added a much needed layer of depth to this show. Chloe Grace Mortez is the youthful energy of this group and represents some of the finest acting of her generation.

Best Writing, Comedy Series:
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Veep, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Will & Grace, NBC
Black-Ish, ABC
The Hughes Family, YTN
Grandparents, YTN
The High Times of Denver, YTN
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: “Ready To Wear” won the award for “Best Writing-Comedy Series” and beat out the likes of “Veep” (HBO) for its final season, “Kate & Ali” (YTN) which won the Comedy Series category this year; and “Fleabag” (Amazon) which has won nearly every comedy award this season. If a Gen-TV show was going to win our money was on “Kate & Ali” but “Ready To Wear” is a popular show too and it had to win somewhere.

Best Directing, Comedy Series:
Ready to Wear, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Veep, HBO
Fleabag, Amazon
Modern Family, ABC
The Big Bang Theory, CBS
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
The Boss Lady, Gen-TV
The High Times of Denver, YTN
College, YTN
Blended, YTN
Will & Grace, NBC
The Good Place, NBC

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Gen-TV scored the win in “Directing-Comedy Series” for “Ready To Wear” a very popular and acclaimed comedy that also won the “Writing-Comedy Series” award.

Limited Series, TV Movie or Anthology Series Categories:

Best TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
Love Affair, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
American Citizen, Gen-TV
The Loudest Voice, Showtime
Fosse/Verdon, FX
When They See Us, Netflix
Chernobyl, HBO
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: We are truly stunned that Gen-TV’s “Love Affair” is the winner of the inaugural “Best TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series” Award. Our money was on “American Citizen” to grab this one up. “Fosse/Verdon” was also one of our top picks. However, Gen-TV’s anthology series about tragic romances had a fantastic season and wisely submitted a thrilling arch of episodes featuring Jodie Foster’s brilliant direction focused on a tragic romance between two nuns in the 1960’s. This is actually a very bold choice for the voters to make.

Best Lead Actress, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Diane Lane, If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon, FX
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
Jodie Foster, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Kylie Bunbury, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Naomi Watts, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Toni Collette, Unbelievable, Netflix
America Ferrera, Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Diane Lane won the “Lead Actress-TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series” award for her work in “If Hillary Had Won” and defeated Jodie Foster for “Love Affair” and Michelle Williams for “Fosse/Verdon.” Hollywood Now’s top choice was Naomi Watts. Diane is an inspired choice for her role as Hillary Clinton who in this series had won the Presidency in 2016 and is fighting for reelection while fighting a major political scandal

Best Lead Actor, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Jeremy Renner, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice, Showtime

Other Nominees:
Sam Rockwell, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Joshua Jackson, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Jamie Foxx, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Josh Hartnett, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The two winners of the “Lead Actor-TV Movie, Limited Series, Anthology Series” category are as different as can be. Russell Crowe for his portrayal of disgraced media executive Roger Ailes in “The Loudest Voice” and Jeremy Renner as a tragic politician involved in a politically difficult romance with his arch enemies wife. Renner’s win is another victory for Gen-TV.

Best Supporting Actress, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
Sigourney Weaver, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Zoey Deutch, Love Affair, Gen-TV
Patricia Arquette, The Act, Hulu
Chloe Sevigny, The Act, Hulu
Niecy Nash, When They See Us, Netflix
Holly Hunter, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
Courtney Thorne-Smith, The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: In a very competitive category, we were not sure who was going to win, and we’re pleased to see such a fine choice emerge victorious. Sigourney Weaver gave a compelling performance as a grieving friend dealing with her friends drug overdose.

Best Supporting Actor, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:

Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal, Amazon

Other Nominees:
Paul Dano, Escape at Dannomera, Showtime
John Leguizamo, When They See Us, Netflix
Asante Black, When They See Us, Netflix
Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Ben Whishaw (“A Very English Scandal”, Amazon) won for Supporting Actor (Movie, Limited Series, etc). This was a competitive category and at one point nearly every one of the nominees was being predicted to win.

Best Writing, TV Movie, Mini-Series or Limited Series:

Love Affair, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV
American Citizen, Gen-TV
Chernobyl, HBO
When They See Us, Netflix
The Act, Hulu
Fosse/Verdon, FX

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Jodie Foster wins a “Best of TV Award” for writing the submitted episodes of “Love Affair” that earned Gen-TV’s anthology series the win here tonight for “Best Writing, TV Movie (etc).” It is a win that is more than well deserved.

Best Directing, Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
When They See Us, Netflix
Love Affair, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV
If Hillary Had Won, Gen-TV
Fosse/Verdon, FX
A Very English Scandal, Amazon
Chernobyl, HBO

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The only two nominees to score enough votes for a win were Netflix’s “When They See Us” and Gen-TV’s “Love Affair” which has dominated the Limited Series/Movie categories this year. The recipients of this award are comprised of any director who was credited on-screen on any episode submitted for consideration in this category. For “Love Affair” that was Jodie Foster, Ava DuVernay and Laura Innes. For “When They See Us” it was Ava DuVernay.

Reality, Documentary, Talk or News Categories:

Best Reality or Unscripted Show:
Climb the Pyramid: Family Edition, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Money Mountain, YTN Network
Family Court, Gen-TV
American Idol, ABC
The Voice, NBC
Project Runway, Bravo
Adventure of a Lifetime, YTN Network
Below Deck Mediterranean, Bravo
1-2-3 Cook, TLC

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: “Climb the Pyramid: Family Edition” is the sole winner of the “Best Reality or Unscripted Show” category. This victory is a huge surprise as most pundits were predicting a win for “Family Court” or a rejuvenated “Project Runway.” However, the success of this family friendly program over the summer makes it a deserving choice. Aside from delivering strong ratings it was a critical success as well.

Best News, Documentary or Talk Show:

Hot Flashes, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
The Today Show, NBC
20/20, ABC
Morning Joe, MSNBC
Nightcap, Gen-TV
3Girls2Gays, Gen-TV
Life After Prison, YTN Network
Without Borders, Gen-TV
High School Diaries: Freshmen Year, Gen-TV
Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO
The Ellen DeGenres Show, Syndication
The Kelly Clarkson Show, Syndication
Morning Talk, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Gen-TV’s rowdy, raunchy and ridiculously funny talk show “Hot Flashes” was a winner in the “News, Documentary or Talk Show” category and is a darn deserving choice. Featuring a cast of panelists all over the age of 50 and sponsored by the AARP, this show does something no other show on TV does; embrace the reality of being old in America. It is the only talk show on TV starring women over 50 that deliberately embraces their age as a positive thing.

Best Judge or Host; Reality, News or Talk Show:
Tiffany Haddish, Morning Talk, Gen-TV
Wanda Sykes, Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Morgan Fairchild, Hot Flashes, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Katy Perry, American Idol, ABC
Ryan Seacrest, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Syndication
Gail Simmons, Top Chef, Bravo
Gordon Ramsay, Masterchef, Fox
Rupaul Charles, Rupaul’s Drag Race, VH1
Josh Temple, Outdoor Renovation, Stream-Me
Megan McCain, The View, ABC
Tiffany Haddish, Morning Talk, Gen-TV
Alyssa Milano, Ask Alyssa, Gen-TV

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: Gen-TV scored a trio of wins in the “Judge or Host- Reality, News or Talk Show” category. Scene-stealer Tiffany Haddish won for “Morning Talk” the long-cancelled Gen-TV talker that she was the clearly the star attraction of. Gen-TV’s new talk show “Hot Flashes” also scored wins for both Wanda Sykes and Morgan Fairchild.

Best Reality or TV Contestant or Personality (Non-News or Talk):
Wendy Diaz, Survivor, CBS

Other Nominees:
Eric Girardi, Nailed It, Netflix
Fredrik Eklund, Million Dollar Listing: NYC, Bravo
Rhylee Gerber, Below Deck, Bravo

Hollywoood Now’s Commentary: Neither Gen-TV or YTN were nominated in this category; and the winner went to Wendy Diaz from CBS’s “Suvrivor.” There were no strong predictions from pundits who were split evenly amongst the nominees in what is considered a weak category.

Achievement Categories:

Best New Program:
Newsflash, YTN
Black Lady Sketch Show, HBO
Having Faith, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Grand Jury, Gen-TV
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Grandparents, YTN
Bless Your Heart, Gen-TV
Maria’s Quinceañera, Gen-TV
American Loser, Gen-TV
Mixed-Ish, ABC
The Unicorn, CBS
Prodigal Son, Fox
Evil, CBS

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The race for “Best New Program” was the one that Hollywood Now staffers were most anticipating and it did not disappoint. HBO’s vastly underrated “Black Lady Sketch Show” snagged a victory with a stunning “87% of the voters selecting it as a winner.” This hilarious and brilliant comedy delivered some of the biggest laughs of the year. Gen-TV’s “Having Faith” is also a deserving winner. Lastly, but not least YTN’s “Newsflash” picks up a trophy for “Best New Program” with its topical and engaging look at a daily lives of a newspaper editor and her team of journalists.

Life Achievement Awards:

Shonda Rhimes, Producer/Writer (“Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal”)
Norman Lear, Producer/Writer (“All In The Family”, “Maude”, “The Jeffersons”)

Other Nominees:
Sela Ward, Actress (“Bloodlines”, “FBI”, “County General”, “CSI: New York, “Once & Again”, “Sisters”)
Dolly Parton, Actress/Singer/Songwriter/Host
Lily Tomlin (Actress/Host/Writer/Producer)

Hollywood Now Commentary: The voting body has selected two deserving trailblazer to win this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Shonda Rhimes; the groundbreaking producer of such TV hits as “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Private Practice” and “Scandal” has created a legacy of empowering women and giving a voice to people often underrepresented. She has become a champion of inclusion and a TV icon.

Norman Lear is the legendary producer of such iconic hits as “All In The Family”, “Maude”, “The Jeffersons” and “One Day At A Time.” He is very well deserving of this award as his trailblazing programs continue to inspire viewers and future TV hit makers even today.

Icon Awards & Awards of Merit (Non-Competitive Awards; Decided By A Jury):

Iconic Performer Award: Betty White (Presented to Betty White for her outstanding legacy of TV work from “Life with Elizabeth” in the 1950’s to her iconic work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970’s, “The Golden Girls” and “Mama’s Family” in the 1980’s and 1990’s and “Hot In Cleveland” in the 2010’s.

Iconic Series Award: E.R. (1994-2009) (Presented to the most acclaimed and influential medical drama in television history. The series was by far and away network TV’s most popular drama for much of its run and boasted a star studded cast that included future Oscar-winner George Clooney and Julianna Margulies who would go onto to be the series only regular cast member to win an Emmy. She would later win two other Emmy’s in the next decade for her work on another drama “The Good Wife.” )

Awards of Merit:
Making It Work, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN
The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Meryl Streep, “Big Little Lies” (HBO)
The Border Police, Gen-TV
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

Other Nominees:
Zendaya, Gen-TV
Unlikely Family, Gen-TV
Marie Osmond, “The Talk” (CBS)
The Good Fight, CBS All Access
Netflix
Hulu
Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies” (HBO)
Amazon
Fugitive Recovery, Gen-TV
YTN Network

Hollywood Now’s Commentary: The selected recipients of the Awards of Merit are YTN’s “Taken”, celebrating a milestone season. Gen-TV’s “Baker’s Dozen” for bravely redefining both its premise and the foundation of relationships on TV sitcoms. Meryl Streep is also being honored for her work on HBO’s “Big Little Lies.” Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” is being honored as well for its freshmen season. and lastly, Gen-TV's “Making It Work” is being chosen as it nears completion on its final season and completes its run after seven seasons.

Creative & Technical Awards (Presented in the non-televised ceremony the day prior to the televised ceremony): (These categories have no nominees, only the winners are chosen from the submitted episodes)

Best Editing, Series:
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Newsflash, YTN
Taken, YTN
Kate & Ali, Gen-TV
Game of Thrones, HBO

Best Editing, TV Movie, Limited Series or Anthology Series:
When They See Us, Netflix
Love Affair, Gen-TV
Fosse/Verdon, FX

Best Editing, Reality or Documentary Series:
Without Borders, Gen-TV
American Loser, Gen-TV

Best Editing, News or Talk Show:
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
Nightcap, Gen-TV

Hairstyling, Series or Limited Series:
Fosse/Verdon, FX
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV

Costume Design, Series:
Selling Out, Gen-TV
Virus, YTN
Jane, The Virgin, CW

Costume Design, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Movie:
Fosse/Verdon, FX
Love Affair, Gen-TV
The Hardest Goodbye, Gen-TV

Music Editing, Scripted Series, Limited Series or Movie:

Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Taken, YTN
Maria's Quinceanera, Gen-TV

Music Editing, Documentary, Reality or News Program:
American Loser, Gen-TV

Best Set Design, Series:
Grandparents, YTN
Ready To Wear, Gen-TV
Deadly Visions, Gen-TV

Lighting Design, Scripted Series:
Taken, YTN
Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Boston Blues, Gen-TV
Virus, YTN
When They See Us, Netflix

Lighting Design, Reality, News, Talk Show:

Morning Talk, Gen-TV
Money Mountain, YTN

Graphics Editing, Talk, News or Reality Series:
Hot Flashes, Gen-TV
3Girls2Gays, Gen-TV
The Voice, NBC

Outstanding Segment Producing, News or Talk Show:
Morning Talk, Gen-TV
3Girls2Gays, Gen-TV
Today Show, NBC

Gen-TV’s Big Victory
--Gen-TV wins 47 Best of TV Awards

Gen-TV Network was the big winner at the 2020 Best of TV Awards, honoring the best work done on TV in the calendar year 2019. They won 47 awards out of 79 nominations. Gen-TV took home prizes in nearly every category and practically swept the Limited Series and TV Movie category.

Among the big winners for Gen-TV were sophomore comedy series “Ready To Wear” which took home five awards. It won the awards for Best Writing-Comedy, Best Directing-Comedy, Best Editing-Scripted Series, Best Music Editing and Best Hairstyling.

Another sophomore comedy series “Kate & Ali” took home trophies for Best Comedy Series and Best Actor-Comedy for Keegan-Michael Key. “Kate & Ali” also won a prize for “Best Editing-Series.”

Gen-TV also took home acting awards for Kristen Wiig in “The Boss Lady” who won the Best Actress-Comedy Award. Freshmen comedy “Bless Your Heart” won Best Supporting Actor-Comedy for Jake Lacy while Rider Strong won Best Actor-Comedy for “Baker’s Dozen”. Whoopi Goldberg was named Best Supporting Actress-Comedy for her role on sophomore comedy “Café Oddity.”

In the drama races, “The Border Police” was a big winner for Gen-TV taking home the prize for Best Actor-Drama for Jeffery Nordling and the Best Writing-Drama award. Cancelled drama “Trauma Center” won the Best Supporting Actress award for Kimberly Elise.

Gen-TV basically swept the Limited Series, TV Movie and Anthology Series categories with “Love Affair” being their biggest winner. “Love Affair” took home the prize for Best Limited Series, TV Movie or Anthology Series; Best Actor for Jeremy Renner, Best Writing , Best Editing-Limited Series, Best Costume Design-Limited Series and Best Directing. Gen-TV’s “The Hardest Goodbye” nabbed the Supporting Actress award for Sigourney Weaver. Diane Lane won Best Actress for “If Hillary Had Won.”

In the unscripted categories, Gen-TV scored victories for Best Reality or Unscripted Series for “Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition”, Best News, Documentary or Talk show for freshmen series “Hot Flashes.” In the “Best Host or Judge-Reality, News or Talk Show” category Gen-TV took home three victories with Wanda Sykes and Morgan Fairchild winning for “Hot Flashes” and Tiffany Haddish winning for “Morning Talk.” “Hot Flashes” also won Best Editing-Unscripted and Best Graphics Editing-Unscripted.

Three Gen-TV Programs also won the Award of Merit; “Making It Work” which is wrapping up its seventh and final season; “The Border Police” and “Baker’s Dozen.”

Gen-TV also won in numerous other technical and creative categories, and was the most awarded network this year.

factsoflife

02-10-2020, 04:17 AM

Election 2020 News:
--1 Month Away

With just over a month until Gen-TV votes in its new Board of Directors; the election cycle is in full swing and there have been some big developments.

The biggest news was Eva Vargas entering the race and she was viewed at the onset as a disrupter in this race. However, her candidacy has proven to be a non-starter and it seems that sentiments and votes are swinging away from her and in the favor of a different candidate; Benny Portman who has been leading all the recent polls by nearly a 30% margin over second-place choice Ross Chin.

Polls have been conducted by Hollywood Insider and Hollywood Now where we asked members of the Gen-TV Board to select which candidate they intend to vote for and Portman has the lead with 60% of the respondents indicating they would vote for him. Ross Chin is in second place with 22% saying they intended to vote for him. Eva is actually in fourth place with only 11% of the respondents claiming her as their top choice. Of course these polls are hardly scientific and voting members could go any number of different directions.

This years election is proving to be far more low-key than the 2016 election which ended up having two candidates charged on felony voter tampering charges and had the FBI called in to investigate threats levied against one candidate from another.

Gen-TV Elects New President
--Gen-TV's Board of Directors Election

Gen-TV's Board of Directors held its 2020 election on Thursday, February 6th and have elected a new board President. In a very decisive victory, Ross Chin was voted in as the President of the Board of Directors. Chin won by a wide margin with votes from nearly 87% of the boards voting membership.

The results were stunning as Benny Portman had been polling ahead of both Chin and Vargas by wide margins all year long. Dylan Garretson was in fourth place.

Here is the approximate breakdown of votes:

Ross Chin (Winner)--- 87%
Eva Vargas (Runner-Up)--9%
Benny Portman--3%
Dylan Garretson---1%

According to interviews conducted with voting members after the election; the decision to pick Ross Chin was an easy one with "trustworthiness", "experience" and "respectability" being the key factors in why he was their choice.

When asked about Eva Vargas many member stated she "wasn't trustworthy enough" and "had a stigma attached to her." Others said "she tarnishes our companies reputation" and "is out for her own fame and doesn't care about anybody else's needs."

According to new membership rules the President Elect now chooses their Vice President and shortly after being elected Ross Chin named Benny Portman as his Vice President. Additional board roles include Executive Secretary, Executive Treasurer, Executive Assistant to Board President and a newly created role being introduced this year called Executive Liaison-General Membership. This new role is designed to serve as the primary day to day contact for the general membership of the board (in other words, for all non-executive level members).

Here is the newly formed Executive Leadership of Gen-TV's Board of Directors:

President: Ross Chin
Vice President: Benny Portman
Executive Secretary: Dylan Garretson (chosen by Benny Portman)
Executive Treasurer: Travis Malwell Irons (chosen by Ross Chin)
Executive Assistant to President: Naomi Lakelia Lahoni (chosen by Benny Portman)
Executive Assistant to Vice President: Marjorie Adderson-Harper (chosen by Ross Chin)
Executive Liaison-General Membership: Tyrell Karter "T.K." Washington (elected by members in a 97% victory over opponent Lydia Kelsey-Campbell)

Voting took place at Gen-TV Studios massive Los Angeles compound, which houses its production studios and soundstages, executive offices and the incredible board of directors suites that include a large-scale auditorium allegedly modeled after the United States Senate. Voting began by secret ballot at 2:15pm and was completed by 3:25pm. After secret ballots were all submitted and counted it was time for members to verbally confirm their votes with a simple "yay" or "nay" to confirm their vote was correctly tallied. This process was completed at 5:35pm.

It was clear by 4:26pm that Ross Chin had a clear victory over the other candidates and the outgoing President asked all affected parties to consider conceding. Eva Vargas was the first to call her concession followed by Dylan Garrettson. Benny Portman waited until all votes were confirmed to give his concession speech.

Ross Chin walked to the podium to accept the Presidency and gave a brief speech thanking the candidates for running a clean and ethical campaign and promising to assure that Gen-TV is run in a moral and ethical manner. It was then that he named Benny Portman as his Vice President and Portman rose to thank him and announced Dylan Garretson as his choice for Executive Secretary. The other roles were confirmed later in the week in a company memo that was sent on on Friday.

In addition to running all board meetings; the President of Gen-TV's Board of Directors is the primary figure of authority regarding all of Gen-TV's financial matters and has in recent years become a secondary CEO to the company. For compensation the board President receives an annual salary of just over 526,000 a year plus numerous bonuses, commissions and incentives.

The Vice President receives an annual salary of 410,000 a year; while the other Executive Members all receive salaries ranging from 300,000 at the high end to 110,000 at the low end.

Due to board rules, the Executive Leadership are elected to four-year terms, but must be reconfirmed by a majority of the membership (at least 75%) in two-years or they will not be permitted to finish their four-year term and a new election will be held to fill the role.

jimpickens

02-12-2020, 06:15 AM

It's The Dogs Of War Charlie Brown in this episode he is hired by a mining firm to overthrow a brutal African dictator who is similar to Idi Amin.

yankeesrj12

02-16-2020, 08:59 PM

Monday, February 10, 2020
8- High Times of Denver - SEASON SEVEN PREMIERE - 4.39 million viewers and 0.9 (0.915) A18-49, down three tenths from last years January 2019 season premiere.

830- High Times of Denver - SPECIAL EPISODE / REGULAR TIMESLOT PREMIERE - 4.56 million viewers and 0.9 (0.943) A18-49.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 7.06 million viewers and 1.2 (1.241) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.53 million viewers and 1.2 (1.186) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Blended - SEASON SIX PREMIERE - 5.41 million viewers and 1.0 (0.975) A18-49, down four tenths from its September 2018 season premiere, but in line with its season five average (.96).

930- Life Lessons - 5.26 million viewers and 0.9 (0.938) A18-49, down two tenths from its most recent new episode two weeks ago.

10- TAKEN - 10.83 million viewers and 1.1 (1.059) A18-49, down three tenths from last week.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 9.16 million viewers and 2.5 (2.492) A18-49, up three tenths from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 10.23 million viewers and 1.2 (1.201) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 10.45 million viewers and 1.0 (1.037) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Thursday, February 13, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.03 million viewers and 1.0 (1.025) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Grandparents - 5.75 million viewers and 0.9 (0.924) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.85 million viewers and 1.1 (1.104) A18-49, even with last week.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.82 million viewers and 0.9 (0.922) A18-49, even for the fourth week in a row.

10- Virus - 11.06 million viewers and 4.4 (4.421) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Friday, February 14, 2020
8- Mind of a Hunter - NEW NIGHT AND TIME - 6.21 million viewers and 0.6 (0.603) A18-49, down two tenths from its last new episode on Monday, December 16th.

9- Serve and Protect - 6.95 million viewers and 0.7 (0.684) A18-49, even for the fourth week in a row.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.47 million viewers and 0.6 (0.621) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Saturday, February 15, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.32 million viewers and 0.2 (0.209) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.53 million viewers and 0.2 (0.234) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.42 million viewers and 0.4 (0.417) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

02-17-2020, 12:21 AM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:
Week of Friday, January 10, 2020- Saturday, January 18, 2020:

Friday, January 10:

Gen-TV returned to the airwaves for the new year with new episodes of "7th Heaven" and "Having Faith" (both in new timeslots) and a new season of returning reality series "Switching Places." "7th Heaven" and "Having Faith" both continued to show growth and were in the upper double digits in demos. "Switching Places" returned with significant viewer erosion (likely due to having been off-air nearly a year.)

8pm: 7th Heaven (New; Timeslot Premiere): 23.8 million/13.9 (13.94) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New; Timeslot Premiere): 27.5 million/`17.4 (17.58) 18-49

10: Switching Places (New; Season Premiere): 10.3 million/3.2 (3.21) 18-49

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Saturday, January 11:

Gen-TV's all-new Saturday was a smashing success right out of the gate; with three of the networks strongest dramas all on one-night. "Fugitive Recovery" returned on-par with what it was doing last year; and "The Border Police" was up in demos. "Boston Blues" premiered in a new timeslot and was up in both demos and total viewers.

8pm: Fugitive Recovery (New): 48.5 million/22.3 (22.39) 18-49

9pm: The Border Police (New): 67.5 million/29.3 (29.38) 18-49

10: Boston Blues (New; Timeslot Premiere): 23.2 million/12.8 (12.88) 18-49

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Sunday, January 12:

Gen-TV's first Sunday of 2020 was a mixed bag, but mostly a success. "Making It Work" returned for the final half of its final season to boffo numbers in demos; new comedy "Roomies" was a significant success posting a 6.3 in demos while "Baker's Dozen" returned to strong numbers as well.

New series "Served" was a let-down with a 2.2 in demos while "American Heroes" debuted to 15.6 million viewers and a 6.7 in demos; much lower than the numbers it was expected to get.

8pm: Making It Work (New): 22.9 million/12.2 (12.23) 18-49

830: Roomies (New; Series Premiere): 18.3 million/6.3 (6.38) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New; Timeslot Premiere): 17.4 million/6.2 (6.22) 18-49

930: Seved (New; Series Premiere): 8.3 million/2.2 (2.21) 18-49

10: American Heroes (New; Series Premiere): 15.6 million/6.7 (6.73) 18-49

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Monday, January 13:

Gen-TV's first Monday of 2020 was a big success. "Grand Jury" returned with a new leading man in Dennis Quaid and quickly explained the exit of Anika Noni Rose and returned to 15% higher demos than it got in November.

"Unemployed" was down from it's last original episode while "Our Pet Dragon" was enjoying a new high in demos. New series "Stuck In The Middle" debuted to so-so numbers. "Grounded" was flat week to week.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New; Series Premiere): 12.2 million/3.3 (3.31) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New; Timeslot Premiere): 14.2 million/3.2 (3.21) 18-49

9: Grounded (New): 11.2 million/4.4 (4.42) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New; Timeslot Premiere): 38.4 million/18.7 (18.73) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 20.3 million/13.3 (13.4) 18-49

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Tuesday, January 14:

Gen-TV's Tuesday was a blow-out smashing success; "CIA: New York" was up in its timeslot premiere and nearly tripled the timeslot average from where "Medical Center" left-off. A new drama called "Feds" got off to a smashing start with a 8.5 in demos and "Deadly Visions" showed no signs of slowing down with a 13.8 in demos.

8pm: CIA: New York (New; Timeslot Premiere): 28.3 million/16.6 (16.62) 18-49

9pm: Feds (New; Series Premiere): 16.7 million/8.5 (8.53) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New): 30.4 million/13.8 (13.87) 18-49

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Wednesday, January 15:

Gen-TV's Wednesday was another big success for the network; "Bless Your Heart" in a new timeslot was steady over its last original episode while "The Boss Lady" in its new timeslot was up in demos; "Every Other Weekend" was down in demos but solid in total viewers. "Cafe Oddity" on a new night was up in all measurements. "Celebrity Cooking Battles: All-Stars" debuted to strong ratings.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New; Timeslot Premiere): 27.4 million/18.4 (18.45) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (New; Timeslot Premiere): 13.2 million/5.4 (5.48) 18-49

9: Every Other Weekend (New; Timeslot Premiere): 12.3 million/3.2 (3.25) 18-49

930: Cafe Oddity (New; Timeslot Premiere): 27.4 million/20.1 (20.16) 18-49

10: Celebrity Cooking Battles (New; Season Premiere): 22.3 million/7.3 (7.34) 18-49

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Thursday, January 16:

Gen-TV had a runaway success on Thursday night with "Ready To Wear" posting double digit increases in demos and "Kate & Ali" returning in top form. New comedy "Motherhood: The Series" premiered to fantastic ratings, netting a 10.5 in demos. A companion series "The Truth About Birth" debuted to softer ratings (netting a 4.6 in demos) and new series "Discography" debuted to stellar ratings and luminous reviews.

8pm: Ready To Wear (New): 40.1 million/30.4 (30.45) 18-49

830: Kate & Ali (New): 30.4 million/20.4 (20.48) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (New; Series Premiere): 19.4 million/10.5 (10.58) 18-49

930: The Truth ABout Birth (New; Series Premiere): 9.4 million/4.6 (4.67) 18-49

10: Discography (New; Series Premiere): 17.3 million/8.9 (8.95) 18-49

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Friday, January 17:

Gen-TV's second Friday of 2020 was a stellar success. "7th Heaven" was steady in total viewers and up in demos. "Having Faith" netted a 17.9 in demos, up from last week and was also up in total viewers. "Switching Places" improved in demos shooting up to a 5.8 in demos.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 24.7 million/14.5 (14.57) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 30.2 million/`17.9 (17.94) 18-49

10: Switching Places (New): 14.3 million/5.8 (5.87) 18-49

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Saturday, January 18:

Gen-TV's second Saturday of 2020 was another big success. The big news was that "Boston Blues" was up in demos to a 16.6 (nearly returning to its numbers from last season). "Fugitive Recovery" and "The Border Police" were both runaway successes as usual.

8pm: Fugitive Recovery (New): 50.2 million/26.3 (26.36) 18-49

9pm: The Border Police (New): 60.2 million/30.8 (30.87) 18-49

10: Boston Blues (New): 27.2 million/16.6 (16.68) 18-49

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Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Week of Sunday, January 19-25, 2020:

Sunday, January 19:

Gen-TV's second Sunday of 2020 was a decidedly less impressive outing than a week prior. Nearly every series was down in total viewers, and some in demos. "Served" lost a significant portion of its total viewers, dropping down to 6.4 million viewers, and dropped to a 1.6 in demos. "American Heroes" also dropped in demos to a 5.4 and also lost a huge portion of its total audience.

"Making It Work" was down slightly in demos, but otherwise solid. "Roomies" was down in total viewers but was up in demos. "Baker's Dozen" was basically solid week to week.

8pm: Making It Work (New): 21.3 million/11.4 (11.42) 18-49

830: Roomies (New): 17.54 million/6.7 (6.76) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New): 16.3 million/6.1 (6.13) 18-49

930: Seved (New): 6.4 million/1.6 (1.62) 18-49

10: American Heroes (New): 12.1 million/5.4 (5.42) 18-49

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Monday, January 20:

The second Monday of 2020 for Gen-TV proved to be a real winner. "Stuck in the Middle" was up in both total viewers and demos, proving to be a surprise success. "Unemployed" was the only cause for concern with a drop in both demos and total viewers. "Grounded" was up in both demos and total viewers (but still is likely on the bubble for next season). "Our Pet Dragon" was down in demos and total viewers, but still it posted a 12.7 in demos. "Grand Jury" was another surprise success, posting gains in demos and total viewers in excess of 25% each.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New): 13.1 million/3.6 (3.69) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New): 13.1 million/2.4 (2.41) 18-49

9: Grounded (New): 11.8 million/4.8 (4.83) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New): 31.2 million/12.7 (12.86) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 24.1 million/13.9 (13.9) 18-49

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Tuesday, January 21:

With the exception of "CIA: New York" which declined week to week, Gen-TV's Tuesday night was strong. "Feds" improved upon its debut a week earlier and "Deadly Visions" also increased over last week.

8pm: CIA: New York (New): 20.87 million/15.8 (15.83) 18-49

9pm: Feds (New): 20.8 million/9.7 (9.75) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New): 27.4 million/14.8 (14.47) 18-49

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Wednesday, January 22:

All of the series on Gen-TV's Wednesday were down week to week; both in total viewers and also in demos. The most startling drop was "Every Other Weekend" which dropped to a 2.1 in demos (a series low). "Bless Your Heart" also dropped in demos to a 15.1, a bit of a cause for worry.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New): 23.2 million/15.1 (15.13) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (New): 12.1 million/4.4 (4.46) 18-49

9: Every Other Weekend (New): 10.1 million/2.1 (2.13) 18-49

930: Cafe Oddity (New): 22.8 million/12.1 (12.13) 18-49

10: Celebrity Cooking Battles (New): 16.7 million/4.5 (4.32) 18-49

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Thursday, January 23:

Gen-TV's Thursday was a mixed bag, while the majority of the shows were down week to week; all were basically on-par with their normal averages. "Kate & Ali" and "Ready To Wear" are basically tied in demos.

8pm: Ready To Wear (New): 24.6 million/20.1 (20.16) 18-49

830: Kate & Ali (New): 27.2 million/20.1 (20.14) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (New): 16.4 million/10.1 (10.13) 18-49

930: The Truth About Birth (New): 9.1 million/4.2 (4.21) 18-49

10: Discography (New): 16.2 million/8.1 (8.15) 18-49

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Friday, January 24:

Gen-TV's Friday night was another big success. "Having Faith" was up in demos to a 18.3 and "7th Heaven" with a 15.5 was also up in demos. "Switching Places" posted a 6.3 in demos, which is a slight increase.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 23.4 million/15.5 (15.54) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 32 million/`18.3 (18.32) 18-49

10: Switching Places (New): 15.4 million/6.3 (6.38) 18-49

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Saturday, January 25:

While "Fugitive Recovery" and "The Border Police" were down in total viewers and demos, both still posted more than respectable numbers. "Boston Blues" defied the odds and is steady week to week.

8pm: Fugitive Recovery (New): 40.2 million/19.2 (19.23) 18-49

9pm: The Border Police (New): 54.2 million/27.2 (27.21) 18-49

10: Boston Blues (New): 21.3 million/16.8 (16.87) 18-49

Gen-TV Programming Notes:

Starting Sunday, January 26th and ending on Sunday, February 9th, Gen-TV programming is on a planned hiatus. Original programming will return Sunday, February 9th. Ratings for the week of Sunday, February 9th will be posted the following week (sometime after February 22nd).

factsoflife

02-17-2020, 01:05 AM

jimpickens

02-19-2020, 03:11 AM

Score Charlie Brown after years of rejection he's manged to wrangle a foursome with the redhead gal Peppermint Patti and Marcy in a two parter concluding with You Got The Crabs Charlie Brown.

yankeesrj12

02-23-2020, 12:17 AM

Sunday, February 16, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - SEASON FOUR PREMIERE - 5.35 million viewers and 0.9 (0.874) A18-49, down a tenth from its fall premiere (and in line with the .856 season three average).

9- Asylum - SERIES PREMIERE - 4.07 million viewers and 0.6 (0.585) A18-49. Overall, this is a pretty rough debut number, but YTN will likely let it play out a few episodes before making any decisions.

10- Day in the Life - SEASON THREE PREMIERE - 4.02 million viewers and 0.5 (0.543) A18-49, down four tenths from its season two premiere in September 2018 (.894). This is not a series low, however, as the show slipped as low as .528 in season two before rebounding to .829 two weeks later. YTN has always been behind the show, and it didn't have a great lead in, unlike last season.

Monday, February 17, 2020
8- High Times of Denver - 3.96 million viewers and 0.7 (0.721) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks premiere to a new series low.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.13 million viewers and 0.7 (0.742) A18-49, even with the 8 o'clock episode. The series will air two more episodes next week, before settling into its permanent timeslot at 830.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.21 million viewers and 1.0 (1.013) A18-49, down two tenths from last week to a new series low.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.97 million viewers and 1.0 (0.967) A18-49, down two tenths from last week to a new series low.

9- Blended - 5.04 million viewers and 0.9 (0.866) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

930- Life Lessons - 4.86 million viewers and 0.8 (0.843) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 10.96 million viewers and 1.1 (1.084) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 8.85 million viewers and 2.1 (2.106) A18-49, down four tenths from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 10.01 million viewers and 1.1 (1.059) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 10.20 million viewers and 1.0 (1.002) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, February 20, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 5.85 million viewers and 0.9 (0.896) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Grandparents - 5.34 million viewers and 0.8 (0.835) A18-49, down a tenth from last week to a new low.

9- Full Time Mom - 5.97 million viewers and 0.9 (0.923) A18-49, down two tenths from last week to a new series low.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.14 million viewers and 0.8 (0.839) A18-49, down a tenth from last week to a new series low.

10- Virus - 10.13 million viewers and 3.9 (3.935) A18-49, down five tenths from last week. The season finale airs next week and looks unlikely to see a new series high for the fifth finale in a row.

Friday, February 21, 2020
8- Mind of a Hunter - 5.86 million viewers and 0.5 (0.491) A18-49, down a tenth from last week to a new series low.

9- Serve and Protect - 5.92 million viewers and 0.5 (0.504) A18-49, down two tenths from last week to a new series low.

10- Cops of Miami - 5.36 million viewers and 0.5 (0.453) A18-49, down a tenth from last week to a new series low (and a very ugly result).

Saturday, February 22, 2020
8- Moving Down - 1.58 million viewers and 0.1 (0.136) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - 1.45 million viewers and 0.1 (0.125) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 3.15 million viewers and 0.2 (0.234) A18-49, down two tenths from last week to a new series low.

factsoflife

02-24-2020, 01:14 AM

A Hollywood Insider Report
---Gen-TV Scorecard: Where Gen-TV Faves Stand

It's almost March and the current TV season is only a few months away from ending, so it's time for Hollywood Insider to figure out how the standing of your Gen-TV favorites. In other words, which series are likely to return and which are headed for the toss bin.

To make it easy we've ranked them in three distinct categories: "Renewal", "Cancellation" and "50/50". Series marked as "Renewal" are likely to be renewed or have already been renewed for next season; while the opposite is true for series marked "Cancellation" and "50/50" is for series that honestly could go either way or that it's just too soon to determine. For each series we'll give a brief summary of why it is ranked that way.

For the sake of clarity, this list reflects only series currently on the Gen-TV schedule and does not include any series which are not currently airing or that are upcoming. It only includes series present on the current schedule.

Okay, lets go:

RENEWAL:

"Baker's Dozen": This series has become a bonafide success for Gen-TV after being retooled as a epic male on male romance instead of a family sitcom. It traded two female characters (and a bunch of kids) for Chris Colfer and has become one of the most sophisticated and stylish comedies on TV. It's raking in the viewers and is most likely being renewed.

"Our Pet Dragon": Moving from kid-friendly fare to a raunchy, frat-boy style of comedy has been a winning move for this show. It has a devoted and large fanbase and is almost certainly returning for another season.

"Grand Jury": This freshmen drama recently traded out Anika Noni Rose for Dennis Quaid and ratings seem stable. It is averaging more than 20 million viewers weekly and looks to be a sure-thing for a renewal.

"CIA: New York": Another freshmen drama that is generating superb numbers. It has proven itself as a series that can anchor a night, and is likely to be around another season.

"Deadly Visions": This veteran drama has already been given a multiple season renewal and is going to stay put on Gen-TV for a long time.

"Bless Your Heart": Gen-TV's freshmen comedy triumph is certain to be renewed for a second season. It boasts generous critical reviews, strong demographics and a mega-star in Cardi B!

"The Boss Lady": Kristen Wiig is a triumph in this comedy and it generates fantastic ratings. It is likely to be renewed.

"Cafe Oddity": With strong ratings (it averages just over 24 million viewers an episode) it is clearly headed for a renewal.

"Ready To Wear": This one is a no-brainer, the hilarious retail comedy is among Gen-TV's most popular series and is going to be around another season; and probably longer.

"Kate & Ali": This one is another easy answer: It will be back next season and most likely for many seasons more.

"Motherhood: The Series": We're not just being generous by saying its getting luminous reviews and excellent ratings. It's actually true! The series currently averages a 93% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 79% on Metacritic. It is averaging 23 million viewers per episode and is likely to be renewed.

"Discography": This unique reality series is brand new take on a music biography series has generated acceptable ratings. It is more likely to be renewed than cancelled.

"7th Heaven": There is no way this heavenly series gets cancelled. It is a sure thing for renewal.

"Having Faith": This series is absolutely getting renewed. No question about it.

"Fugitive Recovery": This is among Gen-TV's most popular series; it is a shoo-in for renewal; but contractual negotiations could be a factor in a delayed renewal as several cast members are up for new contracts and could be asking for larger salaries.

"The Border Police": It would be a pretty big shock if this series wasn't renewed as it rates among TV's top-rated series. contractual negotiations have been ongoing for awhile and there are no signs of danger for this show.

"Cancellation":

"Severed": This freshmen comedy is already cancelled. It will not return.

"American Heroes": This limited series will not return for a second season.

"Every Other Weekend: This veteran comedy will end its run at the end of the season and will not return.

"The Truth About Birth: True Stories of Motherhood": This companion piece to "Motherhood: The Series" hasn't generated nearly the same ratings as its comedic counterpart and isn't likely to be renewed.

"Switching Places": With a nearly 40% drop in demos from last season, this reality series isn't likely to return for a third season.

"50/50":

"Roomies": It's simply too soon to make a decision on this comedy.

"Stuck In The Middle": There just isn't enough ratings data to calculate yet.

"Unemployed": Once a solid hit this series has dipped in recent episodes and may have already peaked. It could truly go either way.

"Grounded": This series is the definition of a utility player and renewal may come down to the last minute. It could go either way.

"Feds": There is a strong case to be made for a renewal, but the truth is that this series could go either way. We'll just have to wait and see.

"Boston Blues": Though it has seemingly recovered from a massive ratings loss at the start of the season, the question remains if that is enough to keep it on the schedule next season or if cancellation is the obvious answer. Either scenario seems just as likely.

factsoflife

02-26-2020, 05:23 AM

A Hollywood Now Report:
---Gen-TV's 2020 Pilot Season

Gen-TV has been unusually quiet about their development cycle for the 2020-2021 TV season, with only a few minor pieces of information being released. Hollywood Now decided it was time to investigate and see what we could find out and boy did we ever gather information. What follows is the compilation of our findings after researching and interviewing Gen-TV development executives over the last six weeks.

"What We Already Knew":

We already knew that Gen-TV would be going into the 2020-2021 season without some very key players. Veteran comedies "Zendaya", "Unlikely Family", "Hart of Family", "Every Other Weekend" and "Making It Work" will all be absent from the schedule, as they have all completed their series runs. The first three finished production in 2019 and aired their last episodes in December of that year. The latter two completed production in the first-half of 2020 and will air their finale episodes in May 2020.

Also gone is veteran drama "American Family" which has been cancelled after three seasons, due to creative reasons. Another huge series, "Selling Out" will also be missing as that series moves to Stream-ME in May and will air a final season sometime in late 2020.

"Shift Towards Adult Comedy":

Since the launch of "Ready to Wear" in 2018, Gen-TV has slowly been shifting its comedy development away from "family sitcoms" and more towards comedies aimed at adult audiences. Particularly those that would appeal to the specific demographic of Females, Aged 21-45. "The key demographic we look for is females between 21 and 45 years of age, as they are likely to have the most disposable income to spend on products from our sponsors" explained Sherri Rhys, a top-level development executive within Gen-TV.

She explained further "Gen-TV's most successful comedies were historically comedies aimed at an upscale audience, usually viewers in their mid-20's to early 30's; often working professionals." "Series that follow that trend included Boyfriends, Doctor/Patient and of course, Making It Work." Those series and several other like it were very popular and generated a lot of revenue for Gen-TV; but as they aged and got cancelled they were often replaced with less expensive sitcoms; often aimed at a much younger audience. "Those sitcoms, which we internally called our TGIF knock-offs had very little support internally from executives but proved to be capable of sustaining us until we found something better." It was the launch of "Selling Out" that got executives thinking about making a shift, but with only that show and "Every Other Weekend" standing out from the pack it was a risky proposition "until 2018 when we launched Ready to Wear and Kate & Ali and both were instant successes." "That shifted the parameters and we knew we'd have to refocus our development on upscale adult comedy."

Further proving that instincts were correct, another 2018 debut "Cafe Oddity" debuted to similarly strong numbers as "Kate & Ali" and "Ready To Wear" and has maintained that success. Comedy development for Gen-TV is likely to focus on comedies featuring 20 or 30-something adults in the workplace or focusing on their personal lives. The outlier on the schedule is "Cafe Oddity" which struck a chord by featuring lead characters in their 50's and 60's; and featuring an entirely female cast. You'll likely see numerous Gen-TV pilots featuring demographics often underrepresented on TV.

"Reality TV":

A trend to look out for is that reality TV will be used to try and reach the previously unreachable demographic of Males aged 18 to 30, which hasn't always been easy for Gen-TV to reach. "Past attempts have failed in huge ways and we're always hesitant to try because it is a demographic that can be very fickle and hard to please."

One way the network has reached that demographic in recent years is through their profitable and popular reality TV franchise "High School Diaries" which chronicles a year in the life of high school students in various grades. The first installment in that series "High School Diaries: Freshmen Year" was a bonafide smash success when it debuted in January 2018 and a second installment called "High School Diaries: Sophomore Year" was able to match that popularity of the original. "We're looking at that franchise as a template for future programming and have several ideas that may work."

Reality programming has always been a struggle for Gen-TV, they've had some high profile successes, but just as many embarrasing failures along the way. "I think we've learned from our past misfires and won't be repeating those same mistakes again." The biggest reality flops Gen-TV has had were shows that "strayed too far from our demographic or just hit at the wrong time." One such series featuring Lady Gaga nearly bankrupted the company when "Search For The Next Great Monster" hit at a time that Lady Gaga's popularity was plummeting and reality competition series were reaching a saturation point with viewers; and "well nobody tuned in, and it was an expensive flop." Gen-TV didn't attempt reality TV again for several years after that and instead concentrated on sitcoms and crime procedurals.

In the last two years, reality has been a big hit for Gen-TV, with "Switching Places" hitting a high point. Gen-TV will likely be looking to replicate the success of that series.

"New Programming":

Among the high-profile pilots currently in contention for next season are "Biological", a family drama about a five strangers who discover they are siblings after taking an at-home DNA test. The pilot is from Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser who co-created "Sisters", which is among Gen-TV's biggest hits ever. A sequel to "One of These Days", a classic Gen-TV drama is also in development and would potentially feature cast members from the original series.

A pilot called "Guest Quarters" that is set in a Youth Hostel is also in development and is said to feature "a horror inspired twist." "Snitcher" a drama about criminal informants is also in the works and so is a drama set in a Narcotics Unit of the LAPD. Drama pilots focused on US Marshalls, US Customers and a Swat Team are also in variou stages of development. Another pilot getting a lot of attention is a pilot about "a woman who finally cuts ties with her emotionally toxic family." Pilots set in a mental hospital and a conspiracy drama set in the airline industry are also hot commodities right now.

Gen-TV is said to be focusing extensively on drama and reality development this season with comedy being of lesser importance. "Gen-TV is very happy with the sitcoms they have right now, none of their sitcoms will be older than three seasons and all feel fresh and timely."

Source also tell us that "limited series" are a top priority right now as they had some success this season with "If Hillary Had Won" and "Maria's Quinceanera"; but ultimately their gold standard limited series remains "Love Affair" which finished its final season in 2019 and earned its highest ratings ever and swept the Best of TV Awards. "We're looking for series that feel fresh and innovative and have something important to say."

factsoflife

02-27-2020, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted By Factsoflife on 8/27/2019

Gen-TV Cancels 1, Renews Another:
---Say goodbye to Summer Share

Gen-TV has canceled freshmen summer dramedy "Summer Share" after one season. The dramedy starring Tamera Mowry-Housley, Matthew Lawrence, Hillary Duff and Drake Bell will not return for a second season after suffering ratings losses nearly every week since it's debut.

The series debuted in June to 12.3 million viewers and a 4.4 in demos and has since seen numbers drop 6.8 million and a 2.1 in demos. Additionally, the series suffered from the worst critical reviews Gen-TV has seen in years with a score of 80% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 10% on Metacritic.

In happier news, Gen-TV is pleased to confirm they have renewed veteran anthology drama "The Hardest Goodbye" for a sixth and seventh season. Currently in its fifth season, it has averaged a strong 20 million viewers and a 5.8 in demos. It will likely return next summer for it's sixth season and the seventh likely to air in summer 2021.

Gen-TV Renewal News:
--Two Summer Series Renewed

Gen-TV is rewarding a high performing summer series, "Climb The Pyramid" with a renewal for next season. Averaging 24 million viewers and a 4.5 in demos this summer, the game show will return for a fourth season in summer 2020. Gen-TV saved the series in 2017 after it was cancelled by YTN and after some tweaks in game play, rules and the addition of new hosts it became a bonafide success story for the network.

Gen-TV is also given a rather unexpected renewal for "Soapless: Life After Daytime" which had a rocky season this summer in which ratings seriously ebbed and flowed. It will return for it's fourth season next summer as well. The reality docudrama follows the lives and careers of soap opera actors after they leave daytime or when their soap opera is cancelled. This season profiled well known soap opera actors Bree Williamson, Peter Reckell, Michael Dietz, Melissa Archer, Beth Ehlers and Alicia Minshew.

No decision has been made on the rest of Gen-TV summer programs, "Without Borders", "Summer Heat: The Resort" or "Breaking Blue" though all three are expected to be renewed a formal decision has not yet been announced.

Gen-TV Summer News:
--Network Renews Three, Cancels One

Although it is still months away, Gen-TV has made some final decisions about its remaining summer programming for summer 2020. First the bad news, Gen-TV has cancelled "Summer Heat: The Resort" a soapy anthology series that was to take on a different cast and storyline each season. However, the ratings for the show were unimpressive and it generated very little publicity for the network.

Now the good news, Gen-TV has renewed three other series for new seasons. "Atlanta Medical", "Breaking Blue" and "Without Borders" will all return. "Atlanta Medical" and "Breaking Blue" will return for their second seasons and "Without Borders", a hit reality series will return for its fourth.

"Breaking Blue" was a surprise hit last summer, averaging 22.3 million viewers per episode and generating an unexpected amount of positive press for the show which was praised for its diverse characters and sensitive portrayal of teenage issues. "Atlanta Medical" was a ratings winner, but wasn't a big critical success. It will return but is expected to undergo some casting changes. The first of which has already been announced; Priyanka Chopra will depart the series before the second season begins filming. The change is in part due to storyline needs and partly due to scheduling issues.

They join previously renewed series "The Hardest Goodbye", "Soapless: Life After Daytime", "Climb The Pyramid" and its spin-off "Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition."

Gen-TV is in the middle of starting to plan its summer schedule and a formal announcement is expected within the next two months.

jimpickens

02-27-2020, 04:12 AM

This weeks episode of the Charlie Brown Chronicles was not aired due to reviewing of ratings to determine whether it will continue so this weeks running was an repeat of the pilot.

factsoflife

03-01-2020, 11:14 PM

factsoflife

03-01-2020, 11:43 PM

Gen-TV Daytime News:
--Network Cancels Talk Show

Gen-TV has officially cancelled struggling daytime talk show "Jenny & Sherri" as ratings hit an all-time low in February. The freshmen talker has never caught on with the public, and recently posted a 0.04 in the important Females 18-35 demographic. That is a loss of nearly 94.5% since it launched last fall.

Starring Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd the show has struggled to find its voice and its core premise; initially avoiding political discussion the show recently started hosting roundtable discussions on political topics including vaccines and immigration and ratings tumbled. Even worse, the show garnered some of the worst reviews a daytime talk show has ever gotten with words like "stupid", "mind numbingly misinformed" and "infuriatingly ignorant" being used to describe its hosts and its messaging. A recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times blasted the duo as "single handedly the most vapid, shallow, uninformed, willfully ignorant and disturbing liars on television" and as "outside of Fox News, the most dangerous purveyors of misinformation on television." Another reviewer likened the show to "Fake News personified and given the stamp of approval from a major broadcast network that otherwise prides itself on inclusion and progressivism."

The series is being pulled from the schedule immediately and production has been suspended indefinitely. Furthermore, in a clear and decisive move Gen-TV has also terminated its long-term contracts with both hosts stating "We are simply not interested in working with Jenny or Sherri anymore. Not in this project and not in any other projects."

Gen-TV is replacing "Jenny & Sherri" with a brand new cooking show called "Morning Bites"; which will feature "mouth watering, decadent and appetizing breakfast and brunch meals that the home cook can whip up in minutes to look like a professional chef." However, sources tell us that the daytime lineup will be moved around to allow "Morning Bites" to kick off the daytime schedule at 9am. "Family Court" will move into the 2pm timeslot vacated by "Jenny & Sherri."

In response to the cancellation neither Jenny or Sherri have issued any public statement, although McCarthy did post on her Instagram a picture of her and Shepherd on the set of the show with the caption "Missing You Already." A source close to McCarthy tells Hollywood Insider that "Jenny is very upset about the cancellation of the show, but is taking it in stride. She is a professional who has been in this business since she was in her 20's."

Truthfully, the inclusion of this show on Gen-TV was always an odd choice and it always felt like a bizarre outlier on a network that is otherwise deliberately progressive in its programming choices. It was a stark contrast to other Gen-TV daytime programs like the critically acclaimed "3Girls2Gays" which is literally centered around the opinions of twenty-something women and gay men; demographics that "Jenny & Sherri" actively seemed to repel with their regressive and uninformed stances.

MikeLutton

03-02-2020, 12:42 AM

Monday Through Friday Morning Line Up

CRGTV WE Got it All.Classic tv 247.

6:00am Leave It to Beaver

6:30am My Three Sonss

7:00am Mama's Family

7:30am Carol Burrnett Show

8:00am Gimme A Break

8:30am 227

9:00am Good Times

9:30am Maude

10:00am Archie'Bunkers Place

10:30am Cheers

11:00am Mel's Diner

11:30am Its'A Living
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Afternoon Line Up

12:00pm Bob Newhart Show

12:30pm Newhart

1:00pm Mary Tyler Moore Show

1:30pm Rhoda

2:00pm Soap

2:30pm Benson

3:00pm Diff'Rent Strokes

3:30pm Silver Spoons

4:00pm Happy Days

4:30pm Laverne & Shirley

5:00pm The Odd Couple

5:30pm Mork & Mindy

6:00pm Three's Company

6:30pm Too Close For Comfort

7:00pm One Day At A Time

7:30pm Maude
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Weeknight Schedule

8:00pm Family Ties

8:30pm All in The Family

9:00pm The Honeymooners

9:30pm The Jeffersons

10:00pm Barney Miller

10:30pm Night Court

11:00pm WKRP in Cincinnati

11:30pm Taxi
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Late Night Schedule

12:00am Married With Children

12:30am Martin

1:00am Cheers

1:30am Frasier

2:00am Dear John

2:30am John Larroquette Show

3:00am Dave's World

3:30am Heart's Afair

4:00am Wings

4:30am Wings

5:00am Hazal

5:30am Leave it to Beaver
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Saturday Weekend Schedule

6:00am Petticoat Junction

6:30am Flying Nun

7:00am Gilligan's Island

7:30am Gidget

8:00am Happy Days

8:30am Charles In Charge

9:00am Growing Pains

9:30am Just The Ten Of Us

10:00am Mork & Mindy

10:30am ALF

11:00am Laverne & Shirley

11:30am I love Lucy
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Saturday Afternoon Schedule

12:00pm Fresh Prince Of Bel Air

12:30pm Bloosom

1:00pm ALF

1:30pm Hogan Family

2:00pm Empty Nest

2:30pm Golden Girls

3:00pm Perfect Strangers

3:30pm Family Matters

4:00pm Boy Meets World

4:30pm Step By Step

5:00pm Charles In Charge

5:30pm Who's The Boss

6:00pm Gimme A Break

6:30pm Mr Belvedere

7:00pm Night Court

7:30pm Cheers

Saturday Late Night Weekend Line Up
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Saturday\Late Night Line Up

8:00pm Magnum Pi

9:00pm Miami Vice

10:00pm Simon & Simon

11:00pm Knight Rider
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Late Night Schedule

12:00am Dear John

12:30am John Larroquette Show

1:00am Heart's Afair

1:30am Dave's World

2:00am Spin City

2:30am Newsradio

3:00am Benson

3:30am Sports Night

4:00am Frasier

4:30am Wings

5:00am Addams Family

5:30am The Munsters
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Sunday Morning Weekend Schedule
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6:00am I Dream Of Jeannie

6:30am Bewitched

7:30am Garfield n Friends

8:00am Inspector Gadget

8:30am Super Mario Bros Supershow

9:00am TransformersG1

9:30am TransformersG2

10:00am Voltron Defender Of The Universe

10:30am Gi Joe Real American Hero

11:00am He Man-And The Masters Of The Universe

11:30am She Ra Princess Of Power
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Sunday Afternoon Schedule

12:00pm Gilligan's Island

12:30pm Gilligan's Island

1:00pm Gidget

1:30pm Gidget

2:00pm Flying Nun

2:30pm Flying Nun

3:00pm Hogan's Heroes

3:30pm Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C

4:00pm Beverly Hillbillies

4:30pm Green Acers

5:00pm The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

5:30pm My Favorite Martian

6:00pm Gilligan's Island

6:30pm Gilligan's Island

7:00pm Gidget

7:30pm Gidget
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Sunday Night Line Up

8:00pm A-Team

9:00pm Airwolf

10:00pm Macgyver

11:00pm Hardcastle & Miccormick
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Late Night Line Up.

12:00am Knight Rider

1:00am Incredible Hulk

2:00am V The Series

3:00am A-Team

4:00am Airwolf

5:00am Beverly Hillbillies

5:30am Green Acers

factsoflife

03-02-2020, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by Factsoflife on 11/29/19:

Mallory's Reunion To Top February Sweeps

---Mallory's Coming To February

First announced way back in 2018, a much anticipated "Mallory's of Jefferson County" reunion telefilm will be the marquee event for Gen-TV's February sweeps period this season. Gen-TV has set a February 11th premiere for the six-part event series which will reunite the principal cast of "Mallory's of Jefferson County" and air over six consecutive nights starting Tuesday, February 11th and concluding Sunday, February 16th, 2020.

The majority of the cast from the original series will appear in the event series; as the entire cast is contractually obligated to appear in it as part of their original contract with the series, which requires them to appear in a specific number of films following the series run.

Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but sources say "It will be the wildest and most memorable Mallory's story ever."

Gen-TV News:
Scheduling News
Mallory's Pushed To April

A planned reunion mini-series for "Mallory's of Jefferson County" (the most popular show in Gen-TV history) has been pushed from a planned February launch to April. Fans were eagerly anticipating the scheduled February 11th premiere of the six-part limited series, but were confused as to what happened when February 11th came and went without it airing.

Gen-TV representatives cited "scheduling conflicts" as the reason why the premiere was delayed and confirmed to Hollywood Insider "We have moved the launch of this incredible and epic limited series event to April so that the final several episodes will air within the May sweeps period." "And believe me it is going to be worth the wait, as the producers have cooked up an absolutely unbelievable story that will leave everybody shaken to their cores."

Gen-TV is going to announcing their full April 2020 schedule within the next few weeks and "Mallory's" is likely to be mentioned heavily during that announcement.

yankeesrj12

03-03-2020, 12:45 AM

Sunday, February 23, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.01 million viewers and 0.8 (0.832) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Asylum - 4.06 million viewers and 0.5 (0.535) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks series premiere.

10- Day in the Life - 3.83 million viewers and 0.5 (0.504) A18-49, even with last weeks season premiere.

Monday, February 24, 2020
8- High Times of Denver - 3.86 million viewers and 0.7 (0.713) A18-49, even with last week.

830- High Times of Denver - 3.97 million viewers and 0.7 (0.728) A18-49, even with the 8 o'clock episode. The series will settle into its permanent timeslot at 830 next week.

9- CIA Files - 11.69 million viewers and 1.5 (1.520) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode in January.

10- Newsflash - SECOND SEASON PREMIERE - 5.96 million viewers and 0.7 (0.731) A18-49, down a tenth from its series premiere, but up a tenth from the season one finale in May 2019. Overall, this is a pretty mediocre performance given the awful retention from its lead in (even if they are incompatible). An 0.6 average was enough to score the series a second season, so it may be enough this time around too.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.69 million viewers and 1.1 (1.135) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks series low.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.55 million viewers and 1.1 (1.123) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks series low.

9- Blended - 5.07 million viewers and 0.9 (0.865) A18-49, even with last week.

930- Life Lessons - 4.72 million viewers and 0.8 (0.839) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN - 11.63 million viewers and 1.2 (1.214) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 9.25 million viewers and 2.3 (2.286) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 10.42 million viewers and 1.1 (1.101) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 10.53 million viewers and 1.0 (1.039) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, February 27, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.29 million viewers and 1.1 (1.057) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

830- Grandparents - 5.87 million viewers and 1.0 (1.001) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks low.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.93 million viewers and 1.2 (1.183) A18-49, up three tenths from last weeks series low.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.95 million viewers and 1.0 (1.014) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks series low.

10- Virus - SEASON FINALE - 11.29 million viewers and 4.6 (4.563) A18-49, up seven tenths from last weeks season low.

Friday, February 28, 2020
8- Mind of a Hunter - 6.03 million viewers and 0.5 (0.543) A18-49, even with last weeks low.

9- Serve and Protect - 6.26 million viewers and 0.6 (0.577) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.12 million viewers and 0.6 (0.564) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Saturday, February 29, 2020
8- Moving Down - SEASON FINALE - 2.04 million viewers and 0.2 (0.196) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - SEASON FINALE - 2.11 million viewers and 0.2 (0.202) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.02 million viewers and 0.4 (0.395) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks series low.

jimpickens

03-03-2020, 05:20 PM

Well the verdict's in the Charlie Brown Chronicles is a go apparently allot of people get the quirky satire and homage to men's adventure books and action/ adventure movies of the 80's so to celebrate we bring to you Hang'em High Charlie Brown a neo western theme where Chuck is out west hunting down a black market horse meat/ cocaine/ human trafficking ring all guns a blazing in this rip roaring 2 hour special.

factsoflife

03-03-2020, 07:33 PM

yankeesrj12

03-03-2020, 10:07 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN RENEWS "MOTHER & DAUGHTER" FOR THREE SEASONS - WILL CONCLUDE ITS RUN IN MAY 2023
YTN announced that Mother & Daughter, the longest running comedy in network history, will extend its historic run by three additional seasons. The three season order will bring the show to 12 seasons, and will amass somewhere around 311 episodes. YTN confirmed the next two seasons will contain 26 episodes each, but have not yet confirmed the episode order for season 12.

In announcing the three season order, YTN also confirmed the show will conclude its run in May 2023 - after airing its twelfth season.

The YTN President says, "Mother & Daughter debuted in the fall of 2011, and was one of the first comedies to air on our network. We are excited to add at least 70 episodes to its run by the end of 2023. Everyone on the cast and crew is thrilled to get back to work for the next three years and wrap this phenomenal show up with an incredible ending."

factsoflife

03-05-2020, 08:10 PM

Breaking News:
--Gen-TV Axes "Boston Blues", Plus "Promise" returning

Gen-TV has announced two huge pieces of news today, the first is sad news. Gen-TV has officially cancelled "Boston Blues", the sophomore police drama lost nearly 70% of its audience season-to-season and despite a small rebound in the last three months it was simply "too little, too late" said Gen-TV Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson. "Season two will be the final season of Boston Blues" she announced "It has been cancelled and will not be returning next season."

Debuting in 2018 with a cast that included James Van Der Beek and Poppy Montgomery, the series was an instant smash and won numerous awards that season. However ratings for the series were down at the start of season two and despite some rebound, it wasn't enough to save the show.

Now, for other more positive news Gen-TV is officially confirming the buzzy news that beloved daytime soap opera "Promise of Tomorrow" will return to Gen-TV in 2020! The popular daytime soap aired on Gen-TV from 2014 through 2016 and produced over three thousand episodes and won the Harper Everett Award (what is now the Best of TV Award) every year it was on. It also won the Daytime Emmy for Best Drama Series every year it was on. The series was a instant success, becoming the first daytime soap in history to knock "Young & Restless" out of the #1 spot and was a solid success. However, the exit of creator Maria Arena Bell from the show in 2016 resulted in unpopular storylines and the loss of key characters. Viewers tuned out in droves and the show was cancelled in 2016.

Gen-TV President Margo Danbury said "Since it left the air we have been getting thousand upon thousand of letters, emails and social media messages begging us to bring back Promise of Tomorrow and we've decided now is the right time." "It is the only soap opera we've ever aired that became a cultural success and impacted viewers lives in a big way." "We are proud to announce the return of Promise of Tomorrow for Fall 2020!"

Details about casting haven't been announced just yet nor is there any word on if creator Maria Arena Bell will return or not.

Gen-TV News:
---Bell Not Returning, Soap Vet In

Just two days after announcing the return of "Promise of Tomorrow" for Gen-TV Daytime comes word from Gen-TV's President Margo Danbury that series creator Maria Arena Bell , who also served as Executive Producer for most of the shows original run will not be returning to the series. "Maria has decided she is not interested in going back into the daily grind of running Promise of Tomorrow; and will only serve as a consultant whose brain we pick from time to time."

Instead, the day to day operations of the show is going to be handled by soap opera vetera Sally Sussman Morina whose daytime credits include "The Young & Restless", "Days of Our Lives", "Another World", "Generations" and MTV's "Spyder Games". She has also written for "Knots Landing" and the short-lived 1992 Fox soap opera "Freshmen Dorm". Her most recent credit is serving as Executive Producer and Co-Head Writer of "Y&R" from 2016-2017. She was chosen from a pool of industry heavyweights all with decades of experience, but was picked because according to Danbury "Sally brought some very clever and fresh ideas to the table, and seemed to have the best pitch for how to revive this show."

She will serve as Executive Producer on the reboot of "Promise of Tomorrow" and will also get a credit as Co-Head Writer. Joining her in the writers room will be industry veterans Michele Val Jean ("General Hospital", "The Bold & Beautiful"), Christopher Whitesell ("As The World Turns", "Days of Our Lives", "Another World", "One Life To Live", and more) and Jean Passanante ("GH", "Y&R", "OLTL", "AW", "AMC" and "ATWT").

Val Jean will serve as Co-Head Writer alongside Sally Sussman Morina, while Passante will serve as Breakdown Writer and Whitesell will serve as Associate Head Writer. Whitesell will also serve as Senior Supervising Producer.

For the directing team, Gen-TV has hired acclaimed soap directors Gary Tomlin, Larry Carpenter and Francesca James to rotate directing episodes of the show. Between them they have nearly five decades of credits under their belt spanning across nearly every soap opera in modern times.

The reboot of "Promise of Tomorrow" will debut in the fall of 2020. Since leaving the air in 2016, Gen-TV briefly aired a web version of the show that were 15-20 minute segments and featured non-linear stories unrelated to the series proper. "fans have been relentless in their passion for bringing this series back to Gen-TV." "We decided the time was right to listen."

Casting is currently underway and no information is available for that at the moment. Sources within Gen-TV however are hinting that the cast will include more than a few fan favorites as well as several new characters.

factsoflife

03-05-2020, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Factsoflife on 6/18/2018

Making It Work
--Series To End In 2020

It's Official, the longest-running comedy currently airing on Gen-TV, "Making It Work" will air its final episodes in the 2019-2020 season, as it will complete its run following its seventh season. Still a top-performing comedy and a critical darling, the show was given a three-season renewal back in 2017, which covered its fifth, sixth and seventh seasons. The series returns in September of 2018 for its sixth season, and it will complete its run the following fall.

The announcement was made by Eva Vargas, Gen-TV's President who said "We have decided that now is the perfect time to announce an end-game for one of our top-performing and most beloved comedies of all-time." "It makes sense to allow this program to go out while it is still a solid performer and still beloved by audiences."

However, the end of the series in 2020 doesn't mean the end of the franchise all-together, as the network is also announcing plans for a spin-off called "Moving Up" which will debut sometime between 2019 and 2020. Details on that proposed spin-off are unclear at this time, but most likely will involve one or more of the supporting cast members moving into a new relationship or new chapter of their life. One thing we know for sure, according to Vargas "Making It Work will absolutely not end with Rashida and Justin's characters getting a divorce, or with one of them dying." "The talented creative team behind this show worked too long and too hard getting America to fall in love with this couple so seeing them split up is not a priority for anybody."

Spin-off Update for "Making It Work"
--Gen-TV News

For over a year now, Gen-TV has been in various stages of development on a spin-off of "Making It Work" called "Moving Up" and sources close to Gen-TV are telling Hollywood Insider that "essentially the proposed spin-off is dead in the water." "Nobody at Gen-TV can seem to agree on a premise for the spin-off or potential casting choices." "Production on Making It Work has been finished for months now, so there is simply no realistic way to even introduce a spin-off at this point."

"Unless there is a miracle, it is unlikely the proposed spin-off will ever become a thing." Gen-TV Executive Amy Fung-Wilson (Vice President) says "Moving Up is not currently in active development and it doesn't look very likely we'll see that show come to be at all."

factsoflife

03-05-2020, 09:41 PM

Daytime Renewal & Cancellation News
---Gen-TV Cancels signaturen news show

As they say "all good things must come to an end someday" and apparently today is that day for Gen-TV's signature news show "Nightcap" which will end its historic run on Gen-TV in September 2020. The series debuted in 2015 featuring ABC news correspondent Gio Benitez and was an instant hit for its "quick, witty and to the point rundown of the week's top news stories, told in an informative and youthful way." The series was aimed squarely at the younger demographic (ages 17-25) and "was a way to get young people engaged in the news." It quickly became Gen-TV daytime's strongest series and a consistent performer both in the ratings and at yearly award shows where it regularly swept news categories.

The exit of Benitez from the show in 2019 generated a firestorm of press who questioned the shows ability to continue without him. He was replaced by ABC news veterans Dan Harris and Elizabeth Vargas, and they were joined by a rotating group of "youth correspondents" who were supposed deliver news stories that young people were interested in. The concept and change of premise didn't deliver anything new and viewers weren't impressed. Ratings fell consistently from its 2018 highs and the show is now being cancelled.

"Nightcap" will conclude its historic run in September of 2020.

Gen-TV has also cancelled reality-news show "The Download with Keith Olbermann" which "has seen a sharp decrease in pivotal 18-49 ratings and an even sharper decrease in critical support." This show debuted in 2018 and will conclude its run in September 2020.

Also getting the axe is struggling children's sitcom "Fish Out Of Water", a import from primetime where it aired from 2017-2018 before moving to daytime last year. The series was a star performer in primetime, but has netted only modest returns in daytime. Sources tell us "Fish Out Of Water has simply run its course and will conclude at the end of he season in May."

They join already-cancelled daytime talk show "Jenny & Sherri".

The news is much happier and better for the remainder of Gen-TV's daytime programming, "Magic School", "Head of Household", "Mouthy Broads", "Hot Flashes" and "3Girls2Gays" all of which are being renewed for next season.

yankeesrj12

03-05-2020, 10:27 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN RE-UPS GEN-TV CONTRACT WITH BIG ORDERS
YTN re-upped its contract with GEN-TV this morning, renewing most of the current series that are airing on YTN as part of the deal between the two networks.

As part of the deal, YTN and GEN-TV agreed to two+ seasons for many of the series, including Asset Protection, Life after Prison, Moving Down, Nowhere to be Found, and Traders. The only series not to get an extension between the two networks are Second Chance (which is ending this summer), and UpSelling (which already has three seasons waiting to air, including one this summer).

Airing on Saturday nights, comedies Asset Protection and Moving Down have been renewed for their fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. Each season will consist of 22 episodes, bringing each of the series to 132 episodes through six seasons. The third season for both comedies will begin next week. Insiders are mum on exact details for their renewals, but we hear YTN is paying a bit more than they did for the first three seasons. Even with that increase, the deal is said to be one of the best in television, coming in at a fraction of the cost of typical YTN fare. With ratings averaging around 0.2 A18-49 on Saturday nights, YTN is making a profit on both series.

The other series currently airing on Saturday nights, Nowhere to be Found, scored a three season renewal as well. The series has performed pretty well for Saturday, averaging around a 0.4 A18-49. In the midst of its third season, the fourth season is set to air sometime this summer. YTN and GEN-TV agreed to a deal for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The series is among the costliest for YTN, but is again considered a massive deal for original programming. With the renewal, Nowhere to be Found is the longest running series as part of the YTN/GEN-TV pact in terms of episodes (153).

While it has not been on the air since December 2018, Traders was renewed for a third and fourth season, both of 16 episodes. The second season is set to air sometime this summer, with production on the upcoming seasons beginning sometime in late 2020. Insiders tell us YTN is paying around $1.7 million dollars per episode for the series, which is again, a steal compared to most YTN original series.

Finally, Life after Prison will also get to its sixth season, with a two season renewal (its fourth season is set to air this summer). YTN and GEN-TV also agreed to a third season of spin-off Life after Prison: War on Drugs. No word yet on episode counts for either of the series in the franchise.

yankeesrj12

03-08-2020, 10:03 PM

Sunday, March 1, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.24 million viewers and 0.8 (0.841) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Asylum - 3.95 million viewers and 0.5 (0.498) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Day in the Life - 4.01 million viewers and 0.5 (0.519) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

Monday, March 2, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 4.59 million viewers and 0.8 (0.813) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode one month ago.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.15 million viewers and 0.7 (0.734) A18-49, even with last weeks one hour average.

9- CIA Files - 11.32 million viewers and 1.5 (1.498) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Newsflash - 6.24 million viewers and 0.6 (0.639) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.92 million viewers and 1.1 (1.128) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.14 million viewers and 1.0 (1.021) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Blended - 4.86 million viewers and 0.8 (0.813) A18-49, down a tenth from last week. The series will air three episodes for the next two weeks, as part of an already scheduled mini break for the 8 o'clock hour comedies.

930- Life Lessons - 4.53 million viewers and 0.8 (0.796) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN - 11.21 million viewers and 1.2 (1.186) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 9.66 million viewers and 2.3 (2.327) A18-49, even with last week. The two hour season finale airs next week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 11.31 million viewers and 1.2 (1.246) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 11.03 million viewers and 1.1 (1.069) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Thursday, March 5, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.49 million viewers and 1.1 (1.102) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Grandparents - 6.26 million viewers and 1.1 (1.095) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 7.35 million viewers and 1.2 (1.207) A18-49, even with last week.

930- The Hughes Family - 5.75 million viewers and 1.0 (0.986) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Moments in Life - OFFICIAL SERIES PREMIERE - 6.89 million viewers and 1.2 (1.183) A18-49, down three tenths from its special sneak preview back in January (behind The Neighborhood). Overall, a pretty good start for the family centered drama.

Friday, March 6, 2020
8- Mind of a Hunter - 6.57 million viewers and 0.6 (0.599) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Serve and Protect - 6.96 million viewers and 0.6 (0.631) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.24 million viewers and 0.6 (0.554) A18-49, even with last week.

Saturday, March 7, 2020
8- Moving Down - SEASON THREE PREMIERE - 2.24 million viewers and 0.2 (0.218) A18-49, even with last weeks finale.

830- Asset Protection - SEASON THREE PREMIERE - 2.39 million viewers and 0.2 (0.239) A18-49, even with last weeks finale.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.42 million viewers and 0.4 (0.414) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

03-12-2020, 11:24 AM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Week of Sunday, January 19-25, 2020:

Sunday, January 19:

Gen-TV's second Sunday of 2020 was a decidedly less impressive outing than a week prior. Nearly every series was down in total viewers, and some in demos. "Served" lost a significant portion of its total viewers, dropping down to 6.4 million viewers, and dropped to a 1.6 in demos. "American Heroes" also dropped in demos to a 5.4 and also lost a huge portion of its total audience.

"Making It Work" was down slightly in demos, but otherwise solid. "Roomies" was down in total viewers but was up in demos. "Baker's Dozen" was basically solid week to week.

8pm: Making It Work (New): 21.3 million/11.4 (11.42) 18-49

830: Roomies (New): 17.54 million/6.7 (6.76) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New): 16.3 million/6.1 (6.13) 18-49

930: Seved (New): 6.4 million/1.6 (1.62) 18-49

10: American Heroes (New): 12.1 million/5.4 (5.42) 18-49

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Monday, January 20:

The second Monday of 2020 for Gen-TV proved to be a real winner. "Stuck in the Middle" was up in both total viewers and demos, proving to be a surprise success. "Unemployed" was the only cause for concern with a drop in both demos and total viewers. "Grounded" was up in both demos and total viewers (but still is likely on the bubble for next season). "Our Pet Dragon" was down in demos and total viewers, but still it posted a 12.7 in demos. "Grand Jury" was another surprise success, posting gains in demos and total viewers in excess of 25% each.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New): 13.1 million/3.6 (3.69) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New): 13.1 million/2.4 (2.41) 18-49

9: Grounded (New): 11.8 million/4.8 (4.83) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New): 31.2 million/12.7 (12.86) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 24.1 million/13.9 (13.9) 18-49

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Tuesday, January 21:

With the exception of "CIA: New York" which declined week to week, Gen-TV's Tuesday night was strong. "Feds" improved upon its debut a week earlier and "Deadly Visions" also increased over last week.

8pm: CIA: New York (New): 20.87 million/15.8 (15.83) 18-49

9pm: Feds (New): 20.8 million/9.7 (9.75) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New): 27.4 million/14.8 (14.47) 18-49

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Wednesday, January 22:

All of the series on Gen-TV's Wednesday were down week to week; both in total viewers and also in demos. The most startling drop was "Every Other Weekend" which dropped to a 2.1 in demos (a series low). "Bless Your Heart" also dropped in demos to a 15.1, a bit of a cause for worry.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New): 23.2 million/15.1 (15.13) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (New): 12.1 million/4.4 (4.46) 18-49

9: Every Other Weekend (New): 10.1 million/2.1 (2.13) 18-49

930: Cafe Oddity (New): 22.8 million/12.1 (12.13) 18-49

10: Celebrity Cooking Battles (New): 16.7 million/4.5 (4.32) 18-49

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Thursday, January 23:

Gen-TV's Thursday was a mixed bag, while the majority of the shows were down week to week; all were basically on-par with their normal averages. "Kate & Ali" and "Ready To Wear" are basically tied in demos.

8pm: Ready To Wear (New): 24.6 million/20.1 (20.16) 18-49

830: Kate & Ali (New): 27.2 million/20.1 (20.14) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (New): 16.4 million/10.1 (10.13) 18-49

930: The Truth About Birth (New): 9.1 million/4.2 (4.21) 18-49

10: Discography (New): 16.2 million/8.1 (8.15) 18-49

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Friday, January 24:

Gen-TV's Friday night was another big success. "Having Faith" was up in demos to a 18.3 and "7th Heaven" with a 15.5 was also up in demos. "Switching Places" posted a 6.3 in demos, which is a slight increase.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 23.4 million/15.5 (15.54) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 32 million/`18.3 (18.32) 18-49

10: Switching Places (New): 15.4 million/6.3 (6.38) 18-49

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Saturday, January 25:

While "Fugitive Recovery" and "The Border Police" were down in total viewers and demos, both still posted more than respectable numbers. "Boston Blues" defied the odds and is steady week to week.

8pm: Fugitive Recovery (New): 40.2 million/19.2 (19.23) 18-49

9pm: The Border Police (New): 54.2 million/27.2 (27.21) 18-49

10: Boston Blues (New): 21.3 million/16.8 (16.87) 18-49

Gen-TV Programming Notes:

Starting Sunday, January 26th and ending on Sunday, February 9th, Gen-TV programming is on a planned hiatus. Original programming will return Sunday, February 9th. Ratings for the week of Sunday, February 9th will be posted the following week (sometime after February 22nd).

Gen-TV Ratings:

Week of Saturday, February 9-Sunday, February 15, 2020:

Sunday, February 9:

Gen-TV has some problems on Sunday nights, but "Baker's Dozen" is not one of them. The sophomore sitcom continues its impressive reign with a 15% growth week to week in demos. "Roomies" is solid week to week, losing only 2.5% in demos. "Making It Work" continues to impress in its final batch of episodes, posting a solid week to week demo. "Served" is a big issue for Gen-TV as the freshmen comedy (which has already been cancelled) posted significant losses with a .91 in demos. "American Heroes" lost viewers as well, with a 4.1 in demos.

8pm: Making It Work (New): 18.2 million/12.8 (12.38) 18-49

830: Roomies (New): 16.7 million/6.5 (6.56) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New): 18.3 million/7.0 (7.01) 18-49

930: Seved (New): 3.1 million/0.91 (0.91) 18-49

10: American Heroes (New): 8.3 million/4.1 (4.13) 18-49
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Monday, February 10:

Gen-TV's otherwise solid Monday night had only one issue and that was "Unemployed" continuing to drop unexpectedly in demos. The show posted a 1.1 in demos this week (down from 2.4) a week ago. All other shows were solid, with "Grand Jury" even showing marginal growth in demos.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New): 12.6 million/4.3 (4.35) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New): 10.1 million/1.1 (1.13) 18-49

9: Grounded (New): 12.4 million/4.9 (4.93) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New): 29.2 million/12.9 (12.93) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 19.3 million/14.3 (14.32) 18-49

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Tuesday, February 11:

Gen-TV's Tuesday programming were all on-par with expectations. "CIA: New York" rebounded in demos and "Feds" was up in demos. "Deadly Visions" was down slightly in demos, but well within expectations.

8pm: CIA: New York (New): 18.5 million/16.6 (16.63) 18-49

9pm: Feds (New): 21.3 million/10.3 (10.38) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New): 25.6 million/13.8 (13.83) 18-49

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Wednesday, February 12:

Gen-TV's strong comedy lineup were all winners this week with "Cafe Oddity" just slightly edging out "Bless Your Heart" for the #1 slot this week. Both shows were up week to week in demos. "The Boss Lady" and "Every Other Weekend" were also up in demos. "Celebrity Cooking Battles" was solid week to week.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New): 22.1 million/14.8 (14.84) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (New): 11.2 million/4.7 (4.73) 18-49

9: Every Other Weekend (New): 8.3 million/2.8 (2.87) 18-49

930: Cafe Oddity (New): 24.1million/15.1 (15.19) 18-49

10: Celebrity Cooking Battles (New): 14.2 million/4.3 (4.34) 18-49

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Thursday, February 13:

Gen-TV's usually dominant Thursday line-up had some troubles this week, with all series down in demos; but still posting strong enough numbers for a win over other networks.

8pm: Ready To Wear (New): 20.1 million/18.2 (18.23) 18-49

830: Kate & Ali (New): 24.2 million/17.3 (17.38) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (New): 15.6 million/9.4 (9.47) 18-49

930: The Truth About Birth (New): 8.1 million/3.1 (3.14) 18-49

10: Discography (New): 15.8 million/5.5 (5.58) 18-49

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Friday, February 14:

Gen-TV's Friday programming were all successes; each show posted growth in key demos and retained more than 75% of its audience week to week.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 24.5 million/15.8 (15.87) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 29.3 million/`18.8 (18.84) 18-49

10: Switching Places (New): 14.2 million/6.9 (6.95) 18-49

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Saturday, February 15:

Gen-TV aired an alternative version of their schedule this week, moving "Boston Blues" to 9pm and pushing "The Border Police" to 10pm. Sadly, "Boston Blues" ratings did not improve and fell in demos by 44% over last week. "Fugitive Recovery" and "The Border Police" continue to dominate.

8pm: Fugitive Recovery (New): 38.5 million/20.3 (20.32) 18-49

9pm: Boston Blues (New): 14.2 million/9.4 (9.43) 18-49

10pm: The Border Police (New): 44.5 million/28.3 (28.32) 18-49

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Programming Note: Gen-TV was on a planned hiatus from Sunday, February 16 until Sunday, March 8, 2020. Ratings information for the current week of March 8-14 will be posted next week.
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factsoflife

03-12-2020, 11:48 AM

factsoflife

03-12-2020, 12:11 PM

factsoflife

03-13-2020, 05:24 PM

Urgent News:
Coronavirus hits Gen-TV

Production on three Gen-TV series has been shut down due to coronavirus. A spokesperson for the network has confirmed that they have halted production on three different series due to concerns over the coronavirus. They said "A crew member on the reality series Discography has tested positive for the virus and as a result we have shut down production on that show for an undetermined amount of time." "We will be following established CDC protocol as well as our own internal decontamination policies to disinfect and sanitize the soundstage where this program records." "All crew members and the hosts of this show are being tested and the appropriate people are being quarantined." "The crew member in question had recently traveled overseas and was exposed to the virus on-board an international flight home last month."

Production on two other series has also been shut down "7th Heaven" and "Feds" both had a cast member test positive for the virus and as such production on both shows is being suspended until "Gen-TV has determined that there remains no risk of infection on those sets."

The good news for Gen-TV is that nearly all three shows were close to the end of their production cycle anyway, so the number of episodes that will be effected is minimal. "7th Heaven was only two episodes away from completing its season, "Feds" was one episode away" and "Discography had completed the majority of its episodes as well, having only two left to finish production on." "The discography episodes left to finish were to feature The Jonas Brothers in one episode and Mariah Carey in another." "Both episodes will likely be reschedule for next season, if scheduling allows."

"7th Heaven producers are still contemplating how to address this issue on-screen." "Feds is likely to just skip the two episodes all-together."

A source as Gen-TV says "we will be providing timely updates when they are available and are hoping for the safety of all our crew and cast members."

Breaking News:
Gen-TV Stops Production

Gen-TV has halted production on ALL series for an indefinite amount of time, as concern over the coronavirus grows deeper throughout the nation.

The decision was made by a unanimous vote of the board of directors and was announced by Ross Chin, President of the board who said "out of an abundance of caution we have decided to stop production on all Gen-TV Studios programming until further notice. We care deeply about our communities and are doing our part to ensure a proper and safe environment for all." "Following industry standards is one way to do so, but we've opted to go above and beyond by suspending production on all our series until further notice." "We will be keeping the public updated frequently with information regarding when we will resume production." "We feel that the spread of this virus is becoming too dangerous for us to justify continuing production and risking our crew, cast and executive staff." "The health and safety of our community is our top priority."

This puts a damper on Gen-TV's season to an extent, but the network does have a stockpile of episodes available for many shows so the impact on viewers should be minimal. Most series at Gen-TV Network only had 1-2 episodes left to film anyway. The real problem is for series produced by Gen-TV Studios but airing on other networks, many of those are filmed only a week in advance. Most of those shows will just not air for the time being.

Furthermore, Gen-TV announced they are NOT following other networks like ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX by postponing their planned UpFront presentation in May. Chin explains "Instead we are holding our UpFront Presentation as an exclusive online event that will be streamed online from Gen-TV Studios directly to reporters, journalists and other industry insiders." "The event will be massively scaled down from our normal presentation and will not feature a live audience or any performances from celebrities." "Cast members will not be present in person and only certain pre-filmed pieces will air." "We will simply announce our Fall 2020 TV schedule for the press and that is it."

"Once the virus is more under control and the danger is limited then we will hold a huge party to celebrate later this summer or in the fall."

The date of this alternate presentation is not yet available.

factsoflife

03-15-2020, 12:53 PM

Breaking News:
Gen-TV Stops Production

Gen-TV has halted production on ALL series for an indefinite amount of time, as concern over the coronavirus grows deeper throughout the nation.

The decision was made by a unanimous vote of the board of directors and was announced by Ross Chin, President of the board who said "out of an abundance of caution we have decided to stop production on all Gen-TV Studios programming until further notice. We care deeply about our communities and are doing our part to ensure a proper and safe environment for all." "Following industry standards is one way to do so, but we've opted to go above and beyond by suspending production on all our series until further notice." "We will be keeping the public updated frequently with information regarding when we will resume production." "We feel that the spread of this virus is becoming too dangerous for us to justify continuing production and risking our crew, cast and executive staff." "The health and safety of our community is our top priority."

This puts a damper on Gen-TV's season to an extent, but the network does have a stockpile of episodes available for many shows so the impact on viewers should be minimal. Most series at Gen-TV Network only had 1-2 episodes left to film anyway. The real problem is for series produced by Gen-TV Studios but airing on other networks, many of those are filmed only a week in advance. Most of those shows will just not air for the time being.

Furthermore, Gen-TV announced they are NOT following other networks like ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX by postponing their planned UpFront presentation in May. Chin explains "Instead we are holding our UpFront Presentation as an exclusive online event that will be streamed online from Gen-TV Studios directly to reporters, journalists and other industry insiders." "The event will be massively scaled down from our normal presentation and will not feature a live audience or any performances from celebrities." "Cast members will not be present in person and only certain pre-filmed pieces will air." "We will simply announce our Fall 2020 TV schedule for the press and that is it."

"Once the virus is more under control and the danger is limited then we will hold a huge party to celebrate later this summer or in the fall."

The date of this alternate presentation is not yet available.

Breaking News:
-Gen-TV Pulls ALL series

Gen-TV is making additional changes due to the Coronavirus. The network has pulled remaining episodes of all original series until further notice. "We have already suspended production of our series, and now even with a backlog of episodes previously produced we will be suspending airing original programming for the time being." "All current series will go into reruns for awhile and we will air additional classic programs as needed."

Indeed, in an effort to preserve some of the current TV season, Gen-TV will go into reruns until further notice. The network also confirms that they will be updating their schedule until further notice to include reruns of classic programs from Gen-TV's past, many of which haven't been seen in many years. The updated schedule is below and for now only affects the primetime schedule. While, the daytime schedule is not being update perse, all daytime series have also halted production and are in reruns as well.

Gen-TV Network
Coronavirus Updates
Effective Sunday, March 15, 2020

All Series Are Reruns

Sunday:
8pm: Making It Work
830: Good Sports (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Unemployed
930: Our Pet Dragon
10: Sisters (Gen-TV Classic)

Monday:
8pm: Baker’s Dozen
830: The Arrival (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Like Mother, Like Daughter (Gen-TV Classic)
930: Elizabeth Bordoe (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: This Time Around (Gen-TV Classic)

Tuesday:
8pm: Gone (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Abducted (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: Deadly Visions

Wednesday:
8pm: The Boss Lady
830: Every Other Weekend
9pm: Hot Tamales (Gen-TV Classic)
930pm: Something Old, Something New (Gen-TV Classic)
10: Never Again (Gen-TV Classic)

Thursday:
8pm: Ready To Wear
830: Knocked Down (Gen-TV Classic)
9: Kate & Ali
930: Over My Head (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: One of These Days (Gen-TV Classic)

Friday:
8pm: Brand New World (Gen-TV Classic)
830: Boyfriends (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
930: Postal (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: The Family Man (Gen-TV Classic)

Saturday:
8pm: Fugitive Recovery
9pm: American Suburbia (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: The Border Police

yankeesrj12

03-15-2020, 03:50 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE

YTN SHUTS DOWN PRODUCTION ON EVERY SERIES; WILL ROLL EPISODES INTO NEXT SEASON

YTN CANCELS UPFRONT PRESENTATION
Effective immediately, production will shut down on all YTN series. Shows that are renewed for next season will have all episodes rolled into next seasons already announced episode order totals.

YTN President says, "This is an extraordinarily crazy time in our world. In order to protect all of our employees, we officially shut down production on every series this morning. Many of our series shut down after the most recent episode finished filming. We will pay our employees for their work that would have taken place over the coming weeks."

Additionally, the network cancelled its upfront presentation, which was slated for mid-April. YTN says they will announce their fall schedule when they are given ample time to look at their pilots - all of which shut down before filming.

YTN's current schedule will remain in place for the next week, with changes to come in the following weeks.

Here is a list of shows, and their status with production.

CURRENT SCHEDULE - stopped production for the season:
Adventure of a Lifetime - 4 episodes have aired, filmed 13 of the 13 episodes
Asylum - 4 episodes have aired, filmed 13 of the 13 episodes
Day in the Life - 4 episodes have aired, filmed 10 of 13 episodes.

Soccer Stories - 18 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
High Times of Denver - 8 episodes have aired, filmed 13 of 16 episodes
CIA Files - 19 episodes have aired, filmed 24 of 26 episodes
Newsflash - 4 episodes have aired, filmed 10 of 13 episodes

Blended - 6 episodes have aired, filmed 20 of 26 episodes
Life Lessons - 18 episodes have aired, filmed 24 of 26 episodes
Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 20 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
Parkway Motel - 20 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
TAKEN - 20 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes

Looking for Love - season 22 - filmed 7 of 13 episodes - will not air as previously scheduled
The Neighborhood - 12 episodes have aired, filmed 13 of 13 episodes - season finale airs next week
LAPD Unit 7 - 19 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
TAKEN: Phoenix - 21 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26

Mother & Daughter - 20 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
Grandparents - 20 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
Full Time Mom - 20 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
The Hughes Family - 20 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
Moments in Life - 2 episodes have aired, filmed 7 of 13 episodes - WILL NOT AIR BEYOND EPISODES AIRED

Mind of a Hunter - 16 episodes have aired, filmed 18 of 18 episodes
Serve and Protect - 21 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes
Cops of Miami - 21 episodes have aired, filmed 23 of 26 episodes

LATE MIDSEASON/SUMMER - will resume filming at a later date:
Family Super Challenge - 3 episodes have aired, filmed 14 of 16 episodes
Extended Family - 1 episodes has aired, filmed 16 of 16 episodes
Ava and Liam - 3 episodes have aired, filmed 26 of 26 episodes
Money Mountain - 13 episodes have aired, filmed 26 of 26 episodes
Better Days - 5 episodes have aired, filmed 12 of 13 episodes
Trivia Master - 0 episodes have aired, filmed 0 of 8 episodes

factsoflife

03-16-2020, 12:01 PM

Breaking News:
-Gen-TV Pulls ALL series

Gen-TV is making additional changes due to the Coronavirus. The network has pulled remaining episodes of all original series until further notice. "We have already suspended production of our series, and now even with a backlog of episodes previously produced we will be suspending airing original programming for the time being." "All current series will go into reruns for awhile and we will air additional classic programs as needed."

Indeed, in an effort to preserve some of the current TV season, Gen-TV will go into reruns until further notice. The network also confirms that they will be updating their schedule until further notice to include reruns of classic programs from Gen-TV's past, many of which haven't been seen in many years. The updated schedule is below and for now only affects the primetime schedule. While, the daytime schedule is not being update perse, all daytime series have also halted production and are in reruns as well.

Gen-TV Network
Coronavirus Updates
Effective Sunday, March 15, 2020

All Series Are Reruns

Sunday:
8pm: Making It Work
830: Good Sports (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Unemployed
930: Our Pet Dragon
10: Sisters (Gen-TV Classic)

Monday:
8pm: Baker’s Dozen
830: The Arrival (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Like Mother, Like Daughter (Gen-TV Classic)
930: Elizabeth Bordoe (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: This Time Around (Gen-TV Classic)

Tuesday:
8pm: Gone (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Abducted (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: Deadly Visions

Wednesday:
8pm: The Boss Lady
830: Every Other Weekend
9pm: Hot Tamales (Gen-TV Classic)
930pm: Something Old, Something New (Gen-TV Classic)
10: Never Again (Gen-TV Classic)

Thursday:
8pm: Ready To Wear
830: Knocked Down (Gen-TV Classic)
9: Kate & Ali
930: Over My Head (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: One of These Days (Gen-TV Classic)

Friday:
8pm: Brand New World (Gen-TV Classic)
830: Boyfriends (Gen-TV Classic)
9pm: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
930: Postal (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: The Family Man (Gen-TV Classic)

Saturday:
8pm: Fugitive Recovery
9pm: American Suburbia (Gen-TV Classic)
10pm: The Border Police

Breaking News:
--Gen-TV Press Report

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the country, Gen-TV Executives held a online only press conference for journalists, streaming it online from Gen-TV headquarters so that there was no need to gather a crowd together. They explained why they have pulled all original programming from the air saying "In an effort to preserve the ability to resume our season at some point when this pandemic is under control or completed." "Production of course has shut down on all of our programming and reruns of current and classic programming will air around the clock, with the exception of occasional news briefs from the staff at Nightcap."

"Gen-TV's pilot seasons is effectively shut down until further notice and will not resume until production has resumed within the industry." "However, our UpFront Presentation will still go ahead as planned in an online only format in which our Fall schedule will be announced to reporters via a live webstream." "We will not be gathering a crowd at all. Instead it will be a straightforward and streamlined web stream." "The date of that is still pending."

yankeesrj12

03-17-2020, 02:01 PM

Sunday, March 8, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.85 million viewers and 0.9 (0.878) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Asylum - 4.06 million viewers and 0.5 (0.512) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

10- Day in the Life - 4.13 million viewers and 0.5 (0.509) A18-49, even for the fourth week in a row.

Monday, March 9, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.15 million viewers and 0.8 (0.843) A18-49, even with last week.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.21 million viewers and 0.7 (0.742) A18-49, even with last week.

9- CIA Files - 12.06 million viewers and 1.6 (1.587) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Newsflash - 7.03 million viewers and 0.7 (0.695) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020
8- Blended - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 4.91 million viewers and 0.8 (0.824) A18-49, even with last weeks 9 o'clock episode.

830- Blended - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 4.97 million viewers and 0.8 (0.831) A18-49.

9- Blended - 5.03 million viewers and 0.8 (0.834) A18-49.

930- Life Lessons - 4.85 million viewers and 0.8 (0.819) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - 9.41 million viewers and 2.2 (2.215) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 11.64 million viewers and 1.3 (1.286) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - 11.25 million viewers and 1.1 (1.097) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, March 12, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.86 million viewers and 1.1 (1.131) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

830- Grandparents - 6.49 million viewers and 1.1 (1.104) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 7.41 million viewers and 1.2 (1.219) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

930- The Hughes Family - 6.25 million viewers and 1.1 (1.055) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Moments in Life - 6.11 million viewers and 1.0 (1.031) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks series premiere.

Friday, March 13, 2020
8- Mind of a Hunter - 6.29 million viewers and 0.6 (0.553) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Serve and Protect - 6.46 million viewers and 0.6 (0.593) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Cops of Miami - 6.13 million viewers and 0.5 (0.542) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Saturday, March 14, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.19 million viewers and 0.2 (0.203) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.02 million viewers and 0.2 (0.197) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.01 million viewers and 0.4 (0.386) A18-49, even with last week.

jimpickens

03-17-2020, 06:40 PM

On this weeks episode Don't Touch Charlie browns Charmin Chuck catches Lucy and Linus hoarding all the counties toilet paper and selling it on the black market for double the cost he takes matters into his own hand and after a few roundhouse kicks and Lucy getting punted across the yard ( football flashback ) he takes the tp and sells it for triple the cost.

factsoflife

03-19-2020, 10:20 PM

Gen-TV Ratings:

Week of Saturday, February 9-Sunday, February 15, 2020:

Sunday, February 9:

Gen-TV has some problems on Sunday nights, but "Baker's Dozen" is not one of them. The sophomore sitcom continues its impressive reign with a 15% growth week to week in demos. "Roomies" is solid week to week, losing only 2.5% in demos. "Making It Work" continues to impress in its final batch of episodes, posting a solid week to week demo. "Served" is a big issue for Gen-TV as the freshmen comedy (which has already been cancelled) posted significant losses with a .91 in demos. "American Heroes" lost viewers as well, with a 4.1 in demos.

8pm: Making It Work (New): 18.2 million/12.8 (12.38) 18-49

830: Roomies (New): 16.7 million/6.5 (6.56) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New): 18.3 million/7.0 (7.01) 18-49

930: Seved (New): 3.1 million/0.91 (0.91) 18-49

10: American Heroes (New): 8.3 million/4.1 (4.13) 18-49
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Monday, February 10:

Gen-TV's otherwise solid Monday night had only one issue and that was "Unemployed" continuing to drop unexpectedly in demos. The show posted a 1.1 in demos this week (down from 2.4) a week ago. All other shows were solid, with "Grand Jury" even showing marginal growth in demos.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New): 12.6 million/4.3 (4.35) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New): 10.1 million/1.1 (1.13) 18-49

9: Grounded (New): 12.4 million/4.9 (4.93) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New): 29.2 million/12.9 (12.93) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 19.3 million/14.3 (14.32) 18-49

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Tuesday, February 11:

Gen-TV's Tuesday programming were all on-par with expectations. "CIA: New York" rebounded in demos and "Feds" was up in demos. "Deadly Visions" was down slightly in demos, but well within expectations.

8pm: CIA: New York (New): 18.5 million/16.6 (16.63) 18-49

9pm: Feds (New): 21.3 million/10.3 (10.38) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New): 25.6 million/13.8 (13.83) 18-49

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Wednesday, February 12:

Gen-TV's strong comedy lineup were all winners this week with "Cafe Oddity" just slightly edging out "Bless Your Heart" for the #1 slot this week. Both shows were up week to week in demos. "The Boss Lady" and "Every Other Weekend" were also up in demos. "Celebrity Cooking Battles" was solid week to week.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New): 22.1 million/14.8 (14.84) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (New): 11.2 million/4.7 (4.73) 18-49

9: Every Other Weekend (New): 8.3 million/2.8 (2.87) 18-49

930: Cafe Oddity (New): 24.1million/15.1 (15.19) 18-49

10: Celebrity Cooking Battles (New): 14.2 million/4.3 (4.34) 18-49

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Thursday, February 13:

Gen-TV's usually dominant Thursday line-up had some troubles this week, with all series down in demos; but still posting strong enough numbers for a win over other networks.

8pm: Ready To Wear (New): 20.1 million/18.2 (18.23) 18-49

830: Kate & Ali (New): 24.2 million/17.3 (17.38) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (New): 15.6 million/9.4 (9.47) 18-49

930: The Truth About Birth (New): 8.1 million/3.1 (3.14) 18-49

10: Discography (New): 15.8 million/5.5 (5.58) 18-49

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Friday, February 14:

Gen-TV's Friday programming were all successes; each show posted growth in key demos and retained more than 75% of its audience week to week.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 24.5 million/15.8 (15.87) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 29.3 million/`18.8 (18.84) 18-49

10: Switching Places (New): 14.2 million/6.9 (6.95) 18-49

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Saturday, February 15:

Gen-TV aired an alternative version of their schedule this week, moving "Boston Blues" to 9pm and pushing "The Border Police" to 10pm. Sadly, "Boston Blues" ratings did not improve and fell in demos by 44% over last week. "Fugitive Recovery" and "The Border Police" continue to dominate.

8pm: Fugitive Recovery (New): 38.5 million/20.3 (20.32) 18-49

9pm: Boston Blues (New): 14.2 million/9.4 (9.43) 18-49

10pm: The Border Police (New): 44.5 million/28.3 (28.32) 18-49

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Programming Note: Gen-TV was on a planned hiatus from Sunday, February 16 until Sunday, March 8, 2020. Ratings information for the current week of March 8-14 will be posted next week.
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Gen-TV Ratings:

Week of Sunday, March 8- Saturday, March 14, 2020:

Sunday, March 8:

Gen-TV's Sunday showed additional signs of weakness, with "Served" losing even more of its audience and "American Heros" dipping in demos. "Roomies" was solid in demos while "Making It Work" dipped slightly in demos. "Baker's Dozen" was up in demos.

8pm: Making It Work (New): 16.8 million/11.9 (11.93) 18-49

830: Roomies (New): 15.6 million/6.5 (6.57) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New): 19.3 million/7.8 (7.82) 18-49

930: Seved (New): 2.2 million/0.83 (N/A) 18-49

10: American Heroes (New): 7.4 million/3.1 (3.14) 18-49

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Monday, March 9:

While "Unemployed" dipped in demos again, "Stuck In The Middle" was able to post gains in demos. "Grand Jury" was also up in demos, while "Grounded" was down. "Our Pet Dragon" carried the night, posting a 13.8 in demos.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New): 12.4 million/5.3 (5.56) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New): 9.3 million/1.0 (1.00) 18-49

9: Grounded (New): 10.3 million/3.8 (3.83) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New): 23.2 million/13.8 (13.83) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 20.3 million/15.6 (15.63) 18-49

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Tuesday, March 10:

Gen-TV had a strong Tuesday night, "CIA: New York" was up in demos and "Feds" was solid week to week. "Deadly Visions" was solid.

8pm: CIA: New York (New): 17.5 million/16.8 (16.85) 18-49

9pm: Feds (New): 20.4 million/10.3 (10.37) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New): 24.2 million/13.7 (13.76) 18-49

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Wednesday, March 11:

"Celebrity Cooking Battles" dominated the night, rather unexpectedly with a surge in demos. "Bless Your Heart" was down in demos and "Every Other Weekend" was also down. "Cafe Oddity" and "The Boss Lady" were both strong and solid week to week.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New): 22.8 million/14.3 (14.31) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (New): 12.4 million/4.7 (4.77) 18-49

9: Every Other Weekend (New): 8.1 million/2.1 (2.13) 18-49

930: Cafe Oddity (New): 21.5 million/15.2 (15.21) 18-49

10: Celebrity Cooking Battles (New): 17.5 million/6.7 (6.76) 18-49

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Thursday, March 12:

Gen-TV aired mostly reruns on Thursday, with the exception of "Kate & Ali" and "Discography." "Kate & Ali" was solid and "Discography" was up in demos.

8pm: Ready To Wear (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

830: Kate & Ali (New): 23.1 million/17.2 (17.21) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

930: The Truth About Birth (Rerun): Rating Not Available

10: Discography (New): 15.3 million/7.4 (7.43) 18-49

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Friday, March 13:

Gen-TV aired all reruns on Friday and ratings are not available.

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Saturday, March 14:

Gen-TV aired all reruns on March 14 and ratings aren't available.

factsoflife

03-21-2020, 04:12 PM

Breaking Report:
---Gen-TV Cautiously Pulls Series

Out of an abundance of sensitivity Gen-TV is pulling episodes of the short-lived 2015 drama "Pathogen" from its streaming series Stream-Me. The drama has a plotline eerily similar to the current coronavirus crisis that is sweeping the world right now and the studio felt "It would be incredibly insensitive to allow those episode to continue streaming at this time."

The studio is also pulling several other titles from the service that have similar plotlines. The decision is being made "out of an abundance of caution and complete sensitivity."

yankeesrj12

03-24-2020, 01:46 PM

Sunday, March 15, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 6.13 million viewers and 1.0 (1.041) A18-49, up a tenth from last week for its best rating since season two (last spring).

9- Asylum - 4.59 million viewers and 0.6 (0.582) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Day in the Life - 4.43 million viewers and 0.6 (0.556) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Monday, March 16, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 6.03 million viewers and 1.0 (1.002) A18-49, up two tenths from last week to come within striking distance of its season high (November 18, 2019 - 1.033).

830- High Times of Denver - 4.87 million viewers and 0.9 (0.921) A18-49, up two tenths from last week to a new season high.

9- CIA Files - 13.01 million viewers and 1.7 (1.703) A18-49, up a tenth from last week for its best rating since November 18, 2019 (1.711).

10- Newsflash - 7.09 million viewers and 0.7 (0.704) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020
8- Blended - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 5.47 million viewers and 0.9 (0.934) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Blended - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 5.38 million viewers and 0.9 (0.925) A18-49.

9- Blended - 5.53 million viewers and 0.8 (0.945) A18-49.

930- Life Lessons - 5.31 million viewers and 0.8 (0.937) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
8- The Neighborhood - TWO HOUR SEASON FINALE - 10.98 million viewers and 2.7 (2.737) A18-49, up five tenths from last week for a new season high.

10- LAPD Unit 7 - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 12.06 million viewers and 1.4 (1.402) A18-49, up a tenth from last week for a new season high. This was the best performance for LAPD Unit 7 since January 14, 2019 (1.489).

Thursday, March 19, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 7.96 million viewers and 1.3 (1.342) A18-49, up two tenths from last week to come close to its season high (1.395).

830- Grandparents - 7.05 million viewers and 1.2 (1.219) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 8.32 million viewers and 1.4 (1.405) A18-49, up two tenths from last week for a new season high. Previous: 1.394 on October 24, 2019.

930- The Hughes Family - 8.29 million viewers and 1.4 (1.397) A18-49, up three tenths from last week for a new season high. Previous: 1.325 on November 7, 2019.

10- Moments in Life - 6.36 million viewers and 1.0 (1.035) A18-49, even with last week.

Friday, March 20, 2020
8- Mind of a Hunter - 7.45 million viewers and 0.8 (0.752) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

9- Serve and Protect - 7.69 million viewers and 0.8 (0.774) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

10- Cops of Miami - 7.21 million viewers and 0.7 (0.729) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

Saturday, March 21, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.96 million viewers and 0.3 (0.268) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.01 million viewers and 0.3 (0.271) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.35 million viewers and 0.4 (0.426) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

03-24-2020, 08:15 PM

Gen-TV News:
--Three Execs Have Coronavirus

Three well known Gen-TV Executives have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ross Chin, currently the President of Gen-TV's Board of Directors has test positive for COVID-19 and says he was exposed to the virus through "community spread within Gen-TV." He has been hospitalized and is in isolation in a Los Angeles hospital for the next "14-20 days" said a source close to the situation. Chin tells Hollywood Now "I am physically doing well and display only minimal symptoms but am being isolated out of extreme caution."

The second Gen-TV Executive to test positive for the virus is in a much more serious situation, Dylan Garretson currently the Executive Secretary for Gen-TV's board of directors is hospitalized in New York in "grave and serious condition" after "growing extremely ill on March 23." "He was rushed to hospital in NY and immediately tested positive for the virus." "He remains in critical condition and is being treated."

A third Gen-TV Executive, Travis Malwell Irons has tested positive for the virus as well and is in self-isolation in his Los Angeles home. He claims to have been exposed to the virus through a family member he had recently visited with.

As a result Gen-TV has officially suspended all "in-person board business and meetings until further notice." "Board members may work from home via video chat and email but the board of directors offices and arena are closed until further notice."

jimpickens

03-25-2020, 12:27 AM

This week is a rerun due to nobody showing for work.

yankeesrj12

03-29-2020, 02:06 PM

Friday, March 27, 2020
8- Mind of a Hunter - SEASON FINALE - 7.61 million viewers and 0.8 (0.765) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Serve and Protect - SEASON FINALE - 7.78 million viewers and 0.8 (0.781) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Cops of Miami - SEASON FINALE - 7.28 million viewers and 0.7 (0.734) A18-49, even with last week.

Saturday, March 28, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.75 million viewers and 0.3 (0.263) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.68 million viewers and 0.3 (0.251) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.42 million viewers and 0.4 (0.414) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

03-31-2020, 08:55 PM

Gen-TV News:
2020 Season Officially Over

Gen-TV Studios has confirmed what many feared would be the case. At least for them, the 2019-2020 TV season is now officially over. Due to the complete shutdown of Hollywood (and most of the US) because of the coronavirus pandemic, all episodes from the current season that have not aired will be rolled into next season and the current season is now officially closed.

Gen-TV's President Margo Danbury explains "We feel that due to the sensitive and dangerous nature of the pandemic it is best to just scrap the rest of the season, keep production closed and roll completed episodes into the new season." "Most of our series will only have between 1-3 episodes left to roll over anyway." "This is a simple and easy way to continue episode counts and keep track of what season each show is on."

Now, as for series that will not be renewed and have episodes remaining, for example "Boston Blues", the remaining episodes of those shows will air on Stream-Me sometime this summer.

For the record, Gen-TV is confirming the following series are now considered officially cancelled and will not be returning next season (* means series has episodes left to air):

Boston Blues *
Served*
American Heroes*
Making It Work *
Every Other Weekend *
The Truth about Birth: Stories of Motherhood*
Zendaya
Maria's Quinceanera
If Hillary Had Won
American Loser
American Citizen
Ms. Belvedere
Hart of Family
Unlikely Family
Medical Center*

factsoflife

03-31-2020, 09:39 PM

Breaking News:
Gen-TV Renews Bubble Series

Due to the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic shutting down not only Hollywood but most of the USA, Gen-TV has had to make some unusual calls when it comes to finalizing details of its 2020-2021 TV season. This means renewing series that would typically be cancelled and greenlighting far fewer new series than normal due to having to cut short most of its pilot season.

That said, Gen-TV has made those tough calls and has renewed some marginal performers for additional seasons. Freshmen comedies "Stuck in The Middle" and "Roomies" will both return for second seasons, despite marginal ratings. "Unemployed" will see a fourth season despite horrifically dropping to series lows this year. Also seeing an unexpected renewal is "Grounded" which will see a fourth season.

It is expected that the majority of Gen-TV's current programming will be renewed in some form. Many shows that were scheduled to air in April were delayed due to the pandemic and will be likely rolled over until next season; examples include "Degree of Guilt" which and the "High School Diaries" franchise.

jimpickens

03-31-2020, 11:47 PM

This weeks episode A Six Pack to go Charlie Brown Chuck opens a bar filled with beers brawls and good times for all.

yankeesrj12

04-11-2020, 03:19 PM

Saturday, April 4, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.41 million viewers and 0.2 (0.213) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.35 million viewers and 0.2 (0.211) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.29 million viewers and 0.4 (0.399) A18-49, even with last week.

Sunday, April 5, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.74 million viewers and 0.9 (0.942) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

9- Asylum - 4.41 million viewers and 0.5 (0.531) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

10- Day in the Life - 4.33 million viewers and 0.5 (0.524) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

Monday, April 6, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.57 million viewers and 0.9 (0.933) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.34 million viewers and 0.9 (0.896) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

9- CIA Files - 12.57 million viewers and 1.6 (1.643) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

10- Newsflash - 6.86 million viewers and 0.7 (0.654) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 7.24 million viewers and 1.2 (1.231) A18-49, up a tenth from its last new episode on March 3rd.

830- Parkway Motel - 7.12 million viewers and 1.2 (1.218) A18-49, up two tenths from its last new episode on March 3rd.

9- Blended - 6.35 million viewers and 1.1 (1.063) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

930- Life Lessons - 6.24 million viewers and 1.0 (1.045) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 11.85 million viewers and 1.2 (1.239) A18-49, even with its last new episode on March 3rd.

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - TIMESLOT PREMIERE - 6.23 million viewers and 0.9 (0.934) A18-49, up two tenths from its last new episode.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 10.95 million viewers and 1.1 (1.067) A18-49, down three tenths from its last new episode (behind The Neighborhood finale).

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - REPEAT

Thursday, April 9, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 7.35 million viewers and 1.3 (1.296) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

830- Grandparents - 6.96 million viewers and 1.2 (1.189) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

9- Full Time Mom - 7.96 million viewers and 1.3 (1.328) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

930- The Hughes Family - 7.65 million viewers and 1.3 (1.319) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

Friday, April 10, 2020
8- Moving Down - NEW NIGHT - 3.06 million viewers and 0.3 (0.328) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - NEW NIGHT - 3.15 million viewers and 0.3 (0.331) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - NEW NIGHT - 4.64 million viewers and 0.4 (0.426) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

04-15-2020, 08:23 PM

factsoflife

04-15-2020, 08:50 PM

factsoflife

04-15-2020, 09:12 PM

Atlanta Medical News:
-Season 2 Casting Changes

Gen-TV's hit medical drama "Atlanta Medical" is undergoing a small overhaul for its second season (launching in May). The biggest change is the exit of Priyanka Chopra after one season. Chopra who cites her "demanding and hectic schedule" as the reason for her departure will be replaced by Eva Longoria who joins the cast as a brand new medical director who "hails from Miami and has a flare for the dramatics, but provides an even, level-head when it comes to times of crisis", and given that the series timeline picks up right in the heat of the 2020 pandemic "her character, Veronica is immediately tested as she must make high octane decisions from her very first second at the hospital."

Also joining the cast this season are Michael Weston who plays, a new surgeon who joins the Atlanta Medical team when he is consulted on a very delicate pediatric cardiac surgery case. Weston himself is no stranger to medical dramas, as he's had recurring roles on three well known shows in the genre. Last season he played the main villain on Fox's "The Resident", and more than a decade ago he had recurring roles on Fox's "House M.D." and NBC's "Scrubs."

He is joined by three other new cast members, Sal Stowers (aka Saleisha Stowers) a former winner of "America's Next Top Model" who has had roles on soap operas "Days of our Lives" and "All My Children" and has guest starred on "The Fosters" and "Major Crimes." She will play a charge nurse asked to head the hospital's pandemic response team, who is also dealing with a personal crisis of her own. Former "Quantico" star Johanna Braddy will join the series in a recurring role, as will her former "Quantico" co-star and former "Glee" alumni Jacob Artist joins the cast as a first year surgical intern who shares a secret past with one of the hospitals attending physicians. Braddy will play a second-year intern at the hospital.

Returning to the cast from last season are Sanaa Lathan, Kirk Acevedo, Rick Gonzalez, Jay Hernandez and Josh Segarra. Colton Haynes also returns in a limited capacity, and has been downgraded from a series regular to recurring status.

yankeesrj12

04-16-2020, 05:51 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN OFFICIALLY CANCELS "AVA AND LIAM" AND "BETTER DAYS"
Not a real surprise here, but YTN has officially pulled the plug on freshman series, Ava and Liam, and Better Days. The move comes as YTN tries to implement plans in a post-COVID-19 world.

Ava and Liam averaged a .76 A18-49 in two episodes before it was pulled from the schedule back in October. YTN filmed all 26 episodes, and will air the remaining episodes as part of its summer schedule. The series wrapped production in January, and YTN decided to make the decision to not go back after COVID-19. There were some discussions of keeping the cast signed to see how the show performed this summer, but those talks quickly fell apart. It will air in a TBA timeslot throughout most of the summer.

The same goes for Better Days, which averaged .51 A18-49 in five episodes before being yanked from the schedule earlier this year. It filmed 12 of the 13 episodes, and production shut down as the final episode was filming. Production will not resume to finish the episode. YTN will air the remaining 7 episodes of Better Days this summer.

UPDATE ON "VIRUS"
YTN provided an update for its number one series, Virus, which follows a group of individuals as a pandemic kills millions across the globe.

The network confirmed the series will return at some point, and a renewal is coming in the next few weeks. YTN's President said the series would likely be delayed, so as to "Not take away focus from the real pandemic in the world." He went on to say, "This is our biggest series, but it does not feel right to bring it back as millions lose their loved ones because of COVID-19. We really expect it to be delayed up to a year."

In the announcement, YTN also confirmed the Virus spinoff would not move forward. The network was expected to debut the new series in January 2021, but has cancelled all those plans. YTN's President says, "Again, we think its just not the right time to debut a series about a pandemic. We will likely look at it again in the future, maybe two years down the road, but not right now. Absolutely not."

factsoflife

04-16-2020, 07:10 PM

Gen-TV News:
Scheduling News
Mallory's Pushed To April

A planned reunion mini-series for "Mallory's of Jefferson County" (the most popular show in Gen-TV history) has been pushed from a planned February launch to April. Fans were eagerly anticipating the scheduled February 11th premiere of the six-part limited series, but were confused as to what happened when February 11th came and went without it airing.

Gen-TV representatives cited "scheduling conflicts" as the reason why the premiere was delayed and confirmed to Hollywood Insider "We have moved the launch of this incredible and epic limited series event to April so that the final several episodes will air within the May sweeps period." "And believe me it is going to be worth the wait, as the producers have cooked up an absolutely unbelievable story that will leave everybody shaken to their cores."

Gen-TV is going to announcing their full April 2020 schedule within the next few weeks and "Mallory's" is likely to be mentioned heavily during that announcement.

Gen-TV News:

--Pandemic Pushes "Mallory's" to 2021

The 2020 pandemic is claiming another victim, a planned reunion mini-series of "Mallory's of Jefferson County" which was intended to air in April is now being pushed back "until at least early 2021" for the network to "give the proper attention and marketing to this A-List franchise."

Discussions about continuing to air the series anyway were held briefly but were ultimately abandoned in favor of pushing it back until next year when things return to normal.

This is the second time it was pushed back, originally intended to air in February it was moved to April because of scheduling concerns and is now being moved for a second time. All of the planned episodes have already been filmed and were in the process of post-production editing with Gen-TV sources saying those episodes were "about 75% finished but in the middle of extensive sound and music edits."

yankeesrj12

04-20-2020, 11:41 AM

Sunday, April 12, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.63 million viewers and 0.9 (0.928) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Asylum - 4.52 million viewers and 0.5 (0.512) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Day in the Life - 3.85 million viewers and 0.5 (0.486) A18-49, even with last week.

Monday, April 13, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.53 million viewers and 0.9 (0.906) A18-49, even with last week.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.01 million viewers and 0.8 (0.842) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- CIA Files - 11.94 million viewers and 1.6 (1.585) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Newsflash - 6.02 million viewers and 0.6 (0.611) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 7.14 million viewers and 1.2 (1.226) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 7.06 million viewers and 1.2 (1.211) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Blended - 5.97 million viewers and 1.0 (1.012) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- Life Lessons - 5.78 million viewers and 1.0 (0.986) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN - CROSSOVER WITH TAKEN: PHOENIX - 12.68 million viewers and 1.3 (1.323) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.02 million viewers and 0.9 (0.919) A18-49, even with last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - 11.34 million viewers and 1.1 (1.105) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - CROSSOVER WITH TAKEN - 12.76 million viewers and 1.3 (1.329) A18-49, up two tenths from its last new episode.

Thursday, April 16, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - SEASON FINALE - 7.21 million viewers and 1.3 (1.284) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Grandparents - SEASON FINALE - 7.03 million viewers and 1.2 (1.231) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Full Time Mom - SEASON FINALE - 7.42 million viewers and 1.3 (1.309) A18-49, even with last week.

930- The Hughes Family - SEASON FINALE - 7.32 million viewers and 1.3 (1.292) A18-49, even with last week.

Friday, April 17, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.13 million viewers and 0.3 (0.327) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.26 million viewers and 0.3 (0.339) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.74 million viewers and 0.4 (0.431) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

04-23-2020, 03:40 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN ADDS THREE "YTN PRESENTS:" SPECIALS TO THURSDAYS
In the midst of losing its Thursday comedy block due to COVID-19 related shut-downs, YTN is filling the next three Thursdays with various specials looking back at iconic moments throughout the networks ten-plus year existence.

Beginning tonight, the network will air YTN Presents: The Funniest Sitcom Moments in Network History, from 8pm to 11pm. The three hour special will delve through various funny moments in YTN sitcoms. It will countdown 30 moments, with 10 airing per hour, all leading up to the funniest moment in network history. YTN confirmed sitcoms that previously aired on now-defunct TCN and its streaming service will also appear in the special.

The next two weeks will use the same three hour format, counting down the 30 best moments. Next Thursdays special, YTN Presents: The Most Heart-Breaking Moments in Network History, will feature moments that are mostly from their large slate of dramas. The network confirmed a few comedies will make an appearance. Airing on Thursday, May 6th is YTN Presents: The Craziest Reality Moments in Network History, which will feature the best moments from their reality series.

YTN confirmed they are working on additional specials throughout the summer, and will reveal their summer schedule in the coming days. Thanks to its massive contract with GEN-TV, many of the series in that deal have already filmed an entire season before production shutdown.

Insiders tell us the network does not currently have a slate of series ready to go for fall, and is hoping to start production as soon as it is safe to begin again. With many states shutting down television and movie filming for the foreseeable future, YTN (and other networks) will likely have a very different schedule come this fall.

factsoflife

04-27-2020, 05:16 PM

Gen-TV News:
---Gen-TV Summer Schedule 2020

Effective: May 2020

Gen-TV Network (a division of Gen-TV Studios) has unveiled its summer 2020 TV schedule. Due to the 2020 Pandemic shutting down Hollywood, the summer season will start airing earlier than normal and will launch in May 2020. The schedule contains returning summer favorites like “Breaking Blue” and “The Hardest Goodbye” and several programs that were supposed air earlier in the season but were delayed due to the pandemic, these include full seasons of “High School Diaries” (and its spin-offs) and “Degree of Guilt.”

All Episodes Are New Unless Indicated

Sunday:

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition

9pm: Climb The Pyramid

10: Without Borders

Monday:

8pm: Breaking Blue

9pm: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year

Tuesday:

8pm: Climb The Pyramid

9: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year

10: Atlanta Medical

Wednesday:

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition

9pm: Climb The Pyramid

10pm: Soapless: Life After Daytime

Thursday:

8pm: Climb The Pyramid

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes

10: The Hardest Goodbye

Friday:

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition

9pm: 7th Heaven (Reruns)

10: Having Faith (Reruns)

Saturday:

8pm: Ready To Wear (Reruns)

830: Bless Your Heart (Reruns)

9: Baker’s Dozen (Reruns)

930: Kate & Ali (Reruns)

10: Deadly Visions (Reruns)

Gen-TV News:
-Summer Schedule Launch

Gen-TV had previously announced their summer schedule lineup but can now confirm that they will start airing the summer programming on Sunday, May 10, 2020.

Until then, Gen-TV has some brand new special programming on-tap to fill the void, complete details appear below, but they include a variety of original episodes and specials filmed using Zoom and other social media apps.

Wednesday, April 29:

"Kate & Ali: Locked Up, Apart": Keegan-Michael Key has penned a hilarious brand-new episode of "Kate & Ali" called "Locked Up, Apart" which will feature Kate & Ali as they communicate with each other through various social media apps after Ali and the kids (both his and Kate's) are locked at home in New York during quarantine and Kate is stuck in Hawaii on a business trip and can't get home due to flight cancellations. The episode will feature the main cast members of the show, Keegan-Michael Key and Tiya Sircar as they discuss various household issues related to the lockdown.

"Ready To Wear: Our Funniest Moments": This brand-new half-hour clip show will feature the funniest moments from the first season and a half of "Ready To Wear." It will feature a special introduction from star Zooey Deschanel filmed using Skype.

Thursday, April 30:

"Gen-TV's Very Special, Hopefully Once In A Lifetime Social Distancing Special": Filmed entirely using video chat apps Zoom and Skype (among others); this hilarious and star studded special telethon style event will attempt to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts and will feature stars from Gen-TV's past and present plus plenty of other celebrity guests all appearing from the comfort of their own homes. Confirmed acts include a musical performances from Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper; Backstreet Boys, Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Ariana Grande, BTS and Kelly Clarkson. Comedy skits featuring John Mulaney, Sacha Baron Cohen, Adam Sandler and Sebastian Maniscalco. It will also feature visits from Gen-TV cast members past and present, plus special surprise visits from other celebrity visitors.

"Having Faith": The cast of "Having Faith" appears in a new special episode shot using ZOOM as Faith (Regina Hall) tries to comfort her family, friends and parishioners as they deal with how COVID-19 is changing their lives and challenging them every day. Cast members confirmed to appear include Hall, Vivica A. Fox and Jada Pinkett-Smith. Special guest stars include Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Lela Rochon, Taraji P Henson, Boris Kodjoe, Vanessa Williams and Jackee Harry.

Additional Specials and Episodes are also currently being planned and will be announced as they are confirmed.

yankeesrj12

05-04-2020, 12:18 AM

Sunday, April 19, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 6.06 million viewers and 1.0 (1.001) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Asylum - 4.71 million viewers and 0.5 (0.518) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Day in the Life - 4.37 million viewers and 0.5 (0.499) A18-49, even with last week.

Monday, April 20, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - 5.46 million viewers and 0.9 (0.914) A18-49, even with last week.

830- High Times of Denver - 4/20 SPECIAL EPISODE - 4.37 million viewers and 0.9 (0.927) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- CIA Files - 12.12 million viewers and 1.6 (1.603) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Newsflash - 6.67 million viewers and 0.6 (0.642) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - SEASON FINALE - 7.45 million viewers and 1.3 (1.269) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - SEASON FINALE - 7.24 million viewers and 1.2 (1.232) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Blended - 5.45 million viewers and 0.9 (0.941) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- Life Lessons - 5.39 million viewers and 0.9 (0.943) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - SEASON FINALE - 12.21 million viewers and 1.3 (1.303) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.56 million viewers and 1.0 (0.986) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- LAPD Unit 7 - SEASON FINALE - 11.64 million viewers and 1.1 (1.085) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN: Phoenix - SEASON FINALE - 11.97 million viewers and 1.2 (1.232) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Thursday, April 23, 2020
8- YTN Presents: Funniest Sitcom Moments in Network History - SPECIAL (3hrs) - 7.04 million viewers and 1.1 (1.086) A18-49.

Friday, April 24, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.39 million viewers and 0.3 (0.343) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.32 million viewers and 0.3 (0.341) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.95 million viewers and 0.5 (0.463) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

factsoflife

05-06-2020, 07:42 PM

Gen-TV News:
-Summer Schedule Launch

Gen-TV had previously announced their summer schedule lineup but can now confirm that they will start airing the summer programming on Sunday, May 10, 2020.

Until then, Gen-TV has some brand new special programming on-tap to fill the void, complete details appear below, but they include a variety of original episodes and specials filmed using Zoom and other social media apps.

Wednesday, April 29:

"Kate & Ali: Locked Up, Apart": Keegan-Michael Key has penned a hilarious brand-new episode of "Kate & Ali" called "Locked Up, Apart" which will feature Kate & Ali as they communicate with each other through various social media apps after Ali and the kids (both his and Kate's) are locked at home in New York during quarantine and Kate is stuck in Hawaii on a business trip and can't get home due to flight cancellations. The episode will feature the main cast members of the show, Keegan-Michael Key and Tiya Sircar as they discuss various household issues related to the lockdown.

"Ready To Wear: Our Funniest Moments": This brand-new half-hour clip show will feature the funniest moments from the first season and a half of "Ready To Wear." It will feature a special introduction from star Zooey Deschanel filmed using Skype.

Thursday, April 30:

"Gen-TV's Very Special, Hopefully Once In A Lifetime Social Distancing Special": Filmed entirely using video chat apps Zoom and Skype (among others); this hilarious and star studded special telethon style event will attempt to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts and will feature stars from Gen-TV's past and present plus plenty of other celebrity guests all appearing from the comfort of their own homes. Confirmed acts include a musical performances from Lady Gaga featuring Bradley Cooper; Backstreet Boys, Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Ariana Grande, BTS and Kelly Clarkson. Comedy skits featuring John Mulaney, Sacha Baron Cohen, Adam Sandler and Sebastian Maniscalco. It will also feature visits from Gen-TV cast members past and present, plus special surprise visits from other celebrity visitors.

"Having Faith": The cast of "Having Faith" appears in a new special episode shot using ZOOM as Faith (Regina Hall) tries to comfort her family, friends and parishioners as they deal with how COVID-19 is changing their lives and challenging them every day. Cast members confirmed to appear include Hall, Vivica A. Fox and Jada Pinkett-Smith. Special guest stars include Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Lela Rochon, Taraji P Henson, Boris Kodjoe, Vanessa Williams and Jackee Harry.

Additional Specials and Episodes are also currently being planned and will be announced as they are confirmed.

Wednesday, April 29:

8pm: "Kate & Ali: Locked Up, Apart" (New): 44.4 million/19.6 (19.67) 18-49

"Ready To Wear: Our Funniest Moments" (New): 38.5 million/20.3 (20.38) 18-49

Thursday, April 30:

"Gen-TV's Very Special, Hopefully Once In A Lifetime Social Distancing Special (New): 61.2 million/30.4 (30.46) 18-49

"Having Faith" (New): 30.3 million/21.3 (21.32) 18-49

factsoflife

05-06-2020, 08:34 PM

Gen-TV Pick Ups
--Network Orders 11 To Series

Gen-TV Network may still be about a month away from officially announcing their 2020-2021 schedule; but they have been busy getting it ready. They have confirmed today that they've ordered eleven programs to series for next season. This order is comprised of five comedies and six dramas.

The full details are below:

COMEDY:

Although comedy development was considered a low priority for next season, this changed dramatically as the COVID-19 pandemic shut-down most of the modern world and abruptly ended production on all Gen-TV series. "Suddenly, the thought of not providing our viewers with reasons to laugh felt very wrong and we had to immediately adjust our goals." So, the network started the search for new comedy pilots, and has come to order the following five to series:

"Going For Broke": a spin-off of "Ready To Wear" set inside a mall/casino that is struggling to survive in a new economic climate. It follows the daily interactions and lives of its eccentric staff. The concept will be introduced in an episode of "Ready To Wear" early into the new season and is being written to allow crossovers from "Ready To Wear" on the regular.

"Hooking Up": a ensemble comedy following a group of 20-somethings as they embark on a suddenly uncertain post-college future and try to find career, love and friendships in a completely different landscape than they imagined they'd be in.

"Raised By Wolves": A family-comedy about a 15 year old foster son who gets adopted by a new family; the eccentric Wolf family of Long Island, New York.

"Dr. Love": A psychiatrist who hosts a TV talk show focused on relationships called "Dr. Love" finds himself at a crossroads as he realizes for the first time that he's nearly 40; single and has never had a successful relationship in his life.

"Moving On": A long in the works spin-off of "Making It Work" featuring a completely top-secret cast and premise which Gen-TV will announce at UpFronts when they take place in June (most likely virtually).

DRAMA:

"Descent": This conspiracy drama follows a ever evolving mystery that takes place when several passengers on board a domestic flight from Cleveland to Orlando completely vanish into thin air during the flight.

"5150": This new drama focuses on the life of a New York attorney and author who gets the story of his lifetime when he attempts to find out once and for all why his wife, a nurse was killed inside a Manhattan psychiatric hospital by checking into the hospital himself undercover to find out who is responsible

"Biological": From the creators of Gen-TV's "Sisters" comes "Biological" a new drama focused on four strangers who discover they are family after taking an at-home DNA test and unknowingly uncover decades of secrets, including a decades old conspiracy involving the hospital they were born in.

"Before & After": This brand new anthology program features a different family every season and showcases them in two distinct periods of time; "The Before" and "The After"; as in just before and just after a life-altering event. The first season follows the fictional Miller family directly before the 9/11 in 2001 and directly after the 2008 stock market/subprime mortgage crisis.

"Active Threat": A brand new crime drama focused on a specialized FBI team tasked with handling the most high-octane, dangerous and active threats in the country; from crazed gunmen to hostages situations and everything in-between.

"Snitches": This new drama focuses on three criminals turned FBI informants as they attempt to hide the fact that they've become snitches and have talked to law enforcement.

jimpickens

05-07-2020, 01:14 AM

To make up for the lack of new episodes last month two Charlie Brown Chronicles MFTV movies This week it's Hike Faster They have Banjos Charlie Brown which finds our unlikely badass in the Ozarks along the Boggy Creek area around 80's circa busting up illegal stills, blowing up drug dens and labs with the help of his new found friend the Fouke Monster.

yankeesrj12

05-07-2020, 04:36 PM

Sunday, April 26, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.63 million viewers and 0.9 (0.935) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Asylum - 4.51 million viewers and 0.5 (0.503) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Day in the Life - 4.63 million viewers and 0.5 (0.505) A18-49, even with last week.

Monday, April 27, 2020
8- Soccer Stories - SEASON FINALE - 5.84 million viewers and 1.0 (0.972) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- High Times of Denver - 4/20 SPECIAL EPISODE - 4.29 million viewers and 0.9 (0.915) A18-49, even with last week.

9- CIA Files - SEASON FINALE - 12.28 million viewers and 1.6 (1.581) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Newsflash - 6.41 million viewers and 0.6 (0.604) A18-49, even with last week. It will air two episodes next week, with the finale at 10.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
8- UpSelling - SEASON PREMIERE - 6.13 million viewers and 1.0 (1.023) A18-49, down three tenths from last years January 2019 debut, but in line with the season average (1.05 A18-49).

830- Ava and Liam - RETURN - 3.42 million viewers and 0.6 (0.633) A18-49, even with its last new episode in October (.642). As a reminder, YTN cancelled the series but will air new episodes throughout the summer.

9- Blended - 5.14 million viewers and 0.8 (0.799) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- Life Lessons - 4.95 million viewers and 0.8 (0.768) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.14 million viewers and 0.9 (0.938) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

YTN aired two repeats of Money Mountain from 9-11.

Thursday, April 30, 2020
8- YTN Presents: The Most Heartbreaking Moments in Network History - SPECIAL (3hrs) - 6.37 million viewers and 1.0 (0.985) A18-49.

Friday, May 1, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.14 million viewers and 0.3 (0.304) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.01 million viewers and 0.3 (0.298) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.63 million viewers and 0.4 (0.413) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

05-07-2020, 04:49 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER
YTN ADDS "YTN ORIGINAL MOVIE NIGHT" TO THURSDAYS
On the heels of CBS and ABC adding movies back to their schedule thanks to lack of programming from COVID-19, YTN is doing the same.

In the earlier years of the network, YTN produced a handful of original movies, which will be shown for the first time in nearly six years. Besides movies of YTN original series, all the other movies have not been available anywhere - including the YTN streaming service, YTN Everywhere.

The bench of movies is deep enough, that YTN will program Thursday nights with a movie through late August. Since all of the movies were aired in two hour timeslots in the past, they will air from 8-10, with a repeat of TAKEN airing at 10 o'clock.

Here is the schedule of movies:
May 14th - The End of the World
May 21st - Dinosaurs in New York City
May 28th - The Titan
June 4th - Horror House
June 11th - Love Stranger
June 18th - Six
June 25th - They Are Out There
July 2nd - Reversing History (part one)
July 9th - Reversing History (part two)
July 16th - Pushing Daisies
July 23rd - Sleeping with the Killer
July 30th - Murder in the Yard
August 6th - Desperation Move
August 13th - The Couple Not Seen
August 20th - Darkness Beneath
August 27th - Alone with the Stranger

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN ADDS THREE "YTN PRESENTS:" SPECIALS TO THURSDAYS
In the midst of losing its Thursday comedy block due to COVID-19 related shut-downs, YTN is filling the next three Thursdays with various specials looking back at iconic moments throughout the networks ten-plus year existence.

Beginning tonight, the network will air YTN Presents: The Funniest Sitcom Moments in Network History, from 8pm to 11pm. The three hour special will delve through various funny moments in YTN sitcoms. It will countdown 30 moments, with 10 airing per hour, all leading up to the funniest moment in network history. YTN confirmed sitcoms that previously aired on now-defunct TCN and its streaming service will also appear in the special.

The next two weeks will use the same three hour format, counting down the 30 best moments. Next Thursdays special, YTN Presents: The Most Heart-Breaking Moments in Network History, will feature moments that are mostly from their large slate of dramas. The network confirmed a few comedies will make an appearance. Airing on Thursday, May 6th is YTN Presents: The Craziest Reality Moments in Network History, which will feature the best moments from their reality series.

YTN confirmed they are working on additional specials throughout the summer, and will reveal their summer schedule in the coming days. Thanks to its massive contract with GEN-TV, many of the series in that deal have already filmed an entire season before production shutdown.

Insiders tell us the network does not currently have a slate of series ready to go for fall, and is hoping to start production as soon as it is safe to begin again. With many states shutting down television and movie filming for the foreseeable future, YTN (and other networks) will likely have a very different schedule come this fall.

yankeesrj12

05-11-2020, 03:22 PM

Sunday, May 3, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.35 million viewers and 0.9 (0.908) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Asylum - 4.81 million viewers and 0.5 (0.471) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Day in the Life - SEASON/SERIES FINALE - 4.84 million viewers and 0.5 (0.482) A18-49, even with last week.

Monday, May 4, 2020
9- Newsflash - 5.73 million viewers and 0.6 (0.572) A18-49, even with last weeks 10 o'clock episode.

10- Newsflash - SEASON/SERIES FINALE - 5.31 million viewers and 0.5 (0.534) A18-49, down a tenth from 9 o'clock and last week.

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.85 million viewers and 0.9 (0.903) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.62 million viewers and 0.6 (0.553) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Blended - 4.81 million viewers and 0.7 (0.742) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- Life Lessons - SEASON/SERIES FINALE - 4.94 million viewers and 0.8 (0.753) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.73 million viewers and 0.9 (0.875) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - RETURN/NEW TIMESLOT - 5.49 million viewers and 0.8 (0.811) A18-49, even with its last new episode in December.

10- Better Days - RETURN/NEW TIMESLOT - 3.17 million viewers and 0.4 (0.421) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode in February.

Thursday, May 7, 2020
8- YTN Presents: The Craziest Reality Moments in Network History - SPECIAL (3hrs) - 6.26 million viewers and 1.0 (0.993) A18-49.

Friday, May 8, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.01 million viewers and 0.3 (0.294) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.85 million viewers and 0.3 (0.279) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.87 million viewers and 0.4 (0.431) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

05-11-2020, 03:53 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN ADDS "BLAST FROM THE PAST" SPECIAL TO TUESDAY NIGHTS
With COVID-19 continuing to effect network schedules, YTN is adding another experiment to its schedule. Beginning Tuesday, June 2nd, the network will open its comedy archives and air episodes of YTN comedies that have been off the air for the last few years. The network is letting viewers choose which episodes of each comedy will air through social media platforms.

Dubbed "Blast from the Past", YTN will air four episodes of a different comedy each week from 9pm to 11pm. During breaks throughout the two hours, stars of the ended comedy will share memories from their time on the show. All of the memories will film using online video sharing.

YTN will start "Blast from the Past" with Roommates, which aired one season on ABC Family, before jumping to YTN after its cancellation. It was one of the first sitcoms to air on YTN and repeats have aired sparingly on YTN since it ended.

Here are the other comedies set to air:
June 2nd - Roommates
June 9th - Living Life
June 16th - Singles
June 23rd - Five of Us/CHELSEA
June 30th - Kate and Zoe
July 7th - College
July 14th - Friends of Mine
July 21st - The Life of Gary
July 28th - Being Average
August 4th - Blue Collar
August 11th - Suburbia
August 18th - Raising Teenagers
August 25th - Heart of America
September 1st - Sisterhood
September 8th - Growing up at 30
September 15th - Family Business
September 22nd - Behind the Scenes

A handful of YTN comedies will not be featured during the special, including all current sitcoms, as well as They Work Hard for their Money, Three Bitches, Marriage by Default, The New Life, Under One Roof, My Immature Brother, Therapy, and Burgers and Fries. All those episodes remain on YTN Everywhere.

This is a change from the previous schedule, which had Blended airing into late June and Extended Family airing at 930, beginning next week. Blended will air two episodes per week, for two weeks, ending with its 20th episode as the finale. Extended Family will return at a later date. The 10 o'clock hour was already filled with various repeats, but will revert to airing the comedy block.

factsoflife

05-12-2020, 03:23 PM

factsoflife

05-12-2020, 03:32 PM

Gen-TV News:
Fall TV Tidbits and Rumors

With much of next seasons TV broadcasting schedule still up in the air, Gen-TV is still forging ahead with plans to release its plans for its Fall 2020 schedule. The network confirms that they will be unveiling the schedule later this week. But before we get to that there are some rumors and tidbits of information that have been leaked about what will and will no be on that schedule.

"New Sitcoms":

Gen-TV is looking likely to be launching several new sitcoms on the fall as they recently placed orders for five new sitcoms. Sources inside Gen-TV inform Hollywood Insider that the sitcoms most likely to be present on the schedule are "Going for Broke" because of the "Read To Wear" connection and "Raised By Wolves" which sources describe as "the funniest pilot Gen-TV has ever had."

"Old Sitcoms On The Bench":

Gen-TV also has a slew of old sitcoms still on the schedule; including "Cafe Oddity", "Ready To Wear", "Kate & Ali", "Baker's Dozen" and several more; so it seems likely that some of these comedies will be sitting on the bench and held over until 2021. Our bets are on "Unemployed", "Grounded" or "The Boss Lady", three series typically reserved for utility player status. We'll see how it pans out but sources tell us that "Grounded" is unlikely to be present on the fall schedule and that 'Our Pet Dragon" could be held-over until next year because Gen-TV has no other shows like it that they can pair with it.

jimpickens

05-13-2020, 01:09 AM

This week it's This Aint Mayberry Charlie Brown Chuck and the gang wind up in a corrupt small town speed trap which is really a front for a hijacking operation run by their arch nemesis the Little Bastards ( pun intended) there's gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight another pun).

factsoflife

05-19-2020, 09:49 PM

factsoflife

05-19-2020, 09:52 PM

Gen-TV
Fall 2020 Schedule
Effective: TBA Fall 2020

Gen-TV Network is proud to formally announce its Fall 2020 schedule and officially reveal its plans for the 2020-2021 TV season. Due to COVID-19 shutting down production across the industry Gen-TV’s plans for Fall are fairly risky and rely heavily on unproven, new series. The network plans to launch ten new series (six dramas; four comedies) and also benches several high profile returning series until mid-season. Gen-TV’s Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson explains “The decision to hold some of our returning programs until mid-season is a direct result of COVID-19 and to allow us to air original programming throughout the entire season.”
Among the shows being held-over until 2021 are the fifth season of returning drama “The Border Police”, the third season of comedies “Café Oddity” and “Our Pet Dragon”, the second season of “Grand Jury” and the entire “High School Diaries” franchise.
The new series include the “Going For Broke”, a spin-off of “Ready To Wear” set inside a mall attempting to survive in a post-pandemic, recession environment and the various degrees staff at the mall go to just to prevent their doors from shutting. “These Trying Times” focuses on middle class family in 2008 Illinois trying to survive after the family construction business goes out of business and they are forced to move out of their middle class suburb and into a less affluent area. New comedy “Raised By Wolves” focuses on an adopted child as he attempts to adjust to life with his eccentric and loving new family, the Wolf family of Long Island, NYC.

Sunday:
8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New Night & Time)
830: Roomies (New Timeslot)
9pm: Baker’s Dozen (New Timeslot)
930: The Boss Lady (New Night & Time)
10: Snitches (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV has greatly altered its Sunday line-up, starting with a new season of “Stuck In The Middle” at 8pm, followed by the second season of “Roomies” at 830. “Baker’s Dozen” moves to Sundays at 9pm and leads into “The Boss Lady” on a new night and time. At 10pm, a new drama “Snitches” debuts at 10pm.

Monday:

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New Series)
830: Unemployed (New Night & Time)
9pm: Grounded (New Timeslot)
930: Motherhood: The Series (New Night & Time)
10: CIA: New York (New Night)

Notes: Gen-TV has completely overhauled its Monday line-up with new comedy “Raised by Wolves” leading into “Unemployed” on a new night and time. That series was on the verge of cancellation and was saved by the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down production in Hollywood and forcing Gen-TV to abandon most of its pilots. At 9pm, “Grounded” leads into returning series “Motherhood: The Series” and at 10pm, “CIA: New York” returns.

Tuesday:

8pm: Deadly Visions
9pm: Feds
10pm: Descent (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV has a brand new Tuesday night line-up with “Deadly Visions” leading the night off at 8pm, followed by season two of “Feds” and a new drama “Descent” at 10pm.

Wednesday:

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New Night & Time)
830: Hooking Up (New Series)
9pm: Kate & Ali (New Night)
930: Dr. Love (New Series)
10: Before & After (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV has completely redesigned their Wednesday night lineup. Sophomore comedy “Bless Your Heart” starring Cardi B leads off the night and is followed by a new comedy “Hooking Up” which follows a group of 20’somethings attempting to find themselves and find their place in a world that is increasingly uncertain. At 9pm, “Kate & Ali” moves to Wednesday and leads into “Dr. Love” a new comedy about a psychiatrist who hosts a TV talk show about romance and must come to terms with his own lack of personal relationships. At 10pm, a new drama “Before & After” showcases the lives of a family in the weeks/months prior to and the weeks/months directly following a personal tragedy.

Thursday:

8pm: Ready to Wear
830: Going For Broke (New Series)
9pm: Fugitive Recovery (New Night & Time)
10pm: Active Threat (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV Thursday is all new with “Ready To Wear” at 8pm, followed by “Going For Broke” a spin-off of “Ready To Wear” follows the staff of a struggling casino and mall as they try to survive in a new economic climate. At 9pm, “Fugitive Recovery” moves to Thursday nights and leads into a brand new drama “Active Threat” which follows an FBI task force specializing in the most high-stakes threats to America; from hostage situations to active shooters.

Friday:

8pm: 7th Heaven
9pm: Having Faith
10pm: Biological (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV’s Friday looks remarkably the same with “7th Heaven” and “Having Faith” both returning for sophomore seasons and leading into a new drama “Biological” about a group of four complete strangers who find out they are related after an at-home DNA test reveals long-buried secrets. From the creators of “Sisters”, this poignant drama asks all the tough questions about life.

Saturday:

8pm: Discography
9pm: These Trying Times
10pm: Degree of Guilt

Notes: Gen-TV creates an entirely new line-up on Saturday with “Discography” at 8pm leading into a new drama “These Trying Times” and “Degree of Guilt.”

Programming Note: Although “Degree of Guilt” is renewed for a fourth season, Gen-TV will start by airing the series complete third season of 13 episodes first which were held over from April 2020 due to the coronavirus. Episodes from the fourth season will begin airing immediately after the third season episodes complete airing.

Midseason/Alternative:
Switching Places (Season 3) (1hr/Reality)
Celebrity Cooking Battles (Season 7) (1hr/reality) (renewal pending)
High School Diaries Franchise: (renewals pending)
Freshmen Year (Season 4) (1hr/reality)
Sophomore Year (Season 3) (1hr/reality)
Junior & Senior Year (Season 2) (1hr/reality)
Gen-TV Movies & Mini-Series (held over from April 2020; titles include “Mallory’s Reunion” and various others)
Grand Jury (season 2) (1hr/Drama)
5150 (Season 1) (1hr/Drama)
Moving On (Season 1) (30 min/comedy)
Our Pet Dragon (Season 2) (30 min/comedy)
Café Oddity (Season 3) (30 min/comedy)
The Border Police (Season 5) (1hr/Drama)

Cancelled/Ended:
Boston Blues
Served
American Heroes
Making It Work
Every Other Weekend
The Truth about Birth: Stories of Motherhood
Zendaya
Maria's Quinceanera
If Hillary Had Won
American Loser
American Citizen
Ms. Belvedere
Hart of Family
Unlikely Family
Medical Center

jimpickens

05-20-2020, 02:00 AM

In the second MFTV movie Love's Not Blind it's Stoned Charlie Brown Lucy apologizes for all the rotten things she has done to him over the years and after a few drinks and a trip to the park where he actually got to kick the football and hot sex in the back of Chucks custom van where Lucy thanked him for helping her fake her own death they came to the conclusion that they were made for each other and after telling her about how the redhead left him for a wrestling bear in 88 they decided to get married.

factsoflife

05-21-2020, 08:07 PM

Gen-TV Ratings:
Sunday, May 10-Monday, May 11, 2020:

Gen-TV started airing summer programming on Sunday night and here are the ratings results for Sunday and Monday.

Sunday, May 10:

Season Premieres of both versions of "Climb The Pyramid" were roaring success and the return of "Without Borders" was also a huge success. Gen-TV handily won the night among demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New; Season Premiere): 28.4 million/10.8 (10.83) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New; Season Premiere): 30.4 million/12.8 (12.87) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New; Season Premiere): 38.5 million/14.8 (14.82) 18-49

Monday, May 11:

The season premiere of "Breaking Blue" was a solid success and was the highest-rated drama broadcast on TV on Monday. The return of both "High School Diaries" installments easily set series-records and won the night for Gen-TV.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New; Season Premiere): 18.3 million/10.9 (10.97) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New; Season Premiere): 45.4 million/19.3 (19.35) 18-49

10pm: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year (New; Season Premiere): 50.4 million/20.4 (20.49) 18-49

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Tuesday, May 12-Saturday, May 16, 2020:

Tuesday, May 12:

Climb The Pyramid in its regular timeslot was down in both demos and total viewers. The series premiere of the latest High School Diaries installment was a runaway success and Atlanta Medical returned to solid returns.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 22.8 million/10.5 (10.55) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New, Series Premiere): 34.5 million/13.9 (13.93) 18-49

10pm: Atlanta Medical (New, Season Premiere): 20.3 million/12.6 (12.67) 18-49

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Wednesday, May 13:

A brand new Family Edition of Climb The Pyramid was strong and was up in demos. The regular version was up in demos as well. And the season premiere of Soapless: Life After Daytime returned to respectable returns.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 22.1 million/11.4 (11.48) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 27.5 million/18.3 (18.38) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New, Season Premiere): 13.9 million/8.4 (8.45) 18-49

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Thursday, May 14:

The season premiere of "The Hardest Goodbye" netted 14.8 in demos and was seen by 19.7 million viewers. The sixth season of this anthology focuses on stories of ovarian and cervical cancer as well as male victims of prostate and colon-rectal cancer. It features a star studded cast including Anne Hathaway, Rachel McAdam's, James McAvoy, Matt Damon, Claire Danes and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Climb The Pyramid was strong as usual, netting 12.4 in demos down slightly from Wednesday but on-par with expectations. Celebrity Cooking Battles returned for its long-delayed sixth season (which was filmed all the way back in 2018) and features female athletes competing against each other for charity. 18.4 million viewers tuned in and it netted a 7.3 in demos; a strong return.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 24.8 million/12.4 (12.45) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New, Season Premiere): 18.4 million/7.3 (7.34) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New; Season Premiere): 19.7 million/14.8 (14.82) 18-49

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Friday, May 15:

Climb The Pyramid netted 12.8 in demos which was up from Thursday night.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.3 million/12.8 (12.82) 18-49

9pm: 7th Heaven (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

10pm: Having Faith (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

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Saturday, May 16:

With only reruns airing Gen-TV will not be publishing ratings information for Saturday night.

factsoflife

05-21-2020, 08:36 PM

Breaking News:
A Hollywood Insider Exclusive
---Gen-TV To Join Late Night Wars

If it wasn't already a crowded field, late night is getting some new competition. Gen-TV has formally announced that starting in April they will be testing "our very first full late night schedule." Late night programming is something that Gen-TV has "toyed with in the past; trying out a show or two here and there, but not something we've ever fully committed to in the way we will be doing this year."

The network confirms that their April 2020 schedule update will include "a full line-up of late night programming, ranging anywhere between two and five hours." The exact nature of the late-night programming is still being kept under wraps until the network reveals their April 2020 schedule updates later this month. But a representative for the network says " the late night programming we have in development are from a variety of different genres and I think will be a pleasant and welcome surprise for viewers. They will offer a choice in late night that viewers haven't had before."

Official details on the late night programming will be released when the April 2020 schedule is announced later this month.

Gen-TV News:
Late Night Launch Cancelled, For Now?

With COVID-19 halting production across Hollywood, Gen-TV made some neccesary changes which included scrapping most of its April 2020 schedule plans. Among the plans that were changed was the launch of Gen-TV's first ever late-night lineup of programs.

None of the series Gen-TV planned to launch were filmed, as all of them were going to be live shows. So Gen-TV is cancelling those plans all-together, but they could be revived in the future. Gen-TV President Margo Danbury says "those plans are on-hold for now, but very well could be revived in a year or so once COVID-19 has passed."

factsoflife

05-21-2020, 09:13 PM

Gen-TV News:
-Daytime Scheduling For Fall 2020

Gen-TV is cleaning house for Fall 2020 and plans to fully update its slate of original series for daytime in the fall. The network has cancelled five series, starting with veteran reality series "Family Court", which after over 3,000 episodes over five seasons is being retired due to "financial considerations and declining viewer interest in the program." The series launched five seasons ago and was an immediate success, quickly becoming Gen-TV's signature daytime program. It started as a Gen-TV Network series only and was then expanded into first-run syndication, where for three seasons it pushed "Judge Judy" out of the #1 spot among syndicated programming.

The network has also confirmed they have cancelled "NightCap featuring Dan Harris and Elisabeth Vargas" as the once-popular news series has seen a rapid decrease in popularity since original host and creator Gio Benitez left the series to focus more on his work at ABC News. The addition of celebrity youth correspondents was no help either and continued to drive ratings down.

Gen-TV is also cancelling "The Download with Keith Olbermaan" and "Fish Out Of Water." "The Download with Keith Olbermaan" was supposed end its run in May 2020 but the Hollywood shutdown due to COVID-19 left the series unable to produce its final three months of episodes. The same applies to preschool sitcom "Fish Out Of Water" which will not return either.

Back in March before the outbreak, Gen-TV had also cancelled struggling freshmen talk show "Jenny & Sherri."

Now for the good news, Gen-TV has renewed veteran children's sitcoms "Magic School" and "Head of Household" and is bringing back preschool puppet show "The Special Classroom." They have also renewed talk shows "Mouthy Broads", "Hot Flashes" and "3Girls2Gays."

They also plan on launching five brand new series including cooking series "Morning Bites", "Quick Bites" and "The Daily Dinner" plus two brand new game shows, "Spending Spree" and "Splurge."

The full daytime schedule for Fall 2020 is below:

9am: Morning Bites (New Series)
10am: Quick Bites (New Series)
11am: Magic School (New Timeslot)
12pm: The Special Classroom (Returns to Gen-TV!)
1230: The Special Classroom (Returns to Gen-TV!)
130pm: Head of Household (New Timeslot)
2pm: Spending Spree (New Series)
3pm: Splurge (New Series)
4pm: Mouthy Broads (New Timeslot)
5pm: Hot Flashes (New Timeslot)
6pm: 3Girls2Gays
7pm: The Daily Dinner (New Series)

Several of these new series were planned to be part of a brand new late night programming block that Gen-TV was going to debut in April, but plans for that have been cancelled due to COVID-19.

factsoflife

05-23-2020, 10:03 PM

Gen-TV News:
---Bell Not Returning, Soap Vet In

Just two days after announcing the return of "Promise of Tomorrow" for Gen-TV Daytime comes word from Gen-TV's President Margo Danbury that series creator Maria Arena Bell , who also served as Executive Producer for most of the shows original run will not be returning to the series. "Maria has decided she is not interested in going back into the daily grind of running Promise of Tomorrow; and will only serve as a consultant whose brain we pick from time to time."

Instead, the day to day operations of the show is going to be handled by soap opera vetera Sally Sussman Morina whose daytime credits include "The Young & Restless", "Days of Our Lives", "Another World", "Generations" and MTV's "Spyder Games". She has also written for "Knots Landing" and the short-lived 1992 Fox soap opera "Freshmen Dorm". Her most recent credit is serving as Executive Producer and Co-Head Writer of "Y&R" from 2016-2017. She was chosen from a pool of industry heavyweights all with decades of experience, but was picked because according to Danbury "Sally brought some very clever and fresh ideas to the table, and seemed to have the best pitch for how to revive this show."

She will serve as Executive Producer on the reboot of "Promise of Tomorrow" and will also get a credit as Co-Head Writer. Joining her in the writers room will be industry veterans Michele Val Jean ("General Hospital", "The Bold & Beautiful"), Christopher Whitesell ("As The World Turns", "Days of Our Lives", "Another World", "One Life To Live", and more) and Jean Passanante ("GH", "Y&R", "OLTL", "AW", "AMC" and "ATWT").

Val Jean will serve as Co-Head Writer alongside Sally Sussman Morina, while Passante will serve as Breakdown Writer and Whitesell will serve as Associate Head Writer. Whitesell will also serve as Senior Supervising Producer.

For the directing team, Gen-TV has hired acclaimed soap directors Gary Tomlin, Larry Carpenter and Francesca James to rotate directing episodes of the show. Between them they have nearly five decades of credits under their belt spanning across nearly every soap opera in modern times.

The reboot of "Promise of Tomorrow" will debut in the fall of 2020. Since leaving the air in 2016, Gen-TV briefly aired a web version of the show that were 15-20 minute segments and featured non-linear stories unrelated to the series proper. "fans have been relentless in their passion for bringing this series back to Gen-TV." "We decided the time was right to listen."

Casting is currently underway and no information is available for that at the moment. Sources within Gen-TV however are hinting that the cast will include more than a few fan favorites as well as several new characters.

Gen-TV News:
--Promise of Tomorrow Pushed to 2021

Gen-TV is assuring fans of beloved daytime drama "Promise of Tomorrow" that the planned reboot of the series, is still in the works and will still be coming to our screens. However, it is going to be arriving a bit later than originally planned.

The initial plan was for the reboot to debut in Fall 2020, but due to the production shutdown that prematurely ended the season, Gen-TV is forced to postpone the relaunch of this franchise until 2021. Confirming the state of affairs for the show, Gen-TV's Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson said today "Promise of Tomorrow is still very much on our radar and remains in active development, but due to the current work stoppage we have been forced to postpone airing it until next year." "Promise of Tomorrow will return in 2021, and will more daring and exciting than ever before."

That said, Gen-TV is reportedly in the process of recruiting daytime heavyweights to headline the refreshed version of the show. Sources tell us the cast of the series reboot will be comprised of roughly 60% former cast members and roughly 40% new cast members. While not much is yet known about which former cast members will be present, what has been confirmed is that "Gen-TV is looking at this as a major reset for the soap opera and is planning on making some very hard trims to the cast and focusing on only a few core characters who are fundamental and vital to the show continuing." "Fans will be a bit shocked at some of the characters that will be cut and who will return."

Speculation has been running wild in soap opera groups that "Gen-TV is going to eliminate all of the older characters over the age of 40 and focus only on the younger cast members who come with less expensive salaries." One thing giving this theory some credence is a statement made by Gen-TV Executives back in 2017, a year after the show was cancelled "One of the reasons we had to cancel Promise of Tomorrow is that from a financial standpoint it just wasn't sustainable anymore in the form it was in." "The cast salaries were just getting too high and that is because it included a lot of actors who have worked in daytime for decades and command huge salaries." "With the ratings it was getting at the time the cost of those salaries just didn't measure up to make the show profitable."

One cast member who has already confirmed they will not be returning for the reboot is Vanessa Marcil, who joined the cast of the show in 2016 with a lucrative contract worth over a million dollars and played the role of presumed heroine turned quasi-villainess Nessa Gordon. The character who was supposed drive ratings up and serve as a lighting rod for the storyline ended up making little impact and was quietly dropped from the show less than three months into the contract." "Vanessa was dropped from the show and released from her contract prior to the shows cancellation later that year."

Marcil confirmed through her representatives that "Vanessa will not be part of the Promise of Tomorrow reboot because she simply has not been asked by producers to join the cast." Later clarifying "Vanessa thoroughly enjoyed her role on Promise of Tomorrow but has long since put Nessa Gordon to bed and is in a different stage of her life now and just simply would not be able to readjust to the rigors of daily soap opera production again."

Robin Strasser, who played psychopath and town pariah Lucinda Becksworth on the show has also confirmed that she "will not be apart of the reboot, simply because she enjoys her life in New York and does not want to move to Los Angeles to a long-term role." "and also, Lucinda is very much dead, not that it matters much in the soap opera world."

yankeesrj12

05-25-2020, 11:32 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN RENEWS MOST SERIES FOR 2020-2021 TELEVISION SEASON
YTN announced the renewal of most of its scripted and unscripted slate, leaving the fates of four series undetermined.

The shows YTN is still waiting to renew include their highest rated series, Virus, their highest rated reality series, The Neighborhood, as well as reality competition series Adventure of a Lifetime, and long-running comedy, Extended Family.

Insiders tell us YTN is wary of moving forward with another season of Virus at the moment, but definitely want to get it back on the schedule at some point. Network executives are worried about the optics of pushing a pandemic series during the current COVID-19 pandemic. A renewal is all but assured at this point, but they will wait a few more weeks before making it official.

As for their highest rated reality competition series, The Neighborhood, there are a lot of questions that remain in the air. Many of those same questions remain for Adventure of a Lifetime. The Neighborhood requires families to compete against one another, which could prove difficult when groups of people are suppose to remain separate from one another (especially since it films in different locales each season). There are talks of finding a state where restrictions are lighter, but some executives are (again) wary of the optics of such a move. Adventure of a Lifetime takes teams across the globe and forces them to compete. With much of the world on lockdown, it will be difficult to send people to various locations.

Finally, long-running comedy Extended Family was also left off the list of renewals. Many expected this upcoming season to be the shows final season, but it never completed its 16 episode order (it came close with 12 episodes). If it is indeed the final season, YTN would like to give the series a proper conclusion. There is talk of bringing the show back for a shortened 8 episode final season, with 4 of those episodes left over from its upcoming season (which was pushed off the summer schedule).

As for renewals, they include veteran comedies The Hughes Family, Blended, Life Lessons, High Times of Denver, and Soccer Stories and veteran dramas Serve and Protect, Bloodlines, Newsflash. All were expected to snag renewals, but Newsflash did come down to the wire. Insiders tell us network executives and series creators were torn between the episode count, but that will be decided at a later date (given many series episodes counts are completely up in the air at this point too). There is talk that The Hughes Family and The High Times of Denver could conclude this upcoming season. Both sides will get back to negotiations after COVID-19.

On the freshman side of things, every series that did not yet know its fate earned a renewal. That list includes dramas Cops of Miami, Asylum, Mind of a Hunter, Moments in Life, and game show Money Mountain. Freshman comedy The Agency was renewed earlier this season.

Asylum struggled in its first season, but YTN executives like the creative direction and the show has performed well on YTN Everywhere.

Renewals were a sure thing for Cops of Miami and Mind of a Hunter. The network is said to be happy with their results on Friday nights, paired with veteran Serve and Protect. There was also chatter of a possible revival of Cops of New York, which ended two years ago (and a year before Cops of Miami premiered).

There is also big applause among YTN brass for Moments in Life. The breakout family drama was halted in its tracks amid the COVID-19, ending with episode five. Only three more episodes were in the vault, so YTN wants to relaunch the show in the fall (or whenever production can begin). They are moving forward with a second season, set to consist of at least 13 episodes + 8 episodes from season one (3 in the vault + 5 more from the season episode).

YTN will make decisions on pilots later this summer.

factsoflife

05-27-2020, 01:08 AM

Gen-TV News:
--Last Minute Gen-TV News

As Gen-TV inches closer to revealing its 2020-2021 Fall Schedule they have released some last minute tidbits about that schedule, and which shows are unlikely to be included.

First off, the network has officially passed on "Better Days", the planned revival (spin-off) of "One Of These Days." Long in development the pilot was ultimately passed over because as Gen-TV Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson explains "It just didn't feel like the right time to air this particular pilot. It didn't feel relevant to what was happening in our world at this time." She later said "However, we will continue to keep this pilot in mind and it could come back at a more appropriate time."

They have also passed on the pilot "Guest Quarters", "US Marshals", "US Customs" and "Swat Team."

Gen-TV is also confirming that several high profile returning series will be held over until mid-season, including "Cafe Oddity" and "The Border Police." In the case of "Cafe Oddity" it is a result of Gen-TV wanting to wait until COVID-19 resolves itself and restaurants across America reopen, so the show "stays relevant and realistic and doesn't veer into fantasyland if restaurants are not open." In the case of "The Border Police" the decision to hold it over is a financial and contractual one as Gen-TV has been unable to confirm new contracts for several key players at that show as "talks about that fell into limbo during the early days of the pandemic and will only be able to resume in a few weeks from now." "So that show will be waiting until 2021."

Gen-TV News:
Rumor Alert: Cafe Oddity Stars Fighting
--Whoopi Goldberg at War?

Many were surprised when hit comedy "Cafe Oddity" was left-off Gen-TV's Fall 2020 schedule and held over for mid-season. The reason given was related to COVID-19, but is that the real source of its absence from the schedule?

According to sources within Gen-TV, Hollywood Now can confirm that while that is part of the reason; the bigger issue at hand is cast in-fighting and specifically sources tell us that Whoopi Goldberg who joined the cast in season two has been "causing huge problems on-set and seems to be at war with the majority of the cast." "Whoopi came in as a recurring guest star and pretty soon basically tried to take over the show." "What went from an amicable situation quickly became a shouting match as Goldberg tried to steer more storyline towards her character and away from the principal cast members."

The only person Goldberg doesn't seem to be fighting with is Valerie (Bertinelli), who has managed to somehow stay out of the drama. Sources say the main conflict is between Goldberg, Justine Bateman, Jenna Elfman and Cybill Shepherd; who also joined the show in its second season. Producers of the show also seem to have gained Goldberg's hostility as well as she reportedly has been seen screaming at them to give her character more screen time and to cut some of the other ladies out of the show.

Sometime around January, things got so bad on-set that Justine (Bateman) was seen leaving the set in tears after being berated by Goldberg for twenty minutes over a line-reading that Goldberg didn't approve of.

Insiders tell us that producers feel stuck because they want to keep the entire cast, but Whoopi's contract doesn't have any out clauses, a decision Goldberg herself pushed for. So essentially, unless they fire Whoopi they're stuck with her. And it seems unlikely she'll be fired because her presence on the series helped drive ratings up 25% season-to-season, and her character has routinely tested highly among focus groups. "Basically she knows she's not going anywhere."

If anybody were to leave, sources inside Gen-TV say "It would likely be Justine or Jenna quitting instead of Whoopi being fired."

LEGAL NOTICE:

The preceding article was a work of fiction. This is about a fake TV show and is meant purely for entertainment purposes. Whoopi Goldberg does not star on a TV series called Cafe Oddity and no such series exists. Gen-TV is a fictional TV network. This is a work of fiction meant for entertainment only and cannot and should not be construed as a representation of any persons mentioned in the article.

This is a work of fiction; solely for entertainment.

jimpickens

05-27-2020, 01:55 AM

In the series finale Here Comes The Bride Charlie Brown the two lovebirds are ready to take the plunge after exchanging there vows and I do's that night at the honeymoon suite she finally tells Charlie why she needed to disappear because she felt remorseful over all the rotten things she's done and needed time to rethink her life and to clean up from years of hard drinking and drugs good old Chuck simply said I forgive you and oh by the way did I tell you I have crabs.

factsoflife

05-28-2020, 12:30 AM

factsoflife

05-28-2020, 11:07 PM

Gen-TV News:
Rumor Alert: Cafe Oddity Stars Fighting
--Whoopi Goldberg at War?

Many were surprised when hit comedy "Cafe Oddity" was left-off Gen-TV's Fall 2020 schedule and held over for mid-season. The reason given was related to COVID-19, but is that the real source of its absence from the schedule?

According to sources within Gen-TV, Hollywood Now can confirm that while that is part of the reason; the bigger issue at hand is cast in-fighting and specifically sources tell us that Whoopi Goldberg who joined the cast in season two has been "causing huge problems on-set and seems to be at war with the majority of the cast." "Whoopi came in as a recurring guest star and pretty soon basically tried to take over the show." "What went from an amicable situation quickly became a shouting match as Goldberg tried to steer more storyline towards her character and away from the principal cast members."

The only person Goldberg doesn't seem to be fighting with is Valerie (Bertinelli), who has managed to somehow stay out of the drama. Sources say the main conflict is between Goldberg, Justine Bateman, Jenna Elfman and Cybill Shepherd; who also joined the show in its second season. Producers of the show also seem to have gained Goldberg's hostility as well as she reportedly has been seen screaming at them to give her character more screen time and to cut some of the other ladies out of the show.

Sometime around January, things got so bad on-set that Justine (Bateman) was seen leaving the set in tears after being berated by Goldberg for twenty minutes over a line-reading that Goldberg didn't approve of.

Insiders tell us that producers feel stuck because they want to keep the entire cast, but Whoopi's contract doesn't have any out clauses, a decision Goldberg herself pushed for. So essentially, unless they fire Whoopi they're stuck with her. And it seems unlikely she'll be fired because her presence on the series helped drive ratings up 25% season-to-season, and her character has routinely tested highly among focus groups. "Basically she knows she's not going anywhere."

If anybody were to leave, sources inside Gen-TV say "It would likely be Justine or Jenna quitting instead of Whoopi being fired."

LEGAL NOTICE:

The preceding article was a work of fiction. This is about a fake TV show and is meant purely for entertainment purposes. Whoopi Goldberg does not star on a TV series called Cafe Oddity and no such series exists. Gen-TV is a fictional TV network. This is a work of fiction meant for entertainment only and cannot and should not be construed as a representation of any persons mentioned in the article.

This is a work of fiction; solely for entertainment.

Gen-TV News:
--Sitcom War Escalates

That was fast. The war of words between "Cafe Oddity" co-stars just got a bit bigger. Just days after Hollywood Now published a report that said Whoopi Goldberg was fighting with most of her co-stars on "Cafe Oddity" comes word that the war of words officially got more public when Jenna Elfman tweeted a cryptic tweet that said "Beware of people who thrive on making you miserable." and then co-star Justine Bateman responded to her tweet with one of her own that said "and those same people always look for conflict, because they can't be happy on their own."

That probably wouldn't have generated much notice on its own, but things got out of hand when the supposed subject of those tweets, Goldberg herself responded to them with her own tweet that said "Respect the icons who earned their way in this business and show them the respect they deserve." Well Twitter just about exploded when that was published, it was retweeted 17,000 times in twenty minutes and as of Thursday at 9pm had been liked 1.9 million times. The responses were harsh. Nearly everybody on twitter, and believe me it is rare for anybody on twitter to agree; nearly everybody believed Goldberg was being catty and rude.

Now for the twist, Gen-TV executives who rarely (if ever) acknowledge or respond to those kind of issue publically issued their own statement that read "At Gen-TV we strive for a atmosphere of peace, tolerance and acceptance. We are very disheartened to hear of the discord between the cast members of our beloved sitcom Cafe Oddity." "Though production is currently shut-down on this and all our shows, we will be addressing these tweets and the source of conflict between the cast well before production resumes later this year."

UPDATE:

Goldberg Fired From "Cafe Oddity"
---Telma Hopkins to take over for her

Just hours after Hollywood Now published a report about a twitter feud between co-stars of "Cafe Oddity" comes official word from Gen-TV Executive Amy Fung-Wilson that "the situation at Cafe Oddity has been resolved in the only manner that was possible given the behind the scenes issues on the series." "Whoopi Goldberg has been fired from the show and will not return for the series third season in 2021."

"The tension between Goldberg and her co-stars was just too difficult a situation to manage without somebody leaving the show, and since Whoopi was the source of the majority of the tension it was only right that she exit." "We were not going to fire one of the series original cast members for anybody, even a star as famous as Whoopi."

Goldberg joined the cast in season two originally as a recurring guest star who was quietly upped to a series regular mid-way through the season. However, the increased screen time she got at the expense of other cast members began to become an issue; especially as Whoopi reportedly wanted even more and according to an internal investigation was even threatening producers that she would leave the show if some of her other cast members (Justine Bateman, Jenna Elfman) were fired so she could also get a higher salary.

Her character started off as a customer at the cafe in the series and mid-way through the season became a co-owner when she invested millions into the cafe. Sources say her character is going to be written out as having cancelled her investment in the cafe to travel around the world.

Gen-TV has already acted fast and hired veteran actress Telma Hopkins to replace Goldberg as the new co-owner.

For her part Whoopi has issued no statement regarding her exit from the show nor was it addressed on Thursdays "At Home" episode of "The View."

LEGAL NOTICE:

The preceding article was a work of fiction. This is about a fake TV show and is meant purely for entertainment purposes. Whoopi Goldberg does not star on a TV series called Cafe Oddity and no such series exists. Gen-TV is a fictional TV network. This is a work of fiction meant for entertainment only and cannot and should not be construed as a representation of any persons mentioned in the article.

This is a work of fiction; solely for entertainment.

yankeesrj12

06-02-2020, 12:44 AM

Sunday, May 10, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.48 million viewers and 0.9 (0.875) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Asylum - 4.73 million viewers and 0.5 (0.483) A18-49, even with last week.

Monday, May 11, 2020
8- Life After Prison - FOURTH SEASON PREMIERE - 4.95 million viewers and 0.5 (0.504) A18-49, even with its third season premiere back in September 2018.

9- Traders - SECOND SEASON PREMIERE - 4.37 million viewers and 0.5 (0.452) A18-49, down roughly a tenth (.542) from its season one average. Season one aired in December 2018-January 2019 with three or four episodes per week as a holiday special. It now transitions to a weekly series.

10- Second Chance - SEVENTH (AND FINAL) SEASON PREMIERE - 4.42 million viewers and 0.5 (0.467) A18-49, down a tenth from its season six average (.529). YTN relied heavily on its relationship with GEN-TV to air original programming last night, airing a full lineup of GEN-TV produced programming. Traders filmed its second season a year ago and was halfway through production of season three. Life After Prison filmed its fourth and fifth season back-to-back a year and a half ago, along with another season of spin-off Life After Prison: The War on Drugs (which will air later this year, according to the network).

Tuesday, May 12, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.56 million viewers and 0.9 (0.884) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.73 million viewers and 0.6 (0.575) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Blended - 4.67 million viewers and 0.7 (0.736) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.16 million viewers and 0.9 (0.935) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.95 million viewers and 0.9 (0.858) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks return.

10- Better Days - 3.38 million viewers and 0.4 (0.445) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, May 14, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: The End of the World - (first YTN airing in nearly a decade) - 4.29 million viewers and 0.5 (0.532) A18-49.

Friday, May 15, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.06 million viewers and 0.3 (0.284) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.01 million viewers and 0.3 (0.285) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.53 million viewers and 0.4 (0.403) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

06-02-2020, 12:54 AM

Sunday, May 17, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - 5.39 million viewers and 0.9 (0.884) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Asylum - 4.51 million viewers and 0.4 (0.443) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Monday, May 18, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.43 million viewers and 0.5 (0.467) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Traders - 4.09 million viewers and 0.4 (0.436) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.39 million viewers and 0.5 (0.455) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.90 million viewers and 0.9 (0.934) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.84 million viewers and 0.5 (0.532) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Blended - 4.48 million viewers and 0.7 (0.702) A18-49, even with last week.

930- Blended - SPECIAL EPISODE - 4.21 million viewers and 0.7 (0.681) A18-49, representing its first trip into the .6s and a new series low.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.48 million viewers and 1.0 (0.997) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 6.21 million viewers and 0.9 (0.935) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Better Days - 3.24 million viewers and 0.4 (0.439) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, May 21, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Dinosaurs in New York City - (first YTN airing in nearly a decade) - 4.69 million viewers and 0.6 (0.554) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks original movie.

Friday, May 22, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.25 million viewers and 0.3 (0.306) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.32 million viewers and 0.3 (0.310) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.69 million viewers and 0.4 (0.429) A18-49, even with last week.

jimpickens

06-03-2020, 02:39 AM

The ratings are in The Charlie Brown Chronicles were in spite of a setback a success and now back to your regularly scheduled programs.

factsoflife

06-03-2020, 08:25 PM

Gen-TV News:
--Sitcom War Escalates

That was fast. The war of words between "Cafe Oddity" co-stars just got a bit bigger. Just days after Hollywood Now published a report that said Whoopi Goldberg was fighting with most of her co-stars on "Cafe Oddity" comes word that the war of words officially got more public when Jenna Elfman tweeted a cryptic tweet that said "Beware of people who thrive on making you miserable." and then co-star Justine Bateman responded to her tweet with one of her own that said "and those same people always look for conflict, because they can't be happy on their own."

That probably wouldn't have generated much notice on its own, but things got out of hand when the supposed subject of those tweets, Goldberg herself responded to them with her own tweet that said "Respect the icons who earned their way in this business and show them the respect they deserve." Well Twitter just about exploded when that was published, it was retweeted 17,000 times in twenty minutes and as of Thursday at 9pm had been liked 1.9 million times. The responses were harsh. Nearly everybody on twitter, and believe me it is rare for anybody on twitter to agree; nearly everybody believed Goldberg was being catty and rude.

Now for the twist, Gen-TV executives who rarely (if ever) acknowledge or respond to those kind of issue publically issued their own statement that read "At Gen-TV we strive for a atmosphere of peace, tolerance and acceptance. We are very disheartened to hear of the discord between the cast members of our beloved sitcom Cafe Oddity." "Though production is currently shut-down on this and all our shows, we will be addressing these tweets and the source of conflict between the cast well before production resumes later this year."

UPDATE:

Goldberg Fired From "Cafe Oddity"
---Telma Hopkins to take over for her

Just hours after Hollywood Now published a report about a twitter feud between co-stars of "Cafe Oddity" comes official word from Gen-TV Executive Amy Fung-Wilson that "the situation at Cafe Oddity has been resolved in the only manner that was possible given the behind the scenes issues on the series." "Whoopi Goldberg has been fired from the show and will not return for the series third season in 2021."

"The tension between Goldberg and her co-stars was just too difficult a situation to manage without somebody leaving the show, and since Whoopi was the source of the majority of the tension it was only right that she exit." "We were not going to fire one of the series original cast members for anybody, even a star as famous as Whoopi."

Goldberg joined the cast in season two originally as a recurring guest star who was quietly upped to a series regular mid-way through the season. However, the increased screen time she got at the expense of other cast members began to become an issue; especially as Whoopi reportedly wanted even more and according to an internal investigation was even threatening producers that she would leave the show if some of her other cast members (Justine Bateman, Jenna Elfman) were fired so she could also get a higher salary.

Her character started off as a customer at the cafe in the series and mid-way through the season became a co-owner when she invested millions into the cafe. Sources say her character is going to be written out as having cancelled her investment in the cafe to travel around the world.

Gen-TV has already acted fast and hired veteran actress Telma Hopkins to replace Goldberg as the new co-owner.

For her part Whoopi has issued no statement regarding her exit from the show nor was it addressed on Thursdays "At Home" episode of "The View."

LEGAL NOTICE:

The preceding article was a work of fiction. This is about a fake TV show and is meant purely for entertainment purposes. Whoopi Goldberg does not star on a TV series called Cafe Oddity and no such series exists. Gen-TV is a fictional TV network. This is a work of fiction meant for entertainment only and cannot and should not be construed as a representation of any persons mentioned in the article.

This is a work of fiction; solely for entertainment.

Breaking Report:
--Three More Leaving Series; Plus new Executive Producers

Gen-TV is taking serious its commitment to fixing things behind the scenes at "Cafe Oddity." The network confirmed today that they are fired executive producer/showrunners Chris Jameson, Tory Lemure and Sofie Ledwick and has brand new writers and producers for the show. The network has hired Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan ("Superior Donuts", "Community", "Scrubs") to serve as Executive Producers and showrunners. The duo has also confirmed the hiring of several talented writers to join their writers room including Whitney Cummings ("2 Broke Girls", "Roseanne"); Jerrod Carmichael ("The Carmichael Show") and Jessica Williams ("The Daily Show"; "2 Dope Queens") will serve as the main writers on the show.

Next, Gen-TV has confirmed three cast members will exit the series ahead of season three. Cybill Shepherd, who joined the cast in the second season will exit the series; as will original cast members Jenna Elfman and Justine Bateman. In the case of Shepherd, it was a matter of the newest character leaving to make room for new characters to be introduced by the new regime. In the case of original cast members Bateman and Elfman, the situation is a bit more tense with neither completely happy on the set of the show or with their characters direction.

Additionally, Carmichael will join the cast of the show in a recurring role as "the new co-owner of the diner who has bought out the rights from Elise (Whoopi Goldberg's character); who is Elise's nephew and is "a good but very lost guy looking to find his place in the world following a series of personal tragedies." Whitney Cummings will also join the cast of the series in the new role of Avalon Lemure, a mysterious drifter who appears at the diner one night with her twelve year old son in toe and ends up getting a job and a place to stay.

Several other new cast members will join the series, but they will be announced at a later date.

Valerie Bertinelli is the only original cast member from season one who remains on the series, and her role will continue to be a series regular.

yankeesrj12

06-04-2020, 01:00 PM

Sunday, May 24, 2020
8- Adventure of a Lifetime - SEASON FINALE - 5.52 million viewers and 0.9 (0.917) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Asylum - SEASON FINALE - 4.69 million viewers and 0.5 (0.473) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Monday, May 25, 2020 - MEMORIAL DAY
8- Life After Prison - 4.04 million viewers and 0.4 (0.428) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Traders - 3.76 million viewers and 0.4 (0.411) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.06 million viewers and 0.4 (0.432) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
8- UpSelling - 6.03 million viewers and 0.9 (0.942) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.71 million viewers and 0.5 (0.527) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Blended - 4.54 million viewers and 0.7 (0.689) A18-49, even with last week.

930- Blended - SEASON FINALE - 4.51 million viewers and 0.7 (0.684) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.36 million viewers and 1.0 (0.964) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 6.09 million viewers and 0.9 (0.921) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Better Days - 3.88 million viewers and 0.5 (0.455) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Thursday, May 28, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: The Titan - (first YTN airing in nearly a decade) - 4.46 million viewers and 0.5 (0.497) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks original movie.

Friday, May 29, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.14 million viewers and 0.3 (0.298) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.05 million viewers and 0.3 (0.286) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.32 million viewers and 0.4 (0.399) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

06-04-2020, 07:49 PM

yankeesrj12

06-19-2020, 12:39 AM

Monday, June 1, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.95 million viewers and 0.5 (0.495) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Traders - 4.57 million viewers and 0.4 (0.442) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.64 million viewers and 0.5 (0.455) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.95 million viewers and 0.9 (0.908) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.57 million viewers and 0.5 (0.503) A18-49, even with last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Roommates (two hour average) - 4.36 million viewers and 0.6 (0.639) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.04 million viewers and 0.8 (0.795) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 4.79 million viewers and 0.7 (0.748) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

10- Better Days - 3.13 million viewers and 0.4 (0.374) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Thursday, June 4, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Horror House (repeat) - 3.96 million viewers and 0.4 (0.355) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks original movie.

Friday, June 5, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.74 million viewers and 0.2 (0.224) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.55 million viewers and 0.2 (0.219) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.04 million viewers and 0.4 (0.412) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

06-19-2020, 12:46 AM

Monday, June 8, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.78 million viewers and 0.5 (0.459) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Traders - 4.47 million viewers and 0.4 (0.437) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.64 million viewers and 0.5 (0.451) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, June 9, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.46 million viewers and 0.8 (0.834) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.05 million viewers and 0.4 (0.443) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Living Life (two hour average) - 3.74 million viewers and 0.5 (0.484) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.96 million viewers and 0.9 (0.854) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.04 million viewers and 0.8 (0.786) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Better Days - 3.03 million viewers and 0.4 (0.353) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, June 11, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Love Stranger (repeat) - 3.01 million viewers and 0.3 (0.313) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks original movie.

Friday, June 12, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.95 million viewers and 0.2 (0.244) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 2.83 million viewers and 0.2 (0.239) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.15 million viewers and 0.4 (0.432) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

06-19-2020, 05:27 PM

Breaking News:
-Gen-TV To Become First Studio To Resume Production?

In a pretty shocking move, Gen-TV Studios has announced that it is setting a tentative date to resume production on all programming on August 1st. This announcement made by Amy Fung-Wilson, who heads up Gen-TV's COVID-19 Task Force and sent shockwaves throughout the entertainment industry as other studios have remained silent about when (or if) they'll resume production this year.

Her full statement said "Pending approval from the state of California, Gen-TV is setting a tentative date of August 1st, 2020 to resume production on all programming funded by Gen-TV Studios or any of its subsidiaries." "We have made this decision after having lengthy discussions with the state of California's COVID-19 task force and government leadership, including the governor's office." "While our main focus is the health and safety of our cast, crew and employees; Gen-TV hopes to have original programming ready to air by October 2020." "This is all of course pending approval from the state of California." "At this time we have no plans to resume production in our New York offices or studio spaces as the state of New York has flatly denied our request to resume production, as they are still in the middle of the pandemic."

Reaction to this announcement was fast, swift and enraged. Viewers pointed out that California is still dealing with the pandemic in large numbers as well and that resuming production will put many lives at risk. Many are calling for a boycott of Gen-TV Studios and are blaming Fung-Wilson for poor leadership. A petition online asking for her firing has received over 20,000 signatures since it was posted at 11am on Thursday morning.

Breaking Report:
-Gen-TV Resumes Production; with precautions

Following guidance from the California government, Gen-TV has resumed production on all programming earlier than expected. The studio opened the gates to its Los Angeles production lot on Friday for the first time since production was shut-down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Shocking industry insiders, Gen-TV has fully opened up production on all of its programming far ahead of the proposed August date originally announced earlier this month.

On Friday, 11 of Gen-TV's series returned to various states of production, and the remainder are expected to follow suit within the next two and a half weeks. The series that were filming on Friday included "Having Faith", "Deadly Visions" and "Ready To Wear."

Gen-TV says "we are following all protocols, guidelines and regulations in regards to social distancing, testing and use of personal protective equipment such as face masks and gloves."

This news is unexpected as so far only one other TV series has resumed production; CBS's daytime soap opera "The Bold & Beautiful" which shut-down production after less than a day due to "a need to strengthen testing protocols."

The decision for Gen-TV to resume production was made by Amy Fung-Wilson, who is the head of Gen-TV's COVID-19 Response Team. The decision has been widely condemned by many including industry insiders at rival networks NBC, CBS and CW.

factsoflife

06-23-2020, 01:27 AM

Gen-TV News:
-COVID-19 Causes Corp. Shake-Up at Gen-TV

It looks like Gen-TV is making big changes to its corporate leadership in the wake of COVID-19 devastating Hollywood production schedules and shutting down all production for most of the year.

In response to the overwhelming burden caused by the virus, Gen-TV is shuffling its leadership to more fully work towards repairing the damage caused by the virus to Gen-TV's financial solvency. The studio has announced they are creating a COVID-19 leadership team, tasked with "repairing Gen-TV's financial state of affairs and recouping as much lost profits as possible following the completion of the pandemic." The new task force is going to be headed by Amy Fung-Wilson, currently the Vice President of Gen-TV Studios. She will exit that role to "completely devote herself to repairing Gen-TV's long-term viability." Fung-Wilson, joined Gen-TV last October when she was named Vice President and has proven herself to be a valuable and insightful presence at the company.

Replacing Fung-Wilson in the Vice President role is a top priority for Gen-TV, but they have not yet named a replacement at this time.

Breaking News:
---Gen-TV Names New V.P., Promises "Big Changes"

Since Amy Fung-Wilson has been moved over to the role of overseeing Gen-TV's COVID-19 Response Team, and tasked with bringing the network and studio back into financial solvency the search has been on to find a replacement in the role of Vice President, Gen-TV Studios.

Well, after an extensive search and discussions with several high-profile names, Gen-TV has finally confirmed a new Vice President.

Timothy Carver Jackson has been named to succeed Amy-Fung Wilson in the role. Jackson comes to Gen-TV from Houston, Texas where he mostly recently spent three years as news director for a local CBS affiliate. Prior to that he has a diverse and expansive resume in the industry including ten years as a creative consultant for NBC's "Days of Our Lives", five years as a unit producer for ABC News, where he mostly worked on "Good Morning America" and "The View" and he also spent three and a half years at CBS where he served as a consulting producer and floated through various CBS series including "The Bold & Beautiful", "The Big Bang Theory", "New Adventures of Old Christine" and "60 Minutes."

Jackson is 66 years old and has a solid reputation within the industry.

yankeesrj12

06-27-2020, 05:32 PM

Monday, June 15, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.29 million viewers and 0.4 (0.426) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Traders - 4.36 million viewers and 0.4 (0.430) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.47 million viewers and 0.4 (0.445) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, June 16, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.02 million viewers and 0.8 (0.789) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.14 million viewers and 0.4 (0.402) A18-49, even with last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Singles (two hour average) - 4.06 million viewers and 0.5 (0.511) A18-49

Wednesday, June 17, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.26 million viewers and 0.8 (0.821) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.17 million viewers and 0.8 (0.805) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Better Days - SERIES FINALE - 3.18 million viewers and 0.4 (0.364) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, June 18, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Six (repeat) - 1.74 million viewers and 0.2 (0.201) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks original movie.

Friday, June 19, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.18 million viewers and 0.3 (0.264) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.15 million viewers and 0.3 (0.265) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - 4.48 million viewers and 0.4 (0.443) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

06-27-2020, 05:39 PM

Monday, June 22, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.31 million viewers and 0.4 (0.417) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Traders - 4.46 million viewers and 0.4 (0.442) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.59 million viewers and 0.5 (0.455) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.03 million viewers and 0.8 (0.763) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 2.86 million viewers and 0.3 (0.339) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: The Five of Us (two hour average) - 3.15 million viewers and 0.4 (0.432) A18-49

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.96 million viewers and 0.8 (0.843) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.46 million viewers and 0.8 (0.826) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, June 25, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: They Are Out There (repeat) - 1.97 million viewers and 0.2 (0.216) A18-49, even with last weeks original movie.

Friday, June 26, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.25 million viewers and 0.3 (0.271) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.19 million viewers and 0.3 (0.269) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Nowhere to be Found - SEASON FINALE - 4.63 million viewers and 0.5 (0.463) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

factsoflife

07-03-2020, 10:34 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Tuesday, May 12-Saturday, May 16, 2020:

Tuesday, May 12:

Climb The Pyramid in its regular timeslot was down in both demos and total viewers. The series premiere of the latest High School Diaries installment was a runaway success and Atlanta Medical returned to solid returns.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 22.8 million/10.5 (10.55) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New, Series Premiere): 34.5 million/13.9 (13.93) 18-49

10pm: Atlanta Medical (New, Season Premiere): 20.3 million/12.6 (12.67) 18-49

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Wednesday, May 13:

A brand new Family Edition of Climb The Pyramid was strong and was up in demos. The regular version was up in demos as well. And the season premiere of Soapless: Life After Daytime returned to respectable returns.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 22.1 million/11.4 (11.48) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 27.5 million/18.3 (18.38) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New, Season Premiere): 13.9 million/8.4 (8.45) 18-49

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Thursday, May 14:

The season premiere of "The Hardest Goodbye" netted 14.8 in demos and was seen by 19.7 million viewers. The sixth season of this anthology focuses on stories of ovarian and cervical cancer as well as male victims of prostate and colon-rectal cancer. It features a star studded cast including Anne Hathaway, Rachel McAdam's, James McAvoy, Matt Damon, Claire Danes and Joseph Gordon Levitt. Climb The Pyramid was strong as usual, netting 12.4 in demos down slightly from Wednesday but on-par with expectations. Celebrity Cooking Battles returned for its long-delayed sixth season (which was filmed all the way back in 2018) and features female athletes competing against each other for charity. 18.4 million viewers tuned in and it netted a 7.3 in demos; a strong return.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 24.8 million/12.4 (12.45) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New, Season Premiere): 18.4 million/7.3 (7.34) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New; Season Premiere): 19.7 million/14.8 (14.82) 18-49

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Friday, May 15:

Climb The Pyramid netted 12.8 in demos which was up from Thursday night.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.3 million/12.8 (12.82) 18-49

9pm: 7th Heaven (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

10pm: Having Faith (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

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Saturday, May 16:

With only reruns airing Gen-TV will not be publishing ratings information for Saturday night.

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Delayed Ratings Report for Gen-TV Network:

---Week of Sunday, May 17-Saturday, May 23, 2020:

Sunday, May 17:

All of Gen-TV's series were down in demos this week, with "Climb The Pyramid" falling most. "Without Borders" was still the runaway winner this week.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 24.4 million/5.8 (5.87) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.2 million/3.5 (3.53) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New): 34.9 million/13.8 (13.84) 18-49

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Monday, May 18:

Gen-TV's Monday night programs were all up over last week (in demos), with both "High School Diaries" entries charting a new timeslot record. "Breaking Blue" is surprisingly strong week to week.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 23.3 million/12.8 (12.87) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 36.4 million/20.4 (20.48) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year (New): 47.4 million/23.8 (23.86) 18-49

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Tuesday, May 19:

The good news is that "High School Diaries" newest installment is a bonafide hit; the bad news? "Atlanta Medical" is down week to week showing a dramatic drop to 7.3 in demos (from 12.6). Even with Live+7 added in, "Atlanta Medical" is still only at 8.4, far from last weeks 12.6 share.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 21.3 million/7.7 (7.73) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New): 37.4 million/15.6 (15.68) 18-49

10: Atlanta Medical (New): 14.4 million/7.3 (7.31) 18-49

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Wednesday, May 20:

"Soapless" was up in demos and both "Climb The Pyramids" were down in demos, the same trend emerges for household numbers as well with "Soapless" up while both CTB's were down.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 19.3 million/6.4 (6.48) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 30.4 million/10.4 (10.47) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 15.6 million/9.3 (9.33) 18-49

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Thursday, May 21:

All shows on Gen-TV Thursday were up in demos while in households only "The Hardest Goodbye" was steady week to week.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 21.2 million/7.8 (7.85) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New):13.3 million/6.4 (6.45) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 19.3 million/15.3 (15.31) 18-49

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Friday, May 22:

The Friday edition of "Climb The Pyramid" was up in both measurements. Even more astounding is that with Live+7 data added, it jumped up to 47.5 million viewers and a 40.3 demo (18-49). Astounding indeed.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 24.2 million/14.4 (14.46) 18-49

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Saturday, May 23:

With only reruns airing Gen-TV will not be publishing ratings information for Saturday night.

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Week of Sunday, May 24-Sunday, May 31, 2020:

Gen-TV was on hiatus this week to accommodate news coverage of the COVID-19 crisis. Gen-TV gave its primetime airtime this week to its affiliates to air local news coverage.

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Week of Monday, June 1-Saturday, June 13, 2020:

Gen-TV was on a planned hiatus to spread out episodes through the summer.

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factsoflife

07-03-2020, 11:07 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Delayed Ratings Report for Gen-TV Network:

---Week of Sunday, May 17-Saturday, May 23, 2020:

Sunday, May 17:

All of Gen-TV's series were down in demos this week, with "Climb The Pyramid" falling most. "Without Borders" was still the runaway winner this week.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 24.4 million/5.8 (5.87) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.2 million/3.5 (3.53) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New): 34.9 million/13.8 (13.84) 18-49

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Monday, May 18:

Gen-TV's Monday night programs were all up over last week (in demos), with both "High School Diaries" entries charting a new timeslot record. "Breaking Blue" is surprisingly strong week to week.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 23.3 million/12.8 (12.87) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 36.4 million/20.4 (20.48) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year (New): 47.4 million/23.8 (23.86) 18-49

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Tuesday, May 19:

The good news is that "High School Diaries" newest installment is a bonafide hit; the bad news? "Atlanta Medical" is down week to week showing a dramatic drop to 7.3 in demos (from 12.6). Even with Live+7 added in, "Atlanta Medical" is still only at 8.4, far from last weeks 12.6 share.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 21.3 million/7.7 (7.73) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New): 37.4 million/15.6 (15.68) 18-49

10: Atlanta Medical (New): 14.4 million/7.3 (7.31) 18-49

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Wednesday, May 20:

"Soapless" was up in demos and both "Climb The Pyramids" were down in demos, the same trend emerges for household numbers as well with "Soapless" up while both CTB's were down.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 19.3 million/6.4 (6.48) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 30.4 million/10.4 (10.47) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 15.6 million/9.3 (9.33) 18-49

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Thursday, May 21:

All shows on Gen-TV Thursday were up in demos while in households only "The Hardest Goodbye" was steady week to week.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 21.2 million/7.8 (7.85) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New):13.3 million/6.4 (6.45) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 19.3 million/15.3 (15.31) 18-49

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Friday, May 22:

The Friday edition of "Climb The Pyramid" was up in both measurements. Even more astounding is that with Live+7 data added, it jumped up to 47.5 million viewers and a 40.3 demo (18-49). Astounding indeed.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 24.2 million/14.4 (14.46) 18-49

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Saturday, May 23:

With only reruns airing Gen-TV will not be publishing ratings information for Saturday night.

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Week of Sunday, May 24-Sunday, May 31, 2020:

Gen-TV was on hiatus this week to accommodate news coverage of the COVID-19 crisis. Gen-TV gave its primetime airtime this week to its affiliates to air local news coverage.

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Week of Monday, June 1-Saturday, June 13, 2020:

Gen-TV was on a planned hiatus to spread out episodes through the summer.

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Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Delayed Ratings for week of Sunday, June 14-Saturday, June 20, 2020

Sunday, June 14:

Gen-TV aired an altered schedule to accommodate stretching episodes out over the remainder of the summer. They aired back to back reruns of "Ready To Wear" and "Kate & Ali" followed by recap specials for each. "Ready To Wear" fared better overall; outperforming "Kate & Ali." At 10pm, they aired the "Boston Blues" series finale, which originally streamed online at Stream-ME, but managed to net 17.5 in demos.

8pm: Ready To Wear (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

830: Kate & Ali (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

9pm Ready To Wear: Recap Special (New): 20.3 million/12.8 (12.83) 18-49

930: Kate & Ali: Getting Ready For Season 3 (New): 14.6 million/6.4 (6.43) 18-49

10: Boston Blues: Series Finale (New; Series Finale): 26.4 million/17.5 (17.56) 18-49

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Monday, June 15:

Gen-TV chose to air an altered schedule on Monday; airing two episodes of "Breaking Blue" (one original, one rerun) followed by a brand new "Behind The Scenes" special about "Breaking Blue." The original episode of "Blue" was up in demos and total viewers and the BTS special was a solid performer as well.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 27.4 million/18.4 (18.48) 18-49

9pm: Breaking Blue (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

10pm: Breaking Blue: Behind The Wave Special (New; Special): 16.4 million/14.3 (14.38) 18-49

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Tuesday, June 16:

Gen-TV also aired an altered schedule on Tuesday, airing a brand new "Atlanta Medical" followed by a rerun of "Atlanta Medical" and a BTS special about the show. Sadly this didn't help much as "Atlanta Medical" dropped in demos and total viewers over last week and the new special wasn't able to gain much traction either.

8pm: Atlanta Medical (New): 15.1 million/6.5 (6.54) 18-49

9pm: Atlanta Medical (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

10: Atlanta Medical: Season 2 Secrets Special (New; Special): 11.1 million/2.8 (2.81) 18-49

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Wednesday, June 17:

In order to preserve episodes for the rest of the summer, Gen-TV aired only reruns on Wednesday night and ratings are not available.

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Thursday, June 18-Saturday, June 20:

Gen-TV was on hiatus this week to preserve episodes.

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Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Week of Sunday, June 21-Tuesday, June 30, 2020:

Gen-TV was on a hiatus this week to preserve episodes for the remainder of the summer. Original episodes resume airing on July 1, 2020.

factsoflife

07-04-2020, 12:17 AM

Gen-TV Elects New President
--Gen-TV's Board of Directors Election

Gen-TV's Board of Directors held its 2020 election on Thursday, February 6th and have elected a new board President. In a very decisive victory, Ross Chin was voted in as the President of the Board of Directors. Chin won by a wide margin with votes from nearly 87% of the boards voting membership.

The results were stunning as Benny Portman had been polling ahead of both Chin and Vargas by wide margins all year long. Dylan Garretson was in fourth place.

Here is the approximate breakdown of votes:

Ross Chin (Winner)--- 87%
Eva Vargas (Runner-Up)--9%
Benny Portman--3%
Dylan Garretson---1%

According to interviews conducted with voting members after the election; the decision to pick Ross Chin was an easy one with "trustworthiness", "experience" and "respectability" being the key factors in why he was their choice.

When asked about Eva Vargas many member stated she "wasn't trustworthy enough" and "had a stigma attached to her." Others said "she tarnishes our companies reputation" and "is out for her own fame and doesn't care about anybody else's needs."

According to new membership rules the President Elect now chooses their Vice President and shortly after being elected Ross Chin named Benny Portman as his Vice President. Additional board roles include Executive Secretary, Executive Treasurer, Executive Assistant to Board President and a newly created role being introduced this year called Executive Liaison-General Membership. This new role is designed to serve as the primary day to day contact for the general membership of the board (in other words, for all non-executive level members).

Here is the newly formed Executive Leadership of Gen-TV's Board of Directors:

President: Ross Chin
Vice President: Benny Portman
Executive Secretary: Dylan Garretson (chosen by Benny Portman)
Executive Treasurer: Travis Malwell Irons (chosen by Ross Chin)
Executive Assistant to President: Naomi Lakelia Lahoni (chosen by Benny Portman)
Executive Assistant to Vice President: Marjorie Adderson-Harper (chosen by Ross Chin)
Executive Liaison-General Membership: Tyrell Karter "T.K." Washington (elected by members in a 97% victory over opponent Lydia Kelsey-Campbell)

Voting took place at Gen-TV Studios massive Los Angeles compound, which houses its production studios and soundstages, executive offices and the incredible board of directors suites that include a large-scale auditorium allegedly modeled after the United States Senate. Voting began by secret ballot at 2:15pm and was completed by 3:25pm. After secret ballots were all submitted and counted it was time for members to verbally confirm their votes with a simple "yay" or "nay" to confirm their vote was correctly tallied. This process was completed at 5:35pm.

It was clear by 4:26pm that Ross Chin had a clear victory over the other candidates and the outgoing President asked all affected parties to consider conceding. Eva Vargas was the first to call her concession followed by Dylan Garrettson. Benny Portman waited until all votes were confirmed to give his concession speech.

Ross Chin walked to the podium to accept the Presidency and gave a brief speech thanking the candidates for running a clean and ethical campaign and promising to assure that Gen-TV is run in a moral and ethical manner. It was then that he named Benny Portman as his Vice President and Portman rose to thank him and announced Dylan Garretson as his choice for Executive Secretary. The other roles were confirmed later in the week in a company memo that was sent on on Friday.

In addition to running all board meetings; the President of Gen-TV's Board of Directors is the primary figure of authority regarding all of Gen-TV's financial matters and has in recent years become a secondary CEO to the company. For compensation the board President receives an annual salary of just over 526,000 a year plus numerous bonuses, commissions and incentives.

The Vice President receives an annual salary of 410,000 a year; while the other Executive Members all receive salaries ranging from 300,000 at the high end to 110,000 at the low end.

Due to board rules, the Executive Leadership are elected to four-year terms, but must be reconfirmed by a majority of the membership (at least 75%) in two-years or they will not be permitted to finish their four-year term and a new election will be held to fill the role.

Breaking News:
--Eva Vargas Suing Gen-TV

Former Gen-TV President Eva Vargas sent shockwaves through the TV industry today when she filed in Los Angeles and New York courts, a civil lawsuit of over 18 million dollars against Gen-TV Studios for "unlawful termination" and "employment discrimination" following her 2019 firing from the studio.

For those who don't recall Vargas was fired from the company in April 2019 after news spread that she had been arrested in connection with "Operation Varsity Blues" (or the college admissions scandal) alongside Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Vargas was later found guilty and sentenced to an almost three year prison term. However as facts of the case emerged after her conviction (through a plea deal) it became clear that something was amiss. Vargas maintained her innocence all along and in late 2019 she filed her first appeal, and after several failed attempts her conviction was finally overturned with the judge releasing an passionate ruling that said "Eva Vargas is not only factually innocent of the charges for which she was forced to accept a plea deal for, she was forced to accept guilt for actions she did not commit." "Despite her repeated pleas for help nobody within this justice system was willing to listen to her, even though she had ironclad proof that demonstrated far beyond a reasonable doubt that there was no way she would have been capable of commiting the crimes she was accused of." "Not only does Ms. Vargas not have the financial means to bribe her children into college for the amounts she was accused of, she has verifiable proof that the checks in question did not bear her signature and that she has never spoken to in any way the people she was accused of conspiring with." "Ms. Vargas is not only completely innocent she is the victim of a far reaching and unfair conspiracy against her." "She is to be freed immediately and her convictions overturned and erased from her record as she has not committed any crime."

She was released within hours of her conviction being overturned and despite a clean record her reputation was destroyed and she has been unable to find work since. The basis of her suit is that being fired from Gen-TV was unlawful as she has committed no crime and that Gen-TV acted hastily in spreading false rumors about her work ethic through the industry.

The lawsuit has the potential to be a huge problem for Gen-TV if it goes to trial; as Vargas is not only seeking financial compensation she is asking for her job back plus a public apology from Gen-TV.

Vargas has also filed a separate lawsuit against the states of California, New York and the USA Federal Government for their roles in her being imprisoned. That lawsuit is worth over 30 million dollars and was filed today on behalf of Vargas by her attorneys.

Legal Notice:

Eva Vargas is a fictional character and this is a work of fiction. There is no real lawsuit. Gen-TV is a fictional company and there is no lawsuit against a TV network. This is just for entertainment.

yankeesrj12

07-06-2020, 11:51 AM

Monday, June 29, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.97 million viewers and 0.5 (0.461) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Traders - 4.71 million viewers and 0.5 (0.452) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.85 million viewers and 0.5 (0.456) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.46 million viewers and 0.7 (0.742) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Ava and Liam - SEASON ONE FINALE - 3.05 million viewers and 0.3 (0.331) A18-49, even with last week. In addition to the season two premiere in its regular timeslot next week, Ava and Liam will also air one episode Wednesdays at 10 for the foreseeable future.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Kate and Zoe (two hour average) - 3.65 million viewers and 0.5 (0.486) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks two hour average.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.19 million viewers and 0.9 (0.867) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.86 million viewers and 0.9 (0.859) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Thursday, July 2, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Caught in the Middle (repeat) - 2.04 million viewers and 0.2 (0.235) A18-49, even with last weeks original movie.

Friday, July 3, 2020
8- Moving Down - 2.96 million viewers and 0.2 (0.238) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.05 million viewers and 0.2 (0.247) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

07-14-2020, 01:46 PM

Monday, July 6, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 5.10 million viewers and 0.5 (0.468) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Traders - 4.86 million viewers and 0.5 (0.461) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.93 million viewers and 0.5 (0.452) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.47 million viewers and 0.7 (0.732) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - SEASON TWO PREMIERE - 2.96 million viewers and 0.3 (0.318) A18-49, even with last week. In addition to the Tuesday 830 episode, another episode will air Wednesdays at 10 for the foreseeable future.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: College (two hour average) - 4.28 million viewers and 0.6 (0.606) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks two hour average. Half hour breakdown: .489/.593/.657/.686

Wednesday, July 8, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 6.03 million viewers and 0.8 (0.815) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.41 million viewers and 0.8 (0.789) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Ava and Liam - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 2.83 million viewers and 0.3 (0.326) A18-49, even with Tuesdays episode.

Thursday, July 9, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Reversing History (part one) - 3.76 million viewers and 0.4 (0.428) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks original movie repeat.

Friday, July 10, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.36 million viewers and 0.3 (0.276) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.45 million viewers and 0.3 (0.289) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

07-14-2020, 02:23 PM

HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN PREPS FOR FALL SEASON DURING COVID PANDEMIC
It's already mid-July, and YTN still has not yet announced a schedule for the fall season. Despite that, they tell Hollywood Insider they will announce parts of the fall schedule in the coming weeks. Production has begun on a handful of shows, which gives a hint at what the fall schedule may look like come September.

Game show Money Mountain is among the first to return to production. It began filming new episodes last week, and so far has about three episodes in the can. In order to meet CDC guidelines, only two production members were on stage, plus the host and contestant. There was also no audience, although one family member was allowed to join following the same pre-cautions. All parties involved were required to wear masks during filming and were tested for COVID three days prior to filming.

Last years freshman comedy The Agency was renewed early enough that it had begun production on season two. They filmed three (3) episodes before being forced to shutdown due to COVID in March. Writers continued creating episodes, with nearly the full season written during the shutdown. Cast members returned to the set yesterday with numerous precautions in place. Everyone on set will wear a mask up until filming begins. The entire cast and a small crew chose to quarantine for 14 days in order to start filming again. They will remain quarantined until seven (7) episodes are filmed (just short of two weeks), and then return home for an extended period of time. Once the cast and crew agree to return to quarantine, they will film the remaining six (6) episodes left on the season order.

Moments in Life aired only two (2) episodes before YTN pulled it from the schedule, due to only 7 of the 13 episodes filming. With similar precautions to The Agency in place, the entire cast and small crew quarantined for 14 days in order to begin filming. They will shoot the remaining six (6) episodes and then head home.

Similar to The Agency, Revolution benefited being renewed earlier than most series on the network. The series began filming its sixth and final season in January, and completed 8 of the 17 episodes before shutting down production. The rest of the episodes were written during the shutdown, with Revolution waiting for word on when production will resume.

The only other series to resume production is YTN's number two series, The Neighborhood. All of the challenges will be remote this season, allowing families to continue to compete, without having face-to-face interaction. Production set up the homes two weeks ago, and then left them empty until filming began with the families in the homes. Nobody on the production team will enter the homes, unless required to do so because of a medical emergency. In order to participate this season, all families were required to have anti-body testing completed - and then stay at their own homes for 14 days. Filming began yesterday and is expected to take 16 days.

There are also a few shows that will not begin production for the foreseeable future. TAKEN: Phoenix and Cops of Miami both film on location in their respective cities. Arizona and Florida are currently two of the hardest hit states, with Miami becoming the current epicenter in the US. YTN executives let the cast and crew know they will be paid as normal, but will likely not begin filming until 2021- at the earliest.

YTN also provided an update on their biggest series, Virus. The series has been officially renewed for 16 episodes, but will not return until at least fall 2021. Depending on the length of the pandemic, the President of YTN noted, 'It's possible Virus won't even return until 2022."

factsoflife

07-15-2020, 09:31 PM

Breaking Report:
-Gen-TV Resumes Production; with precautions

Following guidance from the California government, Gen-TV has resumed production on all programming earlier than expected. The studio opened the gates to its Los Angeles production lot on Friday for the first time since production was shut-down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Shocking industry insiders, Gen-TV has fully opened up production on all of its programming far ahead of the proposed August date originally announced earlier this month.

On Friday, 11 of Gen-TV's series returned to various states of production, and the remainder are expected to follow suit within the next two and a half weeks. The series that were filming on Friday included "Having Faith", "Deadly Visions" and "Ready To Wear."

Gen-TV says "we are following all protocols, guidelines and regulations in regards to social distancing, testing and use of personal protective equipment such as face masks and gloves."

This news is unexpected as so far only one other TV series has resumed production; CBS's daytime soap opera "The Bold & Beautiful" which shut-down production after less than a day due to "a need to strengthen testing protocols."

The decision for Gen-TV to resume production was made by Amy Fung-Wilson, who is the head of Gen-TV's COVID-19 Response Team. The decision has been widely condemned by many including industry insiders at rival networks NBC, CBS and CW.

Gen-TV Shuts Down Production:
---2 Crew Members Test Positive

After defying industry expectations and opening up production on all their series, Gen-TV has been forced to temporarily shut down again after two crew members on "Deadly Visions" tested positive for COVID-19.

This positive test for two crew members was reported to Gen-TV brass on Monday and has forced a complete shutdown of production for all Gen-TV programming; which Gen-TV brass says "is entirely temporary and should be resolved within the next two days." "We just want to provide our crew and cast more chances to get tested and will resume production when we have that option in place."

The legal problem now for Gen-TV is that they may face state sanctions for reopening production ahead of schedule and largely without approval from the state. Despite what press releases claim, there was no approval from the state of California and nobody at Gen-TV contacted the Governor's office for approval. A spokesperson for the Governor's office stated "Gen-TV is in complete noncompliance with state regulations and acted without regard for human life." "We are taking this matter very seriously and will be investigating thoroughly."

As a result, Gen-TV has already announced the termination of their COVID-19 response leader Amy Fung-Wilson who was the figurehead that authorized the reopening of the network. Gen-TV President Margo Danbury announced "We have officially terminated Amy Fung-Wilson from our employment." "She acted recklessly and without care towards human life." "She is no longer employed by Gen-TV and has agreed to forfeit her entire yearly bonus and to decline the expected severance package that her contract allowed her to collect. Instead of collecting a package worth millions, she has agreed to a smaller fee of just 10,000 dollars and to walk away from Gen-TV forever."

"On a personal note I am extremely disappointed in her lack of judgement and callous attitude towards human life." "As someone who mentored her I am disgusted at the decisions she made that were entirely based on greed." "She should be ashamed of herself."

factsoflife

07-20-2020, 08:38 PM

Gen-TV Shuts Down Production:
---2 Crew Members Test Positive

After defying industry expectations and opening up production on all their series, Gen-TV has been forced to temporarily shut down again after two crew members on "Deadly Visions" tested positive for COVID-19.

This positive test for two crew members was reported to Gen-TV brass on Monday and has forced a complete shutdown of production for all Gen-TV programming; which Gen-TV brass says "is entirely temporary and should be resolved within the next two days." "We just want to provide our crew and cast more chances to get tested and will resume production when we have that option in place."

The legal problem now for Gen-TV is that they may face state sanctions for reopening production ahead of schedule and largely without approval from the state. Despite what press releases claim, there was no approval from the state of California and nobody at Gen-TV contacted the Governor's office for approval. A spokesperson for the Governor's office stated "Gen-TV is in complete noncompliance with state regulations and acted without regard for human life." "We are taking this matter very seriously and will be investigating thoroughly."

As a result, Gen-TV has already announced the termination of their COVID-19 response leader Amy Fung-Wilson who was the figurehead that authorized the reopening of the network. Gen-TV President Margo Danbury announced "We have officially terminated Amy Fung-Wilson from our employment." "She acted recklessly and without care towards human life." "She is no longer employed by Gen-TV and has agreed to forfeit her entire yearly bonus and to decline the expected severance package that her contract allowed her to collect. Instead of collecting a package worth millions, she has agreed to a smaller fee of just 10,000 dollars and to walk away from Gen-TV forever."

"On a personal note I am extremely disappointed in her lack of judgement and callous attitude towards human life." "As someone who mentored her I am disgusted at the decisions she made that were entirely based on greed." "She should be ashamed of herself."

Gen-TV Production Resumes
---Shows Filming Again

Gen-TV Studios has allowed production on all their series to resume after temporarily shutting down again due to two crew members testing positive for COVID-19. In an effort to secure more testing and put in place more social distancing and safety protocols the studio is satisfied and able to resume production.

That said, since reopening production last month, Gen-TV series are said to be "far ahead of the curve in terms of having episodes filmed and edited for next season." Sources close to the network say "we are confident that we will be the first major broadcast network to have full seasons worth of episodes in the bank far ahead of schedule."

Even series that are not schedule to air until early 2021 are said to be "almost completely finished or nearly finished production for next seasons episodes." Soap opera "Promise of Tomorrow" won't even debut until 2021 but this daytime drama revival is said to "have enough episodes already filmed and edited in post-production to last until next summer." "We have almost a years worth of episodes already filmed and in various stages of editing" said Gen-TV President Margo Danbury.

factsoflife

07-20-2020, 09:42 PM

Gen-TV News:
--Promise of Tomorrow Pushed to 2021

Gen-TV is assuring fans of beloved daytime drama "Promise of Tomorrow" that the planned reboot of the series, is still in the works and will still be coming to our screens. However, it is going to be arriving a bit later than originally planned.

The initial plan was for the reboot to debut in Fall 2020, but due to the production shutdown that prematurely ended the season, Gen-TV is forced to postpone the relaunch of this franchise until 2021. Confirming the state of affairs for the show, Gen-TV's Vice President Amy Fung-Wilson said today "Promise of Tomorrow is still very much on our radar and remains in active development, but due to the current work stoppage we have been forced to postpone airing it until next year." "Promise of Tomorrow will return in 2021, and will more daring and exciting than ever before."

That said, Gen-TV is reportedly in the process of recruiting daytime heavyweights to headline the refreshed version of the show. Sources tell us the cast of the series reboot will be comprised of roughly 60% former cast members and roughly 40% new cast members. While not much is yet known about which former cast members will be present, what has been confirmed is that "Gen-TV is looking at this as a major reset for the soap opera and is planning on making some very hard trims to the cast and focusing on only a few core characters who are fundamental and vital to the show continuing." "Fans will be a bit shocked at some of the characters that will be cut and who will return."

Speculation has been running wild in soap opera groups that "Gen-TV is going to eliminate all of the older characters over the age of 40 and focus only on the younger cast members who come with less expensive salaries." One thing giving this theory some credence is a statement made by Gen-TV Executives back in 2017, a year after the show was cancelled "One of the reasons we had to cancel Promise of Tomorrow is that from a financial standpoint it just wasn't sustainable anymore in the form it was in." "The cast salaries were just getting too high and that is because it included a lot of actors who have worked in daytime for decades and command huge salaries." "With the ratings it was getting at the time the cost of those salaries just didn't measure up to make the show profitable."

One cast member who has already confirmed they will not be returning for the reboot is Vanessa Marcil, who joined the cast of the show in 2016 with a lucrative contract worth over a million dollars and played the role of presumed heroine turned quasi-villainess Nessa Gordon. The character who was supposed drive ratings up and serve as a lighting rod for the storyline ended up making little impact and was quietly dropped from the show less than three months into the contract." "Vanessa was dropped from the show and released from her contract prior to the shows cancellation later that year."

Marcil confirmed through her representatives that "Vanessa will not be part of the Promise of Tomorrow reboot because she simply has not been asked by producers to join the cast." Later clarifying "Vanessa thoroughly enjoyed her role on Promise of Tomorrow but has long since put Nessa Gordon to bed and is in a different stage of her life now and just simply would not be able to readjust to the rigors of daily soap opera production again."

Robin Strasser, who played psychopath and town pariah Lucinda Becksworth on the show has also confirmed that she "will not be apart of the reboot, simply because she enjoys her life in New York and does not want to move to Los Angeles to a long-term role." "and also, Lucinda is very much dead, not that it matters much in the soap opera world."

--Promise of Tomorrow Update
--Network releasing casting info
A Hollywood Insider Report

Although it isn't planned to debut on air until 2021, Gen-TV's revival of beloved soap opera "Promise of Tomorrow" is in full swing and we've got some huge announcements about the show today, all confirmed by Gen-TV Executives, only for Hollywood Insider.

The first piece of exciting news is about storyline. Although the reboot was ordered to series before the pandemic and production had begun shortly before in February, Gen-TV confirms that the COVID-19 shut-down did impact the planned storyline for the series. "We absolutely had to alter the planned storyline for the series." says new Executive Producer/Head Writer Sally Sussman Morina, who also said "COVID-19 and the shut-down will be an integral part of our storytelling and will be one of the major plot points of the revival." "We will see our characters from the sunny town of Crestview, Florida deal with the very real impact of the shutdown and its economic, social, health and legal consequences."

Although she won't reveal exactly who it is she does preview "At least one of our beloved characters who was always a successful business person will see their beloved family business shutter because of the shutdown and will go from riches to rags as a result." "This character, who was always afforded the luxury of wealth will have to start from scratch and rebuild their life."

And she also teases "It wouldn't be a soap opera if some beloved characters weren't killed off." "In order to pump some new life into this series, several characters from the original show will be sacrificed to make room for new characters to shine and to provide a natural jumping off point."

She continues "Although we are aware of how sensitive and upsetting this real life tragedy is, it has provided us a natural starting point for a dramatic serial."

Up until now Gen-TV has remained totally silent about which cast members would be returning for the reboot and who would not be. But now we can officially confirm that two original cast members have signed on to return to the series. Jacob Young will reprise his role of Rylan Cortland on the series and Jeff Branson will return to the role of Ryan Cristoff-Holland.

They have also confirmed that Kelly Ripa will appear in a recurring capacity (as her schedule allows) reprising the roles of twins Shane and Sydney Davies.

In addition to these returns, Gen-TV is ready to confirm the casting of three actors to appear in new roles. Soap opera veterans Erika Slezak (One Life To Live's Viki), Justin Deas (Guiding Light's Buzz) and Kristian Alfonso (Days of our Lives Hope) have been cast in brand new roles, though word is mum on the actual scope of those characters or their storyline.

Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

yankeesrj12

07-22-2020, 01:26 PM

Monday, July 13, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.79 million viewers and 0.4 (0.437) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Traders - 4.62 million viewers and 0.4 (0.441) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.89 million viewers and 0.5 (0.455) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.19 million viewers and 0.7 (0.698) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 2.73 million viewers and 0.3 (0.305) A18-49, even with last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Friends of Mine (two hour average) - 3.15 million viewers and 0.3 (0.316) A18-49, down three tenths from lasts two hour average.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.42 million viewers and 0.7 (0.738) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.03 million viewers and 0.7 (0.731) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Ava and Liam - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 2.06 million viewers and 0.3 (0.297) A18-49, even with Tuesdays episode.

Thursday, July 16, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Reversing History (part two) - 3.86 million viewers and 0.4 (0.437) A18-49, even with last weeks original movie repeat.

Friday, July 17, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.17 million viewers and 0.3 (0.262) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.28 million viewers and 0.3 (0.264) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

07-26-2020, 05:07 PM

Monday, July 20, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.20 million viewers and 0.4 (0.404) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Traders - 4.09 million viewers and 0.4 (0.397) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.31 million viewers and 0.4 (0.417) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.97 million viewers and 0.7 (0.739) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 2.89 million viewers and 0.3 (0.314) A18-49, even with last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: The Life of Gary (two hour average) - 4.08 million viewers and 0.4 (0.398) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks two hour average.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - 5.85 million viewers and 0.8 (0.779) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.16 million viewers and 0.7 (0.706) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Ava and Liam - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 2.48 million viewers and 0.3 (0.306) A18-49, even with Tuesdays episode.

Thursday, July 23, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Pushing Daisies - 4.74 million viewers and 0.6 (0.583) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks movie.

Friday, July 24, 2020
8- Moving Down - 3.29 million viewers and 0.3 (0.276) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - 3.28 million viewers and 0.3 (0.264) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

07-29-2020, 04:59 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Delayed Ratings for week of Sunday, June 14-Saturday, June 20, 2020

Sunday, June 14:

Gen-TV aired an altered schedule to accommodate stretching episodes out over the remainder of the summer. They aired back to back reruns of "Ready To Wear" and "Kate & Ali" followed by recap specials for each. "Ready To Wear" fared better overall; outperforming "Kate & Ali." At 10pm, they aired the "Boston Blues" series finale, which originally streamed online at Stream-ME, but managed to net 17.5 in demos.

8pm: Ready To Wear (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

830: Kate & Ali (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

9pm Ready To Wear: Recap Special (New): 20.3 million/12.8 (12.83) 18-49

930: Kate & Ali: Getting Ready For Season 3 (New): 14.6 million/6.4 (6.43) 18-49

10: Boston Blues: Series Finale (New; Series Finale): 26.4 million/17.5 (17.56) 18-49

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Monday, June 15:

Gen-TV chose to air an altered schedule on Monday; airing two episodes of "Breaking Blue" (one original, one rerun) followed by a brand new "Behind The Scenes" special about "Breaking Blue." The original episode of "Blue" was up in demos and total viewers and the BTS special was a solid performer as well.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 27.4 million/18.4 (18.48) 18-49

9pm: Breaking Blue (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

10pm: Breaking Blue: Behind The Wave Special (New; Special): 16.4 million/14.3 (14.38) 18-49

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Tuesday, June 16:

Gen-TV also aired an altered schedule on Tuesday, airing a brand new "Atlanta Medical" followed by a rerun of "Atlanta Medical" and a BTS special about the show. Sadly this didn't help much as "Atlanta Medical" dropped in demos and total viewers over last week and the new special wasn't able to gain much traction either.

8pm: Atlanta Medical (New): 15.1 million/6.5 (6.54) 18-49

9pm: Atlanta Medical (Rerun): Ratings Not Available

10: Atlanta Medical: Season 2 Secrets Special (New; Special): 11.1 million/2.8 (2.81) 18-49

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Wednesday, June 17:

In order to preserve episodes for the rest of the summer, Gen-TV aired only reruns on Wednesday night and ratings are not available.

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Thursday, June 18-Saturday, June 20:

Gen-TV was on hiatus this week to preserve episodes.

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Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Week of Sunday, June 21-Tuesday, June 30, 2020:

Gen-TV was on a hiatus this week to preserve episodes for the remainder of the summer. Original episodes resume airing on July 1, 2020.

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Wednesday, July 1- Sunday, July 5, 2020:

Wed, July 1:

In demos, both "Climb The Pyramid" installments were down while "Soapless" was up. In total viewers, "Soapless" was up and "Family Edition" was down while "Climb The Pyramid" was up.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 15.4 million/4.3 (4.32) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 24.1 million/7.5 (7.41) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 22.4 million/12.5 (12.59) 18-49

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Thursday, July 2:

"The Hardest Goodbye" was down in total viewers and steady in demos. "Celebrity Cooking Battles" was up in demos and down in total viewers. "Climb The Pyramid" was up in total viewers and solid in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 25.4 million/7.8 (7.87) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New):11.1 million/6.8 (6.83) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 18.5 million/15.2 (15.28) 18-49

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Friday, July 3:

Gen-TV aired a specially produced "fourth of july" installment of "Climb The Pyramid" (Editor's Note: The 4th of July episode was filmed back in October of 2019; well before the COVID-19 Pandemic and that is why it was able to air and made no mention of the pandemic.), which was a big hit in demos and up in total viewers.

The network also aired a special "Zoom" edition of "Ready To Wear" featuring Zooey Deschanel and Wendie Malick. It garnered respectable ratings and was a solid success in demos, where it ranked #2 for the evening among females 18-35. Lastly, Gen-TV aired a compilation special titled "Gen-TV's Spectacular 4th of July Spectacular" featuring 4th of July related clips from current and past Gen-TV sitcoms and scripted dramas. The special was introduced by Keegan-Michael Key (Kate & Ali) and Gabrielle Union (7th Heaven). This special was seen by 62.3 million viewers and netted a 30.4 in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 25.6 million/15.6 (15.64) 18-49

9pm: Ready To Wear: Zooming 4th of July (New; Special): 45.6 million/23.3 (23.39) 18-49

10: Gen-TV's Spectacular 4th of July Spectacle (New; Special): 62.3 million/30.4 (30.47) 18-49

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Saturday, July 4:

Gen-TV only aired reruns on July 4th and thus ratings are not available.

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Sunday, July 5:

Gen-TV aired a special alternate version of the schedule this week with "Without Borders" taking the centerpiece slot, wedged between new episodes of "Feds" (airing a special summer episode, produced back in February before the pandemic hit) and a new episode of "Having Faith" (produced via Zoom and Facetime).

8pm: Having Faith (New; Special Episode): 24.4 million/12.5 (12.58) 18-49

9pm: Without Borders (New; Special Time): 32.8 million/11.3 (11.35) 18-49

10: Feds (New; Special Episode): 15.5 million/12.8 (12.83) 18-49
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Editor's Note: In an effort to preserve episodes, Gen-TV originals will be on-hiatus from Sunday, July 5 until Tuesday, July 28.

Airing of original episodes will resume Wednesday, July 29 and will complete sometime in August.

factsoflife

07-30-2020, 08:24 PM

factsoflife

08-01-2020, 01:53 AM

Gen-TV News:
-Fall Casting for Gen-TV

While the remainder of the TV industry remains in a state of limbo, Gen-TV Studios (and with it Gen-TV Network) has decided to move forward with its planned slate of programs for Fall and with that has started casting for its high profile series. Gne-TV President Margo Danbury says "Being one of the only networks who will have original programming ready to air through the fall and winter will give Gen-TV a huge advantage over our competitors and we believe this strategy is going to pay off for us."

With that in mind, Gen-TV is ready to announce some big casting news for both freshmen and returning programming:

"Roomies":

This returning comedy (which just barely got a second season due to COVID-19) is getting a boost of star power which Gen-TV hopes will "propell the series into the cultural conversation in a way it hasn't been before." The season one cast has been fired and the focus of the show will shift to two brand new "roomies" who will be played by Mindy Kaling ("The Mindy Project", "The Office") and Jake T Austin ("The Fosters", "Wizards of Waverly Place") who will star as "polar opposites who end up as accidental roommates in a New York apartment after a mix-up at the real estate office." Kaling will also take over duties as Executive Producer and Showrunner for this series, which she says "will focus on how two extremely different people from different walks of life can learn to relay on each other, learn from each other and become the family they've always been seeking."

"Raised By Wolves":

Freshmen comedy "Raised By Wolves" has found its mom and dad, casting comedian/writer/actor Josh Wolf ("Raising Hope", "Chelsea Lately", "My Name Is Earl") as the father in this "family comedy about a newly adopted black son trying to adjust to life with his new adopted, white family."

Meanwhile, they have turned to Alyson Hannigan ("How I Met Your Mother") who previously starred on the first season of Gen-TV's "Baker's Dozen" to star as the mom in this new series.

"Snitches":

This freshmen crime drama about a criminal informant has cast Giovanni Ribisi as the lead a character, a career criminal who is forced to become a criminal informant when he learns the mob boss he works for is planning on murdering him.

Ribisi recently finished a three season run on Amazon's "Sneaky Pete" and is a veteran of TV with credits as far ranging as "Friends", "Entourage", "My Name Is Earl" and "A Million Little Pieces."

Additional casting information will be announced soon as Gen-TV continues the process.

---Gen-TV Shocker
---Leslie Jones To Replace Kristen Wiig on "Boss Lady"

In a fairly big shock, Gen-TV has confirmed that Kristen Wiig will leave her starring role on "The Boss Lady" ahead of the series fourth season premiere in the fall. The studio confirms this was Kristen's decision and was made by her for creative and personal reasons. Wiig's representatives were contacted for this story and they sent over a statement from Kristen that said "I have enjoyed working on The Boss Lady for the last three seasons and has been completely grateful for all the accolades and support I've received from fans and from the industry for this role." "But I have decided it is time for me to move onto other opportunities and to find other creative outlets."

The exit of Kristen Wiig does not mean the series is ending. In fact Gen-TV is
confirming that fellow SNL alumni Leslie Jones has been cast to replace Wiig as the series new lead star; marking Joneses first high profile casting since leaving SNL in 2019. Jones will play the new boss of the company who takes over after "the original mistake that landed Wiig's character the job is discovered and quickly rectified in a hilarious and fitting way." Wiig is slated to briefly reprise her role in an effort to conclude her storyline, she will appear in two episodes of the fourth season, billed as a guest star.

For her work on the series, Wiig has earned wins from the Best of TV Awards and has earned wins from the Writer's Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards. In 2018 she earned a Peabody Award for her work on the show and in 2019 she won a Humanitas Award for writing and producing the series.

'The Boss Lady" has proven to be a huge success for Gen-TV, quickly becoming a breakthrough hit in its freshmen season and cementing itself as a reliable performer that has managed to sustain its audience. Wiig stars as a eccentric free spirit who mistakenly becomes the CEO of a luxury goods company after a freak mix-up. The series originated with a dark and sarcastic tone, and played Wiig's character as being a bit more menacing and evil than in subsequent seasons; as the shows tone has softened.

yankeesrj12

08-05-2020, 04:44 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD FOR FALL –
PLUS: NO NEW SERIES UNTIL 2021
As we head into August, YTN still has not released a fall schedule. The network confirms a schedule will be announced this month, as production statuses continue to shift during the COVID pandemic.

SUCCESS WITH PRODUCTION
There have been some changes over at the set of The Agency. The entire cast and crew have been tested for COVID three times over the course of the last two weeks, filming seven (7) episodes. With the success of production, everyone has agreed to stay in a bubble together, filming the final 6 episodes of the 16-episode second season (the other three (3) episodes were filmed in February/March). Once production wraps on all the episodes, the cast and crew will return home, likely having the next year off.

MOVING FORWARD WITH PRODUCTION
Thanks to the success on the few series, YTN is moving forward with production on shows where the cast and crew have agreed to quarantine. YTN also based the decision on the availability of testing, noting results are currently taking 4-6 days to arrive.

The cast and crew of Bloodlines, College, High Times of Denver, Parkway Motel, Revolution, Sanchez’s in the Suburbs, and TAKEN went into 14 day quarantine a week ago. Filming began on the seven series today, as the final COVID test came back for everyone on the cast and crew. YTN executives decided these series would be the easiest to begin production on, as all have smaller main casts than other series on the network.

Things will remain fluid on production for every YTN series. Similar to The Agency, the cast and crew for the aforementioned series will remain in a quarantine bubble for at least one month, and film as many episodes as possible. If at any time a member of the cast or crew feels unsafe, production will shut down. The goal is to film at least four episodes of each series, and if the entire cast and crew unanimously agrees to remain on set, they will continue filming. Otherwise, production will shut down for three weeks, let everyone return home, and then proceed with another production quarantine bubble. All of the series have at least seven episodes written prior to the start of production, with many writers continuing to work from remote locations.

NO PRODUCTION UNTIL 2021
YTN also confirmed the following series would not begin production until at least late 2020/early 2021: the previously announced Cops of Miami, and TAKEN: Phoenix, as well as Grandparents, CIA Files, LAPD Unit 7, and Serve and Protect. The former three series shoot on location, and have not been given the go-ahead to begin discussing a plan to start production. As for Grandparents, the series’ two older leads (60+) both have pre-existing health conditions and approached the network about suspending production for the foreseeable future. YTN decided it was the right move to temporarily suspend production on these six series. The network reaffirmed three times that all the series will film any remaining episodes from last season + 26 episodes this season – even if it means more rollover next season.

WHAT'S NEXT?
There is no timetable for the remaining YTN series to begin production. Network executives said they hope to eventually continue production without a quarantine bubble, but that looks unlikely for the future. Any series that does begin production for the foreseeable future will have to proceed with a standard two (2) week quarantine before filming. There have been rumblings that Blended, Mother & Daughter, and Soccer Stories are next in line to begin production.

Two series on YTN’s slate, Asylum and Newsflash, were not scheduled to start production until at least November 2020 for a midseason 2021 premiere, so they have not been interrupted yet. Despite that, the cast and crew of the two series have also been given the option to proceed with a quarantine production bubble.

As for the rest of its fall schedule, YTN lucked out in its relationship with GEN-TV. Unlike YTN, GEN-TV began production on all of its series last week, including GEN-TV produced series that air on YTN. Insiders tell us nearly every series produced by GEN-TV will likely find its way onto the fall schedule. YTN said of the partnership, “We are lucky to work with a partner like GEN-TV. They produce high quality television series, and we are excited to air them on our network.”

Insiders tell us to expect a schedule for fall in the next two weeks. YTN executives want to see how filming proceeds over the next week and a half before putting together an official schedule. The hope is to have enough episodes to fill approximately one month of the network schedule.

NO NEW SERIES
Finally, YTN confirmed they would not debut any new series for fall 2020. “The logistics of starting up a new series in the era of COVID is a lot more difficult than bringing back veteran series”, said the President of YTN. “We believe we have enough programming in the vault for the fall, and that we can eventually get a few new series on the air in February or March.” The network had six pilots ready to film for April, but never got to that point when YTN shutdown production on all of its series in March. The network will decide whether or not to move forward with any of the six pilots (four comedies and two dramas) later this year.

08-07-2020, 08:14 AM

Classics TV has no new shows due to the coronavirus pandemic.

yankeesrj12

08-11-2020, 04:50 PM

Monday, July 27, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.45 million viewers and 0.4 (0.419) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Traders - 4.27 million viewers and 0.4 (0.407) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - 4.47 million viewers and 0.4 (0.438) A18-49, even with last week. The series finale airs next week.

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
8- UpSelling - 6.04 million viewers and 0.8 (0.756) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 2.74 million viewers and 0.3 (0.305) A18-49, even with last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Being Average (two hour average) - 4.23 million viewers and 0.4 (0.419) A18-49, even with last weeks two hour average.

Wednesday, July 29, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge - SEASON FINALE - 6.13 million viewers and 0.8 (0.784) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - SEASON FINALE - 5.75 million viewers and 0.8 (0.753) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Ava and Liam - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 2.52 million viewers and 0.3 (0.296) A18-49, even with Tuesdays episode.

Thursday, July 30, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Murder in the Yard - 2.85 million viewers and 0.3 (0.295) A18-49, down three tenths from last weeks movie.

Friday, July 31, 2020
8- Moving Down - SEASON FINALE - 3.17 million viewers and 0.3 (0.261) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Asset Protection - SEASON FINALE - 3.15 million viewers and 0.3 (0.258) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

08-12-2020, 12:19 AM

Breaking News:
-Gen-TV Shuts Down "High School Diaries"

Gen-TV President Margo Danbury confirmed today a very shocking piece of news, Gen-TV has cancelled the entire "High School Diaries" franchise stating "The uncertainty of the world today makes filming this series an impossible task and a safety hazard we just don't feel is worth the risk."

The hit reality franchise which films in and around California high schools has proven to be a huge success for the network generating nearly 65 million viewers per episode and spawning three iterations of the series. However, despite its success the series was controversial with some critics concerned that the series exploits its teenage cast members and puts them in dangerous situations. The entire franchise was expected to return in 2021, but Gen-TV has decided to pull the plug entirely due to the safety issues surrounding COVID-19 in schools.

Danbury continued "Financially losing this franchise is a big loss for Gen-TV Studios as it was a significant source of revenue for our studio; and last year comprised nearly 38% of Gen-TV Studios overall revenue." "But the safety of our cast members is most important, and in this case the cast members are all teenagers who need to worry about living their lives and surviving this pandemic without the added pressures of filming a reality series." "The door is always open to relaunch the franchise if the pandemic is resolved."

factsoflife

08-17-2020, 12:24 AM

factsoflife

08-19-2020, 12:06 AM

Breaking News:
--Gen-TV Cancels "Climb The Pyramid"

Comedy-Game Show "Climb The Pyramid" and it's spin-off "Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" have officially been cancelled at Gen-TV. Both have aired on Gen-TV since 2017 where they have produced four seasons each, and becoming staples of Gen-TV's summer schedule. Originally debuting on YTN Network, the first version of "Climb The Pyramid" was quickly cancelled and Gen-TV bought the rights to the series outright, and after extensive retooling it debuted in summer 2017 and quickly became a huge hit.

Ratings for both series have remained solid and consistent, making the cancellation both unexpected and bewildering. A renewal seemed likely for both. Both series are currently in the middle of their fourth seasons now, which are expected to wrap up airing later this month.

Gen-TV President Margo Danbury confirmed the cancellation saying "Climb The Pyramid has been a roaring success for Gen-TV and there is no denying that fact; but all good things must come to an end sometime and the end has come for Climb The Pyramid and Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition."

Sources in Gen-TV declined to provide comment as to why these series are being cancelled, but industry sources outside Gen-TV suggest that "the pandemic simply made producing these shows impossible since they require a studio audience and contestants to be in close proximity to each other."

"It is entirely possible that Gen-TV would revive the franchise if the pandemic were under control and social distancing restrictions weren't required anymore" suggested another source.

--Gen-TV Axes Summer Series
--Network Cancels Four; Renews Two

On the heels of cancelling major franchises "High School Diaries" and "Climb The Pyramid" comes confirmation from Gen-TV that they have axed four more summer series. "Atlanta Medical", "Without Borders", "Soapless: Life After Daytime" and "Celebrity Cooking Battles" have all been cancelled.

These summer staples were axed for a variety of reasons, but the major factor being "the need to freshen up and overhaul our summer line-up before it grows stale and old."

Ratings for "Atlanta Medical", a second-year drama were steady but Margo Danbury, Gen-TV's President suggests "steady isn't the same as showing growth, and Atlanta Medical showed no signs of further growth or potential to become a signature hit." Also, the series is costly for a program that isn't showing growth; it boasts a cast of well respected performers including Sanaa Lathan, Eva Longoria, Michael Weston and Jay Hernandez to name just some of the ensemble cast. It seems another factor in the decision to cancel this show was Lathan's desire to move onto other projects as she felt "Atlanta Medical did not end up being the show that she believed she was singing onto; and creatively ended up in a different place than anticipated."

"Without Borders", a signature reality docudrama has been cancelled, not due to ratings which are still high but due to logistics issues with filming the show during the pandemic. "Producing this show has just become impossible due to the travel restrictions in our country, making it difficult for our American crew to travel overseas to film." "And with all that is going on in the world right now the valuable doctors of doctors without borders have more important things to do than worry about a reality TV crew."

"Soapless: Life After Daytime" actually showed remarkable growth this season, but has been cancelled due to Gen-TV's desire to take their summer programming in a different direction. "Soapless has been a huge success for Gen-TV but it has completed its contract and we have chosen not to renew the series beyond that." said a Gen-TV representative. The situation is remarkably similar for "Celebrity Cooking Battles" which has been done filming for over a year and a half now and was never expected to return for a seventh season. "Gen-TV ended up shelving two full seasons of CCB due to various scheduling issues, and ended up saving the sixth season until summer 2020." "Though ratings were superb, we have chosen to retire this particular franchise at the completion of its contract as has been the plan for nearly two years."

Now for the good news, Gen-TV has renewed two summer programs. Signature anthology program "The Hardest Goodbye" will return next year for its seventh season. That series had been renewed for three seasons back in 2017 which covered its fourth, fifth and sixth seasons. It has remained a stable performer, and a critical darling, attracting awards attention and the approval of A-List actors who have regularly been cast on the series.

Next up, Gen-TV has renewed teen surfing drama "Breaking Blue" for a third season. The Australia set-soap opera has proven itself to be a remarkable performer and a hugely popular show with the desired demographic of Females 18-35. Due to the fact that it is filmed in Australia and utilizes an Australian film crew it is a very easy series for Gen-TV to film during the pandemic and has remained in production throughout. In fact filming for the third season has already been underway since April.

factsoflife

08-19-2020, 12:20 AM

Breaking News:
---Gen-TV Names New V.P., Promises "Big Changes"

Since Amy Fung-Wilson has been moved over to the role of overseeing Gen-TV's COVID-19 Response Team, and tasked with bringing the network and studio back into financial solvency the search has been on to find a replacement in the role of Vice President, Gen-TV Studios.

Well, after an extensive search and discussions with several high-profile names, Gen-TV has finally confirmed a new Vice President.

Timothy Carver Jackson has been named to succeed Amy-Fung Wilson in the role. Jackson comes to Gen-TV from Houston, Texas where he mostly recently spent three years as news director for a local CBS affiliate. Prior to that he has a diverse and expansive resume in the industry including ten years as a creative consultant for NBC's "Days of Our Lives", five years as a unit producer for ABC News, where he mostly worked on "Good Morning America" and "The View" and he also spent three and a half years at CBS where he served as a consulting producer and floated through various CBS series including "The Bold & Beautiful", "The Big Bang Theory", "New Adventures of Old Christine" and "60 Minutes."

Jackson is 66 years old and has a solid reputation within the industry.

Gen-TV Shake-Up:
--V.P. Fired for "Failure to Perform Duties"

Gen-TV President Margo Danbury has formally announced that she has fired Gen-TV Vice President Timothy Carver Jackson who assumed that role in May as she found "He was unable to perform his duties to my and the board's satisfaction." "Timothy was simply underqualified for the role he took on and was in over his head."

The position will not be vacant for long as Danbury has already appointed Jake Hawking to the role. Hawking, a former executive member of the Gen-TV board of directors and currently a voting member of the board is well known and well liked by all at Gen-TV and his appointment is being seen by insiders as "a huge get for the network and a big step forward for the studio."

Timothy Carver Jackson did not return calls for comment about this story and sources say he has already vacated the role and plans to leave Los Angeles to return to his hometown in Texas. Sources indicate this was an amicable split and that he holds no hard feelings towards Gen-TV.

factsoflife

08-21-2020, 08:10 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Wednesday, July 1- Sunday, July 5, 2020:

Wed, July 1:

In demos, both "Climb The Pyramid" installments were down while "Soapless" was up. In total viewers, "Soapless" was up and "Family Edition" was down while "Climb The Pyramid" was up.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 15.4 million/4.3 (4.32) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 24.1 million/7.5 (7.41) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 22.4 million/12.5 (12.59) 18-49

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Thursday, July 2:

"The Hardest Goodbye" was down in total viewers and steady in demos. "Celebrity Cooking Battles" was up in demos and down in total viewers. "Climb The Pyramid" was up in total viewers and solid in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 25.4 million/7.8 (7.87) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New):11.1 million/6.8 (6.83) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 18.5 million/15.2 (15.28) 18-49

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Friday, July 3:

Gen-TV aired a specially produced "fourth of july" installment of "Climb The Pyramid" (Editor's Note: The 4th of July episode was filmed back in October of 2019; well before the COVID-19 Pandemic and that is why it was able to air and made no mention of the pandemic.), which was a big hit in demos and up in total viewers.

The network also aired a special "Zoom" edition of "Ready To Wear" featuring Zooey Deschanel and Wendie Malick. It garnered respectable ratings and was a solid success in demos, where it ranked #2 for the evening among females 18-35. Lastly, Gen-TV aired a compilation special titled "Gen-TV's Spectacular 4th of July Spectacular" featuring 4th of July related clips from current and past Gen-TV sitcoms and scripted dramas. The special was introduced by Keegan-Michael Key (Kate & Ali) and Gabrielle Union (7th Heaven). This special was seen by 62.3 million viewers and netted a 30.4 in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 25.6 million/15.6 (15.64) 18-49

9pm: Ready To Wear: Zooming 4th of July (New; Special): 45.6 million/23.3 (23.39) 18-49

10: Gen-TV's Spectacular 4th of July Spectacle (New; Special): 62.3 million/30.4 (30.47) 18-49

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Saturday, July 4:

Gen-TV only aired reruns on July 4th and thus ratings are not available.

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Sunday, July 5:

Gen-TV aired a special alternate version of the schedule this week with "Without Borders" taking the centerpiece slot, wedged between new episodes of "Feds" (airing a special summer episode, produced back in February before the pandemic hit) and a new episode of "Having Faith" (produced via Zoom and Facetime).

8pm: Having Faith (New; Special Episode): 24.4 million/12.5 (12.58) 18-49

9pm: Without Borders (New; Special Time): 32.8 million/11.3 (11.35) 18-49

10: Feds (New; Special Episode): 15.5 million/12.8 (12.83) 18-49
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Editor's Note: In an effort to preserve episodes, Gen-TV originals will be on-hiatus from Sunday, July 5 until Tuesday, July 28.

Airing of original episodes will resume Wednesday, July 29 and will complete sometime in August.

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Wednesday, July 29-Wednesday, August 5, 2020:

Wed, July 29:

Gen-TV has a solid night on Wed, with "Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" netting a 5.6 in demos and being seen by 15.7 million viewers. The regular version of "Climb The Pyramid" was down to 22.8 million viewers but netted 7.7 in demos. "Soapless: Life After Daytime" was viewed by 30 million viewers and netted a 13.4 in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 15.7 million/5.6 (5.67) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 22.8 million/7.7 (7.75) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 30 million/13.4 (13.45) 18-49

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Thursday, July 30:

"Celebrity Cooking Battles" was viewed by 13.4 million and netted a 12.2 in demos; showing growth from last week. "Climb The Pyramid" was viewed by 34.8 million viewers and netted a 8.4 in demos. "The Hardest Goodbye" was down in demos, netting a 13.8.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 34.8 million/8.4 (8.45) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New):13.4 million/12.2 (12.23) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 19.4 million/13.8 (13.83) 18-49

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Friday, July 31:

"Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" was viewed by 18.3 million viewers and netted a 9.8 in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 18.3 million/9.8 (9.86) 18-49

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Saturday, August 1:

Gen-TV only airs reruns on Saturday and thus ratings are not published.

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Sunday, August 2:

Gen-TV had an off day on Sunday with "Family Edition" falling in demos and "Climb The Pyramid" also down in demos. "Without Borders" was also down.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 18.5 million/5.8 (5.83) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.3 million/8.4 (8.45) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New; Special Time): 30.1 million/9.3 (9.32) 18-49

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Monday, August 3:

Gen-TV's first official Monday in awhile was a bit of a let down with only "Breaking Blue" sustaining any growth.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 30.4 million/20.1 (20.14) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 15.3 million/7.3 (7.32) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year (New): 12.3 million/6.1 (6.12) 18-49

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Tuesday, August 4:

In order to preserve episode Gen-TV chose to air only reruns this week. Original episodes return next week.

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Wednesday, August 5:

See Above.

yankeesrj12

08-23-2020, 10:13 PM

Monday, August 3, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.94 million viewers and 0.4 (0.447) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Traders - 4.53 million viewers and 0.4 (0.435) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Second Chance - SERIES FINALE - 5.06 million viewers and 0.5 (0.532) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, August 4, 2020
8- UpSelling - 6.35 million viewers and 0.8 (0.814) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Ava and Liam - 3.14 million viewers and 0.3 (0.339) A18-49, even with last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Blue Collar (two hour average) - 3.96 million viewers and 0.4 (0.359) A18-49, even with last weeks two hour average.

Wednesday, August 5, 2020
8- Ava and Liam - SPECIAL/NEW TIMESLOT - 2.23 million viewers and 0.3 (0.274) A18-49, even with Tuesdays episode.

830- Ava and Liam - SPECIAL/NEW TIMESLOT - 2.02 million viewers and 0.3 (0.253) A18-49. The series finale airs next week.

Thursday, August 6, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Desperation Move - 2.03 million viewers and 0.3 (0.261) A18-49, even with last weeks movie.

Monday, August 10, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 5.06 million viewers and 0.5 (0.463) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Life After Prison - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 5.31 million viewers and 0.5 (0.485) A18-49.

10- Traders - NEW TIMESLOT - 4.82 million viewers and 0.4 (0.441) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
8- UpSelling - 6.03 million viewers and 0.8 (0.793) A18-49, even with last week.

830- UpSelling - 6.26 million viewers and 0.8 (0.819) A18-49.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Suburbia (two hour average) - 4.96 million viewers and 0.5 (0.517) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks two hour average.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
8- Ava and Liam - 2.39 million viewers and 0.3 (0.294) A18-49, even with Tuesdays episode.

830- Ava and Liam - SERIES FINALE - 2.58 million viewers and 0.3 (0.303) A18-49.

Thursday, August 13, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: The Couple Not Seen - 2.39 million viewers and 0.3 (0.296) A18-49, even with last weeks movie.

Monday, August 17, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.17 million viewers and 0.4 (0.398) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Life After Prison - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 4.29 million viewers and 0.4 (0.410) A18-49.

10- Traders - 4.04 million viewers and 0.4 (0.372) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.01 million viewers and 0.7 (0.657) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- UpSelling - 5.14 million viewers and 0.7 (0.661) A18-49.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Raising Teenagers (two hour average) - 4.53 million viewers and 0.4 (0.434) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks two hour average.

Thursday, August 20, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Darkness Beneath - 2.97 million viewers and 0.3 (0.325) A18-49, even with last weeks movie.

jimpickens

08-24-2020, 01:11 AM

Cryptic Island is currently TVFTA's #1 ratted show during the summer of war on normality on TV so in appreciation of it's success a five part mini series crossover with RMTV's Gooney Rock Island where the cast of GRI discover a hidden marina with a fully functional boat perplexed as to why would any sane person want to leave they see a neighboring island ( good old Cryptic ) and after noticing that the boat is in great shape and fully fueled with a chart leading toward the island they get their guns not wanting to wind up like the those seven idiots who use to live here and got on the boat destination Cryptic Island.

VIPERNATION23

08-25-2020, 05:41 PM

MyNetworkTV Plus TV Program Schedule Fall 2020
=Weekdays=
2:00am Paid Programming/Local Shows
9:00am Wendy Williams Show
10:00am The Real
11:00am Drew Barrymore Show(Replaces True Crime Files)
12:00pm Paid Programming/Local Shows
2:00pm True Crime Files(Replaces Chicago P.D.)
3:00pm Couples Court With The Cutlers
3:30pm Couples Court With The Cutlers
4:00pm Common Knowledge(Replaces Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
4:30pm Common Knowledge(Replaces Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
5:00pm 25 Words or Less
5:30pm 25 Words or Less
6:00pm America Says
6:30pm America Says
7:00pm Family Feud
7:30pm Family Feud
8:00pm MyNetworkTV Primetime
10:00pm Mom/Local Shows
10:30pm Mom/Local Shows
11:00pm Big Bang Theory
11:30pm Big Bang Theory
12:00am Modern Family
12:30am Modern Family
1:00am Schitt's Creek(Replaces Friends)
1:30am Schitt's Creek(Replaces Friends)

=Saturdays=
2:00am Paid Programming/Local Shows
12:00pm Seal Team(Replaces Paid Programming/Local Shows)
1:00pm Seal Team(Replaces Paid Programming/Local Shows)
2:00pm Movie
4:00pm Big Bang Theory
4:30pm Big Bang Theory
5:00pm Bull(Replaces Castle)
6:00pm Bull(Replaces CSI: Miami)
7:00pm Castle(Replaces Chicago P.D.)
8:00pm Castle(Replaces Family Feud(2X))
9:00pm Family Feud
9:30pm Family Feud
10:00pm Cars.TV(Replaces Modern Family)/Local Shows
10:30pm Mom(Replaces Modern Family)/Local Shows
11:00pm Wipeout
12:00am Wipeout
1:00am Weather Gone Viral(Replaces Intervention)

=Sundays=
2:00am Paid Programming/Local Shows
12:00pm WWE Bottom Line(Replaces Paid Programming/Local Shows)
1:00pm WWE Afterburn(Replaces Paid Programming/Local Shows)
2:00pm The Listener
3:00pm The Listener
4:00pm Big Bang Theory
4:30pm Big Bang Theory
5:00pm The First 48(Replaces Castle)
6:00pm The First 48(Replaces CSI: Miami)
7:00pm Modern Family(Replaces Chicago P.D.)
7:30pm Modern Family(Replaces Chicago P.D.)
8:00pm 25 Words or Less
8:30pm 25 Words or Less
9:00pm Family Feud
9:30pm Family Feud
10:00pm Central Avenue(Replaces Modern Family)/Local Shows
10:30pm Mom(Replaces Modern Family)/Local Shows
11:00pm Modern Family(Replaces Mom)
11:30pm Modern Family(Replaces Mom)
12:00am Schitt's Creek(Replaces Friends)
12:30am Schitt's Creek(Replaces Friends)
1:00am Forensic Factor

VIPERNATION23

08-25-2020, 06:28 PM

There is a new network called "EntertainmentTV", the network is scheduled to debut on August 31, 2020

EntertainmentTV TV Program Schedule Fall 2020(Effective. August 31)
=Weekdays=
4:00am Mayberry R.F.D.
4:30am Mayberry R.F.D.
5:00am F Troop
5:30am F Troop
6:00am Joyce Meyer(Religious)
6:30am Life Today(Religious)
7:00am The 700 Club(Religious)
8:00am The Rifleman
8:30am The Rifleman
9:00am Adam-12
9:30am Adam-12
10:00am Gunsmoke
11:00am Bonanza
12:00pm Sale of The Century(Perry)
12:30pm Family Feud(Dawson)
1:00pm The $64,000 Question(March)
1:30pm Let's Make a Deal(Hall)
2:00pm The New $25,000 Pyramid(Clark)
2:30pm Jeopardy!(Trebek 1990's-2000's)
3:00pm Wheel of Fortune(Sajak 1990's-2000's)
3:30pm Family Feud(Combs)
4:00pm The Price is Right(Barker)
5:00pm The Munsters
5:30pm The Munsters
6:00pm The Addams Family
6:30pm The Addams Family
7:00pm The Nanny
7:30pm The Nanny
8:00pm Roseanne(Original)
8:30pm Roseanne(Original)
9:00pm Home Improvement
9:30pm Home Improvement
10:00pm The Cosby Show
10:30pm The Cosby Show
11:00pm Petticoat Junction
11:30pm Petticoat Junction
12:00am Married With Children
12:30am Married With Children
1:00am Knight Rider
2:00am Law & Order
3:00am Ironside

=Saturdays=
4:00am Mayberry R.F.D.
4:30am Mayberry R.F.D.
5:00am F Troop
5:30am F Troop
6:00am Catholic Mass(Religious)
6:30am Tribal Trails(Religious)
7:00am Religious Music Live(Religious)
8:00am The Big Valley
9:00am The Big Valley
10:00am Gunsmoke
11:00am Bonanza
12:00pm I Love Lucy
12:30pm I Love Lucy
1:00pm I Love Lucy
1:30pm I Love Lucy
2:00pm The Honeymooners
2:30pm The Honeymooners
3:00pm The Honeymooners
3:30pm The Honeymooners
4:00pm The Munsters
4:30pm The Munsters
5:00pm The Nanny
5:30pm The Nanny
6:00pm Family Feud(Dawson 1994-1995)
7:00pm Twenty One(Pivoch)
8:00pm Shop Til You Drop(Finn)
8:30pm Shop Til You Drop(Finn)
9:00pm Beat The Clock(Hall)
9:30pm Beat The Clock(Hall)
10:00pm Saturday Night Live(1970's-2000's)
11:00pm Saturday Night Live(1970's-2000's)
12:00am Saturday Night Live(1970's-2000's)
1:00am Saturday Night Live(1970's-2000's)
2:00am Home Improvement
2:30am Home Improvement
3:00am Roseanne(Original)
3:30am Roseanne(Original)

=Sundays=
4:00am Mayberry R.F.D.
4:30am Mayberry R.F.D.
5:00am F Troop
5:30am F Troop
6:00am Joyce Meyer(Religious)
6:30am Manna-Fest(Religious)
7:00am United Church of New York(Religious)
8:00am In Touch(Religious)
9:00am Ever Increasing Faith(Religious)
10:00am Amazing Facts(Religious)
10:30am Jewish Voice(Religious)
11:00am Inspirational Concert(Religious)
12:00pm He-Man(1983)
12:30pm He-Man(1983)
1:00pm She-Ra(1985)
1:30pm She-Ra(1985)
2:00pm Super Friends
3:00pm TMNT(1987)
3:30pm TMNT(1987)
4:00pm The Munsters
4:30pm The Munsters
5:00pm The Nanny
5:30pm The Nanny
6:00pm Ironside
7:00pm Knight Rider
8:00pm The Incredible Hulk
9:00pm Wonder Woman
10:00pm The Untouchables
11:00pm Cannon
12:00am Law & Order
1:00am Married With Children
1:30am Married With Children
2:00am Home Improvement
2:30am Home Improvement
3:00am Roseanne(Original)
3:30am Roseanne(Original)

factsoflife

08-28-2020, 03:40 PM

Gen-TV hires Messing
--Debra Messing to star in new comedy

Debra Messing has signed onto star in a new Gen-TV comedy series called "Dr. Love" and will presumably play the female lead in the new series. The male lead has yet to be cast but sources at Gen-TV tell Hollywood Now "That casting is imminent and should be announced soon."

Emmy-winner Debra Messing ("Will & Grace") just wrapped her three-season stint on the revival of NBC's "Will & Grace" and previously starred on two other Gen-TV series; "Bad Mama's" (2014-2015) and "The Daily Grind" (2009-2010), as well as stints on NBC's "Smash" (2012-2013) and "The Mysteries of Laura" (2014-2016).

The new comedy "Dr. Love", focuses on a therapist who stars on a TV talk show giving out relationship advice, despite having virtually no relationships of his own. No word yet on who Messing will be playing on that show.

yankeesrj12

08-29-2020, 12:59 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN CONTINUES TO PUT SHOWS BACK INTO PRODUCTION
YTN has experienced a lot of success with its quarantine bubble for production, announcing they conducted 4,500 COVID tests across their series, with only 1 result coming back positive (that result was later a false positive). With that success, YTN is pushing more series back into production, as long as the cast and crew are comfortable with returning to the set.

The network announced comedies Blended, Full Time Mom, and Mother & Daughter will resume production on Monday. No dramas will go back into production this week, but Mind of a Hunter and Day in the Life have been given the green-light to do so after Labor Day.

The Hughes Family will not return to production this year, joining a growing list of series at the network. Insiders tell us this stems from cast and crew on the set not feeling safe to return just yet. YTN does give everyone the option to hold off production for the foreseeable future, while still being paid.

Only two scripted series previously scheduled for fall production have not yet been given a word on their production status: comedies Life Lessons and Soccer Stories. Insiders informed us that if production does not begin by October 1st, they will not begin until January 2021.

Finally, YTN President did confirm the fall schedule is ready to be released, and will do so this week. The network is waiting to get its executives together for a press announcement on Zoom. Insiders expect the schedule will come Monday.

factsoflife

08-30-2020, 12:18 PM

Gen-TV Casting News:
"Hooking Up" cast set

Gen-TV has set the cast for its upcoming single-cam comedy "Hooking Up" following "a group of 30-somethings trying to survive in an increasingly uncertain post-college world." A concept that takes on greater meaning in this era of pandemics and election uncertainty. The network has cast six principal cast members, all in their 30's as the network has seemingly abandoned the original concept involving 20-something cast members.

First off, "SNL" alumni Sasheer Zamata has been cast as the female lead playing "Samantha, a post-undergraduate finance major whose easy career path has been wiped away following the closure of her father's brokerage firm after an embezzlement scandal."

Stand-up comics Hampton Yount and Matthew Broussard have also been cast in the series, Yount will play "Clay, a slacker whose easy restaurant cashier job has been taken away after the pandemic forced the restaurant into bankruptcy has to find a new way to survive." Broussard will play "Connor, a privileged trust fund baby who must learn to fend for himself when the financial crisis sends his fathers stock portfolio barreling downward." "and who will have to face his blessed upbringing face on as he opens his spacious lost upto new roommates and must face the realities they face daily."

and lastly, "SNL" alums Vanessa Bayer and Luke Null have been cast as well. Bayer will play "Sadie, a seemingly soft-spoken transplant from Los Angeles who moves to New York for a fresh start, only to find herself overwhelmed by the pressures of new york life and finds herself becoming aggressive and jaded." Null will play "Dave, a ditzy, former frat bro entering his 30's who can't seem to move past his college life and finds himself desperate to reconnect with a former life."

yankeesrj12

08-30-2020, 05:35 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN RELEASES FALL 2020 SCHEDULE
After months of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, YTN has released its fall schedule for the 2020-2021 television season.

The network will initially kick-off with four nights of programming, before expanding to five nights in November. In the meantime, they will abandon original programming on Saturday and Sunday nights until at least 2021. The schedule also features the surprise return of a former YTN game show.

Here is the YTN Fall 2020 schedule:

MONDAY (premieres September 21st)
8 - Locked
9 - Money Mountain
10 - Traders

The Scoop: YTN's longest running game-show in network history is back. Locked, which aired 151 episodes over the course of its run from September 2009 until May 2018, secretly began filming a new season in late July. YTN executives reached out to producers of the original show and the two sides quickly came to an agreement on a new season. Locked will lead off Monday nights at 8/7c/ Money Mountain will return for a second season at 9/8c. The back-to-back game shows gives YTN a game show block now that Family Super Challenge is on hiatus until at least January 2021 due to COVID. GEN-TV produced Traders finds its way on the fall schedule for the first time in three seasons at 10/9c. The series just wrapped its second season on Monday and will have only one month off before beginning a new season. That marks a stark difference compared to the 16 month wait for Traders between season one and two.

TUESDAY (premieres October 13th)
8 - Sanchez's in the Suburbs
830 - Parkway Motel
9 - College
930 - The Agency
10 - TAKEN

The Scoop: If there is any sense of normalcy on the YTN schedule, it is Tuesday nights. The network was able to keep a majority of the lineup in tact, while bringing a new comedy to the night. Third year comedies Sanchez's in the Suburbs and Parkway Motel continue to air in the 8 o'clock hour. The third season of revived-College remains in the tentpole 9/8c timeslot. YTN executives were mum on the episode order, which is in flux due to COVID. Given most of the cast is signed onto other projects, it could be difficult to film a large number of episodes if those projects go back into production. The series with perhaps the most potential this season is sophomore The Agency. The single-camera comedy will break the tradition of a two hour multi-camera block. The first season of The Agency aired Mondays at 830/730c, and averaged a mere 4.4 million viewers and .73 A18-49. YTN executives, who remain very high on the comedy, note it is the number two comedy on YTN Everywhere, behind long-running High Times of Denver. The twelfth season of stalwart TAKEN returns to its long-time home at 10/9c.

WEDNESDAY (premieres September 23rd)
8 - The Neighborhood (two hours)
10 - Moments in Life

The Scoop: The upcoming eleventh season of The Neighborhood will expand to two hours for the first time in network history. YTN's highest rated reality competition series also starts airing earlier than any other series on the fall lineup. While not confirmed, there have been rumblings the network will air two hour episodes on other nights too, possibly including a short-run on Thursday. In its last two seasons, YTN did air back-to-back episodes of The Neighborhood for three weeks to start the season. This is different in that each episode is actually two hours. Network executives confirmed that means there are actually more competitions this year, and the extra hour is not more filler. With COVID protocols in place, producers of the series changed up certain aspect, allowing for two hours to feel like a natural pace. Getting the lead-in of YTN's mega-hit is last years short-lived Moments in Life. The series aired only two episodes before YTN decided to remove it from the schedule due to a lack of new episodes in the can. It debuted as one of YTN's highest rated new series last season, and YTN was worried the odd break at the end of the season could have ruined possible momentum. To keep that momentum going, Moments in Life airs behind one of the best possible lead ins at 10/9c.

THURSDAY
OCTOBER: (premieres October 1st)
8 - UpSelling
830 - Extended Family
9 - Revolution (final season)

NOVEMBER: (premieres November 5th)
8 - Mother & Daughter
830 - Extended Family
9 - Full Time Mom
930 - UpSelling
10 - Revolution (final season)

The Scoop: One of the few nights with a transition plan already in place is Thursday. Since Full Time Mom and Mother & Daughter do not start filming until tomorrow, they will not be ready for an October launch. Instead of waiting to go with a full lineup, YTN will launch an abbreviated schedule along with the rest of their schedule. GEN-TV produced UpSelling kicks-off in the lead off spot, before moving to 930 in November. The series is currently airing its third season in the same timeslot, so this will be a natural continuation. Extended Family will remain in the 830 timeslot throughout the transition, and has a full 16 episodes in the can. The series wrapped production on its latest season in February 2020, and was initially scheduled to air this summer. There was talks of that being the final season, but network executives are hoping to squeeze out at least one more season before wrapping. The show that is finishing this season is serial drama Revolution. It begins the season at 9/8c, before shifting to 10/9c in November. It has a 17 episode order, and will air that as a split season. The current plan is to air 9 episodes in the fall, and the final 8 episodes in the spring. When they do start airing, Mother & Daughter and Full Time Mom will inherit the tentpole 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock timeslots, respectively.

FRIDAY (premieres September 25th)
8 - Life after Prison
9 - Life after Prison: The War on Drugs
10 - Nowhere to be Found

The Scoop: GEN-TV is taking over the Friday night schedule. To keep the lights on, YTN will fill the remaining pieces of its fall schedule with programming produced by GEN-TV Studios. Life after Prison, currently airing on Monday nights, will make the shift to Fridays in October. It will be paired with its companion series, Life after Prison: The War on Drugs at 9/8c. The duo is unlikely to move the dial very much on Fridays, but it does give YTN programming with minimal effort on their side for production. Rounding out the night is GEN-TV produced crime drama, Nowhere to be Found at 10/9c. The series has continually aired at 10 o'clock, often shifting between Friday and Saturday nights.

In addition to the fall schedule, there are four other series waiting to air. GEN-TV produced Asset Protection and Moving Down have nearly an entire season filmed, but will likely wait until January 2021 to debut a new season. As for YTN series currently in production, Bloodlines and High Times of Denver will jump on the fall schedule at some point according to insiders. We're told High Times of Denver is waiting on a comedy companion to air with, likely being paired with Blended when it is ready.

yankeesrj12

09-06-2020, 03:55 PM

Monday, August 24, 2020
8- Life After Prison - 4.57 million viewers and 0.4 (0.438) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life After Prison - SPECIAL TIMESLOT - 4.88 million viewers and 0.5 (0.453) A18-49, up a tenth from 8 o'clock.

10- Traders - SEASON FINALE - 4.33 million viewers and 0.4 (0.407) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, August 25, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.18 million viewers and 0.7 (0.683) A18-49, even with last week.

830- UpSelling - 5.29 million viewers and 0.7 (0.691) A18-49, even with last week. The one hour season finale airs next week at 8/7c.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Heart of America (two hour average) - 3.95 million viewers and 0.3 (0.324) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks two hour average.

Thursday, August 27, 2020
8- YTN Original Movie: Alone with the Stranger - 2.68 million viewers and 0.3 (0.310) A18-49, even with last weeks movie. This is the final scheduled movie on Thursday nights, with the network shifting to repeats of 'YTN Presents' for the next three weeks.

Monday, August 31, 2020
8- Life After Prison - TWO HOUR SEASON FINALE - 4.61 million viewers and 0.4 (0.443) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020
8- UpSelling - ONE HOUR SEASON FINALE - 5.32 million viewers and 0.7 (0.695) A18-49, even with last week.

9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Sisterhood (two hour average) - 2.75 million viewers and 0.2 (0.235) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks two hour average.

Originals will be scarce on YTN for the next two weeks. Besides two more editions of 'Blast from the Past' (Growing up at 30 and Family Business), the only other originals are a two hour special for The Neighborhood and the YTN Fall Preview Show on Wednesday, September 16th. The week of September 20th will have two nights of originals (Monday and Wednesday), plus the final edition of 'Blast from the Past' (Behind the Scenes). The network will finally have kick into full drive with five days of original programming beginning the week of October 11th.

jimpickens

09-07-2020, 01:35 AM

The CI/GRI crossover mini series was a success started last Wednesday and concluded tonight with our intrepid explorers having witnessed strange creatures of both natural creation and genetic engineering while battling private armies of secret societies, mad scientists, pirates and armies of covert criminal organizations they have decided to return to Gooney Rock Island yes even though with the Osprey VTOL plane they liberated from DR. Heinlein they could've returned home but since for their own reasons decided going back to so called civilization was a waste of time and that good old Gooney Rock where they have everything they want or desire is far more desirable and that there's no place like paradise.

factsoflife

09-18-2020, 06:04 PM

Gen-TV Shocker:
-Margo Danbury Out

Gen-TV Studios announced a shocking piece of news today: Margo Danbury is leaving her position as President of Gen-TV Studios. Danbury, who assumed the role in October 2019 is said to be leaving "on her own accord, in an amicable parting of the ways." Sources close to the situation tell Hollywood Insider "Danbury is very well respected at Gen-TV Studios but everybody on the board agrees that a more aggressive President with a more ambitious nature is needed at the current time to help Gen-TV navigate through the rough waters of COVID-19 and a post-pandemic future."

Danbury who returned to L.A. from London, England previously worked at Gen-TV at the Chairperson (now President) of the Board of Directors (then Board of Trustees) from 2015-2016 before declining to seek re election so she could return home to London and spend more time with her family.

The Board of Directors has already found her replacement as well. 45 year old Irish TV Executive Ethan O'Connor from Dublin, Ireland has been hired to take over the role. His resume is extensive and includes the following positions, President of Development, Ireland's RTE One (2004-2007), President of Development, Ireland's Virgin Media One (2007-2009), Junior Development Executive, Turner Broadcast Systems (New York, 2010-2013), Senior Vice President of Development, ESPN (2013-2016), President of Programming (ESPN, 2016-2018), Executive Producer (ABC's "The View", 2018-2020).

Jake Hawking will remain in his role as Vice President for now.

kaljackson73

09-19-2020, 02:03 AM

PEN-TV (People Entertainment Network) will launch on Monday, September 21. Created and founded by presidents Wilbert J. Kline and his wife, Katrina Kline, PEN-TV is a basic cable television network and programming consists of all syndicated, classic, talk, soap, cooking, and original scripted shows. In an interview with The Restless Times, Mr. Kline commented, “for a long time now we’ve been wanting to start and create a network or channel that would stand out and compete with GEN-TV and YTN.” “I think it all started about eight years ago.” “Me and my darling wife, Katrina saw the success of GEN-TV and YTN and decided that we wanted to create a network that could and would compete with GEN-TV and YTN.” “Our inspirations were sort of CBS, NBC, ABC, and GEN-TV and YTN themselves.” “We’ve tried numerous times but it didn’t work.” “And here we are today.” “We’ve decided to fork over some money for some shows.” “For example, I won’t expose every single show and contract but we did get the rights to the original prime time soap itself, Dallas.” The Restless Times caught Mrs. Kline entering a local Walmart and tried to flag her down for an interview, but unfortunately Ms. Kline refused and declined and screamed to “get the damn camera out of her face.” She also used the phrase “see when you do the clownery, the clown comes back to bite.” But back to PEN-TV. PEN-TV will acquire the rights and tape new episodes of quite a bit of JET and XYZ’s shows, which are the press and paparazzi show Press Time, the 37 year running female talk show, Chit Chat, legendary 49 year running soap opera, The Rich and The Infamous, successful 50 year running soap opera, The Wild and The Wonderful, 35 year running soap opera, All In The Glory Of The Night, 52 year running soap opera, These Are The Days, and last but not least, iconic 54 year running soap opera, County Hospital. PEN-TV will launch September 21 at 5am. So mark your calendar to see what PEN-TV’s about. The lineup for the network will be leaked soon.

yankeesrj12

09-20-2020, 09:42 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

BREAKING: YTN RENEWS "EXTENDED FAMILY" FOR FINAL SEASON
CANCELS PREVIOUSLY RENEWED "ASYLUM"
On Emmy night, YTN is making some headlines. The network has given long-running Extended Family a final renewal and cancelled previously-renewed drama Asylum.

The renewal for Extended Family was expected for some time, as YTN kept the cast in their contracts after wrapping production on the ninth season in February 2020. The show was looking at an end game for the past two years, and both sides determined this would be the final go-around for the hit comedy. Insiders tell us the series is getting a truncated final season, wrapping with 9 more episodes. That move allows the series to get a proper conclusion, and to film in one quick swoop under COVID precautions.

Extended Family will remain on the air for some time. The ninth season was originally supposed to air this past summer, but was yanked to hold for the fall season. It will kick off that season in the coming weeks, airing on Thursday nights. The tenth, and final, season will likely air in 2021. Production is expected to begin in October 2020.

While network officials gave one series an official wrap-up, they are concluding another in a complete surprise. Asylum earned a last-minute renewal in the spring, after averaging 4.4 million viewers and .511 A18-49. The series was expected to begin production in November. After discussions over the last week, network executives determined Asylum would be unable to stick to strict COVID protocols for filming.

The President of YTN has been a huge fan of Asylum from the beginning, pushing for it to be prime part of the Sunday night lineup. She even went as far as to call it her "favorite series of the last two decades", making the cancellation all the more surprising. Insiders tell us Lindsey Parker fought for the series up until Saturday night, when other executives convinced her it would not make financial sense to continue.

YTN continues to push series back into production. Mind of a Hunter and Day in the Life went back into production two weeks ago. The network also gave the green-light to Life Lessons and Soccer Stories to begin in early October. Those dates will remain fluid, as has been the case for every series throughout COVID. YTN wanted to get both back into production before the end of the year, with the cast and crew for both series agreeing to the terms.

Production on veteran serial drama Newsflash has been pushed to January 2021, meaning all YTN series have been given production start dates. Most series will stay in production this year, although about 10 series will not begin until next year.

yankeesrj12

09-20-2020, 11:14 PM

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Growing Up at 30 (two hour average) - 2.05 million viewers and 0.2 (0.219) A18-49, even with last weeks two hour average.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020
9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Family Business (two hour average) - 2.58 million viewers and 0.3 (0.286) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks two hour average.

Wednesday, September 16, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood: A Look Back a the Top 20 Moments (two hour average) - 5.19 million viewers and 0.6 (0.604) A18-49.

10- YTN Fall Preview Show (special) - 2.62 million viewers and 0.3 (0.301) A18-49.

factsoflife

09-21-2020, 12:53 AM

factsoflife

09-22-2020, 05:55 PM

factsoflife

09-23-2020, 01:07 AM

Gen-TV Cancels Four
---COVID forces four cancellations

As COVID-19 continues its destruction across America, it also continues to terrorize Gen-TV's fall scheduling plans. Factors related to the pandemic have forced the cancellations of four more Gen-TV Studios series this week. New Gen-TV President Ethan O'Connor confirmed today that the network has opted to axe reality series "Switching Places", a successful docudrama about two people with contrasting lifestyles who "switch lives" for three months was supposed return for a third season, but O'Connor sites "a myriad of insurance, health and safety issues" for why this series is being cancelled "We just cannot safely produce this show in a manner consistent with our values and standards as a broadcast network." "Between forcing strangers to live in close quarters and the travel needed for cast and crew this show just wasn't feasible in the current climate."

Gen-TV is also cancelling veteran reality series "Celebrity Cooking Battles" which doesn't come as much of a surprise given that the program hasn't produced a new episode in nearly two years and its renewal has been in limbo for nearly that long as well. Though it aired two seasons between 2019 and 2020, both of those had been shot in 2018 and sat on a shelf for a long time.

Gen-TV is also cancelling a mid-season comedy called "Moving On"; a spin-off of "Making It Work" O'Connor says "Creatively this show just never came together and we've decided to move our development in a new direction."

and lastly, "Cafe Oddity" is also being cancelled. The hit sitcom was slated to return for its third season but the series has been plagued by behind the scenes tension between cast members and producers, forcing the series to fire several cast members and find a new showrunner. But the COVID-19 pandemic quickly put into question the future of the show, as it entered an extended production hiatus that lasted beyond the initial lockdown. "Despite best efforts the new showrunners were unable to find a way to save this show and we feel it is best to cut ties with it now."

factsoflife

09-23-2020, 01:23 AM

Gen-TV News:
-Stream-ME Programs Cancelled

It looks like Stream-ME may be in trouble, as Gen-TV announced plans today to cancel most of the original series broadcast by the streaming service. Many of these series hadn't aired since last year and were up for renewal, here is the run down.

Veteran comedy "Single Again" which moved from TV One to Stream-ME last May has been cancelled and will not return for a seventh season. The cancellation has little do to with COVID-19 and is simply a reflection on the cost of producing a long-running comedy.

Acclaimed drama "Finding Home" is also getting cancelled. Despite achieving high ratings and critical acclaim, Gen-TV is axing the comedy after three seasons for "creative reasons" as "The show has told a complete story and has nowhere left to go, it is best to let it leave at its peak."

Also getting cancelled is veteran drama "Faded Beauties" which moved to Stream-ME after being cancelled by Bravo in 2018. The fourth season achieved high ratings and critical support, but the end has come for this series which O'Connor says "Just isn't relevant to the current landscape anymore."

Also being cancelled are mini-series "The Strangler" and bounty-hunter drama "Hunted"; neither of which did well with viewers or critics.

"Selling Out" has also been cancelled (again), as it will not return for a sixth season.

Lastly, Gen-TV has also cancelled three series that had not yet debuted on Stream-Me but were slated to be aired in 2020. "US Intelligence", "CPS: Los Angeles" and "Burger Palace" have all been cancelled without airing a single episode.

The only Stream-ME series getting renewed is "Outdoor Renovation" which O'Connor says "Has the potential to become a breakout success and feels more relevant than ever as people are stuck at home and looking to improve their homes." The series has been renewed for a fifth and sixth season to air in 2021.

What this means for the future of Stream-Me, the Gen-TV Studios owned streaming service remains to be seen; but Gen-TV has a history of cleaning house at Stream-ME only to create brand new series for the service that become instant successes.

yankeesrj12

09-27-2020, 11:08 AM

Monday, September 21, 2020
8- Locked - REVIVAL SERIES PREMIERE - 5.18 million viewers and 0.7 (0.726) A18-49, about even with its last episode on September 6, 2017 (4.74 million viewers and 0.8 A18-49).

9- Money Mountain - 2ND SEASON PREMIERE - 5.32 million viewers and 0.7 (0.739) A18-49, down just a bit from its last new episode in late July (5.75 million viewers and 0.753 A18-49). The season averaged 5.16 million viewers and 0.767 A18-49.

10- Traders - 3RD SEASON PREMIERE - 4.34 million viewers and 0.4 (0.412) A18-49, even with its second season finale on August 24th (4.33 million viewers and 0.407 A18-49). The season averaged 4.4 million viewers and .429 A18-49.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020
9 to 11- Blast from the Past: Behind the Scenes/I] (two hour average) - 4.48 million viewers and 0.5 (0.512) A18-49, up three tenths from last weeks two hour average. This was the final edition of Blast from the Past. Repeats of the upcoming Tuesday lineup will air the next few weeks, with original programming returning on October 13th.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
8 to 10- [I]The Neighborhood - 11TH SEASON PREMIERE/2 HOURS - 8.37 million viewers and 2.0 (2.012) A18-49, down five tenths from the season ten premiere in January 2020. This marks the first fall premiere for the long-running series, which began its run in the summer before switching to January the last two seasons. Season ten averaged 9.24 million viewers and 2.4 A18-49. Half hour: 1.8/1.9/2.2/2.3

10- Moments in Life - SERIES-ISH PREMIERE - 6.43 million viewers and 1.0 (1.031) A18-49. This is now the third time the series premiere aired, following a sneak preview on January 8th (1.521) and an official debut on March 5th (1.183). Two additional repeat episodes will air in the following weeks before new episodes begin in three weeks. Overall, this is a good start for a show that has aired the pilot two times in the past. It will be interesting to see where the series eventually settles.

yankeesrj12

10-04-2020, 10:48 PM

Monday, September 28, 2020
8- Locked - 4.85 million viewers and 0.6 (0.643) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks revival premiere.

9- Money Mountain - 5.04 million viewers and 0.7 (0.678) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 4.02 million viewers and 0.4 (0.399) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 8.94 million viewers and 2.1 (2.119) A18-49, up a tenth from last weeks season premiere. Half hour: 2.0/2.0/2.2/2.3

10- Moments in Life - 6.01 million viewers and 1.0 (0.978) A18-49, even with last weeks series-ish premiere. Half hour: 1.1/0.9

Thursday, October 1, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5TH SEASON PREMIERE - 5.94 million viewers and 0.8 (0.784) A18-49, up a tenth from its season four finale in September (5.29 million; .691 A18-49).

830- Extended Family - 9TH SEASON PREMIERE - 5.31 million viewers and 0.7 (0.739) A18-49, down from its season eight premiere in April 2019 (.816) and the May 2019 finale (.817). Overall, for taking nearly a year and a half off the air, this is a very solid return for the long-running series. The current series low is .702 in April 2019.

9- Revolution - 6TH (AND FINAL) SEASON PREMIERE - 4.71 million viewers and 0.7 (0.704) A18-49, down a tenth from its season five premiere in September 2019, and its finale in January 2020. Overall, this is a fairly normal performance for the show, which averaged 4.44 million viewers and .751 A18-49 last season.

factsoflife

10-06-2020, 07:09 PM

Breaking News:
--Eva Vargas Suing Gen-TV

Former Gen-TV President Eva Vargas sent shockwaves through the TV industry today when she filed in Los Angeles and New York courts, a civil lawsuit of over 18 million dollars against Gen-TV Studios for "unlawful termination" and "employment discrimination" following her 2019 firing from the studio.

For those who don't recall Vargas was fired from the company in April 2019 after news spread that she had been arrested in connection with "Operation Varsity Blues" (or the college admissions scandal) alongside Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Vargas was later found guilty and sentenced to an almost three year prison term. However as facts of the case emerged after her conviction (through a plea deal) it became clear that something was amiss. Vargas maintained her innocence all along and in late 2019 she filed her first appeal, and after several failed attempts her conviction was finally overturned with the judge releasing an passionate ruling that said "Eva Vargas is not only factually innocent of the charges for which she was forced to accept a plea deal for, she was forced to accept guilt for actions she did not commit." "Despite her repeated pleas for help nobody within this justice system was willing to listen to her, even though she had ironclad proof that demonstrated far beyond a reasonable doubt that there was no way she would have been capable of commiting the crimes she was accused of." "Not only does Ms. Vargas not have the financial means to bribe her children into college for the amounts she was accused of, she has verifiable proof that the checks in question did not bear her signature and that she has never spoken to in any way the people she was accused of conspiring with." "Ms. Vargas is not only completely innocent she is the victim of a far reaching and unfair conspiracy against her." "She is to be freed immediately and her convictions overturned and erased from her record as she has not committed any crime."

She was released within hours of her conviction being overturned and despite a clean record her reputation was destroyed and she has been unable to find work since. The basis of her suit is that being fired from Gen-TV was unlawful as she has committed no crime and that Gen-TV acted hastily in spreading false rumors about her work ethic through the industry.

The lawsuit has the potential to be a huge problem for Gen-TV if it goes to trial; as Vargas is not only seeking financial compensation she is asking for her job back plus a public apology from Gen-TV.

Vargas has also filed a separate lawsuit against the states of California, New York and the USA Federal Government for their roles in her being imprisoned. That lawsuit is worth over 30 million dollars and was filed today on behalf of Vargas by her attorneys.

Legal Notice:

Eva Vargas is a fictional character and this is a work of fiction. There is no real lawsuit. Gen-TV is a fictional company and there is no lawsuit against a TV network. This is just for entertainment.

Gen-TV News:
----Eva Vargas Update

It's good news, bad news for Eva Vargas, a former Gen-TV President. The good news is that Vargas has reached an amicable settlement with Gen-TV Studios in her wrongful termination lawsuit. The settlement is worth 15.6 million dollars and includes several clauses which Eva Vargas insisted on. The first is that Gen-TV Studios must issue a formal, public apology to Ms. Vargas that clearly dispels any notion that Eva Vargas is untrustworthy or that her work performance was bad. "It was important to Ms. Vargas that her previously stellar reputation be restored as she worked incredibly hard to reach the President position at a major broadcast network and through no fault of her own she saw that reputation destroyed."

The second clause and it's a major one is that Eva Vargas must be given a full-voting seat on Gen-TV's board of directors, in perpetuity (for life). She was previously ineligible for that as she had been fired.

Now for the bad news, a federal judge has ruled that her federal lawsuits against the US Government and the states of New York and California will not be able to proceed on various legal technicalities; putting a final nail in this chapter of Eva Varga's life.

yankeesrj12

10-15-2020, 11:58 PM

Monday, October 5, 2020
8- Locked - 4.69 million viewers and 0.6 (0.598) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 4.83 million viewers and 0.6 (0.626) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Traders - 3.62 million viewers and 0.4 (0.372) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 7.86 million viewers and 1.9 (1.857) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

10- Moments in Life - 5.53 million viewers and 0.9 (0.873) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Thursday, October 8, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.46 million viewers and 0.7 (0.710) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

830- Extended Family - 4.95 million viewers and 0.7 (0.683) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

9- Revolution - 4.41 million viewers and 0.7 (0.655) A18-49, even with last weeks season premiere.

yankeesrj12

10-16-2020, 12:01 AM

Monday, October 12, 2020
8- Locked - 4.32 million viewers and 0.5 (0.538) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 4.81 million viewers and 0.6 (0.601) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 3.48 million viewers and 0.4 (0.359) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 8.13 million viewers and 1.9 (1.889) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Moments in Life - 5.33 million viewers and 0.8 (0.841) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Thursday, October 15, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.01 million viewers and 0.7 (0.698) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Extended Family - 4.87 million viewers and 0.7 (0.677) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Revolution - 4.23 million viewers and 0.6 (0.641) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

factsoflife

10-16-2020, 08:01 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Wednesday, July 29-Wednesday, August 5, 2020:

Wed, July 29:

Gen-TV has a solid night on Wed, with "Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" netting a 5.6 in demos and being seen by 15.7 million viewers. The regular version of "Climb The Pyramid" was down to 22.8 million viewers but netted 7.7 in demos. "Soapless: Life After Daytime" was viewed by 30 million viewers and netted a 13.4 in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 15.7 million/5.6 (5.67) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 22.8 million/7.7 (7.75) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 30 million/13.4 (13.45) 18-49

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Thursday, July 30:

"Celebrity Cooking Battles" was viewed by 13.4 million and netted a 12.2 in demos; showing growth from last week. "Climb The Pyramid" was viewed by 34.8 million viewers and netted a 8.4 in demos. "The Hardest Goodbye" was down in demos, netting a 13.8.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 34.8 million/8.4 (8.45) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New):13.4 million/12.2 (12.23) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 19.4 million/13.8 (13.83) 18-49

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Friday, July 31:

"Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" was viewed by 18.3 million viewers and netted a 9.8 in demos.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 18.3 million/9.8 (9.86) 18-49

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Saturday, August 1:

Gen-TV only airs reruns on Saturday and thus ratings are not published.

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Sunday, August 2:

Gen-TV had an off day on Sunday with "Family Edition" falling in demos and "Climb The Pyramid" also down in demos. "Without Borders" was also down.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 18.5 million/5.8 (5.83) 18-49

9pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.3 million/8.4 (8.45) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New; Special Time): 30.1 million/9.3 (9.32) 18-49

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Monday, August 3:

Gen-TV's first official Monday in awhile was a bit of a let down with only "Breaking Blue" sustaining any growth.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 30.4 million/20.1 (20.14) 18-49

9pm: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 15.3 million/7.3 (7.32) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year (New): 12.3 million/6.1 (6.12) 18-49

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Tuesday, August 4:

In order to preserve episode Gen-TV chose to air only reruns this week. Original episodes return next week.

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Wednesday, August 5:

See Above.

Gen-TV Ratings:

Thursday, August 6-Wednesday, August 12, 2020:

Thursday, August 6:

"Climb The Pyramid" and "The Hardest Goodbye" were winners for Gen-TV in demos, while "Celebrity Cooking Battles" was down in total viewers.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.3 million/12.3 (12.35) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New): 12.3 million/4.3 (4.32) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 20.4 million/14.3 (14.32) 18-49

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Friday, August 7:

A brand new "Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" was a solid success on Friday night, airing ahead of reruns of two great Gen-TV dramas.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 23.5 million/9.3 (9.34) 18-49

9: 7th Heaven (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

10pm: Having Faith (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

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Saturday, August 8:

Ratings not available for Saturday as Gen-TV aired only reruns.

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Sunday, August 9:

All series on Sunday were on-par with expectations, and "Without Borders" was the stand-out once again.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 15.9 million/4.8 (4.88) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 17.5 million/11.3 (11.32) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New): 30.4 million/15.8 (15.83) 18-49

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Monday, August 10:

Monday continues to be a striking success for Gen-TV with "Breaking Blue" a solid success in demos; "High School Diaries" franchise continuing to build its audience each week.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 45.7 million/24.4 (24.47) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 56.6 million/40.5 (40.54) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year ( New): 63.2 million/41.3 (41.38) 18-49

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Tuesday, August 11:

The biggest disappointment on Tuesday was "Atlanta Medical" while "High School Diaries" dominated all other networks by a wide margin.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 11.2 million/5.2 (5.21) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New): 34.8 million/16.3 (16.38) 18-49

10: Atlanta Medical (New): 12.8 million/3.4 (3.42) 18-49

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Wednesday, August 12:

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New); 13.2 million/10.3 (10.32) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.1 million/13.2 (13.21) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 34.6 million/12.7 (12.73) 18-49

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Editors Notes: Between Thursday, August 13 and Saturday, September 12, Gen-TV original programs were on a planned hiatus. New Episodes began airing on Sunday, September 13.

Due to a error in our processing server ratings for Gen-TV programs airing in August and September were delayed. This has caused ratings for October programs to also become delayed. Gen-TV is working swiftly to resolve this error in our internal server.

factsoflife

10-16-2020, 08:12 PM

Gen-TV News:
---Gen-TV Fall Scheduling News

While Gen-TV will finish airing their summer programming soon, they are already setting dates for the premieres of their Fall programming. The 2020-2021 season will officially start on Monday, November 2, 2020. This is the latest start date for any Fall season in Gen-TV history and is due to the unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic that shut down production in Hollywood for most of 2020.

Though the network revealed their Fall schedule months ago in May; a new President was added to the network replacing Margo Danbury and it is likely he will make some changes to it, but most programs will began airing the week of November 2nd.

Gen-TV is months into production on the season, and is nearly finished with it and many shows have already began production for episodes that would air in the 2021-2022 season, with the goal of "being prepared in case of another shut-down or lockdown." "We want to have enough episodes banked to last a very long time."

--Gen-TV Pushes Fall Launch
--Network moves Fall Launch to November 7

Gen-TV has decided to push its Fall launch from November 2 to November 7th, so as to avoid coverage of the 2020 Presidential Election. The decision was made public by Gen-TV's Vice President Jake Hawking who said "Gen-TV wishes to give our fall programming the strongest possible launch in what is sure to be a challenging season. We have decided in order to allow this we must move the start date to avoid coverage of the election which is sure to dominate viewership habits the week of November 2nd."

This still marks the latest start date a fall season has ever had for Gen-TV which typically launches shows between August and September; previously October 3rd was the latest start date Gen-TV ever had.

factsoflife

10-16-2020, 08:28 PM

factsoflife

10-19-2020, 05:29 PM

---Gen-TV Fall Scheduling News

While Gen-TV will finish airing their summer programming soon, they are already setting dates for the premieres of their Fall programming. The 2020-2021 season will officially start on Monday, November 2, 2020. This is the latest start date for any Fall season in Gen-TV history and is due to the unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic that shut down production in Hollywood for most of 2020.

Though the network revealed their Fall schedule months ago in May; a new President was added to the network replacing Margo Danbury and it is likely he will make some changes to it, but most programs will began airing the week of November 2nd.

Gen-TV is months into production on the season, and is nearly finished with it and many shows have already began production for episodes that would air in the 2021-2022 season, with the goal of "being prepared in case of another shut-down or lockdown." "We want to have enough episodes banked to last a very long time."[/QUOTE]

Gen-TV News
--Network Alters Fall Schedule

Gen-TV Network has released an update to their Fall 2020 schedule. As new President Ethan O'Connor has opted to reconfigure the schedule and has made some big changes. First off three freshmen series have been cancelled before they've aired a single episode; "Dr. Love", "These Trying Times" and "Before & After" have been axed without airing a single episode.

O'Connor has also added two new series to the mix; a drama called "Searching" about a black family fed up with the slow progress police are making on their daughter's disappearance almost a year before, who turn to the internet for help finding out what happened to her. Lastly, a comedy series called "Disconnected" about a large extended family and their attempts (or rather, mistakes) as they attempt to stay connected via online video chat during the high stress COVID 19 pandemic in 2020.

These moves, along with moving several series were made by O'Connor to "present the strongest possible fall line-up to our viewers using our strongest possible series." The three series that were cancelled were axed due to "a combination of creative, financial and business reasons."

In related news, Debra Messing, who was to star in the now-cancelled "Dr. Love" will move over to freshmen drama "Biological" where she will lead a cast that includes Amy Yasbeck ("Wings"), Alicia Witt ("The Exorcist", "Pretty Little Liars", "Orange Is The New Black") and Aubrey Dollar ("Filthy Rich" "Women's Murder Club") has undergone some extensive creative changes over the last three months and will now focus on "the daily trials and tribulations of three sisters as they deal with both the ordinary and extraordinary issues faced by middle aged women in 2020 as sisters, mothers, wives and members of their communities." Veteran Actress Joanna Cassidy ("Odd Mom Out", "NCIS: New Orleans") will appear on a recurring basis as their mother, Mitiz Gerber-Schwartz .

Messing will portray eldest sister, Valerie Manning a "fast-talking, driven divorced career woman, who is approaching 50 and begins to realize she is deeply unfulfilled in her life. She has been divorced for seven years, but hasn't managed to drop her ex-husbands last name and finds herself exhausted and at wits end with her corporate life in the less than glamarous world of running the biggest manufacturer of discounted women's shoes and decides to make a big change; leave her corporate job and refocus her energies on her personal life; including her relationship with her fiancee of five years, Pablo (Cristian de la Fuente) which she thought was on solid footing, but has been slowly deteriorating for the last several years."

Yasbeck will play middle sister Doreen "Dori" McMillian, a happily married mother of four teenagers who has dedicated her life to being the perfect wife, mother and homemaker who finds herself tested when she discovers her husband of twenty-years Jeffery "Jeff" McMillian (John Ducey) has been cheating on her with his male business partner Dalton Whitmore (David James Elliott) for the last six years and that he has decided to leave her to marry Dalton. This revelation will leave Dori struggling to make sense of her life and seeking support from the unlikeliest of places; the two sisters she has been estranged from since she was in her 20's. She hasn't spoken to her older sister Valerie since Valerie warned her against marrying her husband, Jeff who Valerie said she had caught cheating on Dori, and she stopped speaking to her younger sister Avery Schwartz (Witt) five years earlier when Avery was in the middle of a alcohol addiction and almost killed her nephew, in a car accident.

Alicia Witt will play Avery Schwartz, the youngest of the three sisters are 42 who has made great progress in the last four years. She has been sober for four years and has been in a stable relationship with Anne (Jill Bennett) for a year. However, when Avery runs into old flame and former drug dealer Benny (Brian Hallisay) things quickly unravel when old passions ignite and Avery finds herself pregnant by Benny who despite being sober is far from a stable force in Avery's life; and just may be dangerous in ways Avery never imagined.

Aubrey Dollar will play Amanda Benson, a mysterious young woman who approaches Dori at the worst possible time with news she isn't prepared to hear. Amanda has definitive proof that she is Dori's half-sister, and that her father who is in need of a life saving kidney transplant is the same father that abandoned Valerie, Dori and Avery years before. The main focus of the series will be the bond the develops between the four sisters and how they deal with life.

"Searching" will star Lela Rochon Fuqua ("David Makes Man", "Training Day") and Henry Simmons ("Agents of Shield") as distraught and fed-up parents who have tired of getting nowhere with police and turn to the internet for help in searching for their missing teenage daughter, Aleha (Alisha Boe).

and "Disconnected" will feature a roster of rotating cast members each week, who will be announced at a later date.

Gen-TV Network
Fall 2020 Schedule
Effective: November 2020

Sunday:

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New Night & Time)
830: Roomies (New Timeslot)
9pm: Baker’s Dozen (New Timeslot)
930: The Boss Lady (New Night & Time)
10: Deadly Visions (New Night & Time)

Notes: Returning comedies “Stuck In The Middle”, “Roomies”, “Baker’s Dozen” and “The Boss Lady” lead into a new season of “Deadly Visions” on a new night and time.

Monday:

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New Series)
830: Unemployed (New Night & Time)
9pm: Grounded (New Timeslot)
930: Motherhood: The Series (New Night & Time)
10: CIA: New York (New Night)

Notes: Gen-TV has completely overhauled its Monday line-up with new comedy “Raised by Wolves” leading into “Unemployed” on a new night and time. That series was on the verge of cancellation and was saved by the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down production in Hollywood and forcing Gen-TV to abandon most of its pilots. At 9pm, “Grounded” leads into returning series “Motherhood: The Series” and at 10pm, “CIA: New York” returns.

Tuesday:

8pm: Feds
9pm: Descent (New Series)
10pm: Snitches (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV has a brand new Tuesday night line-up with “Feds” now at 8pm followed by new dramas “Descent” and “Snitches.”

Wednesday:

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New Night & Time)
830: Getting Together (New Series)
9pm: Kate & Ali (New Night)
930: Disconnected (New Series)
10: Searching (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV has completely redesigned their Wednesday night lineup. Sophomore comedy “Bless Your Heart” starring Cardi B leads off the night and is followed by a new comedy “Getting Together” which follows a group of 20’somethings attempting to find themselves and find their place in a world that is increasingly uncertain. At 9pm, “Kate & Ali” moves to Wednesday and leads into a new series called “Disconnected”, following a close extended family struggling to deal with the realities of life in 2020 amid a global pandemic, as they must practice social distancing and can only be with each other via online video chats. At 10pm, a new drama “Searching” follows a distraught mother and father as they turn to the internet for help solving the now-years old cold case of their teenage daughters disappearance as they’ve grown fed up with the lack of results from police.

Thursday:

8pm: Ready to Wear
830: Going For Broke (New Series)
9pm: Fugitive Recovery (New Night & Time)
10pm: Grand Jury (New Night)

Notes: Gen-TV Thursday is all-new with “Ready To Wear” at 8pm, followed by “Going For Broke” a spin-off of “Ready To Wear” follows the staff of a struggling casino and mall as they try to survive in a new economic climate. At 9pm, “Fugitive Recovery” moves to Thursday nights and leads into a brand new season of returning favorite “Grand Jury” on a new night.

Friday:
8pm: 7th Heaven
9pm: Having Faith
10pm: Biological (New Series)

Notes:
Gen-TV’s Friday looks remarkably the same with “7th Heaven” and “Having Faith” both returning for sophomore seasons and leading into a new drama “Biological” about a group of four complete strangers who find out they are related after an at-home DNA test reveals long-buried secrets. From the creators of “Sisters”, this poignant drama asks all the tough questions about life.

Saturday:

8pm: Discography
9pm: Degree of Guilt
10pm: Active Threat (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV creates an entirely new line-up on Saturday with “Discography” at 8pm leading into a new season of “Degree of Guilt” and a new drama “Active Threat” following an elite swat team dealing with the most serious and high stake threats to American safety from hostage situations to terrorists and everything in between.
Programming Note: Although “Degree of Guilt” is renewed for a fourth season, Gen-TV will start by airing the series complete third season of 13 episodes first which were held over from April 2020 due to the coronavirus. Episodes from the fourth season will begin airing immediately after the third season episodes complete airing.

Midseason/Alternative:
Gen-TV Movies & Mini-Series (held over from April 2020; titles include “Mallory’s Reunion” and various others)
5150 (Season 1) (1hr/Drama)
Our Pet Dragon (Season 2) (30 min/comedy)
The Border Police (Season 5) (1hr/Drama)

Cancelled/Ended:
Boston Blues
Served
American Heroes
Making It Work
Every Other Weekend
The Truth about Birth: Stories of Motherhood
Zendaya
Maria's Quinceanera
If Hillary Had Won
American Loser
American Citizen
Ms. Belvedere
Hart of Family
Unlikely Family
Medical Center
Dr. Love (Cancelled Before Airing)
Before & After (Cancelled Before Airing)
These Trying Times (Cancelled Before Airing)

yankeesrj12

10-21-2020, 10:14 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN SCHEDULES NEW HALLOWEEN SPECIALS
YTN announced additional programming to next weeks schedule, giving the network a full-seven days of original programming.

Even though new episodes of Family Super Challenge have yet to begin production, the series' presence it still being felt on the YTN schedule. After the successful run of spin-off Christmas Lights Extraordinaire the past three years, the network is pushing the special into Halloween too.

The network will air Family Super Challenge: Halloween Lights Extraordinaire for six hours over the course of two nights. The first three hour special airs Sunday, October 25th from 8-11pm, and the second airs Halloween night, Saturday, October 31st from 8-11pm.

Additionally, annual special Scare Your Socks Off debuts a new episode Thursday, October 29th from 10-11pm, following a new episode of Revolution.

yankeesrj12

10-24-2020, 07:58 PM

Monday, October 19, 2020
8- Locked - 4.64 million viewers and 0.6 (0.585) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.02 million viewers and 0.6 (0.637) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 4.19 million viewers and 0.4 (0.383) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 3RD SEASON PREMIERE - 6.93 million viewers and 1.1 (1.064) A18-49, down four tenths from its October 1, 2019 season two premiere. The premiere ranks as the series' second lowest rating, just ahead of a 1.013 on February 19, 2020.

830- Parkway Motel - 3RD SEASON PREMIERE - 6.78 million viewers and 1.0 (1.041) A18-49, down two tenths from its October 8, 2019 season two premiere.

9- College - 3RD SEASON PREMIERE - 7.36 million viewers and 1.6 (1.623) A18-49, down four tenths from its October 1, 2019 season two premiere. This is a new series low for the reboot series, bumping the 1.793 on January 21, 2020 from the perch. In either case, this will be one of the highest scripted series on television this week.

930- The Agency - 2ND SEASON PREMIERE - 5.59 million viewers and 1.2 (1.205) A18-49, up five tenths from its September 30, 2019 series premiere. This is also a new series high for the series, easily passing its previous high on November 18, 2019 (0.811). The series benefited nicely from College, and helped the series skew slightly younger than last season. YTN notes the season two premiere was the most watched series in a single day (Wednesday) on YTN Everywhere in nearly 2.5 years.

10- TAKEN - 12TH SEASON PREMIERE - 11.12 million viewers and 1.2 (1.213) A18-49, down three tenths from its October 1, 2019 season eleven premiere. The series returned very close to its season eleven average (1.229)

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 9.06 million viewers and 2.1 (2.094) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

10- Moments in Life - 5.84 million viewers and 0.9 (0.932) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Thursday, October 22, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.54 million viewers and 0.8 (0.754) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Extended Family - 5.23 million viewers and 0.7 (0.726) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Revolution - 4.58 million viewers and 0.7 (0.672) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Friday, October 23, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 5TH SEASON PREMIERE - 4.24 million viewers and 0.4 (0.429) A18-49, down a tenth from its May 11, 2020 season four premiere.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3RD SEASON PREMIERE - 4.45 million viewers and 0.4 (0.441) A18-49, down a tenth from its April 12, 2019 season two premiere.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 4TH SEASON PREMIERE - 4.86 million viewers and 0.5 (0.475) A18-49, up a tenth from its January 18, 2020 season three premiere. This marks the series best performance since December 12, 2019 (0.531).

factsoflife

10-26-2020, 07:01 PM

Gen-TV Ratings:

Thursday, August 6-Wednesday, August 12, 2020:

Thursday, August 6:

"Climb The Pyramid" and "The Hardest Goodbye" were winners for Gen-TV in demos, while "Celebrity Cooking Battles" was down in total viewers.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.3 million/12.3 (12.35) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New): 12.3 million/4.3 (4.32) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 20.4 million/14.3 (14.32) 18-49

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Friday, August 7:

A brand new "Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" was a solid success on Friday night, airing ahead of reruns of two great Gen-TV dramas.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 23.5 million/9.3 (9.34) 18-49

9: 7th Heaven (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

10pm: Having Faith (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

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Saturday, August 8:

Ratings not available for Saturday as Gen-TV aired only reruns.

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Sunday, August 9:

All series on Sunday were on-par with expectations, and "Without Borders" was the stand-out once again.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 15.9 million/4.8 (4.88) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 17.5 million/11.3 (11.32) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New): 30.4 million/15.8 (15.83) 18-49

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Monday, August 10:

Monday continues to be a striking success for Gen-TV with "Breaking Blue" a solid success in demos; "High School Diaries" franchise continuing to build its audience each week.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 45.7 million/24.4 (24.47) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 56.6 million/40.5 (40.54) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year ( New): 63.2 million/41.3 (41.38) 18-49

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Tuesday, August 11:

The biggest disappointment on Tuesday was "Atlanta Medical" while "High School Diaries" dominated all other networks by a wide margin.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 11.2 million/5.2 (5.21) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New): 34.8 million/16.3 (16.38) 18-49

10: Atlanta Medical (New): 12.8 million/3.4 (3.42) 18-49

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Wednesday, August 12:

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New); 13.2 million/10.3 (10.32) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 20.1 million/13.2 (13.21) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 34.6 million/12.7 (12.73) 18-49

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Editors Notes: Between Thursday, August 13 and Saturday, September 12, Gen-TV original programs were on a planned hiatus. New Episodes began airing on Sunday, September 13.

Due to a error in our processing server ratings for Gen-TV programs airing in August and September were delayed. This has caused ratings for October programs to also become delayed. Gen-TV is working swiftly to resolve this error in our internal server.

Sunday, September 13-Saturday, September 19, 2020:

Sunday, September 13:

All series were down in total viewers and demos; but "Without Borders" continued to be a standout.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 11.3 million/4.3 (4.32) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 14.2 million/8.1 (8.15) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New): 17.4 million/10.4 (10.42) 18-49

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Monday, September 14:

Gen-TV's Monday programming broke new viewership records, with all-series posting historic highs and setting records in their respective timeslots. The "HSD" franchise was a stunning victory!

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 50.6 million/27.8 (27.82) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 62.5 million/45.1 (45.17) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year ( New): 70.4 million/50.6 (50.69) 18-49

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Tuesday, September 15:

With "HSD: J&SY" posting strong numbers, Gen-TV just barely avoided losing the entire night to NBC, placing #1 in demos. However, "Atlanta Medical" continues to be an embarrassment to the network.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 10.4 million/4.9 (4.93) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New): 40.3 million/17.3 (17.33) 18-49

10: Atlanta Medical (New): 7.1 million/1.2 (1.21) 18-49

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Wednesday, September 16:

Only "Soapless" posted decent numbers, while both "Climb The Pyramid" editions were huge let downs for Gen-TV.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New); 9.3 million/4.1 (4.10) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 10.2 million/2.3 (2.34) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 24.1 million/8.31 (8.313) 18-49

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Thursday, September 17:

All series on Thursday were on-par or above last weeks average.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 19.5 million/12.7 (12.78) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New): 15.7 million/4.7 (4.78) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 20.4 million/16.7 (16.7) 18-49

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Friday, September 18:

"Climb The Pyramid" was down over last week but still posted strong numbers.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 20.4 million/8.4 (8.43) 18-49

9: 7th Heaven (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

10pm: Having Faith (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

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Saturday, September 19:

Gen-TV only aired reruns on Saturday and ratings are not available for publication as Gen-TV does not reveal ratings for reruns.

factsoflife

10-26-2020, 07:11 PM

--Gen-TV Axes Summer Series
--Network Cancels Four; Renews Two

On the heels of cancelling major franchises "High School Diaries" and "Climb The Pyramid" comes confirmation from Gen-TV that they have axed four more summer series. "Atlanta Medical", "Without Borders", "Soapless: Life After Daytime" and "Celebrity Cooking Battles" have all been cancelled.

These summer staples were axed for a variety of reasons, but the major factor being "the need to freshen up and overhaul our summer line-up before it grows stale and old."

Ratings for "Atlanta Medical", a second-year drama were steady but Margo Danbury, Gen-TV's President suggests "steady isn't the same as showing growth, and Atlanta Medical showed no signs of further growth or potential to become a signature hit." Also, the series is costly for a program that isn't showing growth; it boasts a cast of well respected performers including Sanaa Lathan, Eva Longoria, Michael Weston and Jay Hernandez to name just some of the ensemble cast. It seems another factor in the decision to cancel this show was Lathan's desire to move onto other projects as she felt "Atlanta Medical did not end up being the show that she believed she was singing onto; and creatively ended up in a different place than anticipated."

"Without Borders", a signature reality docudrama has been cancelled, not due to ratings which are still high but due to logistics issues with filming the show during the pandemic. "Producing this show has just become impossible due to the travel restrictions in our country, making it difficult for our American crew to travel overseas to film." "And with all that is going on in the world right now the valuable doctors of doctors without borders have more important things to do than worry about a reality TV crew."

"Soapless: Life After Daytime" actually showed remarkable growth this season, but has been cancelled due to Gen-TV's desire to take their summer programming in a different direction. "Soapless has been a huge success for Gen-TV but it has completed its contract and we have chosen not to renew the series beyond that." said a Gen-TV representative. The situation is remarkably similar for "Celebrity Cooking Battles" which has been done filming for over a year and a half now and was never expected to return for a seventh season. "Gen-TV ended up shelving two full seasons of CCB due to various scheduling issues, and ended up saving the sixth season until summer 2020." "Though ratings were superb, we have chosen to retire this particular franchise at the completion of its contract as has been the plan for nearly two years."

Now for the good news, Gen-TV has renewed two summer programs. Signature anthology program "The Hardest Goodbye" will return next year for its seventh season. That series had been renewed for three seasons back in 2017 which covered its fourth, fifth and sixth seasons. It has remained a stable performer, and a critical darling, attracting awards attention and the approval of A-List actors who have regularly been cast on the series.

Next up, Gen-TV has renewed teen surfing drama "Breaking Blue" for a third season. The Australia set-soap opera has proven itself to be a remarkable performer and a hugely popular show with the desired demographic of Females 18-35. Due to the fact that it is filmed in Australia and utilizes an Australian film crew it is a very easy series for Gen-TV to film during the pandemic and has remained in production throughout. In fact filming for the third season has already been underway since April.

--Gen-TV Rescinds Renewal for "Hardest Goodbye"
--Anthology Drama Cancelled Citing "Production Costs"

Gen-TV has reversed course on renewing anthology drama "The Hardest Goodbye" for a seventh season and has cancelled the series. Gen-TV's new President Ethan O'Connor revealed this change and cited "mounting production costs associated with producing a drama of this scale and declining critical acclaim for the franchise."

It will not return in 2021 and it looks like Gen-TV's summer 2021 will look very different than it does this year with only "Breaking Blue" returning.

factsoflife

11-06-2020, 11:35 AM

Sunday, September 13-Saturday, September 19, 2020:

Monday, September 13:

All series were down in total viewers and demos; but "Without Borders" continued to be a standout.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 11.3 million/4.3 (4.32) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 14.2 million/8.1 (8.15) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New): 17.4 million/10.4 (10.42) 18-49

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Monday, September 14:

Gen-TV's Monday programming broke new viewership records, with all-series posting historic highs and setting records in their respective timeslots. The "HSD" franchise was a stunning victory!

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 50.6 million/27.8 (27.82) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 62.5 million/45.1 (45.17) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year ( New): 70.4 million/50.6 (50.69) 18-49

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Tuesday, September 15:

With "HSD: J&SY" posting strong numbers, Gen-TV just barely avoided losing the entire night to NBC, placing #1 in demos. However, "Atlanta Medical" continues to be an embarrassment to the network.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 10.4 million/4.9 (4.93) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New): 40.3 million/17.3 (17.33) 18-49

10: Atlanta Medical (New): 7.1 million/1.2 (1.21) 18-49

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Wednesday, September 16:

Only "Soapless" posted decent numbers, while both "Climb The Pyramid" editions were huge let downs for Gen-TV.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New); 9.3 million/4.1 (4.10) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 10.2 million/2.3 (2.34) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 24.1 million/8.31 (8.313) 18-49

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Thursday, September 17:

All series on Thursday were on-par or above last weeks average.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 19.5 million/12.7 (12.78) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New): 15.7 million/4.7 (4.78) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 20.4 million/16.7 (16.7) 18-49

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Friday, September 18:

"Climb The Pyramid" was down over last week but still posted strong numbers.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 20.4 million/8.4 (8.43) 18-49

9: 7th Heaven (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

10pm: Having Faith (Rerun): Ratings Not Available for Publication

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Saturday, September 19:

Gen-TV only aired reruns on Saturday and ratings are not available for publication as Gen-TV does not reveal ratings for reruns.

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Sunday, September 20-Saturday, October 3, 2020:

Gen-TV aired only reruns on these nighs so as to preserve episodes.

Original episodes resumed airing on Sunday, October 18 and the season concluded on Saturday, October 31.

Gen-TV's Fall 2020-2021 season begins airing the week of Saturday, November 7th.

yankeesrj12

11-06-2020, 09:56 PM

Sunday, October 25, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge: Halloween Lights Extraordinaire - THREE HOUR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL; PART 1 OF 2 - 5.12 million viewers and 0.7 (0.657) A18-49, down about a tenth from the three night Christmas Lights Extraordinaire special in December 2019.

Monday, October 26, 2020
8- Locked - 4.82 million viewers and 0.6 (0.595) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.13 million viewers and 0.6 (0.628) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 4.01 million viewers and 0.4 (0.383) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.13 million viewers and 0.9 (0.936) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks season premiere.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.09 million viewers and 0.9 (0.937) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

9- College - 6.83 million viewers and 1.4 (1.398) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks season premiere.

930- The Agency - 5.17 million viewers and 1.0 (1.033) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks season premiere.

10- TAKEN - 10.18 million viewers and 1.0 (1.015) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks season premiere.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 9.47 million viewers and 2.2 (2.195) A18-49, up a tenth from last week to a new season high.

10- Moments in Life - 5.31 million viewers and 0.9 (0.885) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, October 29, 2020
8- UpSelling - 5.33 million viewers and 0.7 (0.721) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Extended Family - 4.95 million viewers and 0.7 (0.673) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Revolution - 4.27 million viewers and 0.6 (0.621) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Scare Your Socks Off - ONE HOUR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - 3.18 million viewers and 0.4 (0.387) A18-49.

Friday, October 30, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 3.74 million viewers and 0.3 (0.342) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.81 million viewers and 0.3 (0.345) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 4.02 million viewers and 0.4 (0.428) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

Saturday, October 31, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge: Halloween Lights Extraordinaire - THREE HOUR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL; PART 2 OF 2 - 4.04 million viewers and 0.5 (0.531) A18-49, down two tenths from part one on Saturday.

yankeesrj12

11-06-2020, 10:07 PM

Monday, November 2, 2020
8- Locked - 4.57 million viewers and 0.6 (0.558) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 4.84 million viewers and 0.6 (0.597) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 3.85 million viewers and 0.4 (0.351) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, November 3, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.73 million viewers and 0.8 (0.842) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.45 million viewers and 0.8 (0.826) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- College - 6.27 million viewers and 1.2 (1.238) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

930- The Agency - 4.98 million viewers and 0.9 (0.884) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.84 million viewers and 0.9 (0.915) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, November 4, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 8.46 million viewers and 1.8 (1.796) A18-49, down four tenths from last week.

10- Moments in Life - 4.92 million viewers and 0.7 (0.715) A18-49, down two tenths from last week.

Thursday, November 5, 2020
8- UpSelling - 4.94 million viewers and 0.6 (0.621) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Extended Family - 4.56 million viewers and 0.6 (0.601) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Revolution - 4.01 million viewers and 0.6 (0.578) A18-49, even with last week.

Friday, November 6, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 3.42 million viewers and 0.3 (0.328) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.31 million viewers and 0.3 (0.309) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.47 million viewers and 0.3 (0.345) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

11-16-2020, 12:00 AM

Monday, November 9, 2020
8- Locked - 4.84 million viewers and 0.6 (0.612) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.11 million viewers and 0.6 (0.621) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 3.96 million viewers and 0.4 (0.367) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.94 million viewers and 0.9 (0.894) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.79 million viewers and 0.9 (0.858) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- College - 6.95 million viewers and 1.4 (1.402) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

930- The Agency - 5.12 million viewers and 0.9 (0.889) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN - 10.05 million viewers and 0.9 (0.937) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 8.94 million viewers and 2.0 (2.001) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

10- Moments in Life - 5.01 million viewers and 0.7 (0.726) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, November 12, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 10TH SEASON PREMIERE - 6.24 million viewers and 1.0 (0.987) A18-49, down three tenths from the season nine premiere in October 2019 (1.217), but even in total viewers (6.18 million).

830- Extended Family - 5.21 million viewers and 0.7 (0.738) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 8TH SEASON PREMIERE - 6.41 million viewers and 1.0 (1.031) A18-49, down three tenths from the season nine premiere in October 2019 (1.345).

930- UpSelling - NEW TIMESLOT - 5.37 million viewers and 0.8 (0.783) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

10- Revolution - NEW TIMESLOT - 4.58 million viewers and 0.6 (0.632) A18-49, even with last week.

Friday, November 13, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 3.14 million viewers and 0.3 (0.289) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.29 million viewers and 0.3 (0.297) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.12 million viewers and 0.3 (0.313) A18-49, even with last week.

jimpickens

11-16-2020, 02:47 AM

As of right now all of my channels programs will ramp up the uncensored glory of freedom and as for the skunk breath Karen's who are constantly picketing me and hurling insults at me as I go to and from work from across the street two words Listerine extra clean highly recommended and get a life you may have stolen the white house but you'll never steal our voice.

factsoflife

11-19-2020, 09:16 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Sunday, September 20-Saturday, October 3, 2020:

Gen-TV aired only reruns on these nighs so as to preserve episodes.

Original episodes resumed airing on Sunday, October 18 and the season concluded on Saturday, October 31.

Gen-TV's Fall 2020-2021 season begins airing the week of Saturday, November 7th.

Gen-TV Ratings Report:
---Final Episodes of Summer 2020 Season

Sunday, October 18- Saturday, October 31, 2020:

Sunday, October 18:

"Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition" was a strong performer, posting week to week increases in both demos and total viewers. "Climb The Pyramid" was down in both measurements. "Without Borders" posted a lackluster 20.8 in total viewers and 12.8 in demos, a far cry from its usual numbers.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 14.3 million/5.7 (5.76) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 12.1 million/7.4 (7.41) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New): 20.8 million/12.8 (12.86) 18-49

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Monday, October 19:

"Breaking Blue" and "Freshmen Year" both remained strong performers, "Sophomore Year" was down in both demos and total viewers, but still solid as a rock.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New): 41.2 million/20.7 (20.74) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New): 50.5 million/40.4 (40.41) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year ( New): 30.8 million/40.4 (40.41) 18-49

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Tuesday, October 20:

"Climb The Pyramid" and "Atlanta Medical" both posted serious week to week losses, while "Junior & Senior Year" was down but still earned respectable numbers.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 9.3 million/2.1 (2.10) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New): 21.2 million/8.1 (8.12) 18-49

10: Atlanta Medical (New): 4.3 million/.58 (N/A) 18-49

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Wednesday, October 21:

Gen-TV's Wednesday night was basically a disaster as all series posted losses week to week.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New): 7.1 million/1.8 (1.83) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New): 12.4 million/2.4 (2.44) 18-49

10: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New): 20.1 million/5.4 (5.43) 18-49

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Thursday, October 22:

With "Climb The Pyramid" posting losses and "Celebrity Cooking Battles" also posting losses, it was upsetting for Gen-TV to see "the Hardest Goodbye" also post a loss week to week and post a series low as well.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid (New): 7.3 million/2.4 (2.45) 18-49

9pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New): 10.1 million/4.0 (4.0) 18-49

10pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New): 13.7 million/12.5 (12.54) 18-49

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Friday, October 23:

With "Climb The Pyramid" airing a rerun, only reruns aired on Friday and thus Gen-TV will not be posting ratings.

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Saturday, October 24:

Gen-TV only aired reruns on Saturday and ratings are not available for publication as Gen-TV does not reveal ratings for reruns.

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Sunday, October 25:

Gen-TV's finale Sunday of the season was a spectacular let down with nearly every series posting a season low; and in the cast of "Without Borders" posting a series low.

8pm: Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition (New; Series Finale): 12.3 million/5.1 (5.12) 18-49

9: Climb The Pyramid (New; Series Finale): 7.8 million/2.1 (2.12) 18-49

10: Without Borders (New; Series Finale): 14.1 million/5.1 (5.12) 18-49

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Monday, October 26:

The season finale of "Breaking Blue" was a massive success, netting a 39.4 in demos and being seen by over 80.5 million viewers live on air. When you add in the Live+7 numbers from DVR and Streaming it jumps up to over 150 million viewers who streamed or watched the series; and the demos jump up to a 60.5 meaning that 60.5% of viewers 18-49 watched that episode.

The series finales of both "High School Diaries" franchises were decent, but not as strong as the series has been historically.

8pm: Breaking Blue (New; Season Finale): 80.5 million/39.4 (39.48) 18-49

9: High School Diaries: Freshmen Year (New; Series Finale): 40.5 million/13.8 (13.83) 18-49

10: High School Diaries: Sophomore Year ( New; Series Finale): 20.4 million/12.1 (12.13) 18-49

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Tuesday, October 27:

Gen-TV's Tuesday series were both incredible let downs and posted significant losses. Both series posted their series lowest numbers ever.

8pm: High School Diaries: Junior & Senior Year (New; Series Finale): 12.2 million/4.8 (4.81) 18-49

9pm: Atlanta Medical (New; Series Finale) 1.1 million/.007 (N/A) 18-49

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Wednesday, October 28:

Gen-TV said goodbye to "Soapless: Life After Daytime" in style with two specials airing directly after the series finale. The series finale posted average ratings, but the two specials were both successful in demos.

8pm: Soapless: Life After Daytime (New; Series Finale): 14.3 million/3.2 (3.21) 18-49

9pm: Soapless Life After Daytime: Our Best Episodes (New; Special): 18.4 million/4.8 (4.87) 18-49

10pm: Soapless: Life After Daytime: Primetime Performers (New; Special): 14.5 million/6.5 (6.57) 18-49

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Thursday, October 29:

The series finale of "Celebrity Cooking Battles" went out with a thump, posting below average numbers. The series finale of "The Hardest Goodbye" was a success, posting 23.5 million in total viewers and a 13.8 in demos. A retrospective special on that series looking back at all seasons of the anthology drama was hosted by Audra McDonald and Reese Witherspoon posted 19.4 million viewers in total viewers and a 20.3 in demos.

8pm: Celebrity Cooking Battles: Female Athletes (New; Series Finale): 9.5 million/3.0 (3.0) 18-49

9pm: The Hardest Goodbye (New; Series Finale) 23.5 million/13.8 (13.84) 18-49

10: The Hardest Goodbye: A Look Back (New; Special): 19.4 million/20.3 (20.38) 18-9

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Friday, October 30:

Gen-TV used Friday to burn off episodes of previously cancelled series and was surprised at how high the ratings were for "Mrs. Belvedere' which was pulled in 2019 after twelve low-rated episodes. "Selling Out" aired two episodes that had previously aired online on Stream-Me but were new to Gen-TV Network. Lastly, the network aired a special about "Degree of Guilt" which has two episodes it will air in the fall season.

8pm: Mrs. Belvedere (New): 12.8 million/3.4 (3.48)18-49

830: Mrs. Belvedere (New): 12.3 million/3.2 (3.27) 18-49

9pm: Selling Out (New): 9.4 million/4.8 (4.83) 18-48

930: Selling Out (New): 10.4 million/5.5 (5.54) 18-49

10: Degree of Guilt: A Look Ahead (New; Special): 12.8 million/14.4 (14.48) 18-49

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Saturday, October 31:

Gen-TV aired only reruns on Saturday and thus ratings are not available.

factsoflife

11-19-2020, 10:39 PM

yankeesrj12

11-24-2020, 12:40 PM

Monday, November 16, 2020
8- Locked - 4.63 million viewers and 0.6 (0.579) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.04 million viewers and 0.6 (0.595) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 3.62 million viewers and 0.3 (0.341) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.73 million viewers and 0.8 (0.842) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.81 million viewers and 0.9 (0.851) A18-49, even with last week and one of the few times that it has out-rated Sanchez's in the Suburbs.

9- College - 6.55 million viewers and 1.4 (1.364) A18-49, even with last week.

930- The Agency - 4.91 million viewers and 0.8 (0.841) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.73 million viewers and 0.9 (0.895) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 9.36 million viewers and 2.1 (2.123) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Moments in Life - 4.85 million viewers and 0.7 (0.689) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, November 19, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 5.89 million viewers and 0.8 (0.832) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks season premiere.

830- Extended Family - 5.02 million viewers and 0.7 (0.689) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.16 million viewers and 0.9 (0.889) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

930- UpSelling - 5.21 million viewers and 0.8 (0.783) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

10- Revolution - 4.31 million viewers and 0.6 (0.624) A18-49, even with last week.

Friday, November 20, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 3.59 million viewers and 0.3 (0.317) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.66 million viewers and 0.3 (0.326) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.95 million viewers and 0.3 (0.342) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

11-24-2020, 02:12 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN SCHEDULES "HIGH TIMES OF DENVER", MOVES "MOMENTS IN LIFE", ANNOUNCES MIDSEASON PLANS
YTN announced its plans for midseason, but not before making a few changes on the current schedule.

Effective Wednesday, December 2nd, the eighth season of High Times of Denver will debut at 10/9c, following a new episode of The Neighborhood. The series will air three original episodes this year in the timeslot, rounding out what would have been the final three episodes of its seventh season. Airing in the 1030 timeslot is repeats of various YTN comedies, including The Agency, Soccer Stories, and Blended.

To accommodate the change, freshman drama Moments in Life will move to Thursdays at 10/9c, behind new episodes of UpSelling at 930pm. The series has three episodes remaining on its season order, and will fill the spot left void by Revolution (which finishes part one of its final season this Thursday). Insiders at YTN tell us the network wants to see how the family drama performs when not behind the networks number one series.

Finally, YTN is shoring up its plans for midseason. There are no major moves, but the network is filling gaps left behind with the conclusion of The Neighborhood on Wednesday. Looking for Love returns for its 22nd season, airing in a two hour timeslot from 8 to 10pm. The network rarely airs two hour editions, but cited schedule needs and extra footage for the two hour episodes. The series will lead into the sixth season of crime drama Bloodlines at 10/9c. This marks the first non-Friday airing for the series in two years. The new Wednesday schedule launches on January 13th.

The network is also making some changes on Mondays. The fourth season of Soccer Stories returns to its 8 o'clock lead off timeslot on January 11th. The single-camera family comedy leads into the new episodes of High Times of Denver at 830pm. Money Mountain will remain at 9 o'clock, and revival Locked shifts from 8/7c to 10/9c.

Insiders tell us YTN will reveal more pieces of its midseason schedule at a later date.

yankeesrj12

11-25-2020, 07:02 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN ORDERS MORE "MONEY MOUNTAIN" AND "LOCKED", PUTS "FAMILY SUPER CHALLENGE BACK INTO PRODUCTION
YTN is shoring up its schedule with more episodes of original gameshows. The network announced massive episode extensions for two, and one is scheduled to go back into production on Monday.

Sophomore gameshow Money Mountain and the revival of Locked have been given 30 episode extensions. YTN stresses this is not a renewal, but an extension of their current season orders. The plan is for both series to go back into production the first week of January and film 6 episodes per day for 5 days. When the two gameshows filmed episodes earlier this year, they did 4-6 episodes per day for 5 days with no positive COVID tests. The network is hoping to load up on both series for possible schedule filler in a year scripted programming is taking a hit.

Money Mountain and Locked remain on the midseason schedule, with Locked moving from the 8 o'clock hour to 10. Insiders note they will likely move to another night once more scripted series are ready to go. The current plan is for CIA Files to return to its Monday 9pm timeslot in early February, although that move has not yet been announced.

As for YTN's other gameshow, Family Super Challenge will shoot new episodes next week - the first time it is heading back into production since COVID shut the series down. Family Super Challenge features large obstacle courses where teams interact, and that needed to be revamped to pass network COVID protocols. It took the production team a bit more time compared to the other gameshows, as they are individuals on a smaller set.

Family Super Challenge will employ a different production schedule than the other two gameshows. When filming begins next week, they will film 3 episodes per day for 3 days. Once the network is sure there are no positive COVID interactions on set, they will film 3 more episodes per day for 3 days (giving the series an 18 episode order - for now). Executives stressed that 'no positive COVID interactions on set' means YTN will wait 30 days after filming the first batch of episodes before moving to the second batch.

yankeesrj12

12-05-2020, 02:30 PM

Monday, November 23, 2020
8- Locked - 4.85 million viewers and 0.5 (0.542) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.13 million viewers and 0.6 (0.583) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 4.02 million viewers and 0.4 (0.367) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, November 24, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.03 million viewers and 0.9 (0.901) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.98 million viewers and 0.9 (0.884) A18-49, even with last week.

9- College - 6.75 million viewers and 1.4 (1.402) A18-49, even with last week.

930- The Agency - 5.02 million viewers and 0.9 (0.878) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 10.15 million viewers and 0.9 (0.936) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 9.85 million viewers and 2.1 (2.098) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Moments in Life - 4.34 million viewers and 0.7 (0.661) A18-49, even with last week. The show moves to Thursday at 10pm, effective next week. New episodes of High Times of Denver will air in the timeslot next week, with repeats filling the 1030pm half hour.

Thursday, November 26, 2020 - THANKSGIVING
8- Mother & Daughter - 5.42 million viewers and 0.8 (0.783) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Extended Family - 4.98 million viewers and 0.6 (0.642) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 5.45 million viewers and 0.8 (0.789) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- UpSelling - 4.91 million viewers and 0.7 (0.682) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Revolution - FALL FINALE - 4.31 million viewers and 0.6 (0.587) A18-49, even with last week.

Friday, November 27, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 3.24 million viewers and 0.3 (0.287) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.28 million viewers and 0.3 (0.298) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.67 million viewers and 0.3 (0.328) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

12-05-2020, 03:38 PM

Monday, November 30, 2020
8- Locked - 4.96 million viewers and 0.5 (0.538) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.22 million viewers and 0.6 (0.593) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Traders - 4.19 million viewers and 0.4 (0.377) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.27 million viewers and 0.9 (0.924) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 6.14 million viewers and 0.9 (0.917) A18-49, even with last week.

9- College - 7.02 million viewers and 1.5 (1.473) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

930- The Agency - 5.17 million viewers and 1.0 (0.984) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.87 million viewers and 0.9 (0.913) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, December 2, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 10.04 million viewers and 2.3 (2.274) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

10- High Times of Denver - SEASON EIGHT PREMIERE - 5.18 million viewers and 1.2 (1.184) A18-49, up three tenths from the season seven premiere (in February 2020). This is the series' best performance since February 2019.

1030- The Agency - REPEAT - 3.13 million viewers and 0.5 (0.522) A18-49.

Thursday, December 3, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.17 million viewers and 0.9 (0.932) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Extended Family - 5.23 million viewers and 0.7 (0.674) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.42 million viewers and 1.0 (0.975) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

930- UpSelling - 5.39 million viewers and 0.7 (0.732) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Moments in Life - NEW TIMESLOT - 4.48 million viewers and 0.6 (0.636) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks episode following The Neighborhood.

Friday, December 4, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 3.85 million viewers and 0.3 (0.332) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.97 million viewers and 0.3 (0.341) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 4.41 million viewers and 0.4 (0.403) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

factsoflife

12-10-2020, 01:16 AM

factsoflife

12-10-2020, 05:27 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:
Week of Saturday, November 7-Saturday, November 14, 2020

Start of Gen-TV's Fall 2020-2021 Season

Saturday, November 7:

Right out of the gate, Gen-TV Saturday is a massive success. The season premiere of "Discography" featuring Taylor Swift nets over 30 million viewers and a 14.8 in demos. "Degree of Guilt" returns from a long hiatus (having last aired all the way back in fall of 2018, before getting pushed off-schedule for various reasons) with outstanding numbers, on-par with what they were getting back then. New series "Active Threat" boasted impressive debut numbers, with a 16.7 in demos and 18.5 viewers tuning in.

8pm: Discography (New, Season Premiere): 30.4 million/14.8 (14.82) 18-49

9pm: Degree of Guilt (New; Season Premiere): 20.5 million/15.6 (15.68) 18-49

10pm: Active Threat (New, Series Premiere): 18.5 million/16.7 (16.78) 18-49

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Sunday, November 8:

Gen-TV's first Sunday of the season was a big success, "Stuck in The Middle" and "Roomies" both improved dramatically over their performances last season. "Roomies" in particular netted 14.8 million viewers (total viewers) and a 8.5 in demos. Returning favorite "Baker's Dozen" returned for its third season with 19.5 million viewers and a 6.9 in demos, a very respectable number. "The Boss Lady" lost Kristen Wiig but gained Leslie Jones, and 20.8 million viewers tuned in and the series posted a 14.8 in demos.

Veteran drama "Deadly Visions" is showing some signs of fatigue with a 13.8 in total viewers and a 5.5 in demos. This number is a far cry off of its typical numbers.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New; Season Premiere): 12.5 million/3.5 (3.55) 18-49

830: Roomies (New; Season Premiere): 14.8 million/8.5 (8.58) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New; Season Premiere): 19.5 million/6.9 (6.97) 18-49

930: The Boss Lady (New; Season Premiere): 20.8 million/14.8 (14.86) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New; Season Premiere): 13.8 million/5.5 (5.54) 18-49

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Monday, November 9:

It looks like Monday is going to be a very strong night for Gen-TV. New comedy "Raised By Wolves" debuted to 11.4 million viewers and posted a shocking 7.5 in demos. Returning series "Unemployed" is earning critical raves for being "more timely and current than anybody would have thought possible a year ago." It earned a respectable 14.9 in total viewers and a 6.8 in demos.

"Grounded" posted average numbers, while "Motherhood" was the star performer of the evening with 20.8 million viewers tuning in and a 10.9 in demos. "CIA: New York" returned to solid ratings with a 4.9 in demos.

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New; Series Premiere): 11.4 million/7.5 (7.57) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New; Season Premiere): 14.9 million/6.8 (6.86) 18-49

9pm: Grounded (New; Season Premiere): 13.8 million/9.8 (9.85) 18-49

930: Motherhood: The Series (New; Season Premiere): 20.8 million/10.9 (10.95) 18-49

10: CIA: New York (New; Season Premiere): 16.8 million/4.9 (4.98) 18-49

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Tuesday, November 10:

Gen-TV's Tuesday night dramas were all relatively successful with the star performer being new series "Snitches" which posted a 9.9 in demos and was viewed by 14.9 million viewers. "Feds" was down from its series opener in 2019 and "Descent" has a long way to go before it proves itself to Gen-TV.

8pm: Feds (New; Season Premiere): 9.5 million/5.6 (5.68) 18-49

9pm: Descent (New; Series Premiere): 7.5 million/6.8 (6.87) 18-49

10: Snitches (New; Series Premiere): 14.9 million/9.9 (9.97) 18-49

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Wednesday, November 11:

Gen-TV's first Wednesday of the season was a complete success. "Bless Your Heart" returned with am 8.3 in demos and was seen by 14.9 million viewers. While this is down from a year ago, it is still a strong showing. New sitcom "Getting Together" has earned critical praise for its execution and premise and was seen by 23.1 million viewers and posted a 12.8 in demos.

"Kate & Ali" returned down slightly from last year but with a 10.8 it is still a strong performer. New comedy "Disconnected" posted a 7.3 in demos and was seen by 14.6 million viewers.

And new drama "Searching" was seen by 11.9 million viewers and posted a 5.9 in demos.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New; Season Premiere): 14.9 million/8.3 (8.32) 18-49

830: Getting Together (New; Series Premiere): 23.1 million/12.8 (12.88) 18-49

9: Kate & Ali (New; Season Premiere): 18.4 million/10.8 (10.83) 18-49

930: Disconnected (New; Series Premiere): 14.6 million/7.3 (7.34) 18-49

10: Searching (New; Series Premiere); 11.9 million/5.9 (5.93) 18-49

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Thursday, November 12:

Gen-TV's first Thursday of the season got off to a great start. Veteran comedy "Ready To Wear" is down slightly year-to-year but still posted a 10.4 in demos and was seen by 17.4 million viewers. It's spin-off, "Going For Broke" debuted to 12.8 million viewers and a 7.4 in demos; a moderate but successful start.

Returning favorite "Fugitive Recovery" returned down from last season with a 8.9 in demos and was viewed by 18.4 million viewers. Having been on-hiatus since last year it is not unexpected that numbers would be down a bit. Lastly, "Grand Jury' returned in top form with a 11.8 in demos and 20.7 million viewers tuning in.

8pm: Ready To Wear (New; Season Premiere): 17.4 million/10.4 (10.43) 18-49

830: Going For Broke (New; Series Premiere): 12.8 million/7.4 (7.43) 18-49

9: Fugitive Recovery (New; Season Premiere): 18.4 million/8.9 (8.97) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New; Season Premiere): 20.7 million/11.8 (11.87) 18-49

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Friday, November 13:

Gen-TV's returning dramas both got off to a fantastic start on Friday. "7th Heaven" posted a 15.6 in demos while "Having Faith" posts a 17.9. "Biological" debuts to a 13.8 in demos and 15.9 million viewers tuning in; a successful start for sure.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New; Season Premiere): 17.9 million/15.6 (15.64) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New; Season Premiere): 22.8 million/17.9 (17.98) 18-49

10: Biological (New; Series Premiere): 15.9 million/13.8 (13.82) 18-49

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Saturday, November 14:

"Discography" was steady week to week in total viewers and was up in demos. "Degree of Guilt" was up in all measurements week to week. "Active Threat" was also up in both measurements.

8pm: Discography (New): 18.1 million/16.8 (16.89) 18-49

9pm: Degree of Guilt (New): 28.4 million/13.8 (13.82) 18-49

Gen-TV Ratings Report:

Week of Sunday, November 15-Saturday, November 21, 2020:

Sunday, November 15:

Week two of Gen-TV's Fall Sunday block was a mixed bag. While Gen-TV's sitcoms from 8-9pm were all relatively stable; the big exception was "The Boss Lady" which saw a precipitous drop as Leslie Jones replaced Kristen Wiig in the second episode of the season. "Baker's Dozen" also shows signs of aging, now in its third season as its demos drop.

The biggest letdown was "Deadly Visions" a usually stable performer that drops in both demos and total viewers, not a good sign for the longest running series on Gen-TV, now in its fifth season.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New): 14.7 million/5.6 (5.68) 18-49

830: Roomies (New): 15.3 million/8.4 (8.47) 18-49

9: Baker's Dozen (New): 17.7 million/6.3 (6.34) 18-49

930: The Boss Lady (New): 15.9 million/6.3 (6.32) 18-49

10: Deadly Visions (New): 12.1 million/4.8 (4.86) 18-49

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Monday, November 16:

Gen-TV's second Monday of the season was a good one, with "Raised By Wolves" and "Motherhood: The Series" as the star attractions. Both series performed well above expectations in demos. While "Motherhood" was down week to week, it still performed far above expectations. "Grounded" is also relatively stable. "CIA: New York" performed solidly as well.

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New): 12.8 million/6.8 (6.87) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New): 13.8 million/5.8 (5.83)) 18-49

9pm: Grounded (New): 14.2 million/10.4 (10.48) 18-49

930: Motherhood: The Series (New): 14.6 million/8.7 (8.75) 18-49

10: CIA: New York (New): 16.7 million/5.8 (5.83) 18-49

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Tuesday, November 17:

Gen-TV's Tuesday dramas all performed well, and all were up in demos week to week.

8pm: Feds (New): 12.8 million/6.3 (6.35) 18-49

9pm: Descent (New): 8.4 million/7.4 (7.42) 18-49

10: Snitches (New): 16.7 million/12.7 (12.78) 18-49

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Wednesday, November 18:

All of the series on Gen-TV's Wednesday night lineup posted growth week to week and "Kate & Ali" bounced back to its usual numbers.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New): 15.7 million/8.4 (8.42) 18-49

830: Getting Together (New): 10.4 million/4.2 (4.25) 18-49

9: Kate & Ali (New): 20.4 million/14.7 (14.76) 18-49

930: Disconnected (New): 13.2 million/6.3 (6.34) 18-49

10: Searching (New): 13.8 million/6.4 (6.45) 18-49

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Thursday, November 19

While "Going For Broke" was down significantly week to week, its mother show "Ready To Wear" was up in demos (though still down year to year). "Fugitive Recovery" bounced back from a series low and performed to its normal numbers. "Grand Jury" was also up in all measurements.

8pm: Ready To Wear (New): 18.3 million/12.3 (12.35) 18-49

830: Going For Broke (New): 7.3 million/3.4 (3.48) 18-49

9: Fugitive Recovery (New): 44.5 million/20.3 (20.34) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 24.1 million/12.7 (12.76) 18-49

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Friday, November 20:

Gen-TV's three Friday dramas all showed growth week to week; with freshmen drama "Biological" emerging as the star player in demos.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 22.6 million/16.7 (16.75) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 24.4 million/20.8 (20.86) 18-49

10: Biological (New): 16.8 million/23.1 (23.14) 18-49

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Saturday, November 21:

"Discography" was down week to week in demos, while "Degree of Guilt" was up.

8pm: Discography (New): 13.8 million/4.2 (4.21) 18-49

9pm: Degree of Guilt (New): 25.1 million/10.7 (10.77) 18-49

factsoflife

12-10-2020, 05:54 PM

factsoflife

12-10-2020, 06:48 PM

Gen-TV News:
--Gen-TV Guts Daytime Schedule

Gen-TV Network has decimated its daytime original programming, citing "cost cutting due to coronavirus restrictions" as the reasoning, the network has cancelled its entire slate of daytime programming.

Among those getting the axe are three expensive children's shows "Head of Household", "The Special Classroom" and "Magic School." All three of those series originated in primetime years ago before being moved to daytime. Production on these three programs ended back in October and will not resume again, and all three have aired their final episodes.

Also getting cancelled are cooking series "Morning Bites" and "Quick Bites" which debuted in November to lackluster ratings.

Gen-TV is also cancelling game shows "Spending Spree", "Splurge" and talk shows "Hot Flashes", "Mouthy Broads" and "3Girls2Gays." Also cancelled is cooking series "The Daily Dinner."

Although some of these series have performed well in the past, especially "Hot Flashes" and "3Girls2Gays" it seems Gen-TV has decided to at least temporarily exit the production of daytime programming.

Benny Portman, currently the Vice President of Gen-TV's Board of Directors said "Due to circumstances that have arisen as a result of the global pandemic and coronavirus restrictions on production Gen-TV has decided that the best course of action for our network is to temporarily exit the production of daytime original programming." "This is a genre of programming we will likely revisit in the future, but for the time being it is best to suspend these programs in their entirety."

Sources say that the cost of shooting pre-school programming and the need for in-studio audiences for talk shows doomed the daytime line-up from returning. Ultimately it seems these shows were too expensive to produce amongst the restrictions.

Reruns of past Gen-TV series and syndicated reruns will take the place of the daytime original programs.

factsoflife

12-10-2020, 06:53 PM

Gen-TV News:
---Gen-TV Snags Syndication Rights

Gen-TV Network has snatched up the syndication rights to four hit series. The network has snagged non-exclusive syndication rights to "The Big Bang Theory", "Young Sheldon", "Superstore" and "American Housewife" all of which will began airing on Gen-TV in January 2021.

Also, Gen-TV has released an update list of its syndicated holdings and it follows below:

Recently Expired:
The Hogan Family—Expires 8/20/2020 (Starting 11/20/2018) (includes Valerie’s Family episodes)
Will & Grace--- 8/23/2020
The Mentalist---9/2/2020
The West Wing----12/1/2020
The Mindy Project---12/1/2020
Still Standing--- 12/1/202
Fired Up---Expires—1/20/2021
City Guys---Expires 1/20/2021
Hang Time---Expires 1/20/2021
California Dreams—Expires 1/20/2021
Saved By The Bell-Expires 1/20/2021
Saved By The Bell: The New Class—Expires 1/20/2021
Empty Nest--- January 2021
Good Morning Miami—Expires January 2021
Wings---Expires January 2021
Taxi---Expires January 2021
Evening Shade—Expires February 2021
Blindspot---Expires February 2021
NCIS---Expires February 2021
St. Elsewhere---Expires 1/15/2020
Fame---Expires 1/20/2020
Moesha--1/2/2021)
The Cosby Show— 1/20/2021
A Different World--- 1/20/2021

Newly Acquired Programming:

Young Sheldon-Expires February 2024
American Housewife—Expires February 2024
Superstore—Expires February 2024
The Big Bang Theory—Expires February 2024
Blended---- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)---Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
Life Lessons--- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)--- Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
The Golden Girls---Expires December 2024 (Starting January 2020) (shared syndication rights for weekends, M-F and shared streaming rights to limited episodes; capped at streaming 10 episodes per month) (Includes The Golden Palace Episodes for syndication, not streaming)

Recently Renewed:
Modern Family----New Expiration 5/10/2022 (Previous Expiration 5/15/2020)
Night Court—New Expiration 5/10/2022 (Previous Expiration 5/15/2020)
Castle--- New Expiration 5/10/2022 (Previous Expiration 5/15/2020)

Complete List of Holdings:
The John Larroquette Show---8/23/2021 (Renewed in 2018)
New Girl---- 8/23/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
Touched By An Angel ---9/2/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
The Facts of Life---8/23/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
Grace Under Fire--- 8/23/2022 (Renewed in 2018)
The Nanny—8/23/2023 (Renewed in 2018)
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch ---Expires 8/23/2023 (Starting 10/23/2018)
Who’s The Boss?--- Expires 8/23/2022 (Starting 10/23/2018)
The Wizards of Waverly Place—Expires 8/23/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
That’s So Raven—Expires 8/19/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Black-Ish--- Expires 8/20/2022 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Out of This World—Expires 8/20/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Small Wonder—Expires 8/20/2021 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Veep---Expires 8/20/2022 (Starting 11/20/2018)
Jane, The Virgin---Expires 8/20/2022 (Starting 10/20/2018)
E.R.—Previous Expiration 2/5/2019 (New Expiration 8/23/2022)
Blended---- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)---Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
Life Lessons--- Expires December 2023 (Starting Fall 2019) (from YTN)--- Shared Streaming, Exclusive Syndication
Just Shoot Me--8/23/2023

factsoflife

12-10-2020, 06:56 PM

factsoflife

12-11-2020, 09:18 PM

factsoflife

12-11-2020, 09:27 PM

--Promise of Tomorrow Update
--Network releasing casting info
A Hollywood Insider Report

Although it isn't planned to debut on air until 2021, Gen-TV's revival of beloved soap opera "Promise of Tomorrow" is in full swing and we've got some huge announcements about the show today, all confirmed by Gen-TV Executives, only for Hollywood Insider.

The first piece of exciting news is about storyline. Although the reboot was ordered to series before the pandemic and production had begun shortly before in February, Gen-TV confirms that the COVID-19 shut-down did impact the planned storyline for the series. "We absolutely had to alter the planned storyline for the series." says new Executive Producer/Head Writer Sally Sussman Morina, who also said "COVID-19 and the shut-down will be an integral part of our storytelling and will be one of the major plot points of the revival." "We will see our characters from the sunny town of Crestview, Florida deal with the very real impact of the shutdown and its economic, social, health and legal consequences."

Although she won't reveal exactly who it is she does preview "At least one of our beloved characters who was always a successful business person will see their beloved family business shutter because of the shutdown and will go from riches to rags as a result." "This character, who was always afforded the luxury of wealth will have to start from scratch and rebuild their life."

And she also teases "It wouldn't be a soap opera if some beloved characters weren't killed off." "In order to pump some new life into this series, several characters from the original show will be sacrificed to make room for new characters to shine and to provide a natural jumping off point."

She continues "Although we are aware of how sensitive and upsetting this real life tragedy is, it has provided us a natural starting point for a dramatic serial."

Up until now Gen-TV has remained totally silent about which cast members would be returning for the reboot and who would not be. But now we can officially confirm that two original cast members have signed on to return to the series. Jacob Young will reprise his role of Rylan Cortland on the series and Jeff Branson will return to the role of Ryan Cristoff-Holland.

They have also confirmed that Kelly Ripa will appear in a recurring capacity (as her schedule allows) reprising the roles of twins Shane and Sydney Davies.

In addition to these returns, Gen-TV is ready to confirm the casting of three actors to appear in new roles. Soap opera veterans Erika Slezak (One Life To Live's Viki), Justin Deas (Guiding Light's Buzz) and Kristian Alfonso (Days of our Lives Hope) have been cast in brand new roles, though word is mum on the actual scope of those characters or their storyline.

Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

--Gen-TV "Promises" that Promise of Tomorrow will Air

---Sources indicate a March/April airdate for returning soap

Gen-TV Executives confirm to Hollywood Now that the planned reboot of "Promise of Tomorrow" is still "very much part of our programming plans for 2021." Despite a recent report that Gen-TV plans to exit daytime original programming all-together they are reassuring us (and fans) that "Promise of Tomorrow already has over a years worth of episodes shot, edited and in the can ready to air. "and it remains a major part of our programming plans for 2021 and beyond" said Gen-TV Executive Cain Wentworth, who seemed to walk back that report from earlier this week.

Wentworth says "Gen-TV is clearing taking a pause from daytime original programming for the time being, but Promise of Tomorrow still remains a part of our plans and will be seen on Gen-TV Network very, very soon." Though he declined to give specifics sources close to the network indicate that a March or April 2021 airdate isn't out of the question and seems "like the likely course of action."

The reboot was ordered to series in 2019 but the coronavirus global pandemic derailed plans to launch it in January 2020 and it was pushed back to 2021.

factsoflife

12-11-2020, 09:32 PM

Gen-TV News:

--Pandemic Pushes "Mallory's" to 2021

The 2020 pandemic is claiming another victim, a planned reunion mini-series of "Mallory's of Jefferson County" which was intended to air in April is now being pushed back "until at least early 2021" for the network to "give the proper attention and marketing to this A-List franchise."

Discussions about continuing to air the series anyway were held briefly but were ultimately abandoned in favor of pushing it back until next year when things return to normal.

This is the second time it was pushed back, originally intended to air in February it was moved to April because of scheduling concerns and is now being moved for a second time. All of the planned episodes have already been filmed and were in the process of post-production editing with Gen-TV sources saying those episodes were "about 75% finished but in the middle of extensive sound and music edits."

--Mallory's Reunion Finally Airing

Nearly a year after it was originally intended to air on Gen-TV, the long on the shelf "Mallory's of Jefferson County" mini-series will finally see the light of day; albeit on an entirely different venue.

Sources at Gen-TV have confirmed that the entire mini-series will air on Stream-ME, starting on April 1, 2021 and that episodes will be released two at a time for a month before the entire thirteen episodes are available to stream.

The decision to move this program to Stream-Me instead of airing on Gen-TV came down to a matter of "available space on the primetime schedule and the desire to give this long anticipated title the best launch it could possibly receive."

yankeesrj12

12-15-2020, 07:11 PM

Monday, December 7, 2020
8- Locked - 4.65 million viewers and 0.5 (0.501) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 4.98 million viewers and 0.5 (0.542) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Traders - 4.24 million viewers and 0.4 (0.368) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, December 8, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.79 million viewers and 0.8 (0.843) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.64 million viewers and 0.8 (0.839) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- College - 6.14 million viewers and 1.2 (1.153) A18-49, down three tenths from last week to a new low.

930- The Agency - 4.72 million viewers and 0.9 (0.921) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.36 million viewers and 0.9 (0.874) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - 9.85 million viewers and 2.2 (2.203) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- High Times of Denver - 4.89 million viewers and 1.0 (1.021) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks season premiere.

1030- Soccer Stories - REPEAT - 3.58 million viewers and 0.5 (0.462) A18-49.

Thursday, December 10, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.02 million viewers and 0.9 (0.917) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Extended Family - 4.95 million viewers and 0.6 (0.643) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 5.97 million viewers and 0.9 (0.899) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- UpSelling - 4.98 million viewers and 0.7 (0.697) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Moments in Life - 4.35 million viewers and 0.6 (0.603) A18-49, even with last weeks timeslot premiere. The season one finale airs next week.

Friday, December 11, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 3.37 million viewers and 0.3 (0.302) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.13 million viewers and 0.3 (0.296) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.88 million viewers and 0.3 (0.345) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

12-18-2020, 12:03 AM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN REVIVES GAME SHOW; ORDERS "ROOMMATES" SPECIAL; ANNOUNCES NEW SITCOM FOR MIDSEASON
Restrictions continue to hold up a number of YTN scripted series, so the network is digging into its past to look for help. In a surprise announcement, YTN revived game show Outburst! and a one hour scripted special for comedy Roommates.

Outburst! aired for two seasons at the beginning of YTN's operations, from 2009 to 2011. The series aired 56 episodes across two seasons before being cancelled due to declining ratings. Insiders tell us YTN executives were pleased with the success of recent game show revival Locked, prompting the move to revive Outburst!.

With the revival of Outburst!, YTN will have three game shows and one competition game show on its schedule. This is the largest number of game shows on the network since the height of a successful game show block on Sunday nights in the early 2010s. YTN also has eight episodes of Trivia Master, which will go into production after nine months of delays in January. The only game shows from YTN's past that are not currently airing: Yahtzee! and NBC's current game show, Weakest Link.

In the teleconference, YTN also announced the network has ordered a one hour special for its past comedy, Roommates. The series initially debuted on ABC Family before moving to YTN in season two. The comedy ran for a total of six seasons (five on YTN) and concluded in 2012 with 100 episodes. The entire cast will return for a scripted special, catching up with the characters 8 years after they said goodbye on the series finale. Roommates: Reunited will film under strict COVID protocols in late January, with a late winter premiere date currently scheduled.

During its initial run, Roommates spawned a short-lived spinoff, Living Life, which aired from 2010-2011 and aired 17 episodes.

Finally, YTN announced they have ordered a new comedy scheduled for a midseason debut. Born in the 90s follows a group of six friends who have known each other since they were born. Now in their late 20s, the friends begin the next phase of their lives: parenthood. The multi-camera comedy will begin production in January. It is expected to be the only new series on the YTN schedule this season.

factsoflife

12-19-2020, 08:47 PM

factsoflife

12-19-2020, 09:14 PM

factsoflife

12-19-2020, 11:46 PM

Gen-TV Planning for Best of TV Awards
---Studio lays out plans

Despite the current global pandemic, Gen-TV Studios says "the show will go on" and that the Best of TV Awards will air in 2021 as planned, with a few key changes. "The 2021 Best of TV Awards will be pre-recorded instead of live and will not feature a studio audience." "The telecast will run for roughly 1 hour instead of the normal 2-3 hours." "It will consist entirely of a soon to be named host or hostess simply announcing each category; its nominees and then announcing the winner. Acceptance speeches will be pre-recorded and aired in an edited version, with edits for language; vulgarity and length." Additionally, there will be no musical performances, no elaborate overproduced comedy bits, no in memoriam tributes or any of the other fluff the normally fills award show broadcasts says Jake Hawking, Gen-TV Studios Vice President.

Nominees for the 2021 Best of TV Awards will be announced in January and the ceremony will air on Gen-TV in February.

In addition to the ceremony changes, Gen-TV Studios (who is the co-producer of the Best of TV Awards along with the Best of TV Foundation, which used to be called the Harper Everett Awards) is also making changes to the eligibility rules. Normally to be eligible for the awards, a show must have aired within the previous calendar year (in this case 2020), but in order to be fair to everybody given the pandemic, the eligibility period is being extended to include "any show that aired on TV or was streamed online during the time period of January 1, 2020 and January 23, 2021" allowing for another month of eligibility. This is also the first time in history that the Best of TV Awards specifically mentioned online streaming in the eligibility rules.

Lastly, the Best of TV Awards has opted to eliminate the Limited Series and TV Movie categories; and instead those programs will compete in the normal Comedy and Drama Series categories. Variety Shows and Sketch Shows will now compete in the Comedy Series categories instead of separate categories; so to will performers on those series.

and lastly, there will be expanded categories for daytime soap operas, talk shows and game shows.

In a related note, Gen-TV is announcing that they are discontinuing the "Awards of Merit" and will instead present a "Legacy Award" and "Historical Impact Awards", more details on those will be announced at a later date.

Gen-TV News:
--Best of TV Awards 2021

Gen-TV Studios is moving forward with its plans to host the annual Best of TV Awards in a streamlined format. The network has confirmed the pre-recorded awards show will be broadcast on February 14th, 2021 on Gen-TV Network as well as on Stream-ME (online).

What is also being announced today is another format change, the Best of TV Awards Foundation confirms that they have decided to further eliminate several categories, and have confirmed that there will be no categories for soap operas; instead the four current daytime soaps will compete against primetime programs in the drama categories, and the variety/sketch and talk shows will compete in one "catch-all" category called "Best Variety, Talk or Sketch Program" while performers from Variety or Sketch shows will compete in the comedy series acting categories. Hosts will compete in a "catch-all" category called "Best Host or Judge In A Talk, Reality, Variety or Sketch Program."

They have also confirmed that the reality categories are being reduced to just one category, "Best Reality Program" eliminating the previous categories for Judges, Hosts, Contestants, Personalities and separate categories for competition series, docudramas and celebrity based shows. Judges and Hosts will compete in the catch all category mentioned above.

Also, hosts of daytime talk shows and daytime court shows (like Judge Judy or The People's Court) will also compete in that catch-all category.

Performers from soap operas will be eligible to compete in the drama acting categories, but it seems highly unlikely that any would be nominated.

A representative for the Best of TV Awards says "We understand these format and eligibility changes are going to be difficult for some people to embrace and may even be unfair to many people. However we've made these choices in the spirit of being able to prevent us from having to cancel the broadcast all-together."

Here is the official list of categories that will be included:

Best Dramatic Program
Best Comedy Program
Best Actress, Comedy
Best Actor, Comedy
Best Actor, Drama
Best Actress, Comedy
Best Reality, Talk, Variety or Sketch Program
Best Host or Judge in a Talk, Variety or Sketch Program
Legacy Award (Best of TV Life Achievement Award)
Historical Impact Awards (special juried awards honoring series, performers or people who have made historical or significant impact on TV during the 2020 calendar year)

Nominations for the Best of TV Awards will be announced January 11th, 2021 live on Stream-Me and the nomination announcement will also be broadcast in part on NBC's The Today Show (fourth hour).

Lastly, Gen-TV is proud to announce that the host of the 2021 Best of TV Awards is going to be celebrated journalist, talk show host and TV personality Tamron Hall. Tamron Hall currently hosts the hit syndicated talk show "Tamron Hall" and was previously a well liked host of NBC's "The Today Show."

factsoflife

12-22-2020, 09:00 PM

Gen-TV News:
--"Promise" and other soaps heading to Stream-ME

Gen-TV Studios has made a huge announcement for fans of daytime soap operas. The studio has confirmed that they are making a huge investment in daytime soap operas and will be doing so in the digital space.

Gen-TV confirms that for the first time ever that all 3,944 episodes of "Promise of Tomorrow", Gen-TV signature daytime soap opera will be made available to stream on Stream-Me. Gen-TV representatives say "Fully remastered and with minimal musical substitutions all 3,944 episodes of Promise of Tomorrow will be available for fans to watch, rewatch and relive all over again." "Fans have been begging us to make all episodes of this classic soap opera available and we've heard their cries and are proud to make this a reality."

Previously only a limited number of episodes were made available due to bandwidth issues. However, since Gen-TV Studios recently purchased several smaller streaming services that is no longer going to be an issue.

in a similar manner, Gen-TV has confirmed that episodes of other daytime soaps will also be available on Stream-Me. This includes former Gen-TV soap operas "Brighter Promise", a spin-off of "Promise of Tomorrow" that aired in 2016, "Oak Pointe" also from 2016, and "Oakhurst", a short-lived soap opera from 2010.

But perhaps most exciting is the fact that several other classic soaps that Gen-TV has owned for sometime now will also be present on the service. Gen-TV Studios confirms they will be able to stream almost the entire run of the classic daytime soap operas "All My Children", "One Life To Live", "Loving", "The City", "Port Charles", "Bold & Beautiful", "Young & Restless", "General Hospital", "Another World", "Guiding Light", "Passions", "Sunset Beach", "As The World Turns", "Generations", "The Doctors" "Ryan's Hope" and "Santa Barbara."

Every episode in the series history is going to be available to stream for the majority of these soaps, with the following notable exceptions:

"General Hospital", Gen-TV will only be able to stream episodes starting with 1970 and ending in 2020. No episodes from prior to 1970 are known to currently exist.

"Another World", Gen-TV is only able to provide episodes from 1970 to 1999 as episodes prior to 1970 are not known to exist.

"As The World Turns", Gen-TV only has the rights to air episodes from 1980-2010.

"Guiding Light", Gen-TV only has the rights to air episodes from 1980-2009. Gen-TV's 2009-2010 version of "Guiding Light" aired after CBS cancelled it is also going to be available.

"The Doctors", only episodes from 1970-1982 are known to exist and thus episodes prior to 1970 are not available.

This is going to be the first time many of these series have been seen since they went off the air. For example while both "Port Charles" and "Another World" aired on Soapnet there were many years worth of episodes that were not aired on Soapnet, same goes for "Ryan's Hope" where the episodes from the final seasons never aired.

This is going to be the first time ever that reruns of "The Doctors", "Bold & Beautiful" and "young & Restless" have been seen since they aired.

Episodes of all these series will be made available to the public starting in February 2021 in batches of three, with the following timetable:

February 10, 2021: "Promise of Tomorrow", "All My Children", "General Hospital"
March 10, 2021: "As The World Turns", "Guiding Light", "Ryan's Hope"
April 10, 2021: "Passions", "Another World", "Loving"
May 10, 2021: "Santa Barbara", "One Life To Live", "Brighter Promise"
June 10, 2021: "Oakhurst", "Oak Pointe", "Generations"
July 10, 2021: "Young & Restless", "Bold & Beautiful", "Port Charles"
August 10, 2021: "Sunset Beach", "The City", "The Doctors."

"Promise of Tomorrow" will be returning to the airwaves with brand new episodes airing on Gen-TV starting sometime in early 2021.

yankeesrj12

12-27-2020, 05:45 PM

Monday, December 14, 2020
8- Locked - 4.92 million viewers and 0.5 (0.524) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.17 million viewers and 0.6 (0.581) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Traders - 4.42 million viewers and 0.4 (0.406) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, December 15, 2020
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.03 million viewers and 0.9 (0.897) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.82 million viewers and 0.9 (0.863) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- College - 6.47 million viewers and 1.3 (1.289) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks series low.

930- The Agency - 4.98 million viewers and 0.9 (0.937) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.71 million viewers and 0.9 (0.898) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, December 16, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - SEASON FINALE - 10.25 million viewers and 2.4 (2.419) A18-49, up two tenths from last week. Half hour: 2.1/2.3/2.6/2.8

10- High Times of Denver - 5.56 million viewers and 1.4 (1.382) A18-49, up four tenths from last week for its best rating in over three years.

1030- Looking for Love - SNEAK PREVIEW - 4.26 million viewers and 0.7 (0.687) A18-49.

Thursday, December 17, 2020
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.51 million viewers and 1.0 (0.984) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Extended Family - 5.05 million viewers and 0.7 (0.671) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.92 million viewers and 1.1 (1.056) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

930- UpSelling - 5.36 million viewers and 0.7 (0.702) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Moments in Life - SEASON FINALE - 4.49 million viewers and 0.6 (0.632) A18-49, even for the fourth episode in a row (and in all its Thursday 10 o'clock airings).

Friday, December 18, 2020
8- Life after Prison - 4.04 million viewers and 0.4 (0.358) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 4.19 million viewers and 0.4 (0.366) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 4.25 million viewers and 0.4 (0.403) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

12-27-2020, 05:57 PM

Sunday, December 20, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge: Christmas Lights Extraordinaire - NIGHT 1 OF 3; 2 HOURS - 5.32 million viewers and 0.6 (0.578) A18-49.

10- Money Mountain - SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EPISODE - 4.98 million viewers and 0.6 (0.565) A18-49, down a tenth from its regular Monday timeslot.

Monday, December 21, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge: Christmas Lights Extraordinaire - NIGHT 2 OF 3; 2 HOURS - 5.71 million viewers and 0.6 (0.641) A18-49, up slightly from yesterdays episode.

10- Traders - 4.27 million viewers and 0.4 (0.384) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, December 22, 2020
8- Family Super Challenge: Christmas Lights Extraordinaire - NIGHT 3 OF 3; 2 HOURS - 5.98 million viewers and 0.7 (0.663) A18-49, up a tenth from yesterdays episode.

10- Locked - SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EPISODE - 4.96 million viewers and 0.6 (0.553) A18-49, even with weeks episode in its regular Monday timeslot.

Wednesday, December 23, 2020
8 to 10- The Neighborhood - TWO HOUR SPECIAL - 5.27 million viewers and 0.9 (0.895) A18-49.

factsoflife

12-31-2020, 07:48 PM

Gen-TV News:
Gen-TV Airing All Weekend Marathon

Starting at midnight on Friday, January 1, 2021 Gen-TV is airing an all weekend marathon dubbed the "Best of 2020 Marathon" which will end at midnight on Monday, January 4, 2020.

The expansive marathon will feature "the best programming Gen-TV aired in the calendar year 2020" and will include such shows as "Kate & Ali", "Ready To Wear", "Deadly Visions", "Feds", "Grand Jury", "Making It Work", "Bless Your Heart", "The Border Police" and "Fugitive Recovery."

The marathon will air on Gen-TV Network as well as stream online on Stream-Me through the sites "Watch Gen-TV Live" feature which launched last month.

Gen-TV will resume airing original episode on January 10, 2021!

factsoflife

12-31-2020, 09:28 PM

Gen-TV News:
---Gen-TV snags four shows

Attempting to fill in some holes in their daytime schedule left when they cancelled all of their original daytime programming, Gen-TV has snagged the rights to broadcast several of the most popular syndicated series on TV.

Gen-TV will starting on January 11th, become home to "The Drew Barrymore Show", "the Kelly Clarkson Show", "Tamron Hall", "Judge Jerry" and "Hot Bench."

"Gen-TV had a lot of open spaces in their daytime schedule following the cancellation of its entire slate of original programs earlier this year and we have decided to fill it with very popular programs."

factsoflife

12-31-2020, 10:00 PM

Gen-TV Network has revealed its updated (and seriously gutted) list of programs for Daytime to air in January 2021. As previously announced the network has cancelled all of its original daytime programs and will be replacing them with reruns of past Gen-TV series and its library of syndicated sitcom and drama series reruns.

The full schedule is below.

Daytime:
M-F Only
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:
All Series Are Reruns

6am: Over My Head (Gen-TV Classic)
630: Knocked Down (Gen-TV Classic)
7am: Like Mother, Like Daughter (Gen-TV Classic)
730: Like Mother, Like Daughter (Gen-TV Classic)
8am: Blended
830: Life Lessons
9am: Modern Family
930: Modern Family
10am: New Girl
1030: New Girl
11am: E.R.
12pm: E.R.
1pm: Castle
2pm: Castle
3pm: Modern Family
330: Modern Family
4pm: American Housewife
430: American Housewife
5pm: Deadly Visions (Gen-TV Classic)
6pm: Deadly Visions (Gen-TV Classic)
7pm: Abducted (Gen-TV Classic)

WEEKENDS:
All Series Are Reruns

Saturday Mornings:
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies
6am: The Golden Girls
630: The Golden Girls
7am: Who’s The Boss?
730: Who’s The Boss?
8am: The Nanny
830: The Nanny

Classics & Gen-TV Oldies:
9am: Superstore (New To Gen-TV)
930: Superstore (New To Gen-TV)
10: Modern Family
1030: Modern Family
11: Young Sheldon (New To Gen-TV)
1130: Young Sheldon (New To Gen-TV)
12pm: The Big Bang Theory (New To Gen-TV)
1230: The Big Bang Theory (New To Gen-TV)
1pm: American Housewife (New To Gen-TV)
130: American Housewife (New To Gen-TV)
2pm: Brand New World (Gen-TV Classic)
230: Turned Around (Gen-TV Classic)
3pm: Who’s The Boss?
330: Who’s The Boss?
4pm: The Nanny
430: The Nanny
5pm: Castle
6pm: Castle
7pm: Castle

Sunday Morning-
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:
12am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
1am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
2am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
3am: Wizards of Waverly Place (New To Gen-TV)
4am: Wizards of Waverly Place (New To Gen-TV)
5am: That’s So Raven (New To Gen-TV)
6am: That’s So Raven (New To Gen-TV)
7am: Modern Family
730: Modern Family
8am: American Housewife
830am: American Housewife
9am: The Nanny
930: The Nanny
10: Castle
11am: Castle
12pm: New Girl
1230: New Girl
1pm: Modern Family
2pm: Modern Family
230: Modern Family
3pm: Grace Under Fire
330: Grace Under Fire
4pm: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
430: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
530: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
6pm: E.R.
7pm: E.R.

Breaking News:
--Gen-TV fulfills "Promise" in January

Gen-TV has released another update to its January 2021 schedule for daytime and it contains some big changes. The biggest of them all is the long-awaited return of "Promise of Tomorrow" which returns to the airwaves for the first time since 2016 when it aired its final episode. The groundbreaking soap opera aired on Gen-TV from 2014-2016 and its cancellation left viewers devastated and calls for its return basically never ceased.

Additional big changes include the launch of two new talk shows, one featuring Chrissy Teigen and one featuring a panel of rotating contestants each day.

The full daytime schedule is below, and it launches Monday, January 10, 2021 on Gen-TV.

Daytime:
M-F Only
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:
All Series Are Reruns Unless Indicated with *

Gen-TV’s big news for mid-season in daytime is the return of “Promise of Tomorrow” at 3pm, where it will be the only soap opera airing in the USA during that time. Gen-TV Representatives tell Hollywood Now “We’ve chosen to schedule POT at 3pm so that it doesn’t compete with the other daytime soap operas.” “We want POT to have a solid starting point and for the future of daytime TV we do not want any of the soaps to see further audience erosion.”
A big change for the returning drama is that it expands to a full hour and to five days a week, it previously aired four days a week and for only thirty minutes. There will no longer be a recap show on Fridays and instead an original episode will air.

Also airing earlier in the daytime are two brand new talk shows produced entirely on Zoom. “Chatting with Chrissy Teigen” features the popular model/TV personality and author in a “a lively and hilarious hour of conversation featuring Teigen as she talks about what’s on her mind.” The show will feature Chrissy chatting with both celebrities and non-celebrities in a way that only Chrissy could do.
And, “The Panel” is a brand new talk show that will be produced entirely on Zoom that features “a panel of four hosts from different walks of life as they attempt to debate the topic of the day and come to some sort of resolution.” “The viewers at home will ultimately decide who wins and who loses as they cast their vote for who they think won them over and won the debate.”
Lastly, Gen-TV has also picked up the rights to broadcast several of the most popular syndicated series on TV today, getting the non-exclusive rights to air “Judge Jerry”, the popular court show featuring Jerry Spring. They’ve also picked up the rights to “Hot Bench”, “The Kelly Clarkson Show”, “Tamron Hall” and “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

6am: Over My Head (Gen-TV Classic)
630: Knocked Down (Gen-TV Classic)
7am: Judge Jerry *
730: Hot Bench *
8am: Blended
830: Life Lessons
9am: Modern Family
930: Modern Family
10am: The Kelly Clarkson Show*
11am: Tamron Hall *
12pm: Chatting with Chrissy Teigen (New Series)*
1pm: The Panel (New Series) *
2pm: The Drew Barrymore Show *
3pm: Promise of Tomorrow (Returns To Gen-TV!) *
4pm: American Housewife
430: American Housewife
5pm: New Girl
530: New Girl
6pm: Modern Family
630: Modern Family
7pm: Abducted (Gen-TV Classic)

WEEKENDS:
All Series Are Reruns

Saturday Mornings:
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies
6am: The Golden Girls
630: The Golden Girls
7am: Who’s The Boss?
730: Who’s The Boss?
8am: The Nanny
830: The Nanny

Classics & Gen-TV Oldies:
9am: Superstore (New To Gen-TV)
930: Superstore (New To Gen-TV)
10: Modern Family
1030: Modern Family
11: Young Sheldon (New To Gen-TV)
1130: Young Sheldon (New To Gen-TV)
12pm: The Big Bang Theory (New To Gen-TV)
1230: The Big Bang Theory (New To Gen-TV)
1pm: American Housewife (New To Gen-TV)
130: American Housewife (New To Gen-TV)
2pm: Brand New World (Gen-TV Classic)
230: Turned Around (Gen-TV Classic)
3pm: Who’s The Boss?
330: Who’s The Boss?
4pm: The Nanny
430: The Nanny
5pm: Castle
6pm: Castle
7pm: Castle

Sunday Morning-
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:
12am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
1am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
2am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
3am: Wizards of Waverly Place (New To Gen-TV)
4am: Wizards of Waverly Place (New To Gen-TV)
5am: That’s So Raven (New To Gen-TV)
6am: That’s So Raven (New To Gen-TV)
7am: Modern Family
730: Modern Family
8am: American Housewife
830am: American Housewife
9am: The Nanny
930: The Nanny
10: Castle
11am: Castle
12pm: New Girl
1230: New Girl
1pm: Modern Family
2pm: Modern Family
230: Modern Family
3pm: Grace Under Fire
330: Grace Under Fire
4pm: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
430: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
530: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
6pm: E.R.
7pm: E.R.

factsoflife

12-31-2020, 10:07 PM

Gen-TV Announces Mid-Season Plans
----"Going For Broke" Cancelled; "Bless Your Heart" moves to Thursdays

Gen-TV Network has announced their plans for mid-season, and has revealed their January 2021 schedule changes. Among the highlights are new comedy blocks on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday, the return of "Our Pet Dragon" and the cancellation of only one series; freshmen comedy "Going For Broke" which hasn't been able to find an audience since its debut a month ago.

Sunday:
8pm: Discography (New Night & Time)
9pm: Roomies (New Timeslot)
930: Baker’s Dozen (New Timeslot)
10pm: Degree of Guilt (New Night)

Notes: For mid-season, “Discography” moves to Sunday at 8pm where it leads into an hour of comedies with “Roomies” at 9pm and “Baker’s Dozen” at 930. “Degree of Guilt” moves to Sunday at 10pm where it continues to air its third and fourth seasons.

Monday:

8pm: Grounded (Now at 8pm)
830: Unemployed (New Night & Time)
9pm: Motherhood: The Series (New Earlier Time)
930: Our Pet Dragon (New Season!)
10: CIA: New York (New Night)

Notes: Gen-TV Monday is all new with “Grounded” at 8pm leading into “Unemployed” at 830. “Motherhood: The Series” and “Our Pet Dragon” occupy the 9pm hour followed by “CIA: New York” at 10.

Tuesday:

8pm: Feds
9pm: Descent (New Series)
10pm: Snitches (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV Tuesday remains in-tact with “Feds” at 8, “Descent” at 9 and “Snitches” at 10.

Wednesday:

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New Night)
830: Getting Together
9pm: Kate & Ali
930: Disconnected
10: Searching

Notes: Gen-TV shifts “Raised By Wolves” to Wednesdays at 8pm where it leads into “Getting Together”, “Kate & Ali” and “Disconnected” followed at 10pm by “Searching.”

Thursday:

8pm: Bless Your Heart (Back On Thursdays)
830: Ready To Wear (New Timeslot)
9pm: Fugitive Recovery (New Night & Time)
10pm: Grand Jury (New Night)

Notes: “Bless Your Heart” returns to its Thursday home leading into “Ready To Wear” and “Fugitive Recovery” which is followed by “Grand Jury” at 10pm.

Friday:

8pm: 7th Heaven
9pm: Having Faith
10pm: Biological (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV makes no changes on Friday nights.

Saturday:

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New Night & Time)
830: The Boss Lady (New Night & Time)
9pm: Deadly Visions (New Night!)
10pm: Active Threat (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV shifts sophomore comedy “Stuck In The Middle” to Saturday at 8 where it leads into a transplanted “The Boss Lady’ at 830. “Deadly Visions” moves to Saturday at 9pm and will lead into “Active Threat” at 10pm.

Midseason/Alternative:
Gen-TV Movies & Mini-Series (held over from April 2020; titles include “Mallory’s Reunion” and various others)
5150 (Season 1) (1hr/Drama)
The Border Police (Season 5) (1hr/Drama)

Cancelled/Ended:
Dr. Love (Cancelled Before Airing)
Before & After (Cancelled Before Airing)
These Trying Times (Cancelled Before Airing)
Going For Broke (Lasted two episodes)

Big News:
Gen-TV Revises Mid-Season Schedule

Gen-TV has revised its mid-season schedule and the big news includes the return of "The Border Police" and new timeslots for "CIA: New York", "Snitches" and "Descent."

The full schedule including changes is below. Gen-TV's mid-season programs begin airing Sunday, January 10, 2021.

Gen-TV Network
January 2021 Schedule
Mid-Season Revisions
Effective: Sunday, January 10, 2021

Sunday:
8pm: Discography (New Night & Time)
9pm: Roomies (New Timeslot)
930: Baker’s Dozen (New Timeslot)
10pm: Degree of Guilt (New Night)

Notes: For mid-season, “Discography” moves to Sunday at 8pm where it leads into an hour of comedies with “Roomies” at 9pm and “Baker’s Dozen” at 930. “Degree of Guilt” moves to Sunday at 10pm where it continues to air its third and fourth seasons.

Monday:

8pm: Grounded (Now at 8pm)
830: Unemployed (New Night & Time)
9pm: Motherhood: The Series (New Earlier Time)
930: Our Pet Dragon (New Season!)
10: Descent (New Night & Time)
Notes: Gen-TV Monday is all new with “Grounded” at 8pm leading into “Unemployed” at 830. “Motherhood: The Series” and “Our Pet Dragon” occupy the 9pm hour followed by “Descent” which moves to a new night and time.

Tuesday:

8pm: CIA: New York (New Night & Time)
9pm: The Border Police (New Night)
10pm: Snitches (New Night!)

Notes: Gen-TV Tuesday gets a makeover with “CIA: New York” moving to the 8pm anchor slot and leads into “The Border Police” which returns to Gen-TV on a new night and leads into “Snitches” now in a new timeslot!

Wednesday:

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New Night)
830: Getting Together
9pm: Kate & Ali
930: Disconnected
10: Searching

Notes: Gen-TV shifts “Raised By Wolves” to Wednesdays at 8pm where it leads into “Getting Together”, “Kate & Ali” and “Disconnected” followed at 10pm by “Searching.”

Thursday:

8pm: Bless Your Heart (Back On Thursdays)
830: Ready To Wear (New Timeslot)
9pm: Fugitive Recovery (New Night & Time)
10pm: Grand Jury (New Night)

Notes: “Bless Your Heart” returns to its Thursday home leading into “Ready To Wear” and “Fugitive Recovery” which is followed by “Grand Jury” at 10pm.

Friday:
8pm: 7th Heaven
9pm: Having Faith
10pm: Biological (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV makes no changes on Friday nights.

Saturday:

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New Night & Time)
830: The Boss Lady (New Night & Time)
9pm: Deadly Visions (New Night!)
10pm: Active Threat (New Series)

Notes: Gen-TV shifts sophomore comedy “Stuck In The Middle” to Saturday at 8 where it leads into a transplanted “The Boss Lady’ at 830. “Deadly Visions” moves to Saturday at 9pm and will lead into “Active Threat” at 10pm.

Midseason/Alternative:
Gen-TV Movies & Mini-Series (held over from April 2020)
5150 (Season 1) (1hr/Drama)

Cancelled/Ended:
Dr. Love (Cancelled Before Airing)
Before & After (Cancelled Before Airing)
These Trying Times (Cancelled Before Airing)
Going For Broke (Lasted two episodes)

yankeesrj12

01-01-2021, 08:39 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN PICKS UP TWO CANCELLED GAME SHOWS FROM GEN-TV
YTN's footprint into the game show space continues to expand. After announcing the revival of Outburst! two weeks ago, YTN has picked up Spending Spree and Splurge. The move comes a few weeks after both series were cancelled by GEN-TV.

Insiders tell us YTN reached out to GEN-TV almost immediately to gain the rights to both game shows. Discussions took place in the weeks proceeding the holidays, and a deal was finalized earlier today.

Under the terms of the agreement, YTN immediately gains the production rights to both Spending Spree and Splurge. YTN will also continue to pay GEN-TV a small fee each year the series are in production, as well as production credits. This deal is different than the one between YTN and GEN-TV for a number of series, including UpSelling, Nowhere to be Found, and Traders. Under that agreement, GEN-TV holds all rights to the series, and YTN airs the series. This new deal gives YTN the rights to both shows.

Network executives stressed Spending Spree and Splurge will both debut in primetime. The episode orders for both are fluid at the moment, but the plan is to film an entire season of both series in one week. Production on both is expected to begin in February, with a spring to summer premiere date.

YTN RENEWS "NEIGHBORHOOD" AND "THE AGENCY"
YTN is already preparing for next season by renewing two key pieces of its schedule. The network announced they will move forward with an 11th season of The Neighborhood and a 3rd season of The Agency.

The Neighborhood is YTN's number one series this season as Virus sits on the bench due to production delays. Wrapping its tenth season a few weeks ago, The Neighborhood averaged 9.12 million viewers and 2.08 A18-49 in L+SD. The series is expected to return in the fall.

After a slow start in season one, The Agency is one of the rare series to grow year to year. Every episode this season has rated higher than any episode in season one. So far this season The Agency is averaging 5.07 million viewers and .953 A18-49, up from the season one average of 4.43 million viewers and .731 A18-49.

YTN confirmed season two of The Agency will consist of 16 episodes and it wrapped production before the holiday. The network will wait to begin production on season three until later this summer.

factsoflife

01-12-2021, 01:56 AM

yankeesrj12

01-16-2021, 07:45 PM

Monday, December 28, 2020
10- Traders - 3.17 million viewers and 0.3 (0.297) A18-49, down a tenth from last week, surrounded by nearly a week of repeats.

Friday, January 1, 2021
8- Life after Prison - 3.16 million viewers and 0.3 (0.287) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.28 million viewers and 0.3 (0.302) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.97 million viewers and 0.3 (0.346) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

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Monday, January 4, 2021
8- Trivia Master - SEASON PREMIERE; PART 1 OF 8 - 4.27 million viewers and 0.5 (0.526) A18-49, down four tenths from its March 2019 season two premiere. The series was down about 700,000 viewers from that debut.

9- Trivia Master - PART 2 OF 8 - 4.52 million viewers and 0.6 (0.551) A18-49.

10- Traders - SEASON FINALE - 3.53 million viewers and 0.3 (0.334) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Tuesday, January 5, 2021
8- Trivia Master - PART 3 OF 8 - 4.48 million viewers and 0.5 (0.546) A18-49,

9- Trivia Master - PART 4 OF 8 - 4.67 million viewers and 0.6 (0.561) A18-49.

Wednesday, January 6, 2021
8- Trivia Master - PART 5 OF 8 - 4.59 million viewers and 0.6 (0.568) A18-49,

9- Trivia Master - PART 6 OF 8 - 4.53 million viewers and 0.6 (0.562) A18-49.

Thursday, January 7, 2021
8- Trivia Master - PART 7 OF 8 - 4.69 million viewers and 0.6 (0.572) A18-49,

9- Trivia Master - SEASON FINALE; PART 8 OF 8 - 4.94 million viewers and 0.6 (0.593) A18-49.

Friday, January 8, 2021
8- Life after Prison - 3.48 million viewers and 0.3 (0.342) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 3.52 million viewers and 0.4 (0.353) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 4.49 million viewers and 0.4 (0.412) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

01-16-2021, 08:20 PM

Monday, January 11, 2021
8- Soccer Stories - SEASON 4 PREMIERE - 5.08 million viewers and 0.8 (0.763) A18-49, down a tenth from its September 2019 season three premiere. This is a new unrounded series low for the veteran comedy (previous: .801 on October 7, 2019).

830- High Times of Denver - NEW NIGHT AND TIME - 4.47 million viewers and 0.9 (0.936) A18-49, up down four tenths from its last new episode (behind the season finale of The Neighborhood). This is still above-average from where the series was at last season (.826 average).

9- Money Mountain - 5.65 million viewers and 0.6 (0.638) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

10- Locked - NEW TIME - 5.03 million viewers and 0.5 (0.537) A18-49, even with its last new episode at 8 o'clock.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 6.16 million viewers and 0.9 (0.913) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.97 million viewers and 0.9 (0.901) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

9- College - 6.21 million viewers and 1.2 (1.204) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

930- The Agency - 4.83 million viewers and 0.9 (0.923) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

10- TAKEN - 9.36 million viewers and 0.8 (0.843) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
8 to 10- Looking for Love - SEASON 22 PREMIERE - 6.21 million viewers and 1.2 (1.203) A18-49, even with its season twenty one premiere in October 2019.

10- Bloodlines - SEASON 6 PREMIERE - 5.74 million viewers and 0.5 (0.529) A18-49, down two tenths from its season five premiere in October 2019 (on Fridays). This is a new series low for the drama (previous: .634 in December 2019).

Thursday, January 14, 2021
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.41 million viewers and 1.0 (0.957) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

830- Extended Family - 5.47 million viewers and 0.7 (0.712) A18-49, up a tenth from its last new episode.

9- Full Time Mom - 6.48 million viewers and 1.0 (1.028) A18-49, down a tenth from its last new episode.

930- UpSelling - 5.36 million viewers and 0.7 (0.693) A18-49, even with its last new episode.

10- Revolution - SEASON 6, PART B PREMIERE - 3.98 million viewers and 0.5 (0.537) A18-49, down a tenth from its midseason finale in November to a new series low (previous: .578 on November 5, 2020).

Friday, January 15, 2021
8- Life after Prison - 4.13 million viewers and 0.4 (0.364) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 4.21 million viewers and 0.4 (0.368) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 4.56 million viewers and 0.4 (0.433) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

01-17-2021, 01:02 AM

factsoflife

01-18-2021, 03:26 AM

Tragedy At Gen-TV
---Two Executives Dead

In completely unrelated circumstances, Gen-TV's two top executives have died. Ethan O'Connor, Gen-TV's fairly new President has died of an unexpected heart attack on Wednesday night. Sources say he was admitted to UCLA Medical Center for treatment of "what was initially thought to be an acute panic attack brought on by stress at home." "Within moments his symptoms began to worsen and he was in full cardiac distress and passed away at 645pm."

O'Connor joined Gen-TV in September of 2020 to replace Margo Danbury who resigned from the role after being urged by the board of directors to exit or she would be fired.

In a completely coincidental but utterly shocking circumstance; Gen-TV's Vice President Jake Hawking also passed away on Wednesday. Hawking was involved in a car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway. His car was struck from behind after another cars brakes failed and Hawking, who was driving was killed instantly as his car struck a telephone pole.

Gen-TV's Ross Chin, currently the President of Gen-TV's Board of Directors has released a short statement "Words cannot express in adequate terms the sadness and despair that the entirety of the Gen-TV family is feeling today as we learn about the sudden and tragic deaths of two members of our family." "Jake Hawking and Ethan O'Connor were beloved, inspirational members of the Gen-TV family and they will both be missed very much."

"Right now our focus at Gen-TV is on healing our hearts and being there for one another as we begin to process these senseless and tragic losses."

Duties of the President and Vice President will temporarily be filled by the board of directors as "nobody at Gen-TV is thinking abou replacing either one of them right now."

A Hollywood Insider Report:
Gen-TV's Short List Revealed

Just over a month ago, Gen-TV lost two of its executives bizarrely on the same day as both President Ethan O'Connor and Vice President Jake Hawking passed away in unrelated incidents. At the time a statement from Gen-TV representatives confirming the tragic events said "At this time nobody at Gen-TV is thinking about replacing our lost family members."

Well, the tune seems to have changed as sources close to Gen-TV have confirmed that not only is Gen-TV's board of directors actively seeking a new President and Vice President, but that they have already started conducting formal interviews with industry heavyweights.

As such, a shortlist of potential candidates has surfaced and has leaked to Hollywood Insider via an extremely reliable source within Gen-TV. The source is a executive at the company who is speaking on the condition of anonymity.

After careful vetting, Hollywood Insider can confirm the names of those on the shortlist to fill these vacant positions:

Linda Ling, 62 from Grand Rapids, Michigan has spent the last fifteen years as
an executive at Hallmark Corporation, where she was responsible in-part for the creation and growth of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mysteries & Movies and previously spent five years as a development executive at CBS. She also worked as a producer at MTV for four years where she produced shows as diverse as "Punk'ed", "Daria" and "TRL."

Linda is said to be "very well respected within the industry and known for having a professional demeanor and attitude."

Antonio Torres, 44 from Los Angeles, CA has spent the last six years as a development executive at Hulu where among his accomplishments was acquiring "the Handmaids Tale" for the streamer and helping negotiate complicated deals to get the streaming rights to classic series like "Seinfeld" and "Will & Grace." Prior to joining Hulu he was a founding executive at Crackle (then known as Sony Crackle). He is said to have a leg-up because his Aunt is former and deceased Gen-TV President Sandy Torres.

Lydia Lawrence, 55 from Los Angeles, CA is said to be a major contender for the Vice President position. She worked her way through the ranks at Sony Pictures from 1988 until 2008, where she last held the title of Senior Vice President, Motion Pictures Development. She left Sony in 2008 to accept a job as a Senior Editor In Charge of Acquisitions at Random House publishing and in 2014 she accepted a new role as a Senior Editor at the Associated Press. Lydia is said to be valued by Gen-TV for her wealth of experience and her diverse resume.

Peter Erickson, 33 from Brooklyn, New York is said to be a leading contender and is highly sought after by executives for his work in extremely demanding and high profile positions. He was a Senior Legal Advisor for ACE, the American Society of Editors for nearly four years and has also held various executive roles with the Teamster Union and with SAG-AFTRA.

Reid Dawson, 70 from Columbus, Ohio has spent the majority of his career in theater, where he has owned six off-Broadway theaters since 1977. He served in a senior executive role with the Tony Awards from 1988-2008, and has also served in a senior level role with the American Theater Guild from 2009-2018.

Nick Morton, 28 from Irvine, California is the youngest contender on this list and has held two high profile jobs; as a content curator at Youtube from 2008-2016 and as a games developer at Nintendo from 2016-2020. He is considered a prime contender for the Vice President post.

According to our sources these are the most likely choices to get hired, but at least three other people not represented on this list are also considered potential choices as well.

factsoflife

01-24-2021, 02:52 AM

A Hollywood Insider Report:
Gen-TV's Short List Revealed

Just over a month ago, Gen-TV lost two of its executives bizarrely on the same day as both President Ethan O'Connor and Vice President Jake Hawking passed away in unrelated incidents. At the time a statement from Gen-TV representatives confirming the tragic events said "At this time nobody at Gen-TV is thinking about replacing our lost family members."

Well, the tune seems to have changed as sources close to Gen-TV have confirmed that not only is Gen-TV's board of directors actively seeking a new President and Vice President, but that they have already started conducting formal interviews with industry heavyweights.

As such, a shortlist of potential candidates has surfaced and has leaked to Hollywood Insider via an extremely reliable source within Gen-TV. The source is a executive at the company who is speaking on the condition of anonymity.

After careful vetting, Hollywood Insider can confirm the names of those on the shortlist to fill these vacant positions:

Linda Ling, 62 from Grand Rapids, Michigan has spent the last fifteen years as
an executive at Hallmark Corporation, where she was responsible in-part for the creation and growth of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mysteries & Movies and previously spent five years as a development executive at CBS. She also worked as a producer at MTV for four years where she produced shows as diverse as "Punk'ed", "Daria" and "TRL."

Linda is said to be "very well respected within the industry and known for having a professional demeanor and attitude."

Antonio Torres, 44 from Los Angeles, CA has spent the last six years as a development executive at Hulu where among his accomplishments was acquiring "the Handmaids Tale" for the streamer and helping negotiate complicated deals to get the streaming rights to classic series like "Seinfeld" and "Will & Grace." Prior to joining Hulu he was a founding executive at Crackle (then known as Sony Crackle). He is said to have a leg-up because his Aunt is former and deceased Gen-TV President Sandy Torres.

Lydia Lawrence, 55 from Los Angeles, CA is said to be a major contender for the Vice President position. She worked her way through the ranks at Sony Pictures from 1988 until 2008, where she last held the title of Senior Vice President, Motion Pictures Development. She left Sony in 2008 to accept a job as a Senior Editor In Charge of Acquisitions at Random House publishing and in 2014 she accepted a new role as a Senior Editor at the Associated Press. Lydia is said to be valued by Gen-TV for her wealth of experience and her diverse resume.

Peter Erickson, 33 from Brooklyn, New York is said to be a leading contender and is highly sought after by executives for his work in extremely demanding and high profile positions. He was a Senior Legal Advisor for ACE, the American Society of Editors for nearly four years and has also held various executive roles with the Teamster Union and with SAG-AFTRA.

Reid Dawson, 70 from Columbus, Ohio has spent the majority of his career in theater, where he has owned six off-Broadway theaters since 1977. He served in a senior executive role with the Tony Awards from 1988-2008, and has also served in a senior level role with the American Theater Guild from 2009-2018.

Nick Morton, 28 from Irvine, California is the youngest contender on this list and has held two high profile jobs; as a content curator at Youtube from 2008-2016 and as a games developer at Nintendo from 2016-2020. He is considered a prime contender for the Vice President post.

According to our sources these are the most likely choices to get hired, but at least three other people not represented on this list are also considered potential choices as well.

Gen-TV News:
Executive Shake-Up At Gen-TV

After a pretty quick search, Gen-TV Studios has confirmed they have found their new executive team. Gen-TV Board of Directors President Ross Chin said "We've done our due diligence and have selected the most qualified candidates for the job." "We had an incredibly difficult task in having to choose from a pool of exceptionally qualified, talented and dynamic leaders with diverse and exquisite resumes, but we've found the people that are the right fit for Gen-TV Studios."

In a bit of a shake-up, Gen-TV has chosen three individuals to fill the roles previously held by two people. Lydia Lawrence, 55 has been chosen as Gen-TV Studios newest President, and will hold the title "President, Gen-TV Studios" where she will be primarily responsible for all "business, financial and legal issues and will be the senior most executive at Gen-TV." Essentially she's filling the role that Ethan O'Connor held.

Directly under her will be Linda Ling, 62 who will hold the title of "President, Development & Acquisitions, Gen-TV Studios & Networks" where she will be responsible for developing new programming for Gen-TV Network as well as Gen-TV Studios other platforms such as Stream-ME and for syndication and to sell to other studios. She will be filling what is a newly created role and will be the third in command.

Lastly, Antonio Torres, 44 has been hired to fill the role of "Vice President, Gen-TV Studios" and will report to Lydia Lawrence and supervise Linda Ling. He will be primarily responsible for programming and creative decisions and will have a key role in helping Gen-TV improve and update their grasp on technology and new media.

All three of Gen-TV's new executives will report to work on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 and will receive the following compensation:

Lydia Lawrence will receive an annual salary of $400,000 plus a yearly bonus worth 15% of her annual salary, plus a 10% pay bump to her annual salary every year. She is signed to a five-year contract with Gen-TV.

Antonio Torres will receive an annual salary of $210,000 plus a yearly bonus worth 12% of his annual salary and a 15% pay bump every year starting in year two of his six-year contract. As he is working in development he is also entitled to five points off the back end (roughly equal to 11% ) of any show he personally developed that airs on Gen-TV Network or a Gen-TV Owned platform, that airs for more than 30 episodes.

and Linda Ling will earn an annual salary of $180,000 plus a yearly bonus worth 5% o f her annual salary and a 4% pay bump every year of her four-year contract. She is also entitled to a portion of the back-end on programming she develops, and her contract states she will receive three points off the back end. Per her contract the program must air on Gen-TV Network or a Gen-TV Owned platform for at least 40 episodes and must reach a particular (and undisclosed) demographic rating to qualify her for this perk.

factsoflife

01-27-2021, 04:47 PM

Breaking News:
--Best of TV 2021 Nominations Announced

Nominations for the annual Best of TV Awards, presented by the Best of TV Awards Foundation have been announced. The Best of TV Awards honor the best and brightest shows and performers that aired on TV in the previous calendar year.

Below is the full list of nominations:

Best TV Comedy:
Grandparents- YTN
Unemployed- Gen-TV
Ted Lasso- Apple TV+
The Conners- ABC
Young Sheldon- CBS
Dead To Me- Netflix
Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
I May Destroy You- HBO
Shrill- Hulu
Roomies- Gen-TV

Best Drama Series:
Virus- YTN
The Border Police- Gen-TV
Day In The Life- YTN
Grand Jury- Gen-TV
Evil- CBS
Ozark- Netflix
The Crown- Netflix
Industry- HBO

Best Writing, Comedy:
Kate & Ali- Gen-TV
Young Sheldon- CBS
Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
Will & Grace- NBC
Unemployed- Gen-TV
Mother & Daughter- YTN
Grandparents- YTN
The Agency- YTN
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

Best Writing, Drama:
The Border Police- Gen-TV
Newsflash- YTN
Fugitive Recovery- Gen-TV
Industry- HBO
Ozark- Netflix
Westworld- HBO
The Crown- Netflix
Virus- YTN
Having Faith- Gen-TV
Day In The Life- YTN

Best Actress, Comedy:
Regina King, Blended- YTN
Mary McCormick, Full Time Mom-YTN
Rashida Jones, Making It Work- Gen-TV
Aidy Bryant, Shrill-Hulu
Christina Applegate, Dead To Me- Netflix
Linda Cardellini, Dead To Me- Netflix
Debra Messing, Will & Grace- NBC
America Ferrera, Superstore- NBC

Best Actress, Drama:
Sela Ward, Bloodlines-YTN
Marianne Jean Baptiste, Taken-YTN
Connie Nielsen, Taken-YTN
Regina Hall, Having Faith- Gen-TV
Laura Linney, Ozark- Netflix
Debra Messing, Biological-Gen-TV
Marilu Henner, Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Sarah Paulson, Ratched, Netflix

Best Actor, Comedy:
Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali- Gen-TV
Justin Long, Making It Work- Gen-TV
Rider Strong, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Hank Azaria, Blended- YTN
Patton Oswald, The Hughes Family- YTN
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso- Apple TV+
Ben Platt, The Politician- Netflix

Best Actor, Drama:
Eion Bailey, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Jeffery Nordling, The Border Police- Gen-TV
Jason Bateman, Ozark- Gen-TV
Dennis Quaid, Grand Jury- Gen-TV
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason, HBO
Nick Robinson, A Teacher, Hulu
Alan Arkin, Taken- YTN
Benjamin Bratt, Bloodlines- YTN

Best Reality, Talk, Variety or Sketch Series:
Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition- Gen-TV
Outdoor Renovation, Gen-TV
Survivor- CBS
Dancing With The Stars- ABC
Money Mountain- YTN
Adventure of a Lifetime- YTN
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- HBO
Saturday Night Live- NBC
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee- TBS
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert- CBS

Best Host, Judge or Contestant In a Reality, Talk, Sketch or Variety Show:
John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- HBO
Jeff Probst, Survivor- CBS
Samantha Bee, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee- TBS
Susan Lucci, Soapless: Life After Daytime- Gen-TV
Seth Meyers, Late Night with Seth Meyers- NBC
Katy Perry, American Idol- ABC

Legacy Award:
Cloris Leachman, Actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis, Raising Hope)
Ed Asner, Actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant)
Ryan Seacrest, TV Host (American Idol, Live with Kelly & Ryan)
Dick Wolf, Producer/Writer/TV Executive (Law & Order Franchise, Chicago Franchise, FBI Franchise)
Kris Jenner, Talent Manager/Producer (Keeping Up With the Kardashians)
Jackee Harry, Actress (227, Sister Sister)

Historical Impact Awards:
The Border Police, Gen-TV Drama Series
Sesame Street, PBS Children’s Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1970’s CBS Sitcom
Abducted, Former Gen-TV Drama Series
Starting From Scratch, Former Gen-TV Sitcom
Raising Grandma, Former Gen-TV Sitcom
BET Network, Cable TV Network
My So-Called Life, Former ABC Drama
Rich Man Poor Man, 1970’s Mini-Series
Frasier, Former NBC Sitcom

Hollywood Now Exclusive Report
--Our Hot Take on "Best of TV Awards" 2021!

With just under a month until the Best of TV Awards are handed out on Valentines Day, and its time to decide who we think will be taking home the highest honor in TV this year.

While 2020 was in no way an easy year for anybody there were some huge highlights and the nominees are all worthy but there can be only one winner (as per a new rule this year the limits the number of winners in each category to one). So here is Hollywood Now's view on who stands out and who'll be standing up to accept a trophy!

Best TV Comedy:

Grandparents- YTN
Unemployed- Gen-TV
Ted Lasso- Apple TV+
The Conners- ABC
Young Sheldon- CBS
Dead To Me- Netflix
Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
I May Destroy You- HBO
Shrill- Hulu
Roomies- Gen-TV

Predictions: Apple TV+ had a great year with the culture grabbing comedy "Ted Lasso" and it is a strong contender, but YTN's "Grandparents" has earned ravenous reviews and it would be wrong to discount this series.

Our prediction is "Ted Lasso" wins, "Grandparents" is a strong runner-up and "Roomies" from Gen-TV is a darkhorse.

Best Drama Series:
Virus- YTN
The Border Police- Gen-TV
Day In The Life- YTN
Grand Jury- Gen-TV
Evil- CBS
Ozark- Netflix
The Crown- Netflix
Industry- HBO

Predictions: Given what has happened to the world in 2020, "Virus" from YTN seems like a strong choice to take home the top prize; but you shouldn't be surprised if HBO's "Industry" snags it as well. The only series we'd say is unlikely to win is CBS's "Evil" which doesn't have enough buzz to pull off a win.

Best Writing, Comedy:
Kate & Ali- Gen-TV
Young Sheldon- CBS
Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
Will & Grace- NBC
Unemployed- Gen-TV
Mother & Daughter- YTN
Grandparents- YTN
The Agency- YTN
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

Predictions: Both Gen-TV and YTN have three nominees each in this category and our strong feeling is the winner will be one of those six series. Our senses tell us that "Unemployed" may be the unexpected victor here, but "Grandparents" is also a strong contender.

Best Writing, Drama:
The Border Police- Gen-TV
Newsflash- YTN
Fugitive Recovery- Gen-TV
Industry- HBO
Ozark- Netflix
Westworld- HBO
The Crown- Netflix
Virus- YTN
Having Faith- Gen-TV
Day In The Life- YTN

Predictions: There is no stronger choice for this award than Gen-TV's "Border Police", but don't be surprised if YTN picks up a well deserved w in fo "Newsflash."

Best Actress, Comedy:
Regina King, Blended- YTN
Mary McCormick, Full Time Mom-YTN
Rashida Jones, Making It Work- Gen-TV
Aidy Bryant, Shrill-Hulu
Christina Applegate, Dead To Me- Netflix
Linda Cardellini, Dead To Me- Netflix
Debra Messing, Will & Grace- NBC
America Ferrera, Superstore- NBC

Predictions: Based on buzz and support from viewers it seems likely that "Full Time Mom" will see it's leading lady Mary McCormick snag a victory; but we should never be so unwise as to forget about the brilliant work done by Rashida Jones on the final season of "Making It Work."

Best Actress, Drama:
Sela Ward, Bloodlines-YTN
Marianne Jean Baptiste, Taken-YTN
Connie Nielsen, Taken-YTN
Regina Hall, Having Faith- Gen-TV
Laura Linney, Ozark- Netflix
Debra Messing, Biological-Gen-TV
Marilu Henner, Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Sarah Paulson, Ratched, Netflix

Predictions: YTN and Gen-TV each have three chances to win this, but our intel leads us to believe that the winner is going to be Connie Nielsen from YTN's successful drama "Taken." However, nobody should forget about Sarah Paulson who could easily prevail.

Best Actor, Comedy:
Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali- Gen-TV
Justin Long, Making It Work- Gen-TV
Rider Strong, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Hank Azaria, Blended- YTN
Patton Oswald, The Hughes Family- YTN
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso- Apple TV+
Ben Platt, The Politician- Netflix

Predictions: Our prediction is that Keegan-Michael Key will lose this category (that he has previously won) and that Jason Sudeikis will prevail.

Best Actor, Drama:
Eion Bailey, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Jeffery Nordling, The Border Police- Gen-TV
Jason Bateman, Ozark- Netflix
Dennis Quaid, Grand Jury- Gen-TV
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason, HBO
Nick Robinson, A Teacher, Hulu
Alan Arkin, Taken- YTN
Benjamin Bratt, Bloodlines- YTN

Predictions: Simply put it seems likely that Jason Bateman will win this award and he is our prediction. We also believe that a close runner-up will be Jeffery Nordling.

CORRECTION: We mistakenly listed "Ozark" as airing on Gen-TV it actually airs on Netflix. We have corrected that mistake.

Best Reality, Talk, Variety or Sketch Series:
Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition- Gen-TV
Outdoor Renovation, Gen-TV
Survivor- CBS
Dancing With The Stars- ABC
Money Mountain- YTN
Adventure of a Lifetime- YTN
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- HBO
Saturday Night Live- NBC
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee- TBS
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert- CBS

Predictions: Our prediction is that "Survivor" from CBS will reign supreme and the rest will be voted off the island.

Best Host, Judge or Contestant In a Reality, Talk, Sketch or Variety Show:

John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- HBO
Jeff Probst, Survivor- CBS
Samantha Bee, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee- TBS
Susan Lucci, Soapless: Life After Daytime- Gen-TV
Seth Meyers, Late Night with Seth Meyers- NBC
Katy Perry, American Idol- ABC

Predictions: Katy Perry seems like the likely candidate to win this one.

Legacy Award:
Cloris Leachman, Actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis, Raising Hope)
Ed Asner, Actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant)
Ryan Seacrest, TV Host (American Idol, Live with Kelly & Ryan)
Dick Wolf, Producer/Writer/TV Executive (Law & Order Franchise, Chicago Franchise, FBI Franchise)
Kris Jenner, Talent Manager/Producer (Keeping Up With the Kardashians)
Jackee Harry, Actress (227, Sister Sister)

Prediction: Ed Asner would be a fine choice, but something tell us that Seacrest will win.

Historical Impact Awards:
The Border Police, Gen-TV Drama Series
Sesame Street, PBS Children’s Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1970’s CBS Sitcom
Abducted, Former Gen-TV Drama Series
Starting From Scratch, Former Gen-TV Sitcom
Raising Grandma, Former Gen-TV Sitcom
BET Network, Cable TV Network
My So-Called Life, Former ABC Drama
Rich Man Poor Man, 1970’s Mini-Series
Frasier, Former NBC Sitcom

Predictions: "Frasier" seems to tick all the boxes that would mark a winner.

factsoflife

01-30-2021, 08:27 AM

Breaking News:
Signature Gen-TV Series Cancelled

One of Gen-TV's signature series will be coming to an end sooner, rather than later. The network announced today that "The Border Police" will end after its current season, its fifth overall. The series which first aired for a single season in 2012 was revived in 2019 as what was intended as a one-off limited event, but became unexpectedly popular and soon turned into a decade-defining series. A statement from Gen-TV reads "When we revived The Border Police four seasons ago we had no idea we were going to be creating a once in a generation success story that captured a moment in time and spoke to the issues of the day in a way that is rare and unusual." "We at Gen-TV are extremely proud of the body of award-winning work that The Border Police has produced and of the exceptionally high ratings it has achieved."

Indeed, the series about border patrol agents for the US Customs and Immigration service spoke to the issues of the day in Trump controlled America and captured a devoted audience. Although controversial with critics for its political viewpoint, the series revival quickly won over viewers and became a bonafide phenomenon and in 2019 it won Peabody Award a Humanitas Prize and in 2020 it won the Critics Choice TV Award for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Writing and Directing.

The series in its fifth overall season (the fourth of the revival) will air its final episode in 2021 at the completion of the 2020-2021 season.

yankeesrj12

01-31-2021, 01:36 PM

Monday, January 18, 2021
8- Soccer Stories - 4.82 million viewers and 0.7 (0.728) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks season premiere.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.17 million viewers and 0.9 (0.876) A18-49, even with last weeks timeslot premiere.

9- Money Mountain - 5.98 million viewers and 0.7 (0.683) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Locked - 4.94 million viewers and 0.5 (0.531) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.91 million viewers and 0.9 (0.874) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.73 million viewers and 0.9 (0.863) A18-49, even with last week.

9- College - 5.92 million viewers and 1.1 (1.087) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- The Agency - 4.37 million viewers and 0.8 (0.832) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.84 million viewers and 0.9 (0.889) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021
8 to 10- Looking for Love - 5.38 million viewers and 1.0 (1.012) A18-49, down two tenths from last weeks season premiere.

10- Bloodlines - 5.47 million viewers and 0.5 (0.502) A18-49, even with last weeks season premiere.

Thursday, January 21, 2021
8- Mother & Daughter - 6.01 million viewers and 0.9 (0.918) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Extended Family - 5.02 million viewers and 0.7 (0.656) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 5.96 million viewers and 0.9 (0.911) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- UpSelling - 4.87 million viewers and 0.6 (0.647) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Revolution - 3.63 million viewers and 0.5 (0.504) A18-49, down a tenth from last weeks return to a new series low.

Friday, January 22, 2021
8- Life after Prison - 3.04 million viewers and 0.3 (0.308) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 2.89 million viewers and 0.3 (0.301) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.59 million viewers and 0.4 (0.397) A18-49, even with last week.

yankeesrj12

01-31-2021, 01:44 PM

Monday, January 25, 2021
8- Soccer Stories - 4.69 million viewers and 0.7 (0.698) A18-49, even with last week, but notching a new series low in unrounded.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.02 million viewers and 0.8 (0.853) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.13 million viewers and 0.6 (0.626) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Locked - 4.51 million viewers and 0.5 (0.509) A18-49, even with last week.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.36 million viewers and 0.8 (0.829) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.39 million viewers and 0.8 (0.831) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- College - 5.01 million viewers and 1.1 (1.052) A18-49, even with last week.

930- The Agency - 4.68 million viewers and 0.8 (0.843) A18-49, even with last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.39 million viewers and 0.8 (0.841) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
8 to 10- Looking for Love - 4.94 million viewers and 0.9 (0.914) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Bloodlines - 5.01 million viewers and 0.4 (0.482) A18-49, even with last week, but a new series low in unrounded.

Thursday, January 28, 2021
8- Mother & Daughter - 5.77 million viewers and 0.9 (0.895) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Extended Family - 4.93 million viewers and 0.6 (0.621) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 5.74 million viewers and 0.9 (0.905) A18-49, even with last week.

930- UpSelling - 4.79 million viewers and 0.6 (0.614) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Revolution - 3.49 million viewers and 0.5 (0.487) A18-49, even with last week, but a new series low in unrounded.

Friday, January 29, 2021
8- Life after Prison - 3.01 million viewers and 0.3 (0.278) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - 2.94 million viewers and 0.3 (0.271) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 3.20 million viewers and 0.3 (0.315) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

yankeesrj12

01-31-2021, 05:48 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN ADDS TO ITS MIDSEASON SCHEDULE
YTN is bringing back a number of shows in February, and once again expanding to six nights a week (Sundays).

Effective Thursday, February 11th, the fifth season of Life Lessons will fill in the 830 timeslot. The veteran comedy takes over for Extended Family, which wraps its ninth season later this week. The following day, February 12th, the second season of Mind of a Hunter and Serve and Protect, will return to the 8 and 9 o'clock timeslot, respectively. They take over for the Life after Prison duo, which also wraps this week.

The week of February 21st will bring the most changes to the YTN schedule. Sunday nights will open back up to original programming, becoming the game show night once more. Veteran game show competition Family Super Challenge returns for its eighth season at 8/7c, leading into Money Mountain and Locked airing at 9 and 10. The game shows move from Mondays, to make room for some moves there too.

Long-awaited sixth year drama CIA Files is back with a two episode premiere on Monday, February 22 from 9-11pm. The series sticks with its original 9/8c timeslot, with LAPD Unit 7 returning for its third season at 10/9c the following week (March 1st).

YTN is hoping for big ratings on Tuesdays. The previously announced one hour special for comedy Roommates will air from 8-9pm, displacing the usual occupants for one week. It leads into the season finale of College at 9/8c, and the series premiere of Born in the 90s at 930pm. The new comedy will permanently air in the 930 timeslot. Sophomore comedy The Agency wraps its season at 10/9c, leading into a repeat of Born in the 90s at 1030. The following week, on March 2nd, The Hughes Family takes over the 9 o'clock tentpole timeslot.

Finally, long-running TAKEN: Phoenix is back on the schedule for its eleventh season, effective Thursday, March 4th at 10/9c, taking over for Revolution. The post-apocalyptic series wraps with a two hour series finale the prior week.

There is still no word on veterans Blended and Newsflash, and sophomores Grandparents and Cops of Miami. The network also has a slew of game shows waiting to air, including Outburst!, Spending Spree, and Splurge.

factsoflife

02-01-2021, 12:00 AM

Gen-TV News
--Development Updates

Gen-TV Network has some big news to share; thanks to the fact they resumed production on all programming before most other networks they have already completed production on all of their primetime series for the 2020-2021 season and are "more than half-way finished with producing episodes for the 2021-2022 season as well." A Gen-TV insider explains "selected Gen-TV staple series began to produce extra episodes in case of another industry shut-down, and those series have already finished production on more than 100 extra episodes combined." Series that are included in this group include "Deadly Visions", "Ready To Wear", "Kate & Ali", "7th Heaven", "Having Faith", "Baker's Dozen" and "Bless Your Heart."

This move assures that Gen-TV network would have episodes available to air in case of another lockdown. And if no lockdown is necessary episodes would simply be added to that series episode total for the current or next season.

In addition, Gen-TV Studios remains in an open development cycle for new programming and announces they have optioned the following scripts for development:

---Distantly Related (formerly known as Adopted Family): This is a pilot for a 30-minute multi-camera comedy about a twelve year old girl who following the death of her single-parent father must go to live with her late mothers sister and brother in law halfway across the country; and must move from California all the way to New York state. The concept for the show is described as "testing the bonds of one girls strength as she must adjust to a new life with well-meaning relatives who despite blood are virtually strangers."

--Without You: This is a pilot for a 30-minute multi-camera comedy that will star Blair Underwood. It is described as "A love story between a long-time married couple told in reverse order." "First viewers will see how the story of this couple ends and then they will explore how they got to that point." It is described as "a high-concept comedy with heart that tells the story from the end point instead of the starting point."

---She Took It All (working title): This is a pilot order for a one-hour single camera comedy about a recently divorced man in his 30's who must start his life over after his ex-wife "took everything he had; his dignity, his home, his car, his money and his job and he must start over by moving in with two roommates in their early 20's.

----Transportation: This is a pilot for a one-hour drama focused on a team of doctors who specialize in organ transplants and specifically the transportation of organs for transplants. The head of the transport team is Dr. Evan Dandridge, a pre-operative transgender man who is currently in the process of transitioning into his true identity, Dr. Eve Dandridge.

---Saving Lives: This pilot is for a one-hour drama and is a proposed spin-off of hit drama "Having Faith" which will take place at a "spiritually-centered rehabilitation center focused on treating alcohol and drug addiction, mental health issues and other of lives demons through a spiritually centered, holistic treatment plan." Characters featured in the pilot will be introduced in a two-part episode of "Having Faith" and if the episodes are popular enough with viewers and with Gen-TV they will be spun-off into a new series.

Gen-TV News:
---Major Development Updates

Gen-TV's new team of executives are already getting to work on reshaping the network and studio. Headed by Lydia Lawrence, Antonio Torres and Linda Ling, Gen-TV announced today an extensive list of programming in development for Gen-TV Studios:

DRAMA:

Haunted: Gen-TV has ordered a 1-hour drama pilot from Executive Producers John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. The series would follow a British family who moves to Connecticut and begins to believe their new home is haunted.

Too Late For Goodbye: The studio has ordered a pilot presentation about a series that would follow "the traumatic and dramatic romantic escapades of four lifelong best friends; Riley, her twin brother Kyle, his best friend Connor and his sister Amelia all in various stages of grief or mourning." "Riley is a widower whose husband died overseas while serving in the military. Kyle lost his husband to cancer; Connor is recently divorced and grieving the death of his son from COVID-19 and Amelia's husband recently left her for her former best friend, Alexia who Amelia discovered is now pregnant with his child; a stunning blow to her ego since she just discovered she is incapable of carrying a child." A logline from the studio says "this series asks the question we all want to know the answer to, is it too late to say goodbye?"

After 30: The network has ordered a pilot for a drama about "the trials and tribulations, ups and downs of life in your 40's when career, family and paying bills are your priority and the innocence of your 20's and 30's is shattered forever by life and its brutal reality." Gen-TV is said to be "seeking a star studded cast of well known actors for this pilot."

The First & Last: Gen-TV has commissioned a pilot for a soapy drama about "a group of friends comprised of four couples in various stages of relationships: Kenneth and Claire are the stable, happily married couple dealing with his declining career and Claire's sudden financial success; Wesley and Aaron, recently married and dealing with Aaron's sudden health crisis, Annie and Dave who are dealing with Annie's infidelity and Dave's reoccurrence of drug addiction and lastly, Seth and Heather, a newlywed couple still trying to make it through their own recent divorces and trying to rebuild their credit and attempt to avoid repeating the mistakes they made in their previous relationships. "

Endgame: Gen-TV has ordered a pilot presentation for a "conspiracy themed drama set on capitol hill about a US Senator who uncovers a vast and seemingly never-ending conspiracy against the American people."

Black & Blue: This pilot presentation is a redo of a pilot previously ordered in 2019 following members of the New York Police force who have the unique experience of being both police officers and black Americans dealing with the daily struggles of being loyal to the police force and also dealing with the realities of race relations in 2021 America.

Breaking News: This pilot has been given a script order and would follow a cable news room as it attempts to deliver the news to the American public each and every day.

The Eternal Ones: This pilot is for a dramedy focused on "four lonely, depressed teenage girls obsessed with vampire novels and movies and are convinced they are destined to become vampires. The twist, is that one of them secretly is a vampire desperately hiding that fact in fear of being found out."

Disease Control (working title): This pilot is set in the fictional Disease Control Center or DCC (loosely based on the real CDC, Center for Disease Control) and focuses on the important and timely scientific work being d one to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Set in 2021, this is a topic that has never been more timely.

Failure To Try: This drama pilot is focused on "a down on his luck man who seemingly never lived up to his potential and who is stuck in a rut of epic proportions" "It centers on what happens when that man finally wakes up and decides to take control and fix his life."

Running Away: This pilot is for a dramedy focuses on ordinary housewife in suburban America in the 1980's who "completely and totally snaps and decides to finally take control of her own life and run away." "and the hilarious, dramatic and unbelievable series of events that take place when this ordinary housewife has a chance meeting with a down on his luck career criminal she once dated years ago and whom she never stopped carrying a torch for, and how they after robbing a bank and store attempt to flee town."

For Now & Forever: This pilot is for a "hybrid family drama and relationship drama about Marci and Isaac, a couple who have recently gotten married, a second marriage for each of them and their attempts to avoid past mistakes and make this marriage last forever."

Crash Landing: This pilot is for a one-hour drama focused on the survivors of a plane crash and their attempts to find their way home. This drama also comes with a twist as the survivors quickly realize that as they try to find their way home, that the crash may not have been an accident at all.

COMEDY:

Ladies of Leisure: This comedy pilot is for a multi-camera about four retired best friends; Anne, Evelyn, Marcia and Barbara all of whom decide to sell their houses and move in together to spend the remainder of their lives.

Difficult Broads: This pilot is for a single-camera comedy about "four extremely difficult, demanding Divas all whom happen to be actresses living in Hollywood and trying to survive as actresses in their golden years" The ladies, whom all happen to be close friends are Monique, a 62 year old southern beauty queen turned actress who starred in a successful sitcom in the 1980's and has since been regulated to starring in cheesy TV commercials for the last two decades; she's desperate to find work again. Gayle, is a 66 year old B-List film actress who hasn't ever found the one big role that would turn her into an A-Lister. She's bitter, resentful and has an unnatural dislike for Meryl Streep who she says "stole all my roles!" Courtney is a 64 year old actress who has had a successful career on a daytime soap opera since 1990 but has to find a new way to earn a living when her soap opera is cancelled and she realizes that having spent her entire career on daytime TV has left her virtually unemployable in Hollywood. And lastly there is Stacy, a former theater actress from New York who moves to Los Angeles in hopes of breaking into television and to forge a close relationship with her daughter, Sheridan a 30 year old actress herself who resents her mother for always being absent from her life to work on-stage. Gen-TV is seeking "well known A-List actresses for this show."

Alienated: This pilot is for a sitcom that asks the simple question "what would you do if your in-laws were actual aliens, from outer space?"

Ball & Jayne: This sitcom pilot is for a relationship comedy with a political bent. It follows Barry Ball a republican senator and his new wife, Jayne Ashley, a liberal democrat. It follows how they manage to love each other, support each other and find common ground even with vastly different view points. This show would be a multi-camera comedy.

Dumb Stuff My Husband Says: This sitcom pilot is for a multi-camera comedy about "the long suffering, incredibly tolerant beautiful wife who puts up with her well meaning but incredibly dumb husband."

Laid Off: This multi-camera pilot is for a spin-off of the hit comedy "Unemployed" following four men in their 40's suddenly out of work due to the Pandemic and how they attempt to cope with their new realities. This series has been given a put-pilot commitment with a massive penalty attached and comes from an outside studio. Oddly enough, this pilot is not being developed by the producers or creative team of "Unemployed" (which is Gen-TV Owned) and is coming from NBC-Universal.

REALITY:

"Baked": This is a pilot for a cooking show unlike any other... The contestants on this cooking show are all baking up treats with a decidedly unique ingredient: Marijuana. All the contestants will be competing to have their winning treat featured on the menu of a Los Angles marijuana dispensary.

"Tough Ladies": This pilot comes from the WWE and focuses on a group of ladies attempting to join the WWE family as the compete for a contract with the organization.

factsoflife

02-03-2021, 11:48 PM

Gen-TV Ratings Report:
Week of January 10, 2021

Gen-TV returned from a nearly month-long hiatus with an entirely new schedule for a new year. The following is the ratings report for the first week of Gen-TV's January 2021 schedule, which aired Sunday, January 10 to Friday, January 15, 2021.

Sunday, January 10:

Gen-TV's very first Sunday of 2021 was a real mixed bag of both good and bad, while it's scripted programs all returned to acceptable numbers; unscripted music series "Discography" was down significantly from its normal viewership level. The episode featuring the discography of and an interview with Pat Benatar was seen by only 6.6 million viewers and netted a 1.4 in demos.

The star performer of the evening among scripted comedies was "Roomies" which netted a strong 14.8 million viewers and a 4.8 in demos. And "Degree of Guilt" returned with stellar numbers, showing strong growth in demos.

8pm: Discography (New; Timeslot Premiere): 6.6 million/1.4 (1.42) 18-49

9pm: Roomies (New; Timeslot Premiere): 14.8 million/4.8 (4.88) 18-49

930: Baker's Dozen (New; Timeslot Premiere): 16.6 million/10.4 (10.43) 18-49

10: Degree of Guilt (New; Timeslot Premiere): 20.5 million/18.5 (18.54) 18-49

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Monday, January 11:

With an entirely new schedule of programming on Monday nights, Gen-TV had reason to worry about how it would perform. But those fears were for not, as all series performed to stellar numbers. The return of "Our Pet Dragon" at 930 was a star performer for the network, generating 26.6 million viewers and netting a 12.8 in demos.

The return of "Descent" on a new night and time was also a strong player with 16.3 million viewers and a 8.3 in demos, a strong jump up from previous returns for this show.

8pm: Grounded (New, Timeslot Premiere): 12.8 million/4.9 (4.92) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New; Timeslot Premiere): 22.3 million/12.3 (12.35) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (New, Timeslot Premiere): 18.3 million/9.3 (9.34) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New; Season Premiere): 26.6 million/12.8 (12.89) 18-49

10: Descent (New; Timeslot Premiere): 16.3 million/8.3 (8.34) 18-49

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Tuesday, January 12:

Gen-TV's Tuesday night was all about one show, "The Border Police" which returned to extremely praise worthy numbers; grabbing 50.3 million viewers and a 30.1 in demos.

"Snitches" also performed well on a new night with 20.5 million viewers and a 6.4 in demos.

8pm: CIA: New York (New; Timeslot Premiere): 12.8 million/5.6 (5.67) 18-49

9: The Border Police (New; Season Premiere): 50.3 million/30.1 (30.14) 18-49

10: Snitches (New; Timeslot Premiere): 20.5 million/6.4 (6.45) 18-49

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Wednesday, January 13:

Gen-TV's first Wednesday of 2021 had so me real high points and some real low points as well. On the positive side, "Kate & Ali" returned stronger than ever with 29.8 million viewers and a 15.5 in demos! "Searching", returned to 22.3 million viewers and a 12.2 in demos.

On the negative side, "Disconnected" returned to a paltry 3.8 million viewers and netted a 1.1 in demos.

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New, Timeslot Premiere): 8.3 million/2.1 (2.12) 18-49

830: Getting Together (New): 6.5 million/4.2 (4.21) 18-49

9: Kate & Ali (New): 29.8 million/15.5 (15.59) 18-49

930: Disconnected (New): 3.8 million/1.1 (1.18) 18-49

10: Searching (New): 22.3 million/12.2 (12.24) 18-49

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Thursday, January 14:

With a new year came changes to Thursday nights for Gen-TV, and most of those changes were successful. "Fugitive Recovery" moved to Thursdays and took the majority of it's audience with it. The series returned with 47.4 million viewers and netted a 30.6 in demos. "Grand Jury" moved to Thursdays and netted a strong return with 27.4 million viewers and a 15.5 in demos.

The only problem area for Gen-TV was that "Bless Your Heart" returned to smaller demos than it usually gets. It posted 13.2 million viewers and a 3.5 in demos.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New; Timeslot Premiere): 13.2 million/3.5 (3.51) 18-49

830: Ready To Wear (New; Timeslot Premiere): 17.8 million/10.1 (10.12) 18-49

9: Fugitive Recovery (New; Timeslot Premiere): 47.4 million/30.6 (30.67) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New; Timeslot Premiere): 27.4 million/15.5 (15.54) 18-49

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Friday, January 15:

Gen-TV's Friday night returned with no changes to the schedule, and all three series returned at the top of their game.

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 30.4 million/12.8 (12.84) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 29.4 million/15.8 (15.83) 18-49

10: Biological (New): 19.4 million/8.3 (8.38) 18-49

Gen-TV Ratings Report:
Saturday, January 16-Saturday, January 23, 2021:

Saturday, January 16:

Gen-TV's first Saturday of 2021 was a mixed bag. "Active Threat" was a solid performer with 12.8 million viewers and a 4.8 in demos; while "Stuck In The Middle" was down significantly from its normal average, netting just 8.4 million viewers and a 2.5 in demos.

"Deadly Visions" rebounded from a slight rough patch earlier this season with 17.5 million viewers and a 8.4 in demos. And perhaps, the most concerning was the extreme downturn for "The Boss Lady", a typically strong performer which was watched by 6.3 million viewers and netted a 1.6 in demos.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (Timeslot Premiere, New): 8.4 million/2.5 (2.54) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (Timeslot Premiere, New): 6.3 million/1.6 (1.61) 18-49

9pm: Deadly Visions (Timeslot Premiere, New): 17.5 million/8.4 (8.43) 18-49

10: Active Threat (New): 12.8 million/4.8 (4.83) 18-49

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Sunday, January 17:

It was more of the same for Gen-TV's second Sunday of 2021, "Discography" was down in all measurements while "Roomies" and "Baker's Dozen" posted increased in demos, and "Degree of Guilt" outperformed every show on Gen-TV!

8pm: Discography (New): 3.1 million/.76 (N/A) 18-49

9pm: Roomies (New): 16.9 million/5.8 (5.83) 18-49

930: Baker's Dozen (New): 18.8 million/12.8 (12.88) 18-49

10: Degree of Guilt (New): 22.8 million/20.3 (20.38) 18-49

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Monday, January 18:

Gen-TV's second Monday of the new year got off to a great start with "Grounded" showing increases in both key demos and in total viewers. The trend continued in a big way with "Unemployed" netting double digit increases in demos and setting a new series high. The news wasn't as good for "Motherhood: The Series" which saw a small decrease in demos, and was down severely in total viewers.

On the stronger side, "Descent" was solid week to week in demos and "Our Pet Dragon" showed growth week to week in both demos and total viewers.

8pm: Grounded (New): 13.5 million/5.4 (5.48) 18-49

830: Unemployed (New): 38.5 million/15.8 (15.87) 18-49

9: Motherhood: The Series (New): 12.1 million/8.7 (8.74) 18-49

930: Our Pet Dragon (New): 25.9 million/12.9 (12.93) 18-49

10: Descent (New): 16.8 million/8.8 (8.82) 18-49

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Tuesday, January 19:

Gen-TV's second Tuesday of 2021 was another stirring success, with all three series maintaining nearly their entire audience from a week ago. "CIA: New York" showed slight growth in demos (5.9) this week vs. (5.6) last week.

"The Border Police" once again set a new series record, netting a 40.2 in demos.

8pm: CIA: New York (New): 14.8 million/5.9 (5.97) 18-49

9: The Border Police (New): 53.8 million/40.2 (40.28) 18-49

10: Snitches (New): 17.5 million/6.8 (6.8) 18-49

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Wednesday, January 20:

Gen-TV had a real mixed bag of triumphs (Kate & Ali, Searching), failures (Getting Together) and non-factors (Raised By Wolves, Disconnected).

On the positive side, "Kate & Ali" and "Searching" both showed growth in demos week to week with "Searching" showing significantly more potential to keep growing netting a 14.8 vs. 12.2 last week.

On the negative side, "Disconnected" seemed to sever any audience it once had posting a 2.1 in total viewers an a .91 in demos.

8pm: Raised By Wolves (New): 5.5 million/1.4 (1.41) 18-49

830: Getting Together (New): 5.4 million/3.1 (3.16) 18-49

9: Kate & Ali (New): 30.4 million/16.7 (16.78) 18-49

930: Disconnected (New): 2.1 million/.91 (N/A) 18-49

10: Searching (New): 24.7 million/14.8 (14.87) 18-49

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Thursday, January 21:

Thursday seems to be one of Gen-TV's most consistent nights this year so far; with nearly all series retaining more than 87% of its audience week to week and none of them declining in demos week to week.

If we had to pick out a weak point it would be "Bless Your Heart" which is down slightly year to year.

8pm: Bless Your Heart (New): 13.8 million/3.9 (3.94) 18-49

830: Ready To Wear (New): 18.4 million/12.8 (12.83) 18-49

9: Fugitive Recovery (New) 50.8 million/38.1 (38.18) 18-49

10: Grand Jury (New): 30.4 million/18.5 (18.58) 18-49

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Friday, January 22:

Friday was another triumph for Gen-TV with all three series returning to fantastic demos and all series posting increases week to week!

8pm: 7th Heaven (New): 33.8 million/13.8 (13.83) 18-49

9pm: Having Faith (New): 30.4 million/16.7 (16.78) 18-49

10: Biological (New): 20.7 million/8.7 (8.78) 18-49

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Saturday, January 23:

After a bumpy start, Gen-TV got its Saturday nights back on track with "Stuck In The Middle" showing large growth in demos and "The Boss Lady" increasing in demos significantly. "Active Threat" and "Deadly Visions" continue to perform solidly.

8pm: Stuck In The Middle (New): 12.8 million/8.3 (8.38) 18-49

830: The Boss Lady (New): 13.8 million/6.8 (6.85) 18-49

9pm: Deadly Visions (New): 21.3 million/8.7 (8.76) 18-49

10: Active Threat (New): 14.8 million/8.9 (8.96) 18-49

factsoflife

02-04-2021, 12:29 AM

factsoflife

02-04-2021, 01:22 AM

Gen-TV News:
---Major Development Updates

Gen-TV's new team of executives are already getting to work on reshaping the network and studio. Headed by Lydia Lawrence, Antonio Torres and Linda Ling, Gen-TV announced today an extensive list of programming in development for Gen-TV Studios:

DRAMA:

Haunted: Gen-TV has ordered a 1-hour drama pilot from Executive Producers John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. The series would follow a British family who moves to Connecticut and begins to believe their new home is haunted.

Too Late For Goodbye: The studio has ordered a pilot presentation about a series that would follow "the traumatic and dramatic romantic escapades of four lifelong best friends; Riley, her twin brother Kyle, his best friend Connor and his sister Amelia all in various stages of grief or mourning." "Riley is a widower whose husband died overseas while serving in the military. Kyle lost his husband to cancer; Connor is recently divorced and grieving the death of his son from COVID-19 and Amelia's husband recently left her for her former best friend, Alexia who Amelia discovered is now pregnant with his child; a stunning blow to her ego since she just discovered she is incapable of carrying a child." A logline from the studio says "this series asks the question we all want to know the answer to, is it too late to say goodbye?"

After 30: The network has ordered a pilot for a drama about "the trials and tribulations, ups and downs of life in your 40's when career, family and paying bills are your priority and the innocence of your 20's and 30's is shattered forever by life and its brutal reality." Gen-TV is said to be "seeking a star studded cast of well known actors for this pilot."

The First & Last: Gen-TV has commissioned a pilot for a soapy drama about "a group of friends comprised of four couples in various stages of relationships: Kenneth and Claire are the stable, happily married couple dealing with his declining career and Claire's sudden financial success; Wesley and Aaron, recently married and dealing with Aaron's sudden health crisis, Annie and Dave who are dealing with Annie's infidelity and Dave's reoccurrence of drug addiction and lastly, Seth and Heather, a newlywed couple still trying to make it through their own recent divorces and trying to rebuild their credit and attempt to avoid repeating the mistakes they made in their previous relationships. "

Endgame: Gen-TV has ordered a pilot presentation for a "conspiracy themed drama set on capitol hill about a US Senator who uncovers a vast and seemingly never-ending conspiracy against the American people."

Black & Blue: This pilot presentation is a redo of a pilot previously ordered in 2019 following members of the New York Police force who have the unique experience of being both police officers and black Americans dealing with the daily struggles of being loyal to the police force and also dealing with the realities of race relations in 2021 America.

Breaking News: This pilot has been given a script order and would follow a cable news room as it attempts to deliver the news to the American public each and every day.

The Eternal Ones: This pilot is for a dramedy focused on "four lonely, depressed teenage girls obsessed with vampire novels and movies and are convinced they are destined to become vampires. The twist, is that one of them secretly is a vampire desperately hiding that fact in fear of being found out."

Disease Control (working title): This pilot is set in the fictional Disease Control Center or DCC (loosely based on the real CDC, Center for Disease Control) and focuses on the important and timely scientific work being d one to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Set in 2021, this is a topic that has never been more timely.

Failure To Try: This drama pilot is focused on "a down on his luck man who seemingly never lived up to his potential and who is stuck in a rut of epic proportions" "It centers on what happens when that man finally wakes up and decides to take control and fix his life."

Running Away: This pilot is for a dramedy focuses on ordinary housewife in suburban America in the 1980's who "completely and totally snaps and decides to finally take control of her own life and run away." "and the hilarious, dramatic and unbelievable series of events that take place when this ordinary housewife has a chance meeting with a down on his luck career criminal she once dated years ago and whom she never stopped carrying a torch for, and how they after robbing a bank and store attempt to flee town."

For Now & Forever: This pilot is for a "hybrid family drama and relationship drama about Marci and Isaac, a couple who have recently gotten married, a second marriage for each of them and their attempts to avoid past mistakes and make this marriage last forever."

Crash Landing: This pilot is for a one-hour drama focused on the survivors of a plane crash and their attempts to find their way home. This drama also comes with a twist as the survivors quickly realize that as they try to find their way home, that the crash may not have been an accident at all.

COMEDY:

Ladies of Leisure: This comedy pilot is for a multi-camera about four retired best friends; Anne, Evelyn, Marcia and Barbara all of whom decide to sell their houses and move in together to spend the remainder of their lives.

Difficult Broads: This pilot is for a single-camera comedy about "four extremely difficult, demanding Divas all whom happen to be actresses living in Hollywood and trying to survive as actresses in their golden years" The ladies, whom all happen to be close friends are Monique, a 62 year old southern beauty queen turned actress who starred in a successful sitcom in the 1980's and has since been regulated to starring in cheesy TV commercials for the last two decades; she's desperate to find work again. Gayle, is a 66 year old B-List film actress who hasn't ever found the one big role that would turn her into an A-Lister. She's bitter, resentful and has an unnatural dislike for Meryl Streep who she says "stole all my roles!" Courtney is a 64 year old actress who has had a successful career on a daytime soap opera since 1990 but has to find a new way to earn a living when her soap opera is cancelled and she realizes that having spent her entire career on daytime TV has left her virtually unemployable in Hollywood. And lastly there is Stacy, a former theater actress from New York who moves to Los Angeles in hopes of breaking into television and to forge a close relationship with her daughter, Sheridan a 30 year old actress herself who resents her mother for always being absent from her life to work on-stage. Gen-TV is seeking "well known A-List actresses for this show."

Alienated: This pilot is for a sitcom that asks the simple question "what would you do if your in-laws were actual aliens, from outer space?"

Ball & Jayne: This sitcom pilot is for a relationship comedy with a political bent. It follows Barry Ball a republican senator and his new wife, Jayne Ashley, a liberal democrat. It follows how they manage to love each other, support each other and find common ground even with vastly different view points. This show would be a multi-camera comedy.

Dumb Stuff My Husband Says: This sitcom pilot is for a multi-camera comedy about "the long suffering, incredibly tolerant beautiful wife who puts up with her well meaning but incredibly dumb husband."

Laid Off: This multi-camera pilot is for a spin-off of the hit comedy "Unemployed" following four men in their 40's suddenly out of work due to the Pandemic and how they attempt to cope with their new realities. This series has been given a put-pilot commitment with a massive penalty attached and comes from an outside studio. Oddly enough, this pilot is not being developed by the producers or creative team of "Unemployed" (which is Gen-TV Owned) and is coming from NBC-Universal.

REALITY:

"Baked": This is a pilot for a cooking show unlike any other... The contestants on this cooking show are all baking up treats with a decidedly unique ingredient: Marijuana. All the contestants will be competing to have their winning treat featured on the menu of a Los Angles marijuana dispensary.

"Tough Ladies": This pilot comes from the WWE and focuses on a group of ladies attempting to join the WWE family as the compete for a contract with the organization.

Gen-TV Pilot Getting Big Stars:
---Network Finds Its Difficult Broads

Just days after it was announced, one Gen-TV Pilot has landed some pretty big names for its leading roles. The buzzy comedy pilot "Difficult Broads" has landed A-List actresses Sharon Stone, Kim Cattrall, Cybill Shepherd, Goldie Hawn and Candice Bergen for its four lead roles. Gen-TV Vice President Linda Ling says of the castings "We are incredibly fortunate to have landed some undeniably talented and powerful A-List actresses for this once in a generation comedy pilot."

This would mark Sharon Stone's and Candice Bergen's first series with Gen-TV. Shepherd has been a regular presence on Gen-TV since the beginning and currently co-stars alongside Amy Schumer on Gen-TV's "Motherhood: The Series", Goldie Hawn starred in a short-lived Gen-TV sitcom called "Goldie".

These castings come after a week of intense negotiations with numerous A-List actresses, sources tell us that other names that were considered for or offered these roles include Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Markie Post, Judith Light, Kathleen Turner, Cathy Moriarty, Ellen Barkin, Mary Kay Place, Mare Winningham and Faith Ford. Insiders tell us that Mary Steenburgen was also offered a role, but had to decline due to her commitment to NBC's "Zooey's Extraordinary Playlist."

While this pilot has not yet been picked up, these casting certainly give a boost to its chances. The buzzy and talked about pilot hails from acclaimed showrunner Linda Bloodworth-Thomason whose previous credits include "Desinging Women" which ran on CBS from 1986-1993, "Hearts Afire" and "Evening Shade" which ran on CBS in the early 1990's.

Another Gen-TV pilot, "Ball & Jayne" also saw some traction this week as it landed its leading man. Rob Corddry (The Unicorn, Speechless, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart) has signed onto play the lead role as a republican senator who is married to a liberal democrat journalist. Casting is still underway for the role of the wife, and sources say Gen-TV is going through an exhaustive casting process and is seeking an "absolute A-List actress for this role, someone who is already a household name." Our sources at Gen-TV tell Hollywood Insider that unlike usual castings for Gen-TV, this show is requiring all potential actors to submit a screentest and participate in a chemistry read with Corddry, and that this is why they've already turned down three well known actresses; Marcia Cross, Betsy Brandt and Brooke Shields.

factsoflife

02-04-2021, 05:45 AM

Gen-TV Renews Two Shows; Cans One
----We'll be getting more "Deadly Visions", "Fugitive Recovery"

Gen-TV is officially renewing two of its biggest series for 2021-2022; as they have given full-season orders for both "Fugitive Recovery" which will enter its fifth season in the fall. When doing so, Linda Ling; Gen-TV's Vice President said "Fugitive Recovery is a runaway success by every conceivable measure and it is an easy decision to renew this fan favorite show for another season."

With the completion of its fifth season in Spring 2022, "Fugitive Recovery" will have over 170 episodes, and will have an additional two seasons to add to its syndication package, which is likely to fetch a hefty penny. Ling adds "The series original season from 2014 has aired in syndication and streaming since 2016 and has been a huge success, fans have been clamoring for more ever since we revived the show in 2019."

The decision to renew "Deadly Visions" is also a non-brainer and that show had been renewed three years ago for its fourth, fifth and sixth seasons; so this renewal is really just a confirmation that the show will indeed return for that sixth season. Ling says "Deadly Visions will enter the 2021-2022 season as our longest-running series with six seasons and over 200 episodes by time the sixth season ends in spring 2022." "It has become our signature procedural and one fans continue to support." "We couldn't be more proud to have this unique and uplifting crime drama on Gen-TV."

Now for the bad news, Gen-TV has cancelled freshmen comedy "Disconnected" which has failed to find an audience. The series will not return for a second season, and Gen-TV has decided to pull the series from the air effective immediately. Reruns of "Kate & Ali" occupy its timeslot until further notice.

factsoflife

02-04-2021, 11:29 AM

Breaking News:
--Gen-TV fulfills "Promise" in January

Gen-TV has released another update to its January 2021 schedule for daytime and it contains some big changes. The biggest of them all is the long-awaited return of "Promise of Tomorrow" which returns to the airwaves for the first time since 2016 when it aired its final episode. The groundbreaking soap opera aired on Gen-TV from 2014-2016 and its cancellation left viewers devastated and calls for its return basically never ceased.

Additional big changes include the launch of two new talk shows, one featuring Chrissy Teigen and one featuring a panel of rotating contestants each day.

The full daytime schedule is below, and it launches Monday, January 10, 2021 on Gen-TV.

Daytime:
M-F Only
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:
All Series Are Reruns Unless Indicated with *

Gen-TV’s big news for mid-season in daytime is the return of “Promise of Tomorrow” at 3pm, where it will be the only soap opera airing in the USA during that time. Gen-TV Representatives tell Hollywood Now “We’ve chosen to schedule POT at 3pm so that it doesn’t compete with the other daytime soap operas.” “We want POT to have a solid starting point and for the future of daytime TV we do not want any of the soaps to see further audience erosion.”
A big change for the returning drama is that it expands to a full hour and to five days a week, it previously aired four days a week and for only thirty minutes. There will no longer be a recap show on Fridays and instead an original episode will air.

Also airing earlier in the daytime are two brand new talk shows produced entirely on Zoom. “Chatting with Chrissy Teigen” features the popular model/TV personality and author in a “a lively and hilarious hour of conversation featuring Teigen as she talks about what’s on her mind.” The show will feature Chrissy chatting with both celebrities and non-celebrities in a way that only Chrissy could do.
And, “The Panel” is a brand new talk show that will be produced entirely on Zoom that features “a panel of four hosts from different walks of life as they attempt to debate the topic of the day and come to some sort of resolution.” “The viewers at home will ultimately decide who wins and who loses as they cast their vote for who they think won them over and won the debate.”
Lastly, Gen-TV has also picked up the rights to broadcast several of the most popular syndicated series on TV today, getting the non-exclusive rights to air “Judge Jerry”, the popular court show featuring Jerry Spring. They’ve also picked up the rights to “Hot Bench”, “The Kelly Clarkson Show”, “Tamron Hall” and “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

6am: Over My Head (Gen-TV Classic)
630: Knocked Down (Gen-TV Classic)
7am: Judge Jerry *
730: Hot Bench *
8am: Blended
830: Life Lessons
9am: Modern Family
930: Modern Family
10am: The Kelly Clarkson Show*
11am: Tamron Hall *
12pm: Chatting with Chrissy Teigen (New Series)*
1pm: The Panel (New Series) *
2pm: The Drew Barrymore Show *
3pm: Promise of Tomorrow (Returns To Gen-TV!) *
4pm: American Housewife
430: American Housewife
5pm: New Girl
530: New Girl
6pm: Modern Family
630: Modern Family
7pm: Abducted (Gen-TV Classic)

WEEKENDS:
All Series Are Reruns

Saturday Mornings:
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies
6am: The Golden Girls
630: The Golden Girls
7am: Who’s The Boss?
730: Who’s The Boss?
8am: The Nanny
830: The Nanny

Classics & Gen-TV Oldies:
9am: Superstore (New To Gen-TV)
930: Superstore (New To Gen-TV)
10: Modern Family
1030: Modern Family
11: Young Sheldon (New To Gen-TV)
1130: Young Sheldon (New To Gen-TV)
12pm: The Big Bang Theory (New To Gen-TV)
1230: The Big Bang Theory (New To Gen-TV)
1pm: American Housewife (New To Gen-TV)
130: American Housewife (New To Gen-TV)
2pm: Brand New World (Gen-TV Classic)
230: Turned Around (Gen-TV Classic)
3pm: Who’s The Boss?
330: Who’s The Boss?
4pm: The Nanny
430: The Nanny
5pm: Castle
6pm: Castle
7pm: Castle

Sunday Morning-
Gen-TV Classics & Oldies:
12am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
1am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
2am: Touched By An Angel (New To Gen-TV)
3am: Wizards of Waverly Place (New To Gen-TV)
4am: Wizards of Waverly Place (New To Gen-TV)
5am: That’s So Raven (New To Gen-TV)
6am: That’s So Raven (New To Gen-TV)
7am: Modern Family
730: Modern Family
8am: American Housewife
830am: American Housewife
9am: The Nanny
930: The Nanny
10: Castle
11am: Castle
12pm: New Girl
1230: New Girl
1pm: Modern Family
2pm: Modern Family
230: Modern Family
3pm: Grace Under Fire
330: Grace Under Fire
4pm: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
430: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
530: Detective Mom (Gen-TV Classic)
6pm: E.R.
7pm: E.R.

Gen-TV A.M. News
---"Promise" a success, "Chatting" a hit; "The Panel" struggles

Gen-TV's newest iteration of their daytime schedule has gotten off to a moderately successful start. Launched about a month ago on January 10th, the new schedule featured the long-anticipated return of daytime soap opera "Promise of Tomorrow" which debuted to a pretty fantastic 2.9 in demos and over 1.1 million viewers in total viewers. In total viewers this by far makes it the #1 rated soap opera on TV, far head of "Young & Restless" which posted about 322,000 viewers in the same time period (January 10-16, 2021), and in demos it is the same story, where "Y&R" ranked #2 with 2.2 over "POT's" 2.9.

The same trend continued for the remainder of January, with "PTO" typically outranking "Y&R" by a narrow margin each time.

New daytime chat show "Chatting with Chrissy Teigen" got off to a decent start posting 3.4 million viewers upon its debut with a 3.8 in demos. Over the course of the month it continued posting within that range, only dropping to 2.1 million viewers/2.7 18-49 once, on January 20.

New talk show "The Panel" has struggled to stabilize its viewership, debuting on January 10th to 210,000 viewers and posting a 1.0 in demos; it hasn't shown much growth since then; and on February 2nd posted a harrowing .84 demos and was seen by 65,000 viewers.

The news is slightly better for acquired talk shows airing on Gen-TV. "The Drew Barrymore Show", "Tamron Hall" and "Kelly Clarkson" have all been stable performers for Gen-TV. "Tamron Hall" ranks #1 among these three (on Gen-TV only) while "Kelly Clarkson" is wedged in the middle of the pack. "Drew Barrymore" is in third place; but its a close race. Among demos, "Tamron Hall" posted an average of 3.2 while "Drew" posted an average of 2.7 overall.

Among critics, the return of "Promise of Tomorrow" has been hailed as a triumph with most in the soap world heralding its use of COVID-19 as starting point for its storylines. Among performances, three actors from the show are garnering much of the acclaim; Elizabeth Hubbard who came out of retirement to revive her signature character of Vivian DeFontaine has been given ravenous reviews as her character; once a wealthy businesswoman struggles to maintain her lifestyle as her businesses are ravaged by lockdown restrictions and the death of nearly a third of her staff.

Erika Slezak, a six-time Emmy Winner for her work on ABC's "One Life To Live" returned to daytime TV in a new role as a diner owner forced to make drastic decisions when her business is closed due to lockdowns. Slezak has earned sparkling notices for her nuanced take on a new character with critics saying "Slezak proves she is not a one-trick pony and that she's fantastic even when not playing the role she's been most associated with."

and lastly, Kelly Ripa has earned stellar notices for her work as twins Shane and Sydney; one of whom is dying from COVID and the other struggling with her father and sisters illnesses.

yankeesrj12

02-05-2021, 12:58 AM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN RENEWS SIX SERIES FOR NEXT SEASON
YTN handed out renewals to six series for next season, including some of the networks biggest hits. YTN renewed TAKEN, Full Time Mom, College, Soccer Stories, Sanchez's in the Suburbs, and Parkway Motel for the 2021-2022 television season. They join previous renewals The Neighborhood and The Agency.

Lindsey Parker, President of YTN, says, "These series are the cornerstone of our network. We are elated to have them return next season."

There are some notes to these renewals. YTN will not confirm any episode orders, citing COVID as the reason. Executives stressed they are still unsure of how many episodes will be produced this season, making next season impossible to predict. There are still episodes being produced as part of last years order, as network executives hope to continue producing all the episodes ordered over the last two years.

YTN will also be without its biggest comedy hit for most of the season. After airing 13-16 episodes the last three years, College is shrinking in its fourth season of the revival. Network executives confirmed the series will air only 4-6 episodes next year, as they work around schedules for the entire cast.

Parker said, "When College was ordered, we expected to do a one off revival season, and it turned into this magical second run. The cast is elated to be a part of this, but we know they have also flourished in their careers since the initial run. None of us expected to be at this place when we ordered the revival. It truly is amazing."

YTN's longest running series, TAKEN, will continue to extend its run, heading into its thirteenth season next year. There is no talk of ending the series, as YTN insiders tell us the network explore options for a third series in the franchise (for the third time). The spin-off, TAKEN: Phoenix, is expected to return next season too, but it has not yet aired any episodes this season due to COVID.

Network executives confirmed production for Virus will begin early this summer, with a fall 2021 premiere planned. The networks number one series has been off the air for over a year as the network mulled how to move forward in a COVID-world. The entire season has been written, Paul Johnson confirmed exclusively to THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER. He said the network is waiting until its safer to film the series, as its production requires close interactions.

factsoflife

02-06-2021, 12:27 AM

yankeesrj12

02-07-2021, 06:47 PM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN MAKES CHANGES TO "YTN EVERYWHERE", EFFECTIVE MARCH 1ST
YTN Everywhere, the streaming service from YTN, is undergoing some changes, effective March 1st. The network is trimming its subscriptions from 3 plans to 2 plans.

Here are the subscription offers:

Plan 1 - Users can access all current YTN original series at no cost, with commercial interruption. Shows will be uploaded one day after airing on YTN, with all episodes of the current season available for viewing.

Plan 2 - Users can access all YTN original series, with NO commercial interruption (after the initial airing) for $6.99 per month. Shows will air live on the service as they air on the network and full episodes are available immediately upon conclusion on the cable network. Every YTN original series in network history, including old and new episodes, is included in this plan, commercial free. Comedies that aired on the now-defunct TCN are also included.

This change wipes away the middle plan, which was $3.99 a month and offered viewers live streaming of shows, but no access to past programming. YTN said the changes reflect its viewers options, as plan 2 was previously the least popular subscription (and YTN notes it was a wide margin). Also in the change is a slight uptick in price of the new plan 2 from $5.99 to $6.99 a month.

YTN will also begin to offer one-year deals on plan 2, at a price of $69.99 a year (saving $13.89 per year). The network notes the one year subscription requires upfront payment, and users cannot cancel for a refund. The one-year deal is slightly below the cost of $5.99 per month under the old plan ($71.88 per year).

As for users who were previously under plan 2, they will be transitioned to the new plan 2, at no additional cost for one year ($3.99 a month until March 2021). After completion of the year, they have the opportunity to switch to plan 1, remain in plan 2, or cancel all together.

yankeesrj12

02-07-2021, 06:57 PM

Monday, February 1, 2021
8- Soccer Stories - 4.63 million viewers and 0.7 (0.679) A18-49, even with last weeks series low.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.04 million viewers and 0.8 (0.781) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 4.98 million viewers and 0.6 (0.601) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Locked - 4.45 million viewers and 0.5 (0.513) A18-49, even for the third week in a row.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.01 million viewers and 0.8 (0.799) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 4.79 million viewers and 0.8 (0.765) A18-49, even with last week.

9- College - 4.84 million viewers and 1.0 (0.985) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

930- The Agency - 4.03 million viewers and 0.7 (0.742) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 8.98 million viewers and 0.8 (0.753) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
8 to 10- Looking for Love - 4.35 million viewers and 0.8 (0.842) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Bloodlines - 4.82 million viewers and 0.4 (0.435) A18-49, even with last week.

Thursday, February 4, 2021
8- Mother & Daughter - 5.05 million viewers and 0.8 (0.832) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

830- Extended Family - SEASON FINALE - 4.59 million viewers and 0.6 (0.601) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Full Time Mom - 5.95 million viewers and 0.9 (0.918) A18-49, even with last week.

930- UpSelling - 4.62 million viewers and 0.6 (0.623) A18-49, even with last week.

10- Revolution - 3.32 million viewers and 0.4 (0.438) A18-49, down a tenth from last week to a new series low. The series is now going out with a whimper.

Friday, February 5, 2021
8- Life after Prison - SEASON FINALE - 2.47 million viewers and 0.2 (0.203) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

9- Life after Prison: The War on Drugs - SEASON FINALE - 2.32 million viewers and 0.2 (0.188) A18-49, down a tenth from last week.

10- Nowhere to be Found - 2.98 million viewers and 0.3 (0.278) A18-49, even with last week.

factsoflife

02-08-2021, 09:15 PM

Gen-TV Cancels Six Series
---New Exec Team Guts Gen-TV Schedule

The strategy for Gen-TV's new executive team seems to be "out with the old, in with the new" as the network today announces cancellations for six series. Among the cancellations are three dramas, two comedies and a reality series.

The first cancellation comes as little surprise, but the network has officially cut ties with reality series "Discography" after the music biography show saw a steep viewership decline in the new year. It will not return for a third season in the fall.

A more surprising cancellation is the announcement that there will not be a fifth season of "Degree of Guilt", which has had strong ratings over the last year; but according to Gen-TV's Antonio Torres "ultimately became a victim of untenable circumstances due to COVID-19 protocols which made resuming production on this show next to impossible."

Also getting the boot is veteran comedy "Grounded", a utility player that never really became a breakthrough hit. The series will not return for a fifth season. Series lead John Larroquette released a statement calling the cancellation "sad, unfortunate and premature."

Next up, Gen-TV has officially pulled the plug on sophomore comedy "Motherhood: The Series" which has struggled with inconsistent ratings, creative issues behind the scenes and ultimately according to Gen-TV Executive Linda Ling "was a victim of a totality of circumstances which made a renewal a untenable option for Gen-TV." The other deciding factor? Cost. The series was insanely expensive to produce, with an estimated production cost of 1.6 million per episode.

The network has also cancelled two more sophomore series; comedy "Stuck In the Middle" and drama "Feds", neither of which will return for a third season.

Insiders at Gen-TV are anonymously saying that we should "expect massive cancellations and a slew of new programs announced at Spring UpFronts in July." Our sources tell us that "the new executive team is in the mindframe of creating their own legacy by bringing in their own series to replace what they view as aging, cost-prohibitive older series."

Breaking Report:
--Gen-TV Cancels Four More

A Hollywood Insider Exclusive

Gen-TV's newest executive team, headed up by Lydia Lawrence cancelled three more series today. The series include three comedies and one drama.

The drama being cancelled is "CIA: New York" which will not return in the fall for a third season. This cancellation is something of a surprise as the series has garnered respectable ratings and currently holds a average of 3.8 in demos. Reviews for the show are mixed but positive so its cancellation is kind of out of nowhere. Sources close to Gen-TV indicate that this series simply didn't fit with the new image that is being targeted for the network by its new leadership team and that numerous older series are being let-go in favor of new programs developed by the new leadership. Industry insiders believe that the new executives are looking to move Gen-TV in a more edgy and sophisticated direction.

Also getting cancelled is veteran comedy "The Boss Lady" which will not return for a fifth season. That series had three very strong seasons with Kristen Wiig in the lead role but ratings and critical support fell sharply when she exited and Leslie Jones took over the lead role. This cancellation also follows the series reaching its 100th episode, but sources tell us that Gen-TV is not intending to offer the series into local syndication believing it "will not be a big seller and will not attract top tier stations."

Next up, the network is pulling the plug on freshmen comedy "Getting Together" and also on "Raised By Wolves", also a first season comedy.

factsoflife

02-08-2021, 10:25 PM

Breaking News:
Best of TV Awards Winners Revealed!

--Gen-TV takes home most awards, YTN wins second place with four.

Gen-TV was the big winner at the Best of TV Awards which were handed out last night (but the ceremony which has been pre-recorded won't air until Valentines Day), and Gen-TV snagged eight awards while YTN won four.

The complete list of winners with commentary from Hollywood Insider staff is below.

Best TV Comedy:

Grandparents- YTN
Unemployed- Gen-TV
Ted Lasso- Apple TV+
The Conners- ABC
Young Sheldon- CBS
Dead To Me- Netflix
Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
I May Destroy You- HBO
Shrill- Hulu
Roomies- Gen-TV

Commentary: "Grandparents" is a surprise winner here, most critics believed it would be Gen-TV's popular "Roomies" or Apple's edgy "Ted Lasso", but "Grandparents" is a fantastic choice; in hits all the right notes; fantastic cast, great writing and a relevant and timely subject matter.

Best Drama Series:

Virus- YTN
The Border Police- Gen-TV
Day In The Life- YTN
Grand Jury- Gen-TV
Evil- CBS
Ozark- Netflix
The Crown- Netflix
Industry- HBO

Commentary: "Grand Jury" is a bit of a let-down as a winner here. It's not the edgiest choice in the bunch nor is it the most critically acclaimed. It wins largely based on the strength of a single submitted episode which featured Dennis Quaid's character struggling with the early on-set of his ex-wives dementia and the realization that it has quickly progressed to Alzheimer's disease. A more satisfying choice would have been HBO's "Industry" or one of the two Netflix dramas.

Best Writing, Comedy:

Kate & Ali- Gen-TV
Young Sheldon- CBS
Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
Will & Grace- NBC
Unemployed- Gen-TV
Mother & Daughter- YTN
Grandparents- YTN
The Agency- YTN
Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV

Commentary: In a crowded field, I think the right Gen-TV series won for what 2020 was. "Unemployed" is the most relevant and timely of the nominated series and seems like a solid pick.

Best Writing, Drama:

The Border Police- Gen-TV
Newsflash- YTN
Fugitive Recovery- Gen-TV
Industry- HBO
Ozark- Netflix
Westworld- HBO
The Crown- Netflix
Virus- YTN
Having Faith- Gen-TV
Day In The Life- YTN

Commentary: This was also a pretty crowded field of choices and nearly any of them would have been great winners. YTN in particular had three strong contenders, but it seems that they split votes between themselves and this left Gen-TV's mega-hit "The Border Police" to take home an easy victory. The series is the most talked about drama on TV and boasts the best ratings on television.

Best Actress, Comedy:

Regina King, Blended- YTN
Mary McCormick, Full Time Mom-YTN
Rashida Jones, Making It Work- Gen-TV
Aidy Bryant, Shrill-Hulu
Christina Applegate, Dead To Me- Netflix
Linda Cardellini, Dead To Me- Netflix
Debra Messing, Will & Grace- NBC
America Ferrera, Superstore- NBC

Commentary: Jones is a fantastic actress but "Making It Work" had better seasons in previous years that Jones wasn't nominated for; her win here seems a bit like a throw-away when she was up against stiff competition from Mary McCormick and Aidy Bryant.

Best Actress, Drama:

Sela Ward, Bloodlines-YTN
Marianne Jean Baptiste, Taken-YTN
Connie Nielsen, Taken-YTN
Regina Hall, Having Faith- Gen-TV
Laura Linney, Ozark- Netflix
Debra Messing, Biological-Gen-TV
Marilu Henner, Deadly Visions, Gen-TV
Sarah Paulson, Ratched, Netflix

Commentary: Regina Hall is the right choice here. "Having Faith" is the kind of show America needed in 2020; a show full of hope, passion and people trying to make the right decisions, and often failing. As the lead and title character, Hall has an unenviable job of trying to portray a pastor doing her best to hold herself together while attempting to mend both her family and her congregation.

Best Actor, Comedy: TIE!

Keegan-Michael Key, Kate & Ali- Gen-TV
Justin Long, Making It Work- Gen-TV
Rider Strong, Baker’s Dozen, Gen-TV
Hank Azaria, Blended- YTN
Patton Oswald, The Hughes Family- YTN
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm- HBO
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso- Apple TV+
Ben Platt, The Politician- Netflix

Commentary: A surprise tie in the comedy actor category. The choice of Keegan-Michael Key is spot-on and the inspired choice of Hank Azaria for "Blended" is a great pick also.

Best Actor, Drama:

Eion Bailey, The Border Police, Gen-TV
Jeffery Nordling, The Border Police- Gen-TV
Jason Bateman, Ozark- Gen-TV
Dennis Quaid, Grand Jury- Gen-TV
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason, HBO
Nick Robinson, A Teacher, Hulu
Alan Arkin, Taken- YTN
Benjamin Bratt, Bloodlines- YTN

Commentary: Dennis Quaid wins for his critically acclaimed, tour de force performance on "Grand Jury"; in the submitted episode for this category Quaid's character is conflicted because he knows that the woman he's prosecuting for capital murder is very much innocent and he has definitive proof she couldn't have committed the crime. Torn as to disobey the law and risk his own career to do the right thing, he goes on a destructive drinking bender that lands him in the hospital in a coma where his subconscious forces him to ponder various outcomes both negative and positive of convicting her or telling the truth. He also comes face to face with his own past as he remembers a time when somebody helped him out of a legal jam.

Best Reality, Talk, Variety or Sketch Series:

Climb The Pyramid: Family Edition- Gen-TV
Outdoor Renovation, Gen-TV
Survivor- CBS
Dancing With The Stars- ABC
Money Mountain- YTN
Adventure of a Lifetime- YTN
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- HBO
Saturday Night Live- NBC
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee- TBS
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert- CBS

Commentary: YTN wins this category with "Money Mountain" a show that came nearly out of nowhere to claim victory of acclaimed political-comedy shows like "Full Frontal" and "Last Week Tonight."

Best Host, Judge or Contestant In a Reality, Talk, Sketch or Variety Show:

John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver- HBO
Jeff Probst, Survivor- CBS
Samantha Bee, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee- TBS
Susan Lucci, Soapless: Life After Daytime- Gen-TV
Seth Meyers, Late Night with Seth Meyers- NBC
Katy Perry, American Idol- ABC

Commentary: Seth Meyers had a fantastic 2020 creatively and rose to the occasion of creating entertaining and important content during the pandemic. He's a fantastic choice.

Legacy Award:
Cloris Leachman, Actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis, Raising Hope)
Ed Asner, Actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant)
Ryan Seacrest, TV Host (American Idol, Live with Kelly & Ryan)
Dick Wolf, Producer/Writer/TV Executive (Law & Order Franchise, Chicago Franchise, FBI Franchise)
Kris Jenner, Talent Manager/Producer (Keeping Up With the Kardashians)
Jackee Harry, Actress (227, Sister Sister)

Commentary: Ryan Seacrest isn't our first choice to win the legacy award; especially over the late Cloris Leachman or living icons like Ed Asner and Jackee Harry. But we're just glad Kris Jenner didn't win.

Historical Impact Awards:
The Border Police, Gen-TV Drama Series
Sesame Street, PBS Children’s Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1970’s CBS Sitcom
Abducted, Former Gen-TV Drama Series
Starting From Scratch, Former Gen-TV Sitcom
Raising Grandma, Former Gen-TV Sitcom
BET Network, Cable TV Network
My So-Called Life, Former ABC Drama
Rich Man Poor Man, 1970’s Mini-Series
Frasier, Former NBC Sitcom

Commentary: It's hard to argue with any result that names "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rich Man, Poor Man" as worthy of a historical impact award. and "The Border Police" is a timely, topical and worthy addition to this list.

Surprise Special Award of Merit: YTN Network

YTN Network for “Showing becoming an industry leader in its dealing of COVID-19 and the outstanding way they’ve handled production throughout this pandemic.” “YTN has shown why it is an industry leader and has used vision and creativity to make the best of this situation.”

factsoflife

02-08-2021, 10:59 PM

yankeesrj12

02-10-2021, 12:04 AM

yankeesrj12

02-13-2021, 08:15 PM

Monday, February 8, 2021
8- Soccer Stories - 5.03 million viewers and 0.7 (0.737) A18-49, even with last week.

830- High Times of Denver - 4.13 million viewers and 0.8 (0.763) A18-49, even with last week.

9- Money Mountain - 5.24 million viewers and 0.7 (0.669) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Locked - 4.79 million viewers and 0.5 (0.532) A18-49, even for the fourth week in a row.

Tuesday, February 9, 2021
8- Sanchez's in the Suburbs - 5.35 million viewers and 0.8 (0.834) A18-49, even with last week.

830- Parkway Motel - 5.19 million viewers and 0.8 (0.823) A18-49, even with last week.

9- College - 5.43 million viewers and 1.1 (1.102) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks series low.

930- The Agency - 4.34 million viewers and 0.8 (0.794) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- TAKEN - 9.53 million viewers and 0.8 (0.821) A18-49, even with last week.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
8 to 10- Looking for Love - 5.13 million viewers and 0.9 (0.942) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Bloodlines - 4.65 million viewers and 0.5 (0.458) A18-49, up a tenth from last week,

Thursday, February 11, 2021
8- Mother & Daughter - 5.96 million viewers and 0.9 (0.935) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

830- Life Lessons - 5TH SEASON PREMIERE - 5.67 million viewers and 0.9 (0.902) A18-49, down four tenths from the season four premiere (in October 2019). This performance is up from the season four finale (.753).

9- Full Time Mom - 6.37 million viewers and 1.0 (1.021) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

930- UpSelling - 5.13 million viewers and 0.7 (0.738) A18-49, up a tenth from last week.

10- Revolution - 4.24 million viewers and 0.6 (0.589) A18-49, up two tenths from last weeks series low.

Friday, February 12, 2021
8- Mind of a Hunter - 2ND SEASON PREMIERE - 5.95 million viewers and 0.5 (0.538) A18-49, down four tenths from its September 2019 series finale. This is not a series low (.491 in February 2020).

9- Serve and Protect - 5TH SEASON PREMIERE - 6.24 million viewers and 0.6 (0.556) A18-49, down a tenth from the fourth season premiere (.668). Again, not a series low, but it was somewhat close (.504 in February 2020).

10- Nowhere to be Found - 4.29 million viewers and 0.4 (0.423) A18-49, up two tenths from last week.

yankeesrj12

02-15-2021, 11:14 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE:

YTN SNAGS FOUR WINS AT THE "BEST OF TV AWARDS"
YTN walked away with four wins at the annual Best of TV Awards last week, including Best Comedy. Last seasons hit freshman comedy GRANDPARENTS won for Best TV Comedy. The series will return for its second season this spring.

The networks highest rated game show, MONEY MOUNTAIN took home a surprise win for Best Reality, Talk, Variety or Sketch Series. The game show airs Monday nights, and is in the midst of a 40 episode second season.

The other big win for YTN was Hank Azaria in Best Actor in a Comedy, for his role in BLENDED. The long-running comedy returns for a new season later this spring.

factsoflife

02-19-2021, 01:27 AM

THE HOLLYWOOD INSIDER

YTN TO END "BLOODLINES" AFTER SIX SEASONS; CANCELS "WAR ON DRUGS"
After six seasons, Bloodlines is coming to an end. YTN announced the veteran family crime drama will wrap upon conclusion of the 16 episode season later this year.

This marks the series' second cancellation. Bloodlines was originally cancelled after three seasons, before being revived only weeks later for a fourth season. The series will wrap with 93 episodes, making it the 40th longest-running series on the network.

Insiders tell us there have been talks about wrapping the series, and most of that was coming from cast and the creator. Main cast members are ready to move on, and the creator feels the series has told the stories it needs to tell. Network executives were hoping for at least a 6-8 episodes final season, but those talks ended last week.

Also getting the nix today is third year reality docuseries, Life After Prison: War on Drugs. A spin-off of Life After Prison, the series took a hard fall this season, getting as low as .188 for its now-series finale. 'War on Drugs' was a co-production between YTN and GEN-TV, with YTN having first-air rights. The series aired on and off for the last few years, filling in gaps on the schedule.

Even though YTN cancelled the series, it does not mean it is the end of the line. Since GEN-TV co-produces it, they could decide to continue with future seasons. Insiders tell us that looks unlikely, but things could change quickly.

Gen-TV Reality Show To Air Again
---Life After Prison: War on Drugs To Stream-ME

Gen-TV Studios announces that they have ordered a fourth season of "Life After Prison: War on Drugs" to air exclusively on Stream-Me (Gen-TV Owned Streaming Service) in the later half of 2021.

"After airing for three seasons on YTN, who have been fantastic partners this incredibly important reality docudrama will stream exclusively on Stream-ME and will continue to tell its life-altering, life-affirming stories of struggle, tragedy, triumph and showcase the people who spend each day trying to make amends for their past mistakes and trying to become better people."

This series has resonated well with viewers and has earned critical acclaim for its honest take on a very difficult subject matter.

factsoflife

02-19-2021, 01:33 AM

--Gen-TV News
--Network Cancels Two Series

Gen-Tv Network has announced cancellations of two freshmen dramas today. "Descent" and "Active Threat" will not return in the fall for second seasons. The decisions described by Gen-TV's Executive Team as "very difficult and upsetting to everybody at Gen-TV" was mad when according to insiders "Gen-TV's Executive team looked at the plans they have for the fall and the number of timeslots available, and these two shows unfortunately landed on the negative side of those plans." "Both shows became victims of simply not having enough available timeslots after Gen-TV's new fall programs were placed into rotation."

It seems Gen-TV's newest executive team is serious about overhauling the primetime schedule and will be cancelling a very large number of series.

jimpickens

02-19-2021, 01:34 AM

The ratings for my networks for the month are in and they are fabulous no reason to change programing after all if it's not broke why tinker with it but I will use the between sweeps time to do some spring cleaning.

factsoflife

02-20-2021, 05:04 PM

Gen-TV Midseason Report Card
---Where Gen-TV's Series Stand

We're more than mid-way through the 2020-2021 TV season, and its the time of year when we analyze where each of the networks programming stand and predict which series are likely to be Renewed, which are likely to be cancelled and which series have futures that are cloudy or uncertain.

As always we'll rank the programs on Gen-TV into three categories: Likely Renewal, Likely Cancellation and 50/50 which indicates the shows future could literally go either way. Here we go!

LIKELY RENEWAL:

Roomies: One of the breakout hits of the season, and honestly one of the very few broadcast success stories in the last few years. This series saw significant increases both critically and with viewers when Mindy Kaling took over as executive producer and injected life into the program. The program has consistently earned solid, if not spectacular ratings and critics are raving about the chemistry between Kaling and her co-star Jake T. Austin. This one seems pretty certain to be renewed.

Baker's Dozen: Currently in its third season, the series continues to perform above expectations and is one of a very few multi-camera comedies with critical acclaim. It doesn't seem likely that Gen-TV would part with this one.

Degree of Guilt: We're placing this one in the likely renewal category, even though the odds do seem stacked against it for one simple reason. The series has been out of production for over a year now, last filming an episode in February 2019 and having had its third and fourth seasons sitting on a shelve waiting to air all that time. Gen-TV finished airing season three in 2020 and is currently airing season four, and ratings are higher than ever. Reviews are also strong. It would be a big mistake to cancel this one, but financial considerations could play a factor in resuming production in the middle of a global pandemic. But we're optimistic and are cautiously placing it in the renewal category.

Unemployed: A year ago we would have said this sitcom was likely to be cancelled, and it was on the verge. But fortunes have changed for this comedy, which has never been more relevant. The series was basically saved by the pandemic as Gen-TV renewed what shows they had left so they could resume production as soon as lockdowns were lifted in California. With this new lease on life the series writing got better and ratings shot up as the show gained more relevance. This one is likely to be renewed.

Our Pet Dragon: Now airing its third season, this gross-out comedy for adults is more popular than ever before and it seems pretty likely to return for a fourth season.

Snitches: While not yet a breakout hit, this series shows enough potential that it could become one for us to list it as a likely renewal.

Kate & Ali: This seems like a no-brainer that this critically acclaimed comedy will return for a fourth season.

Searching: It's pretty early in the run of this drama, but signs seem to be pointing towards the positive for this one.

Ready To Wear: Like "Kate & Ali" this comedy is also likely to return for a fourth season, even if ratings for this one are down slightly year to year.

Fugitive Recovery: This is one series on Gen-TV that seems the most likely to be renewed for a fifth season.

Grand Jury: There is very little reason to worry about this series being cancelled, it is one of Gen-TV's few breakout dramas from the last three years.

7th Heaven, Having Faith and Biological: All three of Gen-TV's Friday dramas are very likely to be renewed. 7th Heaven and Having Faith for their third seasons and Biological for its second.

Active Threat: This drama seems to have enough steam to return for a second season, but stranger cancellations have occured.

LIKELY CANCELLATION:

Discography: Fortunes haven't been kind to this documentary series that seems to have lost its audience in the new year.

The Border Police: Gen-TV has already confirmed that this signature drama will end its run in 2021 after completing its fifth season, leaving "Deadly Visions" as Gen-TV's longest running current show.

Getting Together: It seems likely this comedy is going to be one and done.

Disconnected: Gen-TV has very little reason to stay connected to this comedy which hasn't found an audience yet.

50/50:

Grounded: This series almost always ends up on the 50/50 list and is the definition of a utility player. Never really a breakout hit, but not exactly a failure either; it just sort of lives in the middle. A solid enough performer its life usually depends on Gen-TV's scheduling needs and other priorities typically decided by politics and finances. It truly could go either way.

Motherhood: The Series: Ratings for this one are good but not consistent enough and its a very expensive series to produce. There is also the fact that star Amy Schumer has publicly declared her dissatisfaction with the writing this season, another sign that its days may be numbered. But, it does do very well in the key Female 18-35 demos and this may save it.

Descent: A costly and expensive series, its numbers are good enough but it may fall victim to internal politics.

CIA: New York: A hold-over from a previous administration that has not quiet become a breakout success, this procedural could meet its maker. However, the ratings aren't an embarrassment either so it could go either way.

Raised By Wolves: It may just be too early to tell for this one, it has time still to stabilize its inconsistent ratings.

Bless Your Heart: Still a strong performer it has seen a bit of a drop in demos and critics have sort of abandoned it. It could go either way.

Stuck In The Middle: Ratings are inconsistent and it hasn't really garnered enough critical acclaim to pressure Gen-TV into renewing it.

The Boss Lady: Once a bonafide success, this series has seen an audience erosion following star Kristen Wiig's exit and Leslie Jones taking over as the lead. It could go either way.

Deadly Visions: If renewed for a sixth season, it would become the longest-running series on Gen-TV. It is still a reliable performer but has seen a ratings drop year to year. It is a very expensive show to produce, but has a strong following in syndication which could buy it another season.

Feds: This series is currently on-hiatus but is usually a dependable performer. It could go either way.

Mid-Season Report Card:
Status Updates for Gen-TV

As the difficult and frustrating 2020-2021 TV Season inches towards a close, its time to provide some major updates to our predictions for Gen-TV's renewals and cancellations for which shows will and will not return for the 2021-2022 TV season.

We'll be ranking Gen-TV's shows into the following categories:

Already Renewed or Likely Renewal, Already Cancelled or Cancellation Likely, 50/50 or Could Go Either Way.

Already Cancelled or Likely Cancellation:

Discography: The second-season reality/biography series has been axed and a third season is not happening.

Degree of Guilt: The series wrapped up its critically acclaimed and wildly popular run with some sad news; it has been cancelled due to cost-prohibitive restrictions brought on by COVID.

Grounded: After four seasons this mildly popular comedy has been well, grounded.

Motherhood: The Series: Cancelled due to declining ratings, behind the scenes issues and star Amy Schumer's public disliking of the quality of the writing.

CIA: New York: Scheduling issues proved to be the deciding factor in Gen-TV pulling the plug on this middling performer. It will not return in the fall.

The Border Police: This legacy drama will wrap up its successful run after five seasons. It will take its final bow in May 2021.

Raised By Wolves: This comedy will not return for season two as Gen-TV's new executives hope to freshen up the lineup with younger, more edgy shows.

Getting Together: This comedy did not manage to find an audience and has been cancelled as a result.

Stuck In The Middle: After two seasons this comedy has been cancelled due to "lack of passion from the network."

The Boss Lady: This comedy will wrap its run after four seasons. Leslie Jones replacing Kristin Wiig is said to have resulted in a dramatic ratings drop and loss of critical support.

Active Threat: Cancelled after one season, reportedly simply because it doesn't fit with Gen-TV's plans for next season, and as one insider put it "It just really hasn't become a success in the way that we hoped it would." "It frankly hasn't entered the cultural conversation or generated the kind of buzz it was intended to."

Feds: This show will be a two season wonder with no third season as it has officially been cancelled.

Disconnected: This freshmen comedy failed to connect with viewers and has been terminated permanently.

Descent: The flight has come to its final descent for this drama which has been axed after only one season.

Already Renewed or Renewal Likely:

Deadly Visions: Gen-TV's longest running current series will indeed return for a sixth season.

Fugitive Recovery: Gen-TV's popular procedural drama will return for its fifth season as it has been renewed.

Unemployed: We expect a renewal for this one any day now as ratings continue to deliver week to week and reviews have never been stronger.

Kate & Ali: It only seems a matter of time before Gen-TV renews this show for its fourth season.

Ready To Wear: While ratings (and probably more importantly its cultural relevance) have slipped this year we do expect it to be renewed for a fourth season; perhaps a fourth and final season?

Baker's Dozen: Ignoring the shows terrible (and increasingly irrelevant) title this series has developed into a major success and is one of the few shows on TV portraying a stable relationship between two husbands. We think (and hope) it will return for a fourth season.

Having Faith: There doesn't seem to be any scenario in which this show gets cancelled. It has everything going for it: huge ratings, critical acclaim, support of virtually every community and cultural relevancy.

7th Heaven: This show generates a massive profit for Gen-TV and delivers great family entertainment. It is a solid success and unlikely to get cancelled.

Grand Jury: Unless the new executives at Gen-TV do something drastic to overhaul the schedule this series will likely return.

Biological: This series has generated enough buzz and critical acclaim that a renewal seems pretty likely; at least likely enough for us to list it as a "likely renewal."

Searching: We're still tentative on this one but every day that passes makes us think that a renewal is more likely than not.

Roomies: This series is most likely going to be renewed. It just earned Gen-TV's only nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, snagging nods for Best Comedy Series and Best Actress-TV Comedy for Mindy Kaling.

50/50 or Could Go Either Way:

Our Pet Dragon: Ratings are amazing, reviews have never been stronger and yet it hasn't been renewed yet. This comedy does tend to get renewed at the last minute every single season and in the past its renewal has been dependent on the overall development plans of the network. They've struggled in the past to find series that were suitable to pair it with ( I mean, what exactly did it have in common with Motherhood: The Series?) So this series strong as it is could potentially be cancelled.

Bless Your Heart: This one used to be a sure thing but ratings have slipped considerably and critics have essentially abandoned the show; likely due to the waning popularity of star Cardi B. A Cancellation is possible, certainly moreso than a year ago.

Snitches: We just don't know enough about Gen-TV's plans to decide where this one will land. It very much could go either way.