As part of its week-long activation for Super Bowl LVIII, Paramount Global took Drew Barrymore, Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition to Las Vegas to shoot shows and segments on the ground before, during and after the big game.

All three CBS Media Ventures-produced shows set up shop in front of the Bellagio fountains to talk football, parties, celebrity, and of course, the Taylor Swift of it all. 

“Entertainment Tonight always covers the Super Bowl; traditionally, it’s the highest-rated week of the year for us. And this year, it’s even bigger with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and Usher as the half-time performance,” Erin Johnson, executive producer of Entertainment Tonight, said.

CBS Sports, CBS Mornings and Drew Barrymore shared CBS’ main stage outside of the Bellagio while Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition and CBS’ The Talk all shot episodes from another near-by space.

“The stage we were on had that iconic CBS Sports desk. We put our graphics in there and brought all of our props and everything in,” said Jason Kurtz, executive producer of Drew Barrymore.

Anchors Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner began hosting Entertainment Tonight in front of the Bellagio fountains on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the show has scored interviews with half-time performer Usher as well as The Rock and Justin Hartley, whose new show, Tracker, will premiere right after Super Bowl LVIII on CBS. 

“We love taking the show on the road,” Johnson said. “Traveling the show has been a big priority of mine since I began executive producing the show in 2019. It brings a different energy to what we’re doing. Entertainment is in the name – we like to be on location.”

Keeping the corporate synergy alive, Barrymore appeared on both ET and Inside Edition. She even made a little news on ET, talking about how she’s always texting Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston about doing a movie together. 

“We’re excited for people to check out our Las Vegas residency this week. We’re talking to lots of stars – we have shoots scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. as we cover all of the star-studded parties. That content will play on the show and online all week,” Johnson said.

Similarly, Inside Edition is producing shows from Vegas on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with Deborah Norville anchoring at the Bellagio set and Lisa Guerrero, who reports Inside Edition’s investigative stories, in the field. Besides her work with IE, Guerrero formerly worked as an NFL sideline reporter for ABC News and was a former NFL cheerleader, so “she knows football,” Inside Edition executive producer Charles Lachman said.

Inside Edition’s special Super Bowl LVIII correspondent this year is Wheel of Fortune’s Maggie Sajak, daughter of Wheel host Pat Sajak. Previously, Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas and Nancy Kerrigan have joined the show in this role. 

“Maggie’s adding a lot of her personality and charm to our coverage. We have a dynamic trio of on-air personalities covering this,” Lachman said.

Just as it is for ET, the Super Bowl tends to be one of Inside Edition’s highest-rated weeks so the show pays a lot of attention to it. 

“We’re known for our spin on things; we call it the Inside Edition take,” Lachman said. “We really focus on what’s happening behind the scenes. We really want to deliver what people haven’t already seen.” 

Continuing with the cross-promotion, Norville made her way over to CBS Mornings where she spoke with Norah O’Donnell, and Barrymore joined Inside Edition to chat with Norville. 

As for Drew Barrymore, the talker shot two half-hour episodes in Las Vegas on Wednesday, and those are airing on Thursday and Friday. Drew Barrymore airs each day as two half-hours so the second half-hour of each day was pre-taped in New York with relevant features such as cooking, tail-gating and games.

Barrymore’s guests in Vegas are Boomer Esiasan and Greg Gianotti of WFAN’s morning drive time sports radio program, “Boomer & Gio,” on Thursday, and CBS Sports’ NFL broadcasters Tracy Wilson and Tony Romo on Friday.

“We’ve been able to combine our pop-culture-driven Drews News with the sports of it all,” Kurtz said. “Pop culture and celebrity is a lot of what the Super Bowl is.” 

All three EPs said they loved the experience of being live on the ground in Las Vegas with their peers. 

“This experience has been amazing and it’s been really great to collaborate with all of the other executive producers,” Kurtz said. “With all of the stages on top of each other, it’s been easy to be nimble.” 

Entertainment magazines benefited from the start of awards season, which launched with the January 10 return of the Golden Globes on NBC and the Critics’ Choice Awards on January 15 on The CW.

CBS Media Ventures’s Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition led the pack with each at a 2.4 live plus same day national household rating, while Warner Bros.’s Extra hit a season-high 0.7 in the week ended January 15. ET climbed 4% for the week and 26% over the prior two weeks to hit its best household number since the week of Thanksgiving, while Inside Edition held at its season best for the fourth time in six weeks.

Extra improved 17% for the week and 40% for the past two weeks to tie Fox’s TMZ, which has held at its season high for three of the past four weeks, for fourth place among the magazines. Extra hits its highest ranking since the week of Halloween.              

In third place, NBCUniversal’s Access Hollywood remained at its season high 0.8 for the fifth time in six weeks. Fox’s Dish Nation nibbled at a 0.2 for the 37th time in the last 38 regularly titled weeks (excluding World Cup soccer on Fox). 

Disney’s Live with Kelly and Ryan remained the talk leader, rising 6% to a 1.7. Live has now led the category for 18 straight weeks. Among daytime’s key demographic of women 25-54, Live led with a 0.6, followed by CBS Media Ventures’ Dr. Phil at a 0.5 and Disney’s Tamron Hall at a 0.4, marking a new demographic season high for Hall. 

Dr. Phil, the only talker to tally an increase in the prior week, grew 15% to a second-place 1.5, matching its season high. NBCU’s Kelly Clarkson, the number-three talker, stood fast at a 0.9. Tamron Hall increased 14% for the week to a 0.8 to tie CBS’s flat Drew Barrymore (recently renewed for a fourth season). CBS’s Rachael Ray relished a 17% spike to a 0.7. NBCU’s trio of conflict talkers – Steve Wilkos, the out-of-production Maury and the Jerry Springer repacked court-and-talk combo – all stayed put at a 0.6, 0.5 and 0.3, respectively.

Debmar-Mercury’s renewed Sherri, starring Sherri Shepherd, returned to original episodes after three weeks of reruns and four weeks of retitled programs during the World Cup soccer tournament, rebounding 17% to a 0.7. That matched the year-ago rating for Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams, the show Sherri replaced in many markets.

Warner Bros.’ Jennifer Hudson, recently picked up for another season, held steady at a 0.6 and rose 50% among women 25-54 from a 0.2 to a 0.3 to tie Sherri in the demo. 

NBCU’s Karamo, hosted by Karamo Brown, hit a season-high 0.4 for a fourth consecutive week.

CBS’ Jeopardy! – which, along with its access partner CBS’ Wheel of Fortune, was just renewed on the ABC owned stations in a five-year deal – inched up 2% to a 5.9 to lead the games and all of syndication as usual. Wheel of Fortune stayed at a 5.4 to finish second for the sixth time in seven weeks, while Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud finished at a 5.0 for a third straight week. Fox’s 25 Words or Less lost 13% to a 0.7, tying Fox’s You Bet Your Life with host Jay Leno, which held for the fourth consecutive week. 

CBS freshman game Pictionary, starring Jerry O’Connell, drew a 0.5 for a third week. Allen Media Group’s Funny You Should Ask accumulated a sixth straight 0.3. 

Repeats of CBS’s Judge Judy led the court shows with a 4.4. CBS’s Hot Bench and Warner Bros.’s People’s Court settled for a stable 1.2 and 0.8, respectively. Warner Bros.’s Judge Mathis vaulted 20% to a 0.6. Fox’s Divorce Court dawdled at a 0.5 for the fourth week in a row. Wrigley Media’s Relative Justice eased 25% to a 0.3 to tie Allen Media Group’s court rookie We the People with Judge Lauren Lake, which stayed at that level for an eighth consecutive week. 

Trifecta’s rookie true crime strip iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas captured a 0.5 for the fourth week in a row.  

Warner Bros. long-running off-net sitcom leader The Big Bang Theory heated up 5% to a 2.0. Disney’s Last Man Standing slipped 9% to a 1.0. Disney’s Modern Family recovered 14% to a 0.8. Warner Bros.’s Two and a Half Men and Warner Bros.’s Young Sheldon both stayed at a 0.7. Sony Pictures Television’s The Goldbergs and Seinfeld, CBS newcomer The Neighborhood and Disney’s Family Guy all tied and stayed put at a 0.6. Finally, Disney’s Black-ish held at a 0.4 for the fourth time in five weeks. ■

The Daytime Emmys will be emceed by Entertainment Tonight hosts Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner,CBS and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said Monday. The duo are the first Black pair to lead an entertainment newsmagazine and Turner is the first Black woman to host CBS Media Ventures’ access magazine. 

The 49th annual awards show will air live on Friday, June 24 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on CBS and will stream on Paramount Plus. 

The Daytime Emmys return to a live format at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, Calif., after two years of virtual ceremonies due to the pandemic. The show also departed broadcast for several years, before returning to CBS in 2020. The show has aired a total of 16 times on CBS.

Last year, New York City-based NATAS and the Los Angeles-based Television Academy said they were realigning the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to scheduled program airtime, which makes less sense in an environment dictated by streaming and on-demand programming. This year will be the first time that children’s programming will be moved into its own ceremony, the Children’s and Family Emmy Awards.

The Daytime Emmys returned to broadcast television in 2020, when the show aired on CBS with all hosts, presenters and recipients appearing on Zoom during the height of the pandemic lockdown. Prior to that, the Daytime Emmys hadn’t aired on a broadcast network since 2011, when it last ran on CBS. In 2012 and 2013, it aired on HLN and the show moved to Pop TV in 2015.

After that, the show moved to online streams on such platforms as YouTube, Facebook and KNEKT-TV. But with the quarantine causing the stoppage of all live-action production, broadcast networks needed content, which opened the door to the Daytime Emmys’ return to broadcast television.

The Creative Arts and Lifestyle Emmys will stream live at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Saturday, June 18, at WatchTheEmmys.TV and via The Emmys apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV and Roku (see the full list at full list at apps.theemmys.tv).

The 49th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020 and 2021. Adam Sharp and Steve Ulrich are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI. ■

Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition both saw big gains in the week ended April 3, which included the magazines’ post-Oscars coverage on Monday, March 28. 

CBS Media Ventures’s Entertainment Tonight improved 28% for the week and 15% for the year to hit an eight-week high 2.3 live plus same day national household rating, according to Nielsen, in the week ended April 3. And on March 28, Entertainment Tonight exploded 56% with its next-day coverage of Best Actor winner Will Smith’s shocking on-stage slap of presenter Chris Rock.

CBS’s less-entertainment-focused genre leader Inside Edition recovered 20% after two weeks of losses to a 2.4 and added 35% to a 2.7 on Oscar Monday. 

NBCUniversal’s Access Hollywood was preempted for breaking news in several markets, but still managed to improve 13% to a 0.9 on Oscar Monday, maintaining its 0.8 weekly household rating. That tied Fox’s TMZ, which forged ahead 14% for the week and hit a 0.9 on Oscars Monday. Warner Bros.’ Extra was the only magazine in the top five to match its season high, spiking 17% to a 0.7 for the week and 33% on March 28 to a 0.8.

CBS’s canceled DailyMailTV rose 20% to a 0.6 with a 0.7 on March 28. Fox’s Dish Nation jumped 50% to a 0.3 from a 0.2. 

Shows in general were boosted by a lack of March Madness preemptions for the first time in three weeks.

CBS’s Jeopardy! regained the game show and overall syndication lead, jumping 10% to a 5.6. Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud, which had been the overall leader for the prior two weeks, inched up 2% to a 5.3. CBS’s Wheel of Fortune accelerated 13% to a 5.2. 

Fox’s You Bet Your Life and 25 Words or Less both leaped 14% to a 0.8. Entertainment Studios’ Funny You Should Ask held at a 0.4 for a third week.

Disney’s internet video show RightThisMinute remained at a 0.6 for a ninth straight week. 

Disney’s Live with Kelly and Ryan reigned over talk for the fourth week in a row with a 13% gain to a 1.8, matching its season high. Live scored a 21% increase over its prior-week average for its annual after-Oscars show with a 2.1 individual-day rating. Compared to the same week last year, which did not include the Oscars, Live moved up 13%. Live also led among daytime’s key demographic of women 25-54 with a 0.7.

CBS’s Dr. Phil also jumped 13% for the week to a 1.7, marking a 6% improvement over last year at this time. NBCU’s Kelly Clarkson tied Warner Bros.’s concluding Ellen DeGeneres for third place in talk, shooting up 13% for the week and the year to a 0.9. Ellen was partially preempted in eight of the top 20 markets, including New York and Los Angeles, on March 28 by a news conference with President Joe Biden, but the show held its ground for the week at a 0.9 and outperformed its year-ago rating by 13%.

Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams, which will be replaced next season by Debmar-Mercury’s Sherri, remained at a 0.8 with guest hosts Carson Kressley and Vivica Fox, tying CBS’s Rachael Ray, which rallied 14%. Disney’s Tamron Hall strengthened 17% to a 0.7 to tie NBCU’s concluding Maury, which stayed put.

The rest of the chat pack was flat. NBCU’s Steve Wilkos, CBS’ renewed sophomore Drew Barrymore, canceled newcomers Debmar-Mercury’s Nick Cannon and Sony’s The Good Dish, NBCU’s out-of-production Jerry Springer, Warner Bros.’ canceled The Real and the departing Doctors all flatlined at 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.4, 0.3, 0.3 and 0.2, respectively.

CBS’s Judge Judy was the only court show to improve over last year at this time, even though it’s airing only in repeats. Judy grew 7% for the week and 4% for the year to a category-leading five-week high 4.8. 

CBS’s Hot Bench advanced 7% to a 1.5. Warner Bros.’ People’s Court rebounded 14% to a 0.8. Warner Bros.’ Judge Mathis returned a 0.6 for the seventh time in eight weeks. Fox’s Divorce Court clawed back 25% from a series low to a 0.5. NBCU’s Judge Jerry, which is ending after this season, stayed at a 0.4 for an eighth consecutive week, tying Wrigley Media’s steady rookie Relative Justice, which is expected to return for season two.

Warner Bros.’ The Big Bang Theory orbited at a 2.0 for the third week in a row. Disney’s Last Man Standing stepped up 8% to a 1.3. Warner Bros.’ rookie Young Sheldon shot up 11% to a 1.0. Disney’s Family Guy galloped ahead 14% to a 0.8, tying Disney’s Modern Family and Warner Bros.’ Two and a Half Men, both of which stabilized at a 0.8. Sony’s The Goldbergs garnered a second-straight 0.7, tying Sony’s Seinfeld, which stood pat for a third consecutive week. Finally, Warner Bros.’ Mike & Molly and Mom and Disney’s Black-ish were all on par with the prior week’s 0.5. ■

Magazines were mostly higher in the week ending May 30, with the top four of five access magazines all climbing while most other category leaders stayed flat to down.

CBS Media Ventures’ Inside Edition and Entertainment Tonight each forged ahead 5% to a 2.2 and a 2.1 live plus same day national household rating, respectively, according to Nielsen Media Research. NBCUniversal’s Access Hollywood added 11% to a 1.0. Warner Bros.’ Extra strengthened 17% to a 0.7, tying Warner Bros.’ TMZ, which fell back 13%, for the first time in 2021. 

CMV’s DailyMailTV posted a 17% decline to a 0.5, while Fox’s Dish Nation served up a 0.3 for the 39th consecutive week.

Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud fell 2% to a 5.4 to lead the games for a sixth straight week and all of syndication for the third. CMV’s Jeopardy! stayed at a 5.1 despite airing the final frame of its annual Tournament of Champions, guest-hosted by Buzzy Cohen, who won the tournament in 2017. CMV’s Wheel of Fortune faded 4% to a 4.8. 

Fox’s 25 Words or Less logged a 0.8 for the seventh time in eight week. Entertainment Studios’ Funny You Should Ask answered with a 0.4 for the fourth time in five weeks.

Disney’s internet video show RightThisMinute stayed at a series-low 0.6 for the tenth consecutive week. 

In daytime, Disney’s Live with Kelly and Ryan rolled to its third straight talk victory, including one tie with CMV’s Dr. Phil, with a steady 1.7. Phil took second at an also stable 1.6. Live has now finished first or tied for first in 32 of the past 38 weeks, including 11 ties with Phil. Live also led among daytime’s key demographic of women 25-54 at a 0.7.

Three talkers tied at a 1.0: Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams, Warner Bros.’ Ellen DeGeneres and NBCU’s Maury. Wendy and Ellen both added 11%, while Maury was flat.

Sophomores NBCU’s Kelly Clarkson and Disney’s Tamron Hall each held their ground at a 0.9 and 0.8, respectively. Hall tied CMV’s Rachael Ray, which rose 14% after eight weeks at its series-low 0.7.

NBCU’s Steve Wilkos stayed at a 0.7. Sony Pictures Television’s Dr. Oz delivered a 0.6 for the seventh straight week. CMV’s newcomer Drew Barrymore went into repeats but held at a 0.5 for a ninth consecutive week.

Warner Bros.’ The Real registered a second straight 0.3, matching its series low. CMV’s The Doctors operated at a series-low 0.2 for the 14th straight week, tying the out of production syndicated run of NBCU’s Jerry Springer, which stayed at its series low for a 38th week. 

CMV’s Judge Judy led the court shows with a steady 5.2 and took second place in overall syndication behind Family Feud. 

The rest of the courts were unchanged with CMV’s Hot Bench, Warner Bros.’ People’s Court and Judge Mathis, NBCU’s Judge Jerry, Fox’s Divorce Court and repeats of Trifecta’s Protection Court at a 1.5, 0.8, 0.6, 0.6, 0.6 and 0.2, respectively.

Warner Bros.’ The Big Bang Theory led the off-network sitcoms with a 2.4 for the eighth time in nine weeks. Fox’s Last Man Standing and Warner Bros.’ Two and a Half Men maintained a 1.7 and a 1.0, respectively. Disney’s Modern Family faded 10% to a 0.9, tying SPT’s The Goldbergs, which got a 0.9 for the 11th straight week. Disney’s Family Guy gave back 11% to a 0.8, tying SPT’s Seinfeld, which idled at a 0.8 for an eighth straight week. Four shows tied at a 0.7: Warner Bros.’ 2 Broke Girls, which lost 13% to tie Warner Bros.’ Mom and Mike & Molly and Disney’s Black-ish, all of which broke even.

Nischelle Turner is joining Kevin Frazier as co-host of CBS Media Ventures’ Entertainment Tonight, said executive producer Erin Johnson on Thursday.

“Nischelle can do it all,” said Johnson in a statement. “She can go from a heartfelt conversation with Oscar-winner Viola Davis about the impact of Cicely Tyson to singing karaoke on a balcony with Jimmy Fallon. She is warm, thoughtful, and full of energy. Celebrities respect her skills as a seasoned journalist, and our audience has taken notice of her fun chemistry with Kevin. There is no one more deserving to lead ET in our history-making 40th season and beyond.”

Turner has been promoted to co-host after Frazier has been hosting the show as sole anchor since Nancy O’Dell departed in August 2019.

In addition to her work on ET, Turner will host the new CBS series Secret Celebrity Renovation premiering this summer. Home design is one of her passions and on this show, Turner will help actors, musicians and athletes surprise a person who has made a difference in their life with a home renovation. 

Turner also is a longtime contributor to CNN and she appears frequently on CNN Newsroom, New Day, and CNN Tonight to offer insight and commentary on entertainment news stories. She joined the syndicated entertainment magazine in 2014

Turner began her journalism career as a reporter and fill-in anchor at WEHT Evansville, Indiana.   Her next stop was WVUE New Orleans, before making her way to the West Coast when she joined KTTV in Los Angeles in 2004 as a reporter on Good Day LA and as an anchor for Good Day LA Weekend. 

Students studying broadcast journalism usually want to be the next Diane Sawyer or Anderson Cooper. Not Erin Johnson, executive producer of CBS Media Ventures’ syndicated entertainment magazine Entertainment Tonight. She always wanted the job she has right now.

Johnson started her TV career as an intern at a station close to home in Dayton, Ohio, and quickly became a producer. But she always knew she wanted to be in entertainment journalism, so she kept looking for ways to get to Los Angeles. A call to a former co-worker who had moved to San Diego got her to Southern California as the executive producer for a local morning news show. Within the year, she had found a temporary job as a senior producer on Fox’s syndicated program, Dish Nation, which led to a permanent gig at one of the show’s producers, Studio City, where she led marketing campaigns and cut trailers for several syndicated shows. 

From there, she moved to a job at Sony Pictures Television’s Queen Latifah, which aired on the CBS Television Stations in the country’s top markets. Through that connection, her dream job landed in her lap: CBS Television Distribution, now CMV, reached out to see if she would want to join ET’s digital team. She started as ET’s director of digital video and programming in 2014. She was promoted to senior producer in 2015, co-executive producer in 2017 and executive producer in June 2019.

Johnson chatted with Multichannel News contributor Paige Albiniak about producing celebrity news in a pandemic, how she approaches producing entertainment news for social media and the value of Zoom.

What were some of the key things you did when you joined ET to create growth on digital platforms? With my background in marketing, I learned how to listen to an audience. I came to ET at a time when digital was being more prioritized so I had the opportunity to overhaul the digital business. The TV show only has a limited amount of time and you can’t always get into things as much as you can on the digital side. On digital platforms, we can let pieces breathe and tell the stories in unique ways that are additive for our audience. I think what brought my success on the digital side was embracing the content ET had always been doing and putting a different type of spotlight on it.

How do you decide which content is going to live where and in what format? We pay close attention to audiences on those platforms and we listen to what they want. So if we’re going to do a sit-down interview with Oprah, for example, we discuss what we need for the TV piece, and then for Instagram and other social media platforms. We always go into those shoots with a plan. I’ve seen that evolve in my time here at ET. It’s now something we talk about every single time. We circle up with people from each arm of our business to make sure everyone is getting what they need. 

What would you say is the next platform for ET? I really want us to do more on TikTok — it’s gotten me through quarantine. It’s a real opportunity to introduce ET to a completely different audience. I actually had an interview with a social media producer whose responsibility would be TikTok. It’s hard to expect the person running Instagram to also run TikTok. You need to have people in place to focus on the right goals and initiatives for that specific platform. 

How have you managed to produce interesting celebrity news during a pandemic in which there were no live events? I’ve been incredibly proud of how this team has risen to the challenge of still making the show still very interesting. We’re really pushing ourselves and we’ve found ways to do interviews in person. There are some positives to Zoom. Some stars are more comfortable in that setting. And we’ve gotten cool house tours on Zoom. 

What do you think you have learned during the pandemic that you’ll continue to do post-pandemic? Even though we all have a love-hate relationship with Zoom, I think we’ll keep using it. We have offices here in L.A., in New York and in Nashville. We jump on Zooms so often and I see that behavior continuing when we’re back in the office. It gives us a way to communicate so that we’re working in lockstep together even though we’re apart. 

The National Association of Television Program Executives has named the recipients for the 2021 Iris Awards. Penn & Teller will host the award ceremony at NATPE Virtual Miami on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m. ET. 

The Iris Award honorees are: Kelly Clarkson, entertainer and host of The Kelly Clarkson Show, will receive the award for excellence, television performer; Hearst Television President Jordan Wertlieb will receive the Lew Klein Leadership Award; Entertainment Tonight host Kevin Frazier will be honored for career achievement; and Entertainment Tonight will be feted with the award for excellence, television program, special or series.

NATPE’s Iris Awards were created to recognize best-in-class executives, program producers, creators, talent and content that makes a significant impact on the broadcasting industry and its culture. 

Also Read: NATPE Slates Virtual Miami Conference in January

JP Bommel, the CEO of NATPE, said in a release: “I am thrilled to announce that the iconic IRIS Awards are back for the 2nd year during NATPE Virtual Miami 2021. In these extraordinary times, this year’s recipients represent the best in Television locally, nationally and globally with franchises that expand around the Globe”

The conference portion of NATPE Miami Virtual will take place Jan. 19-22, with the Marketplace open from Jan. 19-29. More information is available at www.natpe.com/miami/agenda.

All of syndication's top access magazines and games climbed higher as TV viewing schedules mostly went back to normal in the first week following Thanksgiving in the week ending Dec. 6.

CBS Television Distribution’s Entertainment Tonight forged ahead 14% to a 2.4 live plus same day national household ratings average, according to Nielsen Media Research. That tied sister show Inside Edition, which edged up 9% for the magazine lead in households. Among daytime’s key demographic of women 25-54, ET led with a 0.9 to Inside Edition’s 0.7.

NBCUniversal’s Access Hollywood advanced 10% to a 1.1 to match its season high. Warner Bros.’ TMZ tacked on 14% to a 0.8. Warner Bros.’ Extra strengthened 17% to a 0.7, even facing preemptions, equalling its season high in households and growing 33% among women 25-54 to a 0.4.

CTD’s DailyMailTV rebounded 20% in households to a 0.6, up from its series low set in the prior week. Fox’s Dish Nation received a 0.3 for the 14th straight week, while Trifecta’s Celebrity Page posted a 0.2 for a third consecutive week.

Elsewhere, CTD’s Jeopardy! and Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud both recovered 14% to a 5.7 to remain tied for the game lead, while CTD’s Wheel of Fortune accelerated 12% to a 5.5. 

Fox’s 25 Words or Less added 13% to a 0.9. Entertainment Studios’ Funny You Should Ask increased 20% to a 0.5.

Disney’s RightThisMinute moved up 17% to a 0.7.

Disney’s Live with Kelly and Ryan rose 5% to a 2.0 to lead the talkers and tie its season high. The show has now been first or tied for first in the category in nine of the past 13 weeks. Among women 25-54, Live was also first in talk at a 0.8.

Back in households, CTD’s Dr. Phil moved ahead 6% to a 1.9 for second place. 

In week two of its 12 Days of Giveaways, Warner Bros.’ Ellen DeGeneres eroded 8% from the prior week to a 1.2, and declined 43% from the same week last year.

On Dec. 10, DeGeneres announced on social media that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and that the show would pause production until January.

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Not far behind Ellen was NBCU’s sophomore Kelly Clarkson, which climbed 11% in households to a 1.0 to equal its season high, and improved 25% among women 25-54 to a 0.5.

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Kelly Clarkson tied NBCU’s conflict talker Maury, which also added 11% to a 1.0

Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams, CTD’s Rachael Ray and NBCU’s Steve Wilkos all stayed at a 0.9, 0.9 and 0.8, respectively.

Disney’s Tamron Hall improved 14% to a 0.8 in households, tying Wilkos, and jumped 33% among women 25-54 to a 0.4. 

Sony Pictures Television’s Dr. Oz, Warner Bros.’ The Real, CTD’s The Doctors and NBCU’s out-of-production syndicated run of Jerry Springer all were on par with the prior week at 0.7, 0.4, 0.3 and 0.2, respectively, with Doctors and Springer remaining at series lows. 

CTD’s rookie talker Drew Barrymore stayed at a 0.5 in its 12th week on the air.

CTD’s top court Judge Judy eased 3% to a 5.8 but led all of syndication in households, while CTD’s Hot Bench backed off 11% from its season high to a 1.6. 

Warner Bros.’ People’s Court and Judge Mathis both maintained a 1.1 and a 0.8, respectively. NBCU’s Judge Jerry skidded 14% to a new series-low 0.6, tying Fox’s Divorce Court, which sustained a 0.6 for a second straight week. Trifecta’s Protection Court settled at a 0.3 for the fourth consecutive week.

Warner Bros.’ The Big Bang Theory exploded 13% to lead the off-net sitcoms at a 2.7. Disney’s Last Man Standing stood pat at a 1.9. Disney’s Modern Family fell 8% to a 1.1, tying Warner Bros.’ Two and a Half Men, which motored ahead 10% to a 1.1. SPT’s The Goldbergs was steady at a 1.0 for the 12th straight week. Disney’s Family Guy plunged 47% following a 70% surge in the prior week to a 0.9. SPT’s Seinfeld celebrated Festivus (for the rest of us) with a steady 0.8, tying Warner Bros.’ unchanged Mike & Molly. Disney’s Black-ish, Warner Bros.’ Mom and Warner Bros.’ 2 Broke Girls all remained at a 0.7.

CBS Television Distribution’s Judge Judy, going into its last year in first-run syndication, is syndication’s top-rated show in households for the 11th straight year, averaging a full-season 6.2 live plus same day national household ratings average, according to Nielsen. Nielsen’s 2019-20 syndication season officially concluded in the session ending Aug. 30.

The top-three game shows all performed well, with Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud and CTD’s Jeopardy! tying for second place at a 6.0 full-season average, followed by CTD’s Wheel of Fortune at a fourth-place 5.8. Warner Bros.’ off-network sitcom leader The Big Bang Theory came in fifth overall at a far back 3.0 in households, followed by CTD’s magazine leaders Inside Edition and Entertainment Tonight at a 2.7 and a 2.6, respectively.

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Dr. Phil led talk in households with a 2.2 overall season average and eighth place in overall syndication. Phil has been the highest rated talker every year since Oprah Winfrey ended her show in 2011, including a first-place tie with Disney’s Live with Kelly and Michael in 2015-16.

Coming closest to Phil in first-run were Live with Kelly and Ryan and CTD’s Hot Bench, both of which tied at a 2.0. 

For the week ending Aug. 30, few shows improved thanks to low viewing levels and daytime preemptions for coverage of Gulf Coast hurricanes Laura and Marcos as well as the pandemic. In access, affiliates in West Coast markets also were impacted by coverage of the 2020 Republican National Convention.

As a result, only two talkers in the top ten improved versus the prior week: Disney’s 

Live and Tamron Hall. Live grew 7% to a 1.6, despite being on hiatus with four repackaged and one pre-taped episode. Tamron Hall tallied a 17% increase to a 0.7, even though it only aired one original episode during the week.

Both Hall and NBCU’s freshman talker Kelly Clarkson will kick off their sophomore seasons later this month. 

Phil remained the top talker at a steady 1.9 with reruns on all five days. Phil has now finished first or tied for first 194 times in the past 208 weeks. Among daytime’s key demographic of women 25-54, Live and Phil tied for first in talk at a 0.7. 

Back in households, NBCUniversal’s Maury, Warner Bros.’ Ellen DeGeneres, NBCU’s Steve Wilkos, NBCU’s Kelly Clarkson, CTD’s Rachael Ray, Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams, Sony Pictures Television’s Dr. Oz and CTD’s The Doctors all were steady at a 1.0, 0.9, 0.9, 0.8, 0.8, 0.7, 0.7, 0.6 and 0.4, respectively.

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Warner Bros.‘ The Real recovered 33% from a series-low 0.3 set in the prior week to a 0.4, tying The Doctors.

NBCU’s out-of-production syndicated version of Jerry Springer stayed at a 0.3 for the 22nd consecutive week, tying SPT’s exiting Mel Robbins, which held at its season low 0.3 for a 13th straight week.

Judge Judy remained at a 5.5 with a week of all repeats, tying Family Feud for the week’s overall lead.

Hot Bench also held at a 1.9 to tie Dr. Phil as daytime’s second-highest rated strip.

Warner Bros.’ People’s Court and Judge Mathis, NBCU’s Judge Jerry, Fox’s Divorce Court, Debmar-Mercury’s Caught in Providence, MGM/Orion’s Personal Injury Court and Trifecta’s Protection Court all were on par with their prior weeks at a 1.3, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.4, 0.4 and 0.2, respectively.

In access, magazines were mixed. Inside Edition edged ahead 4% to a 2.4. Entertainment Tonight, NBCU’s Access Hollywood and Warner Bros.’ TMZ all stood pat at a 2.1, 0.9 and 0.8, respectively. Warner Bros.’ Extra hung tough at a 0.7, tying CTD’s DailyMailTV, which eased 13%. Both Extra and DailyMailTV experienced preemptions due to coverage of the RNC.

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Trifecta’s Celebrity Page produced a 0.1 for the fifth straight week.

Among game shows, Family Feud inched up 2% to tie Judge Judy at a 5.5. CTD’s Wheel of Fortune upticked 2% to a 4.5 from a season low set in the prior session. CTD’s Jeopardy! rebounded 5% to a 4.1 from a new season low also set in the prior round. 

Fox’s renewed rookie game 25 Words or Less and SPT’s soon-to-end off-GSN America Says remained neck and neck at a 0.9 and 0.8, respectively.

Entertainment Studios’ Funny You Should Ask answered with a 0.5 for the seventh straight week.

Disney’s internet video strip RightThisMinute improved 17% to a 0.7.

NBCU’s off-network true-crime strip Dateline dropped 9% to a 1.0, while its scripted crime procedural ChicagoPD skidded 13% to match its series low at a 0.7.

The Big Bang Theory and Disney’s Last Man Standing both stayed put at a 2.5 and 2.0, respectively, to lead the off-net sitcoms. Disney’s Modern Family advanced 9% to a 1.2. Warner Bros.’ Two and a Half Men maintained a series-low 1.1 for the sixth straight week. SPT’s The Goldbergs stayed at its series-low 1.0 for a fifth straight week, tying Disney’s Family Guy, which gained 11%. SPT’s Seinfeld was steady at a 0.9 for a third consecutive week. Warner Bros.’ Mom and Mike & Molly each were unchanged at a 0.8, tying Disney’s Black-ish, which barrelled ahead 14%.

BET will partner with Entertainment Tonight on a Sept. 6 news special honoring Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman.

The special, BET and ET Present Chadwick Boseman: Life and Legacy, will be hosted by Kevin Frazier, and will feature compelling and intimate footage of the Black Panther star, who died Aug. 28 at 43 years old due to colon cancer.  

The half-hour news special will follow his career and movie roles, including playing James Brown in Get On Up, to  Jackie Robinson in 24, to Thurgood Marshall in Marshall. Boseman arguably was best known for his starring role in Marvel Studios' The Black Panther. 

“We were all grief-stricken when we learned the tragic news of Chadwick’s passing," said Scott Mills, president, BET in a statement. "He was an accomplished actor, a kind spirit, and an inspiration to millions around the world. He embodied a diverse roster of Black icons with brilliance, and his legacy will forever live on. We send our prayers and heartfelt condolences to his family.

BET Digital will celebrate and honor the actor across digital and social platforms using the hashtags #BETRemembersChadwick. 

Magazines were the only genre to improve or hold in the week ended July 19, even as levels of people using television declined to their lowest point in 43 weeks. 

CBS Television Distribution’s Inside Edition continued to lead in households with a steady 2.5. Sister show Entertainment Tonight was right behind, advancing 4% to a three-week high 2.4 in households, according to Nielsen Media Research, and 13% among syndication’s key demographic of women 25-54 to a 0.9. 

NBCUniversal’s Access Hollywood clocked the group’s biggest percentage increase, climbing 9% from the prior week and 20% over the past two weeks to a six-week high of 1.2 in households. Among women 25-54, Access rose 20% to a 0.6. 

Warner Bros.’ TMZ and Extra and CTD’s DailyMailTV all shrugged off pandemic news preemptions and held their ground at a 1.0, 0.8 and 0.8, respectively. 

Meanwhile, Trifecta’s Celebrity Page stayed at a series-low 0.1 for a sixth straight week.

In daytime, the sole talk show to improve was Disney’s newcomer Tamron Hall, which overcame pandemic coverage in several large markets but still rose 14% to a three-week high 0.8 with one original and four repeats. 

NBCU’s rookie Kelly Clarkson, which, like Hall, will return for season two this fall, dropped back 10% to a 0.9 with a week of partial repeats and multiple preemptions.  

SPT’s Mel Robbins, which is ending its run at the end of this season, stayed at its series-low 0.3 for the seventh straight week. 

CTD’s Dr. Phil, in repeats for the week, led the veterans even though the show easeed 10% to a 1.8 for the fifth week in a row.

Disney’s Live with Kelly and Ryan was on par with the prior week’s 1.6 to take second place in the genre in households but among women 25-54, Live led with a 0.7. On Monday, Live remembered longtime host Regis Philbin, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 88. 

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Warner Bros.’ Ellen DeGeneres remained at a 17-year low 1.1 for a third straight week, tying NBCU’s Maury, which was unchanged for the sixth consecutive week. 

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NBCU’s Steve Wilkos weakened 10% to a 0.9. CTD’s Rachael Ray receded 11% to a new series-low 0.8 tying Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams, which stood pat for the eighth week in a row. 

SPT’s Dr. Oz dropped 14% to a 0.6, matching its series low. Warner Bros.’ The Real, CTD’s The Doctors and NBCU’s out-of-production syndicated run of Jerry Springer all stayed at their series lows of 0.4, 0.4 and 0.3, respectively.

Elsewhere, court shows were mixed. CTD’s Judge Judy with five days of repeats dipped 3% to a 5.6 after hitting a six-week high in the prior frame. CTD’s Hot Bench, also in reruns all week, hung tough at a 2.0, ranking as daytime’s second highest-rated show after only Judy for the sixth week in a row. 

Warner Bros.’ People’s Court slumped 7% to a 1.3, while Warner Bros.’ Judge Mathis moved down 11% to a 0.8. Fox’s Divorce Court settled for a season-low 0.6 for the seventh straight week. Debmar-Mercury’s Caught in Providence perked up 25% to a 0.5. 

NBCU’s rookie court Judge Jerry rebounded 14% from a season low to a 0.8. MGM/Orion’s Personal Injury Court and Trifecta’s Protection Court both remained at their season lows of 0.4 and 0.2, respectively. 

Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud faded 2% to a 5.8 but still led all of syndication in households. CTD’s Wheel of Fortune also fell 2% to a 5.0 to tie CTD’s unchanged Jeopardy! Entertainment Studios’ Funny You Should Ask was steady at a 0.5.

Fox’s rookie game 25 Words or Less, which will return this fall, lost 9% to a 1.0. SPT’s off-GSN America Says, which will not return, stayed put at a 0.8 for the tenth consecutive week. 

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Also in first-run, Disney’s internet video show RightThis Minute stayed at a series-low 0.7 for the eighth straight week. 

NBCU’s off-network strip Dateline downsized 18% to a 0.9, while NBCU’s scripted procedural Chicago PD remained at a series-low 0.7 for a fourth straight week. 

Warner Bros.’ off-net sitcom leader The Big Bang Theory fell 3% to a 2.8. Disney’s Last Man Standing slid 5% to a 2.0. Disney’s Modern Family eroded 8% to a new series-low 1.2, tying Warner Bros.’ Two and a Half Men, which held steady for a sixth straight week, and SPT’s The Goldbergs, which added 20%. SPT’s Seinfeld stayed at a 1.0 for a ninth straight week tying Disney’s Family Guy, which gained 11%. Warner Bros.’ Mike & Molly motored ahead 13% to a 0.9. Disney’s Black-ish backtracked 11% to a 0.8, tying Warner Bros.’ Mom, which held steady for the third straight week.

The viewership highs that accompanied the start of stay-at-home orders are fading now that some cities are reopening and the weather is improving. The result is most syndies are flat to down in the week ending May 10.

Still, the top-three magazines all were higher, with CBS Television Distribution’s Entertainment Tonight growing 4% from the prior frame to a three-week high 2.8 live plus same day national rating, according to Nielsen Media Research. ET tied stablemate Inside Edition, which was flat, to lead the magazines.

In third place, NBCUniversal's Access Hollywood spiked 8% to an eight-week high 1.3. Over the past two weeks, ET has added 8% while Access Hollywood has improved 18%.

Warner Bros.’ TMZ remained at a 1.1, while Warner Bros.’ Extra gave back 10% to a 0.9. CTD’s DailyMailTV held its ground at a 0.8. Trifecta’s Celebrity Page stayed at a 0.2 for the 45th consecutive week.

Elsewhere in access, the top games were all lower. Debmar-Mercury’s Family Feud dipped 3% to a 6.7 but led the category and all of syndication. CTD’s Wheel of Fortune faded 5% to a 6.2. CTD’s Jeopardy!, which had topped the genre in the prior round, skidded 16% to a 5.9 with repeats of ABC’s Greatest of All Time Jeopardy! Tournament on four of the five days as well as the episode that introduced Ken Jennings as he began his record-setting 74-game winning streak.

Entertainment Studios’ Funny You Should Ask stayed at a 0.6 for a ninth straight week.

Among the rookie games, Fox’s renewed 25 Words or Less and SPT’s departing off-GSN America Says remained at a 1.1 and a 0.9, respectively.

Disney’s internet video show RightThisMinute dropped 13% to a 0.7.

In earlier dayparts, almost nothing improved as shows were again hammered with breaking news and pandemic coverage, especially in the top-ten markets.

Disney’s Live with Kelly and Ryan remained the top talker for the seventh straight week with a steady 2.1. Among daytime’s key demographic of women 25-54, Live also led with a 0.9 as it continued to produce episodes from the hosts' and producers' homes.

Back in households, CTD’s Dr. Phil was the only talker to gain, climbing 5% to a second-place 2.0.

Warner Bros.’ Ellen DeGeneres declined 6% to a 1.6. NBCU’s Maury lost 8% to a 1.1., tying CTD’s Rachael Ray, which stayed at a 1.1. Debmar-Mercury’s Wendy Williams and NBCU’s Steve Wilkos both weakened 9% to a 1.0. SPT’s Dr. Oz lost 11% to a 0.8, while Warner Bros.’ The Real, CTD’s The Doctors and NBCU’s out-of-production syndicated run of Jerry Springer all held steady at a 0.5, 0.5 and 0.3, respectively.

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Among the talk-show newcomers, NBCU’s leader Kelly Clarkson was in repeats on four of the five days and saw frequent preemptions but managed to hold steady at a 1.1.  Disney’s Tamron Hall also was frequently preempted in top markets but also held at a 0.9. SPT’s Mel Robbins, which is ending its run after this season, was unchanged at a 0.4 for the seventh straight week.

CTD’s Judge Judy, syndication’s season-to-date household leader, advanced 3% to a three-week high 6.4. CTD’s Hot Bench fell back 5% to a 2.1, tying Live as daytime’s second-highest rated show.

Warner Bros.’ People’s Court and Judge Mathis and Fox’s Divorce Court all were flat at a 1.5, 1.0 and 0.8, respectively. Debmar-Mercury’s Caught in Providence fell back 20% to a 0.4.

Among the rookie gavelers, NBCU’s renewed Judge Jerry, starring Jerry Springer, stayed put at a 0.8 with repeats on all five days. MGM/Orion’s Personal Injury Court improved 20% to a 0.6, while Trifecta’s Protection Court held at a 0.3 for a 35th consecutive week.

NBCU’s off-network strip Dateline delivered a 1.1 for a fourth straight week, while NBCU’s scripted procedural strip Chicago PD booked an 11% increase to a 1.0. SPT’s off-A&E Live PD Police Patrol eased 11% to a 0.8.

Warner Bros.’ The Big Bang Theory picked up 3% to lead the off-net sitcoms at a 3.4. Disney’s Last Man Standing, Disney’s Modern Family, Warner Bros.’ Two and a Half Men and SPT’s The Goldbergs all were steady at a 2.1, 1.5, 1.3 and 1.1, respectively. SPT’s Seinfeld shot up 10% to a 1.1, tying The Goldbergs. Disney’s Family Guy gave back 9% to a 1.0, tying Warner Bros.’ Mike & Molly and Disney’s black-ish, both of which broke even. Warner Bros.’ Mom moved down 10% to a 0.9, tying Warner Bros.’ 2 Broke Girls, which was flat. 

Pop is partnering with Entertainment Tonight for live red carpet shows preceding the Grammys and the Oscars.

Hosted by ET's Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier, the live red carpet shows will air on Pop, previously TVGN, and provide viewers with a first look at the celebrity arrivals, fashions and antics.

ET at the Grammys Live on Pop will air Sunday, Feb. 8 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (ET/PT), while ET at the Oscars Live on Pop is scheduled for Feb. 22 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (ET) and 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (PT).

Viewers can engage in the red carpet festivities by posting questions to their favorite celebrities via social media; select questions from viewers will be asked during Pop’s live shows.

“The Grammy Awards and the Oscars are the two must-see award shows of the year, and the red carpets that precede them are appointment viewing for pop culture fans,” said Paul Adler, senior vice president of programming at Pop. “We are thrilled to partner with Entertainment Tonight– one of the premiere entertainment programs in the world – to produce these marquee live events.”

Pop is also celebrating the award season in the 6 p.m. half hour weekdays on PopSugar Now, its daily entertainment news show, with a themed "Grammy Awards Preview Week" and post show, along with a themed "Oscars Preview Week" and post show covering the celebrities, the festivities and the headlines of both award shows.