Dick Van Dyke, beloved actor, singer, dancer, writer and comedian, will receive SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor – the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
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The third episode of TBS's popular new comedy Sullivan & Son drew 2.5 million viewers last night, matching last week's 10 p.m. series launch while also outperforming last Thursday's two-episode average by +9%.
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Last night, 2.5 million viewers cozied up to the bar for the series premiere of TBS's new sitcom Sullivan & Son. The series, starring popular comedian Steve Byrne, also nabbed 1.3 million adults 18-49 and 612,000 adults 18-34.
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David Eilenberg has joined Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. as senior vice president of unscripted development for TBS and TNT. In this newly created role, Eilenberg will oversee all unscripted original programming for the two networks, which are in the process of expanding their original series lineups significantly to a fill a year-round slate. Eilenberg is based is Los Angeles and reports to Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies.
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TBS's late-night series CONAN, which has been riding a wave of growth in recent months, charted exceptional gains again last week. The Emmy®-nominated series averaged 1,016,000 viewers in Live + Same Day for June 25-28, up +16% over the prior week and +7% over the June average. In addition, the show's total audience was up +14% over the same week in 2011.
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TBS has renewed its popular new sitcom Men at Work for a second season. Currently airing Thursdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), the comedy ranks as one of basic cable's Top 5 new series with adults 18-49 for the quarter. TBS has ordered 10 episodes for the second season, which is slated to launch in 2013.
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TBS has acquired the off-network rights to 2 Broke Girls, television's #1 new series of the 2011–12 season with adults 18–49 and the #1 new comedy among total viewers. 2 Broke Girls is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television.
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All five of Governor Romney’s sons – Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben and Craig Romney – will sit down with host Conan O'Brien for their first joint interview of the campaign and their first-ever interview on a late-night program.
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TBS's CONAN is set to give away thousands of free, fan-designed t-shirts when the Emmy®-nominated late-night series descends on Chicago for a week of shows June 11-14. Fans will be able to obtain free t-shirts using secret codes revealed during "CONAN Chicago Week" episodes. The codes can be entered into vending machines located throughout Chicago or through a virtual vending machine at http//www.teamcoco.com/freeshirts. Conan O'Brien is bringing his show to The Chicago Theatre to kick off the 2012 edition of the TBS JUST FOR LAUGHS CHICAGO Comedy Festival.
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TBS JUST FOR LAUGHS CHICAGO is proud to announce that Adam Sandler will make a special appearance to introduce an advance screening of his new movie That’s My Boy at the Kerasotes Showplace ICON on Thursday, June 14.
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