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Nikki Glaser on Golden Globes Host Prep and Roasting Ted Sarandos and Billionaires: ‘I Never Worry About Offending Them’

Comedian Nikki Glaser earned high marks last year for her inaugural run as host of the Golden Globe Awards — striking the right balance between skewering and celebrating Hollywood. And it...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years Due to Trump Eliminating Funding

Less than a year after the Trump administration and Congress voted to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity — which helped fund the operations of local public TV and...

‘Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ Scores Best Ratings In Four Years

ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” once again bested the ball-dropping competition, averaging 18.8 million viewers during its key 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. time slot according...

MTV Didn’t Shut Down on New Year’s Eve, Despite Social Media Posts — but the Music Left a Long Time Ago

You’ve probably seen a variation of this news on social media over the past few days: MTV officially shut down on New Year’s Eve, ending their final broadcast the same way...

‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ Kicked Off a Big Year for TV Specials

Believe it or not, two of broadcast TV’s biggest events aren’t even in primetime. They also happen to pretty much bookend the year: ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve With...

The 100 Most-Watched Telecasts of 2025: Super Bowl, ‘Tracker,’ ’60 Minutes’ and the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season Finale

RankPROGRAM (NETWORK)VIEWERS DATE AIRED1.Super Bowl LIX: Philadelphia vs. Kansas City (Fox)126,659,0002/9/20252.AFC Championship: Kansas City vs. Buffalo (CBS)57,766,0001/26/20253.AFC Divisional Playoff: Buffalo vs. Baltimore (CBS)     43,135,0001/19/20254.NFC Playoff: Washington vs. Detroit (Fox)35,017,0001/18/20255.World Series Game 7: Los...

Top-Rated Television Networks: Ranking 2025’s Winners and Losers

What a difference a Super Bowl makes. Last year, Fox was down double digits in Variety‘s year-end ranker of the year’s most-watched networks in primetime. But in 2025, Fox had the...

NBC to Air ‘Stumble’ Episodes on Mondays Next Month (EXCLUSIVE)

NBC is ending its linear run of Peacock’s “The Paper” earlier than expected. Instead, starting on Jan. 5, NBC will air episodes of its freshman comedy “Stumble” in the Monday at...

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