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...

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 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...

Emmy-winning producer Bill Bracken, whose credits include “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” and the Disney+ live concert special “Grace for the World: Live from St. Peters Square,” has joined Dick Clark Productions...

After roaming the world with Expedia, Jeff Tobler is coming home to the warm comforts of television. Variety has learned that Tobler has been tapped by Universal Television Entertainment to return...

CBS has ordered the pilot “Regency,” from “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon” alum Tara Hernandez, to be put into consideration for the 2026-2027 TV season. The multi-camera sitcom, from...

Tony Award nominee Fina Strazza has been added to the cast of Amy Poehler, Mike Schur and J.J. Philbin’s upcoming Peacock comedy “Dig.” She’ll star opposite a previously announced cast including...

The long-awaited Season 14 return of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” is just a few weeks away, and Variety can exclusively reveal three more costumes: Eggplant, Owl and “14 Karat Carrot” (yes,...