NETWORK NEWS NBC has set Feb 6, 2014, as Jay Leno’s last night as Tonight Show host. That’s just ahead of the Winter Olympics, which would allow Jimmy Fallon to get some extra attention during the games......ABC will air the first Disney-Pixar special for television, Toy Story of Terror, on Wed 10/16 from 8-8:30PM. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen reprise their roles as Woody and Buzz......Amber Tamblyn, formerly of Joan of Arcadia, will have a recurring role as Charlie Harper’s illegitimate daughter on Two and a Half Men this fall. The 11th season of 2-1/2 premieres on Thurs 9/26 at 9:30PM...... CBS continues to use comedy reruns to fill in holes on its summer schedule. 2-1/2 gets an extra airing at 8PM on Thurs 8/29 and Mike & Molly will air an episode at 8PM on Sat 8/31......Despite being blacked out on Time Warner systems in some major markets, Face the Nation was the leading Sunday Morning talk show on 8/4, with 2.83 million total viewers and 782,000 25- 54s. ABC’s This Week was second, NBC’s Meet the Press was third and Fox News Sunday trailed. It should be noted though that cable replays of Fox News Sunday brought total delivery up from 1.15 million on broadcast to 2.114 million......TV Week notes that while interest in morning shows has been focussed on Good Morning America and the Today Show, it’s actually Univision’s Despierta America (Wake Up America), that has been growing the most. It’s up 26% season-to-date in 18-49s, now averaging 441,000 viewers, while the English- language morning shows are generally flat or down.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:45:19 +0000
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