TV News Roundup: April 18, 2014

SNL 40th Anniversary:
NBC has set the air date to celebrate SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's 40th anniversary. The festivities will go off on February 15, 2015.

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More FACE OFF:
SyFy has renewed the competition series FACE OFF for a seventh season.

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AMERICAN IDOL May Have 2 More Years:
Ryan Seacrest is near to completing a deal to remain as host of AMERICAN IDOL for two more years. If FOX want home for two more, that means IDOL will be on FOX that much longer.

Broadcast Finals for April 17, 2014

SCANDAL's season finale helped push ABC to a victory sweep in the Thursday night ratings as the third year drama collected 10.6 million viewers and was the night's #1 program in the A18-49 ratings, with a 3.4. this was the best ratings SCANDAL has gotten since the series premiere, back in September.

Broadcast Finals for April 16, 2014

It was a mostly repeat filled night by the broadcast networks as 58% of the combined schedules featured encore episodes. Only FOX and The CW, with just two hours each, featured repeat free nights. FOX took full advantage of the weaker competition as it won the night in both total viewers and young adults.

TV News Roundup: April 17, 2014

MLB.TV Games on Chromecast:
If you have a premium subscription for MLB.TV, which features every out50of market game, you can now watch via your Chromcast device. Now, instead of watching the Yankees vs Red Sox on your 5"smart phone, you can enjoy the game on your 50" HDTV.

Primetime Cable Ratings: April 16, 2014

Unlike last Wednesday, there was More than one series of original programming, in the top 10, but AMERICAN PICKERS is still the most watched show. The reality series hauled in 3.6 million viewers, one million more than the #2 show, THE BIG BANG THEORY.

CW Summer Premiere Dates Released

The CW has released the premiere dates to it's 2014 summer series. a total of seven series will air new programming over the summer, including the USA premiere of the PEN & TELLER series FOOL US.

Preliminary Ratings: Wednesday 04/16/14

It was a mostly repeat filled night by the broadcast networks as 58% of the combined schedules featured encore episodes. Only FOX and The CW, with just two hours each, featured repeat free nights. FOX took full advantage of the weaker competition as it won the night in both total viewers and young adults.

TV News Roundup: April 16 - 2014

THE AMERICANS get 13 More:
The great FX drama series THE AMERICANS has been renewed for a 13 episodes, third season. The season season of the series is currently airing on FX, on Wednesday Nights.