Law & Order: Organized Crime’s fifth season will also premiere on NBC on April 17, with the rest of the season to stream on Peacock.
Major news in Miami: Berkshire Hathaway’s WPLG is ending the ABC affiliation after decades in August, aiming to be a news-intensive indie station. Sunbeam’s WSVN, currently with Fox, will be picking up the network on a subchannel.
The final episodes of the show are set to air in June. CBS says it won’t replace After Midnight with new programming in the 12:35 a.m. slot next season. Whether the network keeps that hour or returns it to local stations hasn’t been determined yet.
Australian actress Mabel Li (New Gold Mountain, Safe Home) will play Aunt Vidala, a stern disciplinarian and the heir-apparent to the women’s sphere of Gilead.
The Trump administration plans to present Congress with cuts to most funding for public media late this month, according to news reports, setting the stage for a showdown when lawmakers return from a recess on April 28.
UPDATE 25/4: The Snake will premiere on FOX on Tuesday, June 10.
CBS is claiming an early victory on the 2024-25 television season as it races toward the finish line as the most-watched broadcast network for the 17th consecutive season.
Per Nielsen “Most Current” data, CBS has been averaging 4.99M viewers in primetime this season after seven days of viewing, excluding sports, which puts it at a 14% increase year-over-year. Season-to-date, CBS boasts the top seven shows on broadcast, including Tracker at No. 1, averaging 10.84M viewers per episode.
NBCUniversal started another round of layoffs earlier today, as revealed by Deadline.
It appears that its unscripted teams were the hardest hit with this latest round of redundancies with at least two SVPS on the reality side impacted as well as a number working across NBC, Peacock and Bravo.