ABC’s primetime telecast of the 2022 NBA Draft notched a 0.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demo Thursday, while a repeat of Young Sheldon on CBS was the night’s highest-rated scripted show.
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The suspicious death of a six-year-old profiled by ABC newsmag 20/20 and the WWE Friday Night SmackDown shared top demo honors as viewers begin to ease into summer.
In the warmup to this weekend’s wrestling PPV and Peacock event Hell in a Cell, the WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown on Fox came in with a 0.4, continuing its dominance on Friday nights.
At ABC, an exclusive interview with convicted murderer Laura Day was on tap for 20/20. She maintains that her six-year-old stepson’s drowning death at a Texas beach was an accident. But it’s now come out that she had other criminal incidents in her past, casting doubt on her story. The story was preceded by a Shark Tank rerun.
CBS had a new Come Dance with Me reality competition tapped to an 0.2, trailed by reruns of crime dramas Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods.
NBC weighed in a rerun of the special American Ninja Warrior All-Star Spectacular, with a new Dateline examined the “sinister betrayal” of an 18-year-old murder victim in Virginia. The newsmag scored an 0.3.
The CW is bidding farewell to Charmed next week, with its penultimate episode racking up a 0.1. Trailing Dynasty had a virtually invisible 0.0.
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ABC’s primetime telecast of the 2022 NBA Draft notched a 0.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demo Thursday, while a repeat of Young Sheldon on CBS was the night’s highest-rated scripted show.
Diana Trujillo, a Cali, Colombia native with a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland in College Park.Trujillo also studied at the University of Florida and graduated from Miami-Dade College in Florida and the NASA Academy at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. In addition to Diana, NASA’s newest team includes Heidi Brewer, Ronak Dave, Chris Dobbins, Garrett Hehn, Nicole McElroy, and Elias Myrmo.According to the independent agency of the U.S.
‘Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip’ is coming back for a new series. Gordon Ramsay, Fred Sirieix and Gino D’Acampo are to reunite for a new season of their ITV travel show, despite previous concerns that Gordon's schedule might be too full due to the celebrity chef being a “victim of his own success”. A source told The Sun newspaper's TV Biz column: “He is something of a victim of his own success at the moment, and he has so much on it’s tricky fitting it all in.
WWE Chairman/CEO Vince McMahon was a winner and a loser this week.
2. Star WARS is literally in our nameThe franchise’s defense of LGBTQ characters comes as the brand was celebrating Pride month by releasing special covers of its comics during “a time dedicated to uplifting, honoring, and supporting the LGBTQIA+ community’s impact in the world.”The variant covers were “created by LGBTQIA+ artists and showcases LGBTQIA+ characters of the galaxy, featuring trade dress with a rainbow burst and a classic logo with a rainbow trail.” Celebrate #PrideMonth with Jan Bazaldua’s incredible cover for Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #24, out today! More info here: https://t.co/TgLG4au6Bhpic.twitter.com/G82ZFiOYndThe pushback on anti-LGBTQ rhetoric also follows Chris Evans’ defense of ’s inclusion of a gay kiss between two married female characters, which has resulted in the animated film being banned in certain countries. “Every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up, the American story, the human story is one of constant social awakening and growth and that’s what makes us good,” Evans told .
Prince Harry has reportedly seen the "curtain come down" on any possibility of harmony between him, his wife Meghan Markle and the rest of his family, after a meeting with his father Prince Charles whilst he was in the UK. Prince Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, and their children, Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, made the transatlantic trip from their home in Montecito, California for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations just over a week ago. According to reports, the Duke and Duchess were hoping for a peace meeting with Prince Charles whilst they were in the UK, however a royal expert reported that there were "no touchy feely" vibes coming from the 73 year old first-in-line to the throne.
The National Basketball Assn. topped Friday’s ratings by a healthy margin, the game coming in with a 2.3 and 7.95 million viewers in the early results. Those numbers may go up when finalized.
Scottish stars Sam Heughan and Ncuti Gatwa are being honoured at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's graduation ceremony next month.
EXCLUSIVE: Scarlett Johansson’s new movie, My Mother’s Wedding, that’s also Kristin Scott Thomas’ feature directorial debut has added BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Sienna Miller, SAG ensemble winner Freida Pinto and Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Emily Beecham. Cameras are currently rolling, Deadline hears.
Angelique Jackson In its 26th year, the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is more star-studded than ever, with a robust lineup of Black film and television stars and creators.After two years of COVID-related pivots, the festival returns to South Beach in Miami for a five-day engagement full of special screenings, panel discussions and events celebrating the Black film and television community. Among the talent joining ABFF festival ambassador Issa Rae, who will debut her new HBO Max series “Rap Sh!t” at the festival are Chanté Adams, Yahya Abdul- Mateen II, Kenya Barris, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Ben Crump, Michael Ealy, DeVon Franklin, Kasi Lemmons, Judge Greg Mathis, LisaRaye McCoy, Kyla Pratt, Trevante Rhodes, Kendrick Sampson, Robin Thede, Judge Lynn Toler, Susan Kelechi Watson and Salli Richardson Whitfield, among many others.
Top Gun: Maverick star Miles Teller has spoken about performing stunts while shooting the film, saying that he thought he was “going to die” during one particular moment.Teller, who plays Lieutenant Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw in the new film, was one of a number of actors to undergo a five-month training course delivered by co-star Tom Cruise to prepare them for the G-forces they would experience while filming scenes in planes.Of one scene, shot in an F-18 Hornet jet, Teller told LADBible: “I think when there’s that much adrenaline and a healthy bit of fear, I was able to hold [vomit] down. I guess that’s a secret skill I have.”“If anything I think it made me really appreciate how nice it is not to have to, you know, go 500 knots an hour all the time,” he said of his new appreciation for commercial flights.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is telling investors to batten down the hatches, as the Ukraine war and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy are potentially creating an economic hurricane.
Top Gun: Maverick has brought in a huge box office haul on its opening weekend.The sequel to 1986’s Top Gun, which sees Tom Cruise return as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, has already taken $248million (£196million) worldwide since its release on Friday (May 27).Of those takings, $151million (£119million) were in the US, with the film screening at a record-breaking 4,732 cinemas, the most for any film on its first weekend.This makes Maverick the highest-grossing opening for a non-superhero film since the COVID-19 pandemic began, as well as the first Cruise film to go over the $100million (£79million) mark on opening weekend.It sits behind last year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ($206million/£162million), Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness ($148million/£116million) and The Batman ($106million/£83million).While Cruise returns for the blockbuster, original stars Kelly McGillis (Charlie Blackwood) and Meg Ryan (Carole Bradshaw) are both absent from the film.Explaining the decision not to include the characters, director Joseph Kosinski told Insider: “Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around.“I didn’t want every storyline to always be looking backwards.
Outlander star Sam Heughan was back in the capital this week as he paid a visit to one of the city's top restaurants.