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Disney+ has struck a unique content-swap deal with the British streamer Itvx. Who would make a good partner for it here in the US?

There’s one thing that giant entertainment companies don’t do all that well: share. Just take a look at the ongoing legal scrap between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery over “South Park” for evidence; companies are desperate for intellectual property that will keep their customers watching their channels and streaming services, and that doesn’t leave a lot of room for cooperation. Across the pond, however, the spirit of collaboration appears to be growing, as evidenced by a new deal between Disney and the British TV channel ITV to share streaming content. That agreement prompted The Streamable to wonder which services could make good partners for Disney+ here in the United States.

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Streaming-only customers are getting more and more access to the NFL. But that doesn’t mean it’s getting any cheaper to watch.

With the 2025 NFL schedule now officially released, it’s time to start thinking about how fans will watch games. There will be streaming-exclusive NFL contests once again in 2025, and international games will take the league to Brazil, Ireland, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The Streamable knows it’s getting harder and more confusing to watch every game, and we’re here to help. We’ll break down the cheapest way to stream every single game of the 2025 NFL season below, so you have all the help we can provide in determining the best way to watch.

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From originals like The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to FX series like the hit comedy English Teacher, Hulu has become one of the top streaming services to watch thousands of critically-acclaimed and fan favorite shows. And while a Hulu subscription has always been a relative bargain at $9.99 a month, the streamer is now one of the best places to watch live TV online thanks to its Hulu + Live TV plan.

Disney will be launching their new sports streaming service called “ESPN” this fall. It will be priced at $29.99 per month and will offer fans unprecedented access to all ESPN programming and live sporting events. The simple “ESPN” name is meant to streamline branding amid a crowded digital marketplace.

Subscribers will gain access to a complete slate of ESPN content, including all live games broadcast across ESPN’s family of networks, such as ESPN2, SEC Network, and ESPN on ABC. Additionally, the service includes extensive studio shows, documentaries, fantasy sports offerings, and new sports betting integrations.

Will there be a discount if you bundle?

Yes.

In an attractive package deal, Disney will bundle the new ESPN service with its other streaming platforms—Disney+ and Hulu. Customers can bundle all three services, with ads, for only $35.99 per month. As an introductory offer, users who subscribe to the bundled package at launch will...

Sports are becoming the bane of our existence these days.

We’ve already lamented that NBC’s acquisition of basketball has decimated most of its scripted programming, to our abject horror and disgust.

However, things are a bit brighter on ABC’s 2025 Fall schedule, which includes scripted programming. We’ll just have to ignore the pesky football effect on two of the network’s heaviest hitters.

(Disney/Tina Thorpe) Football and Reality TV Dominate

Once again, ABC will be airing Monday Night Football, so the network loses out on primetime scripting for a full night.

It’s worked to their advantage, though, and they’re able to stack the rest of the week with some of its best programming.

Tuesdays, for example, will feature the hit competition series Dancing with the Stars, and Wednesday will see the business-geared reality TV hit Shark Tank switch over from Friday night, getting a...

High Potential – ABCÕs ÒHigh PotentialÓ stars Kaitlin Olson as Morgan. (Disney/Pamela Littky) Get ready to dive into another knockout season of TV! ABC just rolled out its primetime lineup for fall 2025, and they’re clearly riding the momentum. After topping the charts as the leading multiplatform network, ABC continues to set the pace — sweeping all five top spots among Adults 18-49 last season. Leading the charge are fan favorites like the breakout hit High Potential, the hilarious and heartwarming Abbott Elementary, the action-packed The Rookie, the intense 9-1-1, and the charming new comedy Shifting Gears. But the love doesn’t stop there! ABC boasts an impressive nine of the top 20 programs in the demo, including the gripping Will Trent, the enduring Grey’s Anatomy, the dazzling Dancing with the Stars, and the always dramatic The Bachelor. So, what can you look forward to this fall on ABC? Mondays: Get ready for some football!

ABC sets fall 2025 primetime schedule (Photo Credits: ABC)

ABC’s fall 2025 primetime lineup looks a lot like its 2024 fall schedule. The network’s coming off a season where it claimed all five of the top spots against its competition in the coveted adults 18 to 49 demographic. High Potential took the #1 spot, followed by Abbott Elementary, The Rookie, 9-1-1, and Shifting Gears.

“ABC dominated this season in multiplatform ratings, which are the most relevant metrics that reflect how audiences are consuming television today,” said Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group. “We are meeting viewers where they are, and this achievement really highlights our strategic approach and commitment to creative excellence. Looking ahead, we’re all about maintaining stability, delivering quality, and driving innovation, with new shows and returning favorites from some of the industry’s top creators and biggest stars.”

Dancing with the Stars and High Potential will return in their...

The ABC fall 2025 schedule has been announced and includes Monday Night Football, the new spinoff 9-1-1: Nashville, and more. “ABC dominated this season in multiplatform ratings, which are the most relevant metrics that reflect how audiences are consuming television today,” said Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group.

“We are meeting viewers where they are, and this achievement really highlights our strategic approach and commitment to creative excellence. Looking ahead, we’re all about maintaining stability, delivering quality, and driving innovation, with new shows and returning favorites from some of the industry’s top creators and biggest stars.”

ABC will air ESPN’s Monday Night Football on most Monday nights. A detailed schedule will be announced later this week.

After a record-breaking season where it ranked as the No. 1 entertainment series in Adults 18-49 in Live+Same Day ratings for the first time in its history, Dancing with the Stars...

A sound technician with ESPN helps produce a telecast of a football game.

Executives at ESPN have revealed the price point for the sports brand’s forthcoming streaming service that will offer its live cable networks through the Internet: $30 per month.

The service, launching later this year through the ESPN app for phones, tablets and smart TVs, will offer ESPN’s complete multiplex cable package — ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPNews, SEC Network, Acc Network and ESPN Deportes — along with access to streaming services ESPN Plus, ESPN 3, SEC Network Plus and Acc Nx, the company revealed.

When it debuts, it will be the first time that ESPN is offered beyond a traditional pay TV package or outside a “skinny” cable bundle launched by a pay TV distributor.

“We are providing everything ESPN has to offer directly to fans and all in one place,” Jimmy Pitaro, the Chairman of ESPN, said in a statement.

ABC has released their Fall 2025 schedule, and there’s some noteworthy things to point out!

First, there’s no Doctor Odyssey on the schedule. The Ryan Murphy series stars Joshua Jackson, and is one of the only ABC shows that has no renewal or cancellation update at this time.

This year, the series aired on Thursdays, but it looks like the new 9-1-1 spinoff set in Nashville will be taking that spot.

“It’s not currently on our schedule. We’re continuing to have creative conversations with Ryan, and we’ll talk to him about what the next chapter looks like,” Disney Television Group president Craig Erwich told THR. “Ryan’s really busy, but we’ll continue to talk.”

In addition, ABC confirmed that Will Trent and The Rookie will both, once again, debut in the midseason. High Potential, ABC’s other big show, will remain on Tuesday nights in the fall.

ABC is keeping things stable next fall, making only a handful of tweaks to a schedule that mostly looks similar to last year’s lineup. That means just one new series has been added to the mix so far — “9-1-1: Nashville,” which will easily slide into the Thursday 9 p.m. slot behind mother ship “9-1-1.”

“Our strategy over the past few years has to been really focused on launching just a few shows every year, and it’s borne out,” said Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group, pointing to the success last season of freshmen “High Potential” and “Shifting Gears,” and before that, “Will Trent.”

“We don’t want to make a lot of moves, because I think it can be confusing, and it really works against focus and stability. So we were able really platform a few shows. ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ obviously will be a big priority for us.

ABC on Tuesday became the fourth and final broadcast network (following CBS, NBC and Fox) to unveil its schedule for the Fall TV season. What shows are on the move, where did new ones land, and what’s on hold until midseason?

The Big Moves

♦ The Rookie and Will Trent are on hold until 2026. As was the case last fall, Dancing With the Stars will lead off Tuesdays — meet the first contestant! — followed by Season 2 of High Potential.

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The second season of “The Golden Bachelor” and new spinoff series “9-1-1: Nashville” will lead ABC’s 2025-26 schedule.

The second installment of “The Golden Bachelor,” which follows NFL alum Mel Owens, will air Wednesdays at 9 p.m., following new episodes of “Shifting Gears” and “Abbott Elementary” this fall. After the reality series, ABC will usher in a new time slot for “Shark Tank,” which moves from its previous Friday spot to air Wednesdays at 10 p.m.

Disney Television Group president Craig Erwich told TheWrap the Wednesday 10 p.m. timeslot has had recent success in the past year but has had several shows cycle through, so they wanted what he calls a “signature show” in the hour. “Shark Tank” is “a show that’s beloved, that the audience knows where to find it, that the audience will seek it out.” Erwich also noted it will offer a strong lead-in for local news at 11 p.

Ryan Murphy will keep his hold on ABC’s Thursday 8 Pm – 10 Pm stretch next season with the first 9-1-1 franchise block in three and a half years, while reality veteran Shark Tank is moving to a new night after 15 seasons on Friday and Sunday. The Golden Bachelor also is back in a new time slot on the network’s fall 2025 schedule, which features one new series, spinoff 9-1-1: Nashville starring Chris O’Donnell.

Here is the schedule, which Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group, said is “about maintaining stability.” It does not include two of ABC’s top dramas, The Rookie and Will Trent, slated again for a midseason return alongside High Potential on Tuesday. The fall lineup is followed by analysis — with input from Erwich on benching of The Rookie and Will Trent and moving Shark Tank — and more details about the latest 9-1-1 offshoot.

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The service may not be worth leaving cable for, and that’s likely exactly the way ESPN wants it.

After months of speculation, new details about the forthcoming ESPN streaming service are available at last. The streamer will be called ESPN, and will have all the content found on the ESPN family of linear channels. The price of $30 per month has also been revealed for the new streamer, and we’ll discuss whether or not it’s really worth the money at that cost below.

Key Details: Bundle and save: The new ESPN streaming service will be available at a discount as part of the Disney Bundle. Watch what you want: Viewers can continue to receive only the programming now available on ESPN+ for $12 per month. Worth cutting the cord?: ESPN doesn’t want a massive number of current viewers to leave the cable bundle for its new streamer.

With the streamers offering a wide range of sports content previously found only on linear channels, do the new streamers give fans reason to cut the cord?

Sports fans across the United States will have new ways to watch their favorite leagues and teams this fall. ESPN is launching its new streaming service ahead of the 2025 football season, and Fox’s will arrive around the same time. Both services will carry a wide range of sports that were not previously available outside of a cable, satellite, or live TV streaming subscription, which makes us wonder whether or not sports fans really need to keep their pay-tv plans once the services launch.

Key Details: Easy access: This fall will mark the first time all domestic NFL games are available outside the pay-tv bundle. Bundle and save?: Bundle opportunities with Peacock and Paramount+ would be highly advantageous for fans and content owners.

For as far back as memory goes, Monday has been synonymous with drama on the Fox schedule. Some of the network’s signature series of the last couple of decades like 24, House, Prison Break and 9-1-1 have called the night home for all or significant portion of their run. That will change this coming fall when Monday night will go unscripted in a non-strike year with Name That Tune and Celebrity Weakest Link, leaving Tuesday night as the only night featuring live-action scripted programming on the network.

“Thematically, our goal for Fox is to deliver entertainment that speaks to our strengths. Irreverent. Fun And a place where comedy and emotional connectivity run throughout our schedule,” Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade said during the network’s pre-upfront press call Sunday.

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The National Football League (NFL) is weighing the idea of giving YouTube the exclusive streaming rights to a rare Friday football game during the league’s opening weekend later this year.

The game would stream during Week 1, the opening week for football, according to a report from the New York Times, which said YouTube “has emerged as the heavy favorite to stream its first exclusive NFL game on Friday of the opening week,” based on information provided by unnamed sources.

“The deal would represent another landmark agreement between the league and a behemoth digital platform that is redefining how fans watch games,” the New York Times said.

Typically, the NFL week begins with “Thursday Night Football” and concludes days later with “Monday Night Football.” Rarely is a regular season game played on Fridays, though the league has allowed some media rights holders...

ABC is feeling very confident when it comes to its slate of reality television. The network has renewed Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Shark Tank, and America's Funniest Home Videos. These titles have entertained audiences for many years, with Celebrity Jeopardy! headlining the group as the latest addition to the roster. No premiere dates have been established for the new seasons of reality television that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats with amusing contests and unpredictable investment pitches. These four titles are only a fraction of what ABC is working on for their reality television department.

Celebrity Jeopardy! brings to the screen the concept audiences have come to know and love for years while allowing famous people to participate in the competition. Ken Jennings is the current host of show. Mayim Bialik presented the competition during the first season of the series, but the Big Bang Theory...

You can bet Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins can’t wait to get their 2023 season started so they can safely put Tagovailoa’s concussion history behind them and enter the conversation as a true Super Bowl contender. Here’s the good news: the wait is almost over. The 2023 Miami Dolphins NFL season kicks off Sunday, Sept. 10 at 4:25 p.m. Et against the Los Angeles Chargers.

There won’t be any Dolphins games available to stream on ESPN+ as the schedule stands now. ESPN+ will carry an even dozen “Monday Night Football” simulcasts, but the Dolphins Week 14 contest against the Tennessee Titans will not be among them.

To watch the 2023 Miami Dolphins, you’ll need a live TV streaming service that carries CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC and NFL Network. Check below for a comparison of each!

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President Joe Biden’s Israel-Hamas address landed in the top 10 most-watched broadcast programs of the week.

While the Oval Office speech scored nearly 22 million total viewers as it aired on Thursday night across six broadcast channels and three cable news networks, the ABC telecast of the speech, which ran from 8 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Et drew in 4.65 million viewers, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures. The address on ABC, which addressed both the Hamas attacks and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, ranked as the seventh most-watched program of the week among all other weeknight primetime programming from last Friday to this Thursday, per TheWrap’s weekly broadcast TV ratings breakdown.

The telecast on ABC drew in a higher total viewership than that of the first hour of Tuesday’s episode of NBC’s “The Voice,” which scored the No. 8 spot on the list with 4.34 million viewers. It also won...

Snoop Dogg appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night and confirmed once and for all that he knows the most drug dealers of anyone on the planet. Host Jimmy Kimmel asked Snoop about the time Mike Epps enlisted the rapper to help him find weed in Iceland and Snoop confirmed that, yes, he know someone who knows someone in almost every country.

“Well, last time I checked I was the plug to your plug,” Snoop said. “I’m the connect. It’s good to have friends that have friends that...

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“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” ranked as the most-watched late night show in the demo for its second week back on the air, TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

The ABC show delivered the highest ratings score in the key 18-49 broadcast demo among last week’s late-night shows, averaging a 0.20 rating during the week of Monday, Oct. 9, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day figures.

Kimmel’s 0.20 rating exceeded that of NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” by 11% as it scored a 0.18 rating, as well as CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” by 18%, which averaged a 0.17 rating in the demo.

Monday night’s episode, which benefited from the NFL lead-in from ABC’s “Monday Night Football,” locked down a 0.33 rating in the demo, marking the highest-rated late night telecast so far this season.

Netflix is taking a swing at live sports.

The streamer, which has mounted a few live events in the past year, has set its first live sports event — one that also reinforces the company brand. Netflix will stage a nine-hole golf match, which it’s calling the Netflix Cup, and will feature athletes familiar to viewers of two of the streamer’s docuseries, Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Full Swing.

Formula 1 drivers Alex Albon, Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz will be paired with PGA Tour golfers Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas for the match, which is set for Nov. 14 at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas. The location and timing aren’t incidental: The match will kick off the events leading up to F1’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix on Nov. 18.

“We love to see how our sports series have...

Patrick Duffy is paying tribute to his former Step By Step costar Suzanne Somers following the news of her death on Sunday.

“As with everyone who knew her, I was stunned yesterday by the news that my dear and deep friend Suzanne had passed,” began Duffy in a statement to People. “For that brief moment it was unbelievable. But indeed she has passed. She beautifully passed through my life on this leg of her endless journey. My task now is to remain on the roadside as she continues on.”

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Wheel of Time fans likely will be waiting a while for Season 3 — the Prime Video adaptation’s first two seasons premiered 20 months apart — but until then, showrunner Rafe Judkins has offered up several teasers to chew on.

For starters, during a Saturday appearance at the TV series’ New York Comic Con panel, Judkins revealed that Season 3 will focus primarily on the storylines from Book Four (The Shadow Rising) of Robert Jordan’s series of novels, with a sprinkling of elements from Book Five (The Fires of Heaven).

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Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks are ready to get back to action! The team opens the 2023 NFL regular season on Sunday, Sept. 10 at home with a matchup against the Los Angeles Rams.

Currently, there are no Seahawks games scheduled to appear on Hulu. Hulu does occasionally simulcast a sporting event appearing live on ESPN, and though the Seahawks do play one “Monday Night Football” game on that channel this season, there are no current plans to stream it on Hulu at the same time.

To see every Seahawks game of this season, you’ll need a live TV streaming service that carries CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC and ABC. Check below for a comparison of each!

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You can bet that Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks can’t wait to get their 2023 NFL season started after a year that saw Smith put up career bests in key areas like passing yards, touchdowns (30), and interceptions (11). Oh – and he did it at the ripe age of 32. Here’s the good news: the wait is almost over. The 2023 Seattle Seahawks NFL season kicks off Sunday, Sept. 10 at 4:25 p.m. Et against the Los Angeles Rams.

There won’t be any Seahawks games available to stream on ESPN+ as the schedule stands now. ESPN+ will carry an even dozen “Monday Night Football” simulcasts, but the Seahawks Week 4 contest against the New York Giants will not be among them.

To watch the 2023 Seattle Seahawks, you’ll need a live TV streaming service that carries CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC and ABC. Check below for a comparison of each!

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Josh Jacobs, Jimmy Garoppolo and the rest of the Las Vegas Raiders have waited long enough this offseason to get back to action, and so have their fans! The 2023 Las Vegas Raiders season starts Sunday, Sept. 10 at 4:25 p.m. Et against the Denver Broncos.

There won’t be any Raiders games available to stream on ESPN+ as the schedule stands now. ESPN+ will carry an even dozen “Monday Night Football” simulcasts, but neither the Raiders’ Week 5 contest against the Green Bay Packers nor their week 8 game against the Detroit Lions will be among them.

To watch the 2023 Las Vegas Raiders, you’ll need a live TV streaming service that carries CBS, Fox, NBC and ABC or ESPN. Check below for a comparison of each!

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The Las Vegas Raiders are ready to get back to action! The team opens the 2023 NFL regular season on Sunday, Sept. 10 in an away game against the Denver Broncos at 4:25 p.m. Et from Empower Field at Mile High.

Currently, there are no Raiders games scheduled to appear on Hulu. Hulu does occasionally simulcast a sporting event appearing live on ESPN, and though the Raiders do play two “Monday Night Football” games on that channel this season, there are no current plans to stream it on Hulu at the same time.

To see every Raiders game of this season, you’ll need a live TV streaming service that carries CBS, Fox, NBC and ABC or ESPN. The good news is, there are plenty available to choose from!

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Updated: The San Francisco 49ers defeat of the Dallas Cowboys is without a doubt the talk of the town for Week 5 of the NFL regular season.

Sunday night’s matchup on NBC drew 24.3M viewers on linear TV — which rose to 26.3M when streaming viewership was factored in. That was by far the most-watched game of the week and, in fact, is the most-watched Week 5 NBC Sunday Night Football game since the program began in 2006.

This marks the third time NBC has taken the top spot this regular season.

CBS took second place with the NFL national window, broadcasting the Chiefs-Vikings in most markets. About 23M people tuned in to watch another Chiefs victory, boosting CBS to its best five-week start in more than two decades.

Earlier in the day, CBS only managed to draw about 12.6M viewers for the Pittsburgh Steelers win over the Baltimore Ravens (in a...

If you haven’t jumped on NFL+ yet, you can get one heck of a good deal on the football-focused streamer as long as you act quickly. The service is offering annual plans for 50% off until October 9.

7-Day Free Trial $24.99+/year www.nfl.com/plus Deal Ends October 9

Subscribers can choose between two plans. The standard NFL+ plan is $24.99/year (down from $49.99), and it allows you to watch live, local, and primetime regular and postseason games on your phone and tablet. You can use those devices plus your TV and computer to access NFL Network, live game audio, NFL Films’ on-demand content, and more.

If you choose NFL+ Premium, that’s $49.99/year (down from $99.99). You’ll get everything listed above and the ability to watch NFL RedZone on your TV, PC, phone, and tablet. This level also unlocks full, condensed and all-22 coaches film replays, all ad-free.

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Dick Butkus, the ferocious Chicago Bears middle linebacker who brought his reputation as an NFL barbarian to Hollywood for Miller Lite commercials, sitcoms and films, has died. He was 80.

A member of the Screen Actors Guild for more than four decades, Butkus died peacefully in his sleep overnight at his home in Malibu, his family announced Thursday.

From 1987-89, Butkus had a recurring role as cafe owner Ed Klawicki on My Two Dads, an NBC sitcom about two single men (Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan) raising a teenage daughter (Staci Keanan).

Butkus joined the NBC Saturday morning series Hang Time in 1998 as old-school Deering High Tornados basketball coach Mike Katowinski, taking over for former NBA star Reggie Theus, and he worked on that show for its final three seasons.

Earlier, Butkus was a regular on two short-lived, light-hearted network dramas: ABC’s Blue Thunder, which featured Dana Carvey and a gadget-filled helicopter,...

Tgl, Tiger and Rory’s answer to Liv Golf, officially has a new media home — the ESPN family of networks. Today, ESPN and Tgl announced a partnership that would feature golf programming across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+.

The inaugural Tgl match will air on ESPN and ESPN+ in prime time on Tuesday, Jan. 9, the night after the College Football Playoff National Championship. The second match will air the following week on Tuesday, Jan. 16, the night after ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” NFL Wild Card game. All remaining matches will air on either ESPN or ESPN2 and simulcast on ESPN+. Expect plenty of cross-promotion between the league and ESPN’s high-profile broadcasts.

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“Innovation and creativity are core to our ESPN mission and Tgl will bring those tenets to life for golf fans,” ESPN EVP Rosalyn Durant said. “Tgl is going to be a two-hour...

Exclusive: Late-night is back and it seems viewers missed it.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! posted its most-watched season premiere in six years for Monday’s return.

But more significantly for Kimmel was the fact that, per Nielsen Live+Same Day numbers, he beat his competition. The ABC show ranked as the night’s number one late-night show in both total viewers and adults 18-49, helped on the east coast by Monday Night Football.

The show recorded 2.27M total viewers, which was 5% above CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which was watched by 2.16M and NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which was watched by 1.48M.

In the demo, Kimmel recorded a 0.33 rating, which was above The Tonight Show’s 0.19 and The Late Show’s 0.16.

It’s too early to tell whether it marks a sea change in late-night as Kimmel has recently been the number two show behind The Late Show,...

The contentious relationship between pay-tv providers and media companies isn’t getting any better as the evolution from traditional linear viewing to streaming accelerates. On the heels of multiple carriage and retransmission disagreements, the latest dispute is of a different breed. When Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it would be bringing CNN branded news programming to its flagship streaming service Max, it raised a lot of the questions that onlookers had with the ill-fated CNN+ in 2022. Namely, how do you bring the live news coverage that viewers expect from the CNN brand without infringing on the carriage agreements that you have with cable, satellite, and live TV streaming services?

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Initially, when Max made the announcement, the assumption was that the vast majority of programming would be original and exclusive to Max, with a...

Some of the first shows to go dark at the start of the writers strike were among the first to make their returns Monday.

Network late night shows resumed Monday night, five months to the day after they closed up shop when the Writers Guild of America went on strike. With a tentative agreement in hand, the guild called an end to the strike last week, which allowed ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, CBS’ Late Show With Stephen Colbert and NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night With Seth Meyers to start up again. (HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver resumed over the weekend.)

All four hosts opened their shows with expressions of gratitude for the WGA’s new contract. In a pre-taped cold open, Colbert pretended to be on a rowboat at sea when a dolphin informed him the strike had ended with,...

You just can’t keep those Manning brothers down. Peyton and Eli Manning have returned for another season of their special alternative “Monday Night Football” broadcast, known informally as the ManningCast. The pair are back on Monday, Oct. 2 at 8:15 p.m. for a matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants on ESPN2. You can see the Mannings and all their special ManningCast guests this evening with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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The Seattle Seahawks enter this game with a 2-1 record, having notched wins against the Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers.

The pro football season officially kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 7. Here’s the complete 2023 NFL schedule and how to watch your favorite teams — even if you don’t have cable!

How to Watch NFL Games Without Cable

For all the cord-cutters out there, the NFL’s imminent 2023 season kick-off may cause panic. (How will you watch Aaron Rodgers’ New York Jets debut? Must you settle for YouTube highlight reels the day after games air rather than witness exceptional interceptions in real time?) Before the panic sets in, sign up for Sling TV to get extensive (and affordable!) NFL coverage.

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