CIA believes Covid-19 likely caused by lab leak, NBC News reports
“CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible.”
TV Network Ratings Winners & Losers
The broadcast bounce is real. As 2024 ends, CBS led the pack in total viewers for the year thanks, of course, to Super Bowl LVIII. No surprise, live sports continues to work its magic for the traditional networks, as NBC was also up year vs. year and even took the adults 18-49 crown for 2024 […]
Little Big Town Goes Big on Christmas With NBC Holiday Special, Album
Little Big Town likes to do things in fours, as the ensemble’s vocal-quartet configuration would indicate. So the country-pop group wasn’t about to let its 25th anniversary pass with just one commemoration when four would do: a national tour with their longtime friends in Sugarland; a greatest hits album; a Christmas record; and the quartet’s […]
How to Watch the WWE Event Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After a 16-year hiatus, “WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event” returns to TV, while former-pro wrestler and former-Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura also comes back to the broadcast table to announce the show. The pro […]
Schedule, Kickoff, Stream Online Free
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The best way to end a long day of watching football is watching even more NFL action with “.” For Week 14, two AFC West rivals go head-to-head as the Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) […]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Tops 31 Million for NBC, Peacock
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been on the upswing in the post-pandemic streaming era, and this year was no exception. The holiday staple for NBC and its streaming sibling Peacock reached a record 31.3 million viewers on Thursday as Americans took in the annual Thanksgiving holiday with a dollop of TV tradition. The 98th […]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2024 TV Ratings Are Huge
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade drew its largest cross-platform audience on record Thursday. NBC says 31.3 million viewers watched the parade on NBC and Peacock, based on preliminary Nielsen ratings and streaming figures from Adobe Analytics. That’s up 10 percent from last year’s total of 28.5 million — which was the previous all-time high. The number […]
Cynthia Erivo Says ‘Wicked’ Fans Should Sing Along in Theaters
Cynthia Erivo has no problem with moviegoers singing along during screenings of Wicked. In fact, she fully supports it. On Thursday, the film’s star was at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, where she gave an interview to Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Savannah Guthrie, who hosted NBC‘s broadcast of the annual spectacle. […]
NBC Sports is Latest to Test NFL ‘Alt-Cast’ With EA Sports Madden Game
Can NBC make an NFL broadcast as dynamic and interactive as a videogame? The Comcast-backed media company will soon try. NBC Sports plans to live-stream a match-up between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, December 21 on its Peacock broadband hub that will blend live action and videogame elements from EA Sports’ […]
EA Sports Madden Altcast for NBC Sports’ Peacock Set for Chiefs-Texans
One of the biggest video game franchises of all time is getting its own NFL alternative broadcast. EA Sports’ Madden NFL 25 will be the basis for a new altcast called the Madden NFL Cast being produced by NBC Sports. The alternative broadcast will cover the Dec. 21 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and […]