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uk tv ratings bonanza: the most watched shows & events of 2023 'Eurovision' did well, as usual, but it was no match for a royal coronation |
Another year draws to a close, one in which we may have (almost) seen the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, a UK Prime Minister managed to stay in office for more than five minutes and audiences were dazzled by an array of TV shows and performances including a once-in-a-generation week that saw a royal coronation and Eurovision.
This was part of the reason the BBC comfortably overcame ITV in the ratings rankings this year, returning eight of the top 10 shows.
Here we've pulled together the most-watched UK TV programs of the year (excluding sport), according to 7-day post-launch Barb data from overnights.tv. >>>See The List
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Midseason Is The New Fall - After the strikes, the 2024 television landscape is finally coming into focus. All of the broadcast networks have set return dates for most of their shows, with the postponed Emmy Awards now set for January 15 and no usual Premiere Week to speak of. >>>Premiere Dates
Star Search - As the directors of Disney's Wish, Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn were in charge of creating a film to honor 100 years of Disney animated features. After looking at every film that came before it, they decided to use the theme of wishing upon a star and created a watercolor storybook style of animation to match. >>>Q&A
'Night Courier' Delivers - Saudi hit thriller Night Courier (Mandoob) continued its record-breaking box office run at home in its second week on release, outpacing Aquaman and Dunki with just under three times the admissions of either picture. Front Row Filmed Entertainment and the Kuwait National Cinema Company (KNCC) has announced it will launch the film in the Gulf territories of Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman on January 11. >>> Gross To Date |
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As Elspeth Catton, Saltburn’s bohemian and bloodless matriarch, Rosamund Pike strikes an unnervingly accurate note as the crushingly careless mother of Jacob Elordi’s character Felix. Here, Pike pays tribute to the world created by writer-director Emerald Fennell, its characters and the story's unpredictable outcome. >>>Read The Interview |
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Glen Powell is preparing his Broadway debut and working with producer Ryan Murphy to make it happen. The Anyone But You star is reuniting with the Scream Queens co-creator, the horror series in which he starred back in 2015, playing the role of Chad Radwell. |
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🤖 The New York Times has sued Open AI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, saying the publication’s content is being lifted by the platform to feed automated chatbots, constituting “unlawful copying and use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works.”
🖥️ Amazon announced the start date for advertising on Prime Video's entertainment content: January 29, 2024.
⚡ Percy Jackson and the Olympians has eclipsed Goosebumps' debut to become the top Disney Branded Television premiere of all time with the first episode amassing 13.3M views globally across both Disney+ and Hulu in its first six days streaming
✍️ Disney signed a non-binding term sheet with Reliance Industries that would see the two merge their Indian operations, the completion of which would create one of India’s biggest entertainment empires.
👀 In a recent interview, Sofia Coppola reflected on the pay disparity among directors. “I just see all these men getting hundreds of millions of dollars and then I’m fighting for a tiny fraction of that,” Coppola told the BBC. “I think it’s just left over from the way the culture of that business is.”
🗣️ Euphoria actor Colman Domingo has revealed he came close to quitting acting after being passed up for a role as in HBO's Boardwalk Empire back in 2014 because the role called for a light-skinned Black man. |
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 Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire managed 23.9M views in just a few days on the service. That made it No. 1 among English-language films.
🔻 National Amusements, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, has confirmed it was the victim of a hack that affected more than 82,000 people. |
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Obituaries
🕯️ Lee Sun-kyun, who starred in the Best Picture-winning film Parasite, has died, according to multiple wire reports, after going missing in Seoul, South Korea. He was 48. 🕯️ British director and actor David Leland has died aged 82. The theater, film and TV star passed away on Christmas Eve, surrounded by his family. 🕯️ Adam Petlin, director of operations in Fox News‘ Chicago bureau, died on Dec. 23 after a long illness. Petlin had a 27-year career at the network, starting in August 1996 as one of the first six field photographers hired. 🕯️ Henry Sandon, longtime Antiques Roadshow expert on porcelain and pottery died Monday at a care home in Malvern, Worcestershire. He was 95. 🕯️ Matt Napolitano, a longtime reporter and anchor Fox Audio Network, died December 23 of an infection, his husband said on social media. He was 33. 🕯️ Casey Kramer, the longtime actress and daughter of legendary director Stanley Kramer died on December 24, according to her sister Kat Kramer. She was 67. 🕯️ Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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On the Radar
Wed - Kennedy Center Honors on CBS
Sunday - New Year's Eve
Mon - Rose Bowl; NHL Winter Classic |
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Rock On - Dwayne Johnson recreated an embarrassing ’90s photo of himself to wish the world a Merry Christmas. He took the self-parody even further, singing a profane version of “Chestnuts Roasting on a Roasting Fire” for fans. |
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