NBC Tops Monday Ratings With ‘America’s Got Talent’ And Democratic Convention

Actor and activist Cara Delevingne will play a daredevil climber in The Climb, which follows six ordinary women who, as part of Greenpeace-led protest action against Shell Oil’s plans to drill in the Arctic, scale the tallest building in Europe, London’s Shard.

Holly Willoughby teased her This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield that they would "work up to licking" each other as she welcomed him back to the show.Phillip returned to screens today after being forced to take time off when he tested positive for Covid-19 just over a week ago.He was finally given the green light to return to work yesterday after testing negative for the virus over two consecutive days.Delighted to be back beside her co-star and friend Holly couldn't contain her excitement as she opened the show by saying: "Look who's back!"Phil then cheekily teased Holly about how he's no longer a threat to her as he has developed some immunity to Covid - so she could lick his face without fear.He said: "You realise I am now fully antibodied up? You could lick my face," Holly giggled as she responded: "I know I actually could."But hinting that it may land them in trouble with show producers she added: "I'd be scared someone might come in and pull us apart or something... you're now like, this is it."Phillip replied: "I'm bulletproof for 90 days, allegedly."Holly proceeded to playfully touch and slap Phil over his arms breaking their no contact rule for the first time.She then joked that she would be getting a telling off from their bosses as she quipped: "I'll do that, that's my beginning bit.

family claims that their chicken had ruffled a few feathers at the Pentagon after a CCTV camera at the top-secret US base caught the chicken on camera.The chicken, who owner Jessica Ark says is named "Baby," had been missing since October and was caught on camera on January 31. Speaking to The US Sun, the Hawaii-based chicken owner says the missing bird "had the personality and mood" to run away.

Leicestershire Live reports. Locations where people have noticed the pong tend to be around the north east of the town, the title added.The administrator of Spotted: Melton Mowbray said in a post on Monday that the local environmental health officers had been made aware of the smells but needed more information to help pin down the source.The post stated: "Hi everyone, this strong smell of onions I’ve previously posted about has become a daily thing now."I know no one wants to take the time to report it to the council but if you have smelt it could you please post below the location where you have smelt it and I can pass this on to the council."I’m in touch with environmental health to get the problem sorted.

coronavirus jab. After 14 years working as a carer, Louise described the moment she broke down in tears when her contract was terminated due to government requirements.She also expressed that she refused the vaccine as she didn't "trust" it as it was "so new".Explaining the situation to the presenters, Louise said: "I also took an antibody test that came back saying I had the antibodies."So my argument was, if I have these antibodies and if I am testing every day, wearing my PPE, following all the infection controls, how am I putting anybody at risk?She added: "I didn’t see myself as a bigger threat.

Manchester United, Tottenham and at times Arsenal have all struggled to find consistent form. But West Ham have failed to add the additional firepower and defensive cover they needed to take advantage and really shoot for the Champions League.Because make no mistake, that is where Bowen and Rice want to be playing.Of course, the Hammers have another route into European football's top club competition via the Europa League.But the squad is stretched, and as Rice pointed out after their narrow 1-0 win at home to Watford, it's being carried by Bowen.Rice said: "Without his goals we’d be struggling.

snowiest period of the cold snap is expected sooner rather than later. Jim Dale, a Senior British Weather Services meteorologist said to the Express that northern parts of the UK could experience two to three centimetres of snow and mountainous areas as much as 10cm.

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Something special happened on Tuesday’s “Wheel of Fortune”.

Julia Fox and Kanye West have never had an “official” conversation about the status of their budding relationship, but she “calls him [her] boyfriend and he calls [her] his girlfriend,” she revealed on the Feb. 8 Call Her Daddy podcast. Julia gushed that things have been “natural” and “organic” between her and Kanye since they first met on New Year’s Eve. “Obviously it looks a certain way, but people don’t know the conversations happening behind the scenes, and you know, I’ve been around,” she explained.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCBS set the bar for Wednesday ratings, topping the night with a new episode of Big Brother: All Stars, which climbed one tenth from last week to a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.24 million viewers. The reality series matched season-best numbers in the demo.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAmerica’s Got Talent topped Tuesday in primetime, delivering a 0.7 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.58 million viewers to hold steady with last week’s numbers. The reality talent competition led into Night 2 of the Republican National Convention, which so far trails Night 1 in the early data with NBC (0.3, 2.42M) and ABC (0.3, 1.74M) leading in the demo and CBS (0.2, 1.30M) at No.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe quarantined second season of Love Island premiered on CBS on Monday and took a two-tenths hit from last year’s freshman debut. Still, the reality dating competition in which hot and bothered singles are essentially stuck on an island to find “love” scored a 0.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 1.94 million viewers, plenty enough to finish No.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterNBC has unveiled the new class for its annual  Late Night Writers Workshop. Out of a pool of 900 candidates, writers Brandon Burkhart, Gracie Canaan, Reem Edan, Kyle Harris, Emily Menez, Sam O and Kate Sisk have been named as this year’s participants for the workshop.The new class participated in an intensive virtual five-day program that prepared them for staff writer roles on late night and sketch comedy shows.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterWalt Disney Company executive Tim McNeal and his Creative Talent Development & Inclusion Team will now be housed within Disney Television Studios. The respected veteran exec will report directly to Disney Television Studios President Craig Hunegs.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt looks like Donald Trump is really leaning into his past as a reality TV show host. Two producers of The Apprentice are involved with the planning of the Republican National Convention which is set to start August 24 and continue through August 27.According to the New York Times, Sadoux Kim, who worked on The Apprentice and once was a judge on the Miss Universe pageant, has assumed the position as lead consultant on the production of the RNC while former NBC exec Chuck LaBella, who produced The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump is also set to work on the event which will be somewhat of a hybrid affair.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterCBS took the top spot in primetime Wednesday, with Big Brother leading the way delivering a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.93 million viewers. The reality series dipped a tenth from last week, as did its lead-out Tough As Nails (0.4, 2.63M).

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterFrom Democrats and Republicans rallying against Trump’s handling of the pandemic to the emotional moment of silence for George Floyd to Michelle Obama’s memorable “It is what it is” speech, it was all about the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Monday night. However, it was all about which network came out on top.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterBig Brother: All Stars climbed two-tenths from its Sunday premiere last week, delivering a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.04 million viewers. The popular CBS reality competition won the night while 60 Minutes (0.6, 6.91M) topped the night in viewership.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterParts of Thailand aren’t necessarily responding well to the Imelda Marcos documentary The Kingmaker directed by Lauren Greenfield. The country has banned the pic in the South.Thida Polpalitkarnpim, the founder of the Documentary Club in Thailand, posted on Facebook that they would be showing the docu, but has since pushed the screening.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGeena Davis’s inclusive Bentonville Film Festival has unveiled its jury prize winners for their sixth annual festival. The fest, which was a hybrid of in-person and virtual events, had its most diverse festival to-date with over 70 films where over 80% were directed by women, 65% BIPOC and 45% LGBTQIA+.Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca took home the top trophy, winning the jury award for Best Narrative Feature.