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NBC’s Sunday Night Football and This Is Us placed No. 1 and No. 2 for the 2017-18 TV season, with average ratings of 5.9 and 5.4 in the coveted 18-49 demo, respectively (including any available Live+7 DVR playback data).

ABC’s revival of Roseanne came in third for the season (averaging a 5.0), while CBS’ Thursday Night Football package (4.5) and The Big Bang Theory (4.4) rounded out the Top 5.

In the demo, Roseanne and Big Bang (which was down 10 percent year over year) easily led the comedy pack, with CBS’ Young Sheldon coming in third (averaging a 3.3). On the drama side, This Is Us (up 17 percent vs.

CBS’ The Big Bang Theory will finish the 2017-2018 TV season as the country’s most watched series with an average of 18.634 million viewers. NBC’s NFL Sunday Night Football is the season’s highest-rated series in the key 18-49 demographic, with a 6.2 rating; it also takes the No. 2 spot in overall audience (18.285M).

In the demo, NBC’s sophomore series This is Us (5.4) follows football, while Big Bang ranks No. 5 (4.4).

In a TV season that re-defined “new” and “canceled,” Roseanne was the most successful “new” series launch, ranking No. 3 in total viewers (17.815M) and in the demo (5.0). Its mid-March launch made headlines, outstripping every scripted series of the season except the post-Super Bowl episode of This Is Us.

Some say it’s not “new,” being an update of a comedy series; others argue it debuted before some of our current industry execs were born, and went off the air...

The 2017-18 traditional Nielsen television season is in the books, and NBC can claim its second-straight (and fourth out of the last five years) ratings victory in a row among adults 18-49.

CBS, however, came from behind to win its 10th straight season (and 15th out of 16) among total viewers. That’s damn impressive given the circumstances. With both the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics this year, it seemed like ’17-’18 would be the season NBC could unseat CBS in terms of overall eyeballs. Instead, the Les Moonves-led network caught up and passed Bob Greenblatt’s last week, just in time for the victor to gloat at its upfront presentation.

Since we brought up “damn impressive” comebacks, how about ABC? Post-Olympics, ABC was deep in fourth place. Led by “Roseanne,” ABC has been No. 1 in the key demo ever since. All told, the Disney-owned broadcaster finished in a three-way...

“Roseanne” returned from a two-week break to the top of the delayed viewing charts for week 32 of 2017-2018 broadcast season, which began on April 30.

In adults 18-49, “Roseanne” grew from a 2.6 to a 4.6 rating, an increase of 77% in Live+7. Its nearest competition in that measure was “The Big Bang Theory,” which grew 71% to a 4.1 rating for the week. “Roseanne” was also the biggest gainer in total viewers, growing by 5.7 million to 16.2 million total. “The Big Bang Theory” was again number two in the measure, thought it ultimately had the bigger viewership total. “Big Bang” grew to 17.7 million viewers after seven days, up 4.7 million viewers for a 37% increase.

Elsewhere on broadcast, multiple shows doubled their Live+Same Day demo rating, including “Chicago Fire,” “Modern Family,” “Swat,” “NCIS,” “Agents of Shield,” and “Designated Survivor.”

Read the full top 25 lists of the Live+7 ratings below.

Top 25 Broadcast Series Live+7 Adults 18-49

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Both Fox’s “Lucifer” and CBS’ “Superior Donuts” were up week-to-week in the overnight ratings, with both shows airing their series finales due to being canceled within the past week.

Airing at 8 p.m., “Lucifer” drew a 0.8 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.2 million viewers, up from a 0.7 and 2.9 million last week. “Superior Donuts,” meanwhile, drew a 0.9 and 4.6 million viewers at 9 p.m. on CBS. That is up from a 0.7 and 4.3 million last Monday.

On NBC, “The Voice” held steady and was the top show of the night. A new episode of “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” ticked down in the demo.

On ABC, “Dancing with the Stars: Athletes” and “The Crossing” were both even.

CBS opened with a repeat of “Big Bang Theory,” followed by a slightly-improved “Man With a Plan”. After “Superior Donuts” and another “Big Bang” repeat, “Elementary” was even.

After “Lucifer,” the season finale of “The Resident” ticked up.

Fox’s Lucifer wrapped Season 3 — and possibly its entire run — on Monday night with 3.23 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, ticking up to its largest audience since March 19 and its best demo number in five episodes.

TVLine readers gave the season ender an average grade of “A.”

Leading out of that, The Resident (4.3 mil/0.9) also ticked up with its own finale.

Elsewhere….

ABC | DWTS: Athletes (7.6 mil/1.0) and the recently cancelled The Crossing (3.7 mil/0.5) were flat.

The CW | Supergirl (1.55 mil/0.5) and iZombie (730K/0.3) were steady.

NBC | The Voice (8.6 mil/1.6) ticked up, while Running Wild (3.2 mil/0.8) dipped.

CBS | Leading out of Big Bang reruns,...

UniFrance hosts talks 9:30 a.m. May 13 with New Faces of French Cinema at the UniFrance Terrace.

Leïla Bekhti

“Sink or Swim”

After debuting with supporting roles in such films as the gonzo-horror pic “Sheitan” and offering the sole female presence in macho juggernaut “A Prophet,” actress Bekhti became movie star Bekhti with the release of her 2010 comedy “All That Glitters.” Though that breakthrough role landed her a César and increased her box-office clout, the Parisian has not allowed herself to get too comfortable in any one gear.

“All my roles have to scare me,” she says. “Fear is reassuring; if one day I arrived on set and didn’t feel a bit afraid, that would be the end. Being afraid doesn’t stop me, it pushes me forward.”

So she has continually sought out first-time filmmakers, and is trying her hand at producing, developing a feature with theater director Julie Duclos.

The Big Bang Theory is giving Professor Hawking his due. A tribute to the late physicist (and frequent Big Bang guest star) that was initially intended to air at the end of Thursday’s wedding-themed Season 11 finale is being made public by CBS. The scene, which was cut for time, finds Sheldon and Amy opening a posthumous gift from the science icon (scroll down to watch).

Hawking appeared in a total of seven Big Bang episodes, including last September’s season premiere. He died in March after a decades-long battle with Als. He was 76.

The Hawking sequence was one of...

This episode's enjoyable case of the week had many twists and turns, with each resolution leading another threat.

Also, Joan had to endure a family tragedy on Elementary Season 6 Episode 2.

It's hard to top an inspector for the Energy Department being struck down by lightning as the beginning of a case.

In any other case, a wife who is having an affair would be a logical suspect. But she was a cosmologist and the husband wasn't slain by the Big Bang but an experimental lightning gun. Also, she was having dinner with her cosmologist lover at the time, so she was quickly cleared.

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At least she was able to steer Sherlock and Marcus to Sparky the Wonder Cannon, which had to be the most colorful name ever for a murder weapon.

When the fact that Sparky's van had been...

As Silicon Valley continues its quest to conquer television — with companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Google/YouTube and Facebook spending billions of dollars on original content, driving up prices — how does traditional media company like CBS compete? The question came up during CBS Corp.’s quarterly earnings call today.

While CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves acknowledged the issue with comments including “There is a lot more competition out there” and “The cost of poker, in most cases, has gone up,” he did not seem too concerned about the recent talent raid launched by the deep-pocketed digital newcomers, illustrated by the blockbuster overall deals at Netflix for mega creator/producers Ryan Murphy (as much as $300 million) and Shonda Rhimes (at least $100 million).

“We are pretty competitive,” Moonves said. “On broadcast, we offer creators visibility and something called back-end. There’s a guy called Chuck Lorre who’s made more than...

Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by DC Comics

To paraphrase John Lennon, before Action Comics there was nothing. Action Comics was the comic book industry equivalent of the Big Bang. Prior to Action Comics you had comic books, but these were usually collections of previously published newspaper strips, repackaged to encourage people to double dip, or newspaper style strips with Flash Gordon type characters. In fact Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, Superman’s creators and effectively the fathers of the superhero comic book industry (Stan Lee can be a honorary uncle) originally conceived of Superman as a newspaper strip, and had tried to shop it around but no newspaper syndicate would touch it. Their loss was most certainly our gain.

Action Comics issue 1, dated April 1938, was rushed out by National Periodicals (DC) to capitalise on the growing fad for comic books. Their Detective Comics book, still a year...

“Will & Grace” was well-known for its cavalcade of guest stars during its original run, gobbling up double-digit Emmy nominations, and even wins for Bobby Cannavale (2005) and Leslie Jordan (2006). The NBC sitcom hasn’t missed a step in this revival season, bringing back many old favorites while also introducing multiple memorable characters from new guest stars. But which guest stars should be singled out for Emmy nominations this year? Vote in our poll below.

Cannavale and Jordan, who play Will’s (Eric McCormack) ex-boyfriend Vince D’Angelo and Karen’s (Megan Mullally) nemesis Beverley Leslie, respectively, won Emmys for their roles in the original series and are now eligible again this year. Both have great showcase episodes in the revival, with Will reevaluating how things went wrong with Vince in “The Wedding” and Beverley revealing his very obvious truth to Karen in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying.

Annie Potts found inspiration for the look of her character, Meemaw, on the hit CBS comedy “Young Sheldon” from one of the biggest guest stars she worked with on “Designing Women”: Dolly Parton. As she explains in our exclusive video interview (watch above), Connie Tucker may be a grandmother but she is not ready for a rocking chair just yet. She thinks the tough-talking Texan would have modeled herself on Parton who was starring in “Steel Magnolias” in 1989, the year that this prequel to “The Big Bang Theory” is set.

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To get a sense of who Meemaw was to Sheldon (played by Iain Armitage as a boy and Jim Parsons as a man), the actress binged on “Big Bang.” But as she explains, “all of that is just a departure point.” She does...

Another star from a galaxy far far away will be making an appearance on CBS’ hit comedy series The Big Bang Theory.

Star Wars’ Mark Hamill will be among the guest stars confirmed for the upcoming Season 11 finale of Big Bang, which will feature the wedding of Sheldon and Amy. It is unclear whether, like fellow Star Wars icons Carrie Fisher and James Earl Jones who had appeared on the show before him, Hamill will play himself.

Also guest starring in the finale, airing on May 10, is Kathy Bates. Sheldon’s family will be well represented, with Laurie Metcalf, Courtney Henggeler and Jerry O’Connell, who play his mother Mary, twin sister Missy and older brother Georgie, respectively, all in attendance.

Also on the guest list for the finale are recurring Big Bang actors John Ross Bowie and Wil Wheaton as well as Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and Teller.

Unsurprisingly, the premiere of “Roseanne” beat out all its competition in the delayed viewing ratings for week 27 of the 2017-2018 broadcast season, which began on March 26.

As previously reported, the one-hour premiere on March 27 rose to 27.3 million viewers in Live+7, an increase of 8.8 million viewers over the Live+Same Day haul of 18.5 million. That is the largest-ever seven day lift for any show on any network, topping the the previous record of 7.9 million set by the debut of fellow ABC show “The Good Doctor” back in September. In addition, “Roseanne” rose to an 8.1 rating in adults 18-49, an increase of 2.9 rating points over the Live+Same Day rating of a 5.2.

Now, with the full week’s numbers in, it is clear just how badly “Roseanne” beat its broadcast competitors. It’s nearest competition in total viewers was fellow ABC series “The Good Doctor,” which grew by 6.3 million to 15.8 million total.

CBS has renewed comedy series “Mom” for a sixth season.

The comedy starring Anna Faris and Allison Janney has logged solid numbers during its fifth season in the 9 p.m. Thursday slot behind “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon.” “Mom” hails from Warner Bros. TV and Chuck Lorre Prods. News of the renewal was revealed Saturday night at the series’ wrap party.

“’Mom’ has been a lynchpin comedy for us over the last several years,” said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment. “It’s a fearless series that tackles provocative social issues with laughter and grace, and a large, loyal audience has followed. With gifted talents like Anna and Allison leading a great ensemble cast, and a production team headed by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Nick Bakay and Gemma Baker, this series just keeps getting better.”

“Mom” revolves around the lives of a woman and her adult daughter who...

CBS has renewed praised comedy series Mom for a sixth season. The pickup makes it a clean sweep for top comedy producer Chuck Lorre, with all three of his CBS shows already renewed for next season five weeks before the May upfronts. Mom joins veteran The Big Bang Theory, which will be headed into its 12th season, and hot newcomer, Big Bang spinoff Young Sheldon, which was renewed for Season 2. As Lorre often does on his series, word is that he delivered the news of Mom‘s renewal at the multi-camera comedy’s wrap party last night.

Mom, starring Anna Faris as well as Emmy — and now Oscar — winner Allison Janney, recently marked its 100th episode. It is currently averaging over 11 million viewers and is the third most-watched comedy in broadcast television, behind only Lorre’s two other shows, The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon, and is a top...

Laurie Metcalf’s date to the Oscars was her daughter Zoe Perry, but come the Emmys, the two could be rivals. Mother and daughter are both in contention for Best Comedy Supporting Actress — “Roseanne” for the former and “Young Sheldon” for the latter.

While Perry is admittedly a longshot for a nomination — our odds have her at 100/1 — Metcalf is the second favorite at 9/2 odds, trailing two-time defending champ Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”). With three previous Emmy wins, Metcalf is “Roseanne”‘s most decorated performer and is the likeliest of the revival’s cast to score a nomination. Coming fresh off an Oscar nomination also doesn’t hurt.

See ‘Roseanne’ flashback: Laurie Metcalf rubs her Emmy in Roseanne’s face [Watch]

But if Perry, whose father is “Scandal”‘s Jeff Perry, makes the cut, not only would she be up against mom, but it’d be for an Emmy-nominated role her mother originated.

Tollywood Starring Samantha and Ram Charan Teja as the leading pair, ‘Rangasthalam’ is in the last leg of shooting. Digital NativeSamantha Akkineni is sharing the screen space with Ram Charan Teja for the first time following which expectations are high on Rangasthalam. Touted to hit the screens soon, the filmmakers are busy with the last leg of shooting, which is currently happening. On wrapping up her portions in the film, Samantha had tweeted, “And it’s a wrap!! #Rangasthalam Been a special journey with the most special team, they shine from within just as much as their Star tags #RamCharan @aryasukku @MythriOfficial. Can’t wait for the Big Bang.” Written and directed by Sukumar, who is in-charge of the story, screenplay and dialogues, the film is being bankrolled by Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar and Mohan Cherukuri under the popular banner Mythrie Movie Makers. Set in the year 1985, this period flick is touted to be a revenge drama that has a bevy of stars in the cast. While Ram Charan and Samantha play the lead pair in it, those in the supporting roles include Aadhi Pinisetty, Prakash Raj, Jagapati Babu and Gauthami. Reports are that Ram Charan will be appearing in a never-seen before get-up in Rangasthalam and that would be its Usp. The music for this flick is being composed by Devi Sri Prasad with R Rathnavelu cranking the camera and Navin Nooli editing it. Made on a budget of Rs. 45 crores, Rangasthalam is gearing up for release on March 30th.The teaser of this film, which was released on January 24th has garnered a lot of attention and the audio launch is slated to happen this month. The exact date of the audio launch will be announced soon, say sources. It may be mentioned here that the teaser registered 10 million views in just about 25.5 hours. Going by the reports, the film has fetched Rs. 10 crores for the Hindi satellite rights alone. Further, reports are that a popular Telugu satellite channel has shelled out a huge amount for its Telugu rights. This proves that the pre-release business of Rangasthalam is going on as expected. Expectations are high on Rangasthalam as it has Ram Charan and Samantha pairing up on the silver screens for the first time. Further, director Sukumar is riding high on the success of his last outing, Nanaku Prematho, which had Jr Ntr in the lead turning out to be a big hit.

ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy this Thursday drew 8.5 million total viewers and a 2.2 rating, down just a tenth in the demo from last week’s superlatives while ticking up to its biggest audience in one year (with CBS’ Big Bang airing irregularly and in rerun mode).

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Leading out of that, Scandal (5.2 mil/1.3) ticked up to best-since premiere numbers. Htgawm (3.5 mil/1.0) dipped to its smallest audience ever while steady in the demo.

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The following story contains spoilers about Big Little Lies‘ forthcoming second season… proceed at your own peril

When HBO officially announced last month that it was moving forward with a second season of Big Little Lies, the cabler noted that “most” of the main characters are expected to accompany Nicole Kidman’s Celeste and Reese Witherspoon’s Madeline back to Monterey. Apparently even the dead ones.

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TVLine has learned exclusively that Alexander Skarsgard — whose abusive alter ego, Perry, was seemingly killed off in the HBO dramedy’s Season 1 climax — is expected to return in some capacity.

CBS comedy repeats stomped on mostly-rerun Thursday night competitors, starting with The Big Bang Theory (1.4 demo rating, 8.61 million viewers) and Young Sheldon (1.4, 8.54M) in the first hour of primetime. CBS trend continued from 9-10 P with another Big Bang encore (1.5, 8.32M) and Mom redux (1.1, 6.49M). While those CBS comedies were leading the pack, Fox aired an 8-10 Pm Sean “Diddy” Combs doc Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story (0.6, 1.50M) to warm up the night…...