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Mattel didn’t steal the idea for reality competition show The Toy Box from a producer, who accused the company of ripping off his concept for an identical series that he pitched, a jury has found.

The decision comes after a 10-week trial in Santa Monica that touched on standards for protectable ideas and when a company can be on the hook for moving forward with a concept independently pitched by multiple producers. In a verdict that could discourage other creators from suing over idea theft, a 12-person jury on Thursday rejected Norton Herrick’s bid for more than $46 million in lost profits he sought to claw back from Mattel.

Back in 2014, Herrick said he pitched the idea for Playmakers, an unscripted show featuring inventors who pitch their toys to child judges, with the goal of reaching the finale. The winner receives a cash prize and a contract with Mattel...

After a high-stakes trial, a jury has found that Mattel did not steal a reality show concept from producer Norton Herrick, marking a major victory for the toy giant, which could have been on the hook for $46.2 million in damages.

The verdict follows a 2½-month civil trial in Santa Monica that pitted the “Lone Survivor” producer against the company whose intellectual property spawned the Hollywood blockbuster “Barbie.” In a crushing blow, the 12-member jury shot down Herrick’s claims of breach of an implied contract, breach of confidence, fraud-misrepresentation, fraud-concealment and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Herrick initially sued Mattel in 2018, claiming that the company stole his idea for Mattel’s reality competition show “The Toy Box,” which ran on ABC for two seasons beginning in 2017. Back in 2014, Herrick brought a similar competition show to Mattel executives dubbed “Playmakers,” which revolved around contestants pitching their toys to child judges and winning prize money.

For the past 10 weeks, a Hollywood producer has faced off against a studio in a Santa Monica courtroom stemming from a civil case that has caused barely a news ripple.

Back in January 2018, “Lone Survivor” producer Norton Herrick sued toy giant Mattel over a 2018 contract dispute regarding the production of Mattel’s reality competition show “The Toy Box,” which ran on ABC for two seasons.

In his initial complaint, Herrick claimed he brought a project to Mattel in June 2014 called “Playmakers,” which revolved around contestants pitching their toys to child judges and winning prize money. According to the suit, Mattel executives loved the idea and indicated they were moving forward with it only to pursue a replica without his involvement. The “Barbie” producer ultimately produced a similar version of the concept in 2017 with “The Toy Box.”

The case has garnered almost no press coverage over the ensuing six-plus years, perhaps...

In 2021, ESPN broadcaster Sage Steele was suspended following comments she made on a podcast, including calling parent company Disney’s vaccine mandates “sick” and questioning why Barack Obama considers himself Black when he was raised by his white mother. When she returned to her job, she felt she’d been sidelined from key on-air opportunities. So she dialed one of her closest friends, Chris Harrison, for advice. They’d gotten to know each other while co-hosting the Miss America pageant and the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He, too, had recently lost a big gig — as host of ABC’s The Bachelor, after defending a contestant accused of racism.

“Chris said, ‘I know who you need to talk to — my lawyer. He’ll be calling you momentarily,’ ” Steele remembers. “Within five minutes, Bryan Freedman was on the phone with me.” Steele left ESPN — she now has a podcast at Bill Maher...

Warning: contains spoilers for Superman 2023 Annual!Superman has named his most underrated villain, confirming that fans misunderstand how deadly they actually are. Superman has a number of foes, such as Lex Luthor or Brainiac, that regularly test his mettle, but in Superman Annual 2023, the Man of Steel confirms a surprise foe is terminally underrated.

Superman 2023 Annual is written by Joshua Williamson and drawn by Mahmud Asrar, Edwin Gaimon, Caitlin Yarsky, Max Raynor and Jack Herbert. As the story opens, Toyman has struck Metropolis again, unleashing deadly mechas on the city. Superman dispatches the mechas, and begins to search for the Toyman, with the assistance of Supercorp. Superman talks to his Supercorp aide, telling him that "too many people think Toyman is a joke, but he's incredibly deadly." Superman finds the Toyman, but he is tied up, bloodied and battered. Someone has taken the Toyman’s technology for themselves, and now Superman must find out who.

Exclusive: Fox is building on its success in Lego with a new knock-em-down competition series featuring dominos.

The network has ordered Domino Masters from its own nascent production studio Fox Alternative Entertainment. The series will premiere in the 2021-22 season.

Domino Masters feature teams of domino enthusiasts facing off in a domino toppling and chain reaction tournament. Throughout the competition, Modern Family star Stonestreet, alongside the judges, will encourage the domino aficionados, introduce challenges and put the creations to the test until one team is crowned the Domino Master.

Think of it like a series of Rube Goldberg machines with chain reaction happening all over set.

It is Stonestreet’s latest non-scripted entertainment series. The Emmy-winning actor previously hosted ABC’s The Toy Box and appeared as a guest judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

Domino Masters comes on the back of Lego Masters, the Will Arnett-hosted competition...

The Covid-19 epidemic has put a “screeching halt to business,” we hear in the trailer for the Nacelle Company’s A Toy Store Near You. The docuseries takes viewers inside independent toy stores across the country and the world. Filmed and released during the Covid 19 Pandemic, A Toy Store Near You will debut one or two episodes each week. The docuseries will feature more than 40 independent toy stores. It debuts May 29th through Amazon Prime, YouTube, Vimeo, and other content providers.

A Toy Store Near You‘s release pattern favors speed over designated seasons and will release new episodes as they are ready. The series comes from producer Brian Volk-Weiss and the team behind Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us and The Movies That Made Us.

Independent toy stores, not only in America but around the world, are changing business practices to cope with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

Exclusive: Chris Spry, who exec produced Eric Stonestreet’s ABC reality series The Toy Box, has joined Snapped producer Jupiter Entertainment.

Spry, who was formerly Senior Vice President of Production and Development at Hudsun Media, becomes Vice President of Development at the Sky-owned business.

The company, which also makes ID’s Homicide Hunter and Animal Planet’s Wild West Alaska, has also promoted veteran executives Harrison Land and Todd Moss to Senior Vice Presidents as it is looking to expand into new genres such as lifestyle, male factual and premium feature documentary.

Spry will be based in the New York office and develop unscripted programming for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. He produced nearly 100 episodes cult hit Returning the Favor with Mike Rowe for Facebook Watch and has also worked on Million Dollar Listing, Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best, and Married to Medicine.

“Chris brings a wealth of expertise...

Quibi has given a green light to Dishmantled, described as “a high-octane cooking competition that will literally blow your socks off,” with Titus Burgess set to host. The series hails from Chopped creator/executive producer Linda Lea and Good Egg Entertainment, and Propagate-owned Electus.

Hosted by Burgess, each episode starts with the cannon-blasting of a mystery food dish into the faces of two blindfolded chefs. They’ll use their culinary prowess to identify the exploded dish and then race against the clock to recreate it. Whichever chef comes closest to the original dish wins a cash prize.

Lea executive produces for Good Egg with Drew Buckley for Electus. The series is co-produced by Good Egg and Electus.

30 Rock alum Burgess is best known for his starring role as Titus Andromedon in Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a role which earned him four Emmy nominations, along...

Network: ABC

Episodes: 16 (hour)

Seasons: Two

TV show dates: April 7, 2017 — November 19, 2017

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Eric Stonestreet, Sophia Grace Brownlee, Aalyrah Caldwell, Toby Grey, Noah Ritter, Dylan Lauren, Jim Silver, and Jen Tan.

TV show description:

A toy design competition series, on The Toy Box TV show, inventors present their toys to the show's mentors including Dylan’s Candy Bar owner Dylan Lauren, toy guru Jim Silver, and Pixar Creative Director of Consumer Products Jen Tan.

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An ABC competitive reality series hosted by Eric Stonestreet, The Toy Box features inventors presenting their toys to judges who are really on their game — actual kids. Adi Ash (age 10), Paxton Booth (age 7), Sydney Mae Estrella (age 9), Kyle Lee (age 7), Joachim Powell (age 11), Gideon Reynolds (age 6), Emma Sobel (age 9), Madison Stevens (age 8), and Olivia Trujillo (age...

Propagate, run by Ben Silverman and Howard Owen, has acquired Electus, as well as a majority interest in powerhouse talent management and production firm Artists First from Barry Diller’s Iac.

The independent content creation and distribution company is looking to expand its full-service global studio. The deal combines Electus’ popular content, international sales division and valuable library and Artists First’s impressive talent roster and hit shows with Propagate’s already robust content creation capabilities and strategic relationships. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“At Propagate, we are focused on building premium content with the best creative voices from around the world, and being able to support the growth of Electus and all of its partnerships is incredibly exciting to us,” Silverman and Owens said in a joint statement. “We have had the privilege of working closely with Peter Principato and his team of world-class executives and managers...

Updated: Two and a half years after Ben Silverman left the company he had founded, the Iac-owned Electus, to join Howard T. Owens in A+E Networks-backed Propagate, the duo have acquired Electus and its majority stake in management/production company Artists First from Barry Diller’s Iac.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed though I hear it is worth under $50 million. I hear Diller recently put Electus-Artists First up for sale and other main buyers who bid for the assets included Entertainment One.

The acquisitions were financed through the investment secured earlier this year from The Raine Group to accelerate Propagate’s global growth through new ventures and targeted acquisitions. Original investor A+E Networks also owns a stake in Propagate.

Electus is the producer and distributor of series including “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” for NBC, “The Toy Box” for ABC, “Jane the Virgin” for The CW...

Propagate, the production banner headed by Howard Owens and Ben Silverman, is in expansion mode with a deal to acquire Electus and a majority interest in management-production banner Artists First.

The deal reunites Silverman with Electus, the company he founded a decade ago with backing from Barry Diller’s Iac. Electus had been quietly shopping for a buyer for the past few months after Iac came to the conclusion that the company largely focused on unscripted programming was not a fit with the rest of its digital-centric operations.

Electus is the producer and distributor of series including NBC’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls,” ABC’s “The Toy Box,” the CW’s “Jane the Virgin,” and Discovery’s “Darkness,” along with production companies Big Breakfast (“Adam Ruins Everything”) and Notional, producer of Food Network’s “Chopped” franchise. The price tag for Electus was said to be around $35 million, according to a knowledgeable source.

ABC is getting off to a slightly later start this fall, with no less than 12 shows — including its entire Tuesday lineup — being held until October.

That said, the network’s fall schedule is coming out swinging on Monday, Sept. 24 with the Season 27 (!) premiere of Dancing With the Stars at 8/7c, followed by the return of breakout hit The Good Doctor at 10 pm.

Also of note: Grey’s Anatomy begins its “season of love” with a two-hour premiere event on Thursday, Sept. 27 (8 pm), while Roseanne spinoff The Conners makes its Barr-less debut on Tuesday, Oct. 16 (8 pm).

Last but not least, 2018 officially...

The 2017-18 television season is in the books, and as usual, some shows performed better than others. Like, better than all of these.

Broadcast’s lowest-rated entertainment series this time around was CBS Saturday show “Ransom,” which our readers have probably never heard of. ABC’s reality competition “The Toy Box” was just one-tenth of a ratings point behind that one among adults 18-49, which is the demographic most-beloved by advertisers.

See how the 12 lowest-rated broadcast TV shows rank by their ratings below. For purposes of this story, we elected not to count shows on The CW, which would have gobbled up a bunch of spots. See the full rankings below.

Also Read: 11 Highest-Rated TV Shows of 2017-18 Season (Photos)

Rank: 11 (tie)

Show: “Running Wild With Bear Grylls”

Net: NBC

18-49 Rating: 0.8

Rank: 11 (tie)

Show: “Elementary”

Net: CBS

18-49 Rating: 0.8

Rank: 6 (tie)

Show: “Champions”

Net: NBC

18-49 Rating: 0.7

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Which TV shows are doing the best? The worst? Cancelled or renewed? Wondering how your favorite series are doing in the ratings? Here are the season average ratings of the 2017-18 network TV shows -- through the end of week 15 (Sunday, December 31, 2017).ABC shows (so far): 20/20, America's Funniest Home Videos, American Housewife, Black-ish, Dancing with the Stars, Designated Survivor, Fresh Off the Boat, The Gifted, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, The Great American Baking Show, The Great Christmas Light Fight, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Lucifer, Marvel's Agents of Shield, Marvel's Inhumans, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time, Scandal, Shark Tank, Speechless, Ten Days in the Valley, and The Toy Box.CBS shows this season (so far): 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, 9Jkl, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Bull, Criminal Minds,...

Which TV shows are doing the best? The worst? Cancelled or renewed? Wondering how your favorite series are doing in the ratings? Here are the season average ratings of the 2017-18 network TV shows -- through the end of week 14 (Sunday, December 24, 2017).ABC shows (so far): 20/20, America's Funniest Home Videos, American Housewife, Black-ish, Dancing with the Stars, Designated Survivor, Fresh Off the Boat, The Gifted, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, The Great American Baking Show, The Great Christmas Light Fight, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Lucifer, Marvel's Agents of Shield, Marvel's Inhumans, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time, Scandal, Shark Tank, Speechless, Ten Days in the Valley, and The Toy Box.CBS shows this season (so far): 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, 9Jkl, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Bull, Criminal Minds,...

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ABC’s coverage of the American Music Awards on Sunday drew 9.1 million total viewers and a 2.4 demo rating, adding 10 percent more eyeballs versus a year ago while holding steady in the demo.

Leading unto that, The Toy Box (3.5 mil/0.6) ticked up with its sophomore finale.

Over on NBC, Sunday Night Football’s Eagles/Cowboys match-up did 18.8 mil and a 6.2, surging 24 percent from last week’s fast nationals to mark the telecast’s biggest audience since the Sept. 10 season opener and the best demo number since a week after that, on Emmy night.

Elsewhere….

CBS | Wisdom of the Crowd (6.3 mil/0.8) and...

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ABC’s “The Toy Box” will (mercifully) come to an end next week, when it may actually go out on a high note — that is, if last night’s momentum is any indication. The “Shark Tank”-for-kids show actually grew in Nielsen ratings this past Sunday with its penultimate episode, hitting a season high. Unfortunately, the season high for this series still isn’t anything one would call “good,” and ABC still finished fourth among the Big 4 broadcasters. NBC and Fox were the dominant forces last night, thanks to primetime and late-afternoon NFL football, respectively. Due to the nature of live sports,...

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NBC’s Sunday Night Football coverage this week delivered 11.7 million total viewers and a 4.0 demo rating, down 7 percent from last week’s World Series-impaired fast nationals to mark season lows.

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Elsewhere….

ABC | The Toy Box (2.4 mil/0.4) and Afv (4.4 mil/0.9) were steady, while this week’s double dip of Shark Tank (averaging 3.7 mil/0.8) was down a tenth in the demo.

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CBS | Pending adjustment due to NFL overrun, Wisdom of the Crowd (8 mil/1.1), NCIS: La (7.8 mil/0.9) and Madam Secretary...

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Fox’s coverage of the World Series Game 5 — in which the Astros (Spoiler Alert!) pulled off a dramatic 13-12 victory in 10 innings — on Sunday night drew north of 20 million total viewers while scoring a 5.5 demo rating.

That marks nearly double the preliminary numbers for Saturday’s Game 4.

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Opposite the Fall Classic….

CBS | Wisdom of the Crowd (7.4 mil/0.8) slipped to its lowest numbers yet, while NCIS: Los Angeles (7.4 mil/0.8) and Madam Secretary (6 mil/0.6) both hit series lows.

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Shark Tank this Sunday delivered 4.2 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating opposite The Walking Dead‘s return, dipping to its second-smallest audience ever while down two tenths to match its all-time demo low.

Opening ABC’s night, The Toy Box (2.3 mil/0.4) and Afv (4.6 mil/0/9) were steady. Come 10 pm, Ten Days in the Valley (2.25 mil/0.4) lost more viewers while holding steady in the demo.

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Over on NBC, Sunday Night Football (16.7 mil/5.5) is currently up 16 and 10 percent from last week’s fast nationals.

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Episode 3 of Ten Days in the Valley delivered 2.6 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating (per finals), holding steady week-to-week — but is it too little, too late?

Fwiw, show boss Tassie Cameron promised at summer TCA that Ten Days‘ 10-episode freshman run tells a complete story, but “bombshells kind of drop all the way through that I think would be very interesting territory for a second season, should we be so lucky.”

Opening ABC’s night, The Toy Box (2.3 mil/0.4) , Afv (4.4 mil/0.9) and Shark Tank (4.6 mil/1.1) were all steady.

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(Updated October 12, 2017)

ABC

Renewed

Dancing with the Stars

The Goldbergs

Modern Family

Yet to Air

Alex, Inc.

American Idol

Bachelor Winter Games

The Crossing

Deception

For the People

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Quantico

Splitting Up Together

To Tell the Truth

The Toy Box

Looking Good

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Which TV shows are doing the best? The worst? Cancelled or renewed? Wondering how your favorite series are doing in the ratings? Here are the season average ratings of the 2017-18 network TV shows -- through the end of week three (Sunday, October 8, 2017).ABC shows (so far): 20/20, 9Jkl, America's Funniest Home Videos, American Housewife, Black-ish, Dancing with the Stars, Designated Survivor, Fresh Off the Boat, The Gifted, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Lucifer, Marvel's Inhumans, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time, Scandal, Shark Tank, Speechless, Ten Days in the Valley, and The Toy Box.CBS shows this season (so far): 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Bull, Criminal Minds, Hawaii Five-0, Kevin Can Wait, MacGyver, Madam Secretary, The Mayor, Me Myself & I,...

TVLine’s annual cheat sheet of relief, anxiety and utter despair known as the Renewal Scorecard has arrived!

From now until late May, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW will determine which shows are good to return for another season… and which will join Notorious over at the Mia Network.

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To help you monitor what’s staying, what’s going and what’s anxiously riding the “bubble,” we once again present you with our easy-to-browse scorecard.

We’ll be updating this list regularly with the latest industry intel — including info on full-season pickups!

Sunday, October 8, 2017 ratings — New episodes: 60 Minutes, Wisdom of the Crowd, NCIS: Los Angeles, Madam Secretary, America's Funniest Home Videos, The Toy Box, Shark Tank, Ten Days in the Valley, Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, Ghosted, Family Guy, and The Last Man on Earth. Sports: NFL Football: Chiefs at Texans. Reruns: (none)Read More…...

CBS’ Madam Secretary christened its new, later Sunday time slot with 7.2 million total viewers and a 0.8 rating (per finals), up in the demo from its May finale and just shy of its Season 3 average (0.9).

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Opening the Eye’s night, Wisdom of the Crowd (7.8 mil/1.0) and NCIS: Los Angeles (8.5 mil/1.0) both fell 23 percent in the demo with no football overrun this week.

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Over on ABC, The Toy Box (1.9 mil/0.4) was steady, Afv (4.6 mil/0.9) matched its previous season average and Shark Tank (4.7 mil/1.1) slipped two tenths from its opener.

Which TV shows are doing the best? The worst? Cancelled or renewed? Wondering how your favorite series are doing in the ratings? Here are the season average ratings of the 2017-18 network TV shows -- through the end of week two (Sunday, October 1, 2017).ABC shows (so far): 20/20, American Housewife, Dancing with the Stars, Designated Survivor, The Goldbergs, The Good Doctor, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Marvel's Inhumans, Modern Family, Shark Tank, Speechless, Ten Days in the Valley, and The Toy Box.CBS shows this season (so far): 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods, Bull, Criminal Minds, Hawaii Five-0, Kevin Can Wait, MacGyver, Me Myself & I, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Seal Team, Survivor, Wisdom of the Crowd, and Young Sheldon.Read More…...

Sunday, October 1, 2017 ratings — New episodes: 60 Minutes, Wisdom of the Crowd, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Toy Box, Shark Tank, Ten Days in the Valley, Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, Ghosted, Family Guy, and The Last Man on Earth. Sports: NFL Football: Colts at Seahawks. Reruns: The Simpsons.Read More…...

Snapshot: New series premieres: CBS’s Wisdom Of the Crowd (1.4 in 18-49, 8.9 million), Fox’s Ghosted (1.4, 3.6 million), ABC’s Ten Days In the Valley (0.6, 3.5 million); Returning series: Fox comedies on par, ABC’s The Toy Box hits low. Sunday introduced three new series, CBS drama Wisdom of the Crowd, Fox comedy Ghosted and ABC drama Ten Days In the Valley. Neither was a breakout but the first two fit into their lineups, with Ghosted holding onto its entire Simpsons…...

ABC might want to throw “The Toy Box” back in the closet. “Ten Days in the Valley” didn’t do much better. The Disney-owned broadcaster finished a pretty distant fourth place among the Big 4 networks, though thanks to “Shark Tank,” ABC was able to stay out of the basement in terms of total viewers. That unfortunate distinction went to Fox. NBC dominated another Sunday night due to its primetime NFL football, which had the usual pregame lead-in. Also Read: Ratings: 'Marvel's Inhumans' Premiere Wins Key Demo at 8 Pm - But Not 9 NBC was first in ratings with a 4.3 rating/16 share.

Ghosted scared up 3.6 million viewers and a 1.4 demo rating (per finals) with its Sunday debut, tying CBS’ Wisdom of the Crowd launch (among others) for the night’s entertainment programming win while leading all Fox fare in total audience.

TVLine readers gave the supernatural buddy comedy an average grade of “B.”

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Opening Fox’s slate, Bob’s Burgers did 2.9 mil and a 1.3, followed by The Simpsons‘ 3.3 mil/1.4 (average grade “B+”). Leading out of Ghosted, you had Family Guy (2.8 mil/1.3) and Last Man on Earth (2.3 mil/0.9, average grade “B+”).

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Although ABC has had long-running success with Shark Tank, its new business competition series, The Toy Box hasn't exactly lit up the Nielsen ratings. Which path will Steve Harvey's Funderdome TV show follow? Will it be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. From executive producer Mark Burnett, Steve Harvey’s Funderdome TV show is an ABC competitive reality series. Featured inventors and entrepreneurs present their products, ideas, or companies to a live studio audience. Standing in for consumers, the audience votes to determine who will win seed-money. Before Harvey reveals the voting totals, he gives competitors the option to cash out. The contestants must decide if they think the audience preferred their presentation or that of their opponent. Read More…...

Pending adjustment due to NFL and thus 60 Minutes overrun, Star Trek: Discovery‘s special linear CBS showcase on Sunday night drew 8.2 million total viewers and a 1.6 demo rating in fast nationals.

Though exact numbers have not been made available, the new Trek also led CBS All Access — the exclusive home to the sci-fi drama’s second and all future episodes — to a record for subscriber sign-ups in a single day (eclipsing the previous mark fueled by this year’s Grammy Awards). That...

Each season, the television networks introduce dozens of new TV shows and hope that each will be a big hit in the ratings. Unfortunately, most are cancelled after one season. How are the 2016-17 series doing? Which have the best ratings and which have the worst? How many will survive to see a second season? Stay tuned.Here are the season average ratings of the new 2016-17 network TV shows -- through the end of week 52 (Sunday, September 17, 2017).New ABC TV shows (so far): American Housewife, Battle of the Network Stars, Big Fan, Boy Band, Conviction, Designated Survivor, Downward Dog, The Gong Show, Notorious, People Icons, Somewhere Between, Speechless, Steve Harvey's Funderdome, Still Star-Crossed, The Toy Box, and When We Rise.New CBS TV shows this season (so far): 48 Hours: NCIS, Beat Shazam, Bull, Candy Crush, The Case...