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  • Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016
Republican Presidental Debate tops last week's Nielsen tally
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, answers a question as retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, left, and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, listen during a Republican presidential primary debate, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The Republican Presidential Debate on the Fox News Channel topped last week's Nielsen ratings, drawing nearly 12.5 million viewers.

Here's a rundown of the top 20 shows ranked according to primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 25-31. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.

1. Republican Presidential Debate, Fox News Channel, 12.47 million.

2. "Grease: Live," Fox, 12.21 million.

3. "NCIS," CBS, 11.98 million.

4. "Scorpion," CBS, 10.7 million.

5. "Madam Secretary," CBS, 10.2 million

6. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 10.06 million.

7. "The X-Files" (Monday), Fox, 9.67 million.

8. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 9.626 million.

9. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 9.625 million.

10. "60 Minutes," CBS, 9.38 million.

11. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 9.25 million.

12. "NCIS: New More

  • Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
Animated Storyboards launches ASB Games
Omer Qayyum (l) and Max Phillips (Likenesses created by an ASB Games artist)
LOS ANGELES -- 

International animatics shop Animated Storyboards has launched a video game art division, ASB Games. The new venture will be led by Animated Storyboards staffers Max Philips and Omer Qayyum, who are both avid gamers. ASB Games will deliver a carefully curated network of artists with talent in a wide range of styles, ranging from photorealistic environmental work to highly stylized character art. The artists will work with seasoned in-house creative directors and producers, leveraging the global infrastructure that Animated Storyboards has established with its 10 offices and nearly 300 full time in-house illustrators, designers, directors, producers and 2D and 3D artists.

ASB Games continues the diversification efforts of Animated Storyboards. Since opening in 2001, the company has expanded beyond its core business of animatics for the ad industry to include such services as audio & casting, creative More

  • Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016
Yahoo to cut 1,700 workers as CEO tries to save her own job
In this Jan. 7, 2014, file photo, Yahoo president and CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yahoo reports financial earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
By Michael Liedtke, Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Yahoo is laying off about 1,700 employees and shedding some of its excess baggage in a shake-up likely to determine whether CEO Marissa Mayer can save her own job.

The long-anticipated purge, announced Tuesday, will jettison about 15 percent of Yahoo's workforce along with an assortment of services that Mayer decided aren't worth the time and money that the Internet company has been putting into them.

The cost-cutting is designed to save about $400 million annually to help offset a steep decline in net revenue this year.

Mayer also hopes to sell some of Yahoo's patents, real estate and other holdings for $1 billion to $3 billion.

Products to be dumped include Yahoo Games, Yahoo TV and some of the digital magazines that Mayer started as CEO. She will also close offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Mexico City; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Madrid and Milan.

In an apparent concession More

  • Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016
Vatican disputes pope film claim, says pontiff not an actor
Pope Francis celebrates a mass for nuns and priest, in St.Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
By Nicole Winfield
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- 

The Vatican is disputing a U.S. film studio's claim that the pope is making his movie debut, saying no scenes were shot for the venture and that the pope isn't an actor.

Los Angeles-based AMBI Pictures headlined its press release: "Film Will Mark First Ever Big Screen Participation Role for the Leader of the Worldwide Catholic Church."

Monsignor Dario Vigano, the head of the Vatican's communications operation, acknowledged that he couldn't exclude that the filmmakers got hold of some clips of the pope. But in comments broadcast on Vatican Radio on Tuesday, Vigano disputed the press release claiming that Francis would "play himself" in the film "Beyond the Sun."

He said: "The pope is not an actor."

AMBI described the film as "a family adventure story where children from different cultures emulate the apostles while searching for Jesus in the world around them."

AMBI Pictures has More

  • Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016
Chuck Lorre to be inducted into NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame
Chuck Lorre (photo by Art Streiber)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced today that executive producer/writer Chuck Lorre — the creative force behind the Warner Bros. Television hit broadcast comedies “The Big Bang Theory,” “Mom,” “Mike & Molly” and “Two and a Half Men” for CBS — will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2016 NAB Show Television Luncheon on Monday, April 18, in Las Vegas.

As a writer, creator and executive producer, Lorre has been the driving force behind some of the top comedies on television. He is co-creator/executive producer of the blockbuster hit “The Big Bang Theory,” TV’s #1 entertainment series among Total Viewers and #1 comedy among Adults 18–49, as well as the critically acclaimed “Mom,” starring Anna Faris and Allison Janney, which was honored as a recipient at the Television Academy Honors in 2014.

Lorre is also executive producer of “Mike & Molly,” starring More

  • Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016
"Mad Max" director George Miller to lead Cannes Film Festival jury
In this May 7, 2015 file photo, George Miller arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Mad Max: Fury Road" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
PARIS (AP) -- 

The Cannes Film Festival has invited "Mad Max" director George Miller to preside over this year's jury and award the Palme d'Or for France's equivalent of the Oscars.

The festival said Tuesday that choosing Miller, an Australian director, screenwriter and producer, was a celebration of genre cinema. Miller's films defy easy categorization, from the apocalyptic "Mad Max" series to "The Witches of Eastwick," the drama "Lorenzo's Oil," and the children's classics "Babe" and "Happy Feet."

As head of the jury, Miller will set the tone for the festival in France's Cote d'Azur, which runs from May 11-22.

  • Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
NBC renews deal with prolific producer Dick Wolf
In this Jan. 13, 2016 file photo, S. Epatha Merkerson, left, and executive producer Dick Wolf participate in the "Chicago Fire," "Chicago P.D." and "Chicago Med" panel at the NBCUniversal Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

NBC has signed a new production deal with prolific producer Dick Wolf, ensuring an 18th season of "Law & Order: SVU" and the continuation of his Chicago trilogy of dramas.

The deal, announced Monday, binds Wolf with NBC Universal through 2020, by which time he will likely have even more programs on the network's schedule.

Wolf had seemed close to the end of his run at NBC at the outset of this decade, with the long-running "Law & Order" franchise down to the one show. But he's come roaring back with his signature cut-from-the-headlines procedural dramas, this time focusing on Chicago.

The deal promises a second season of the newest drama, "Chicago Med." NBC had earlier renewed "Chicago Fire" and "Chicago P.D." Wolf has delivered a handful of crossover storylines where actors from one of the series appear in the others.

NBC said Wolf is also developing a fourth series, "Chicago More

  • Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
"Grease" fights through rain, tragedy to reach 12.2 million
This image released by Fox, Juliane Hough and Aaron Tveit appear during a performance of "Grease: Live." (Frank Micelotta/FOX via AP)
By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Fox's live production of "Grease" fought rain, wind and personal tragedy to emerge a winner, with its audience of 12.2 million people eclipsing viewership for the last two musicals presented on NBC.

The Nielsen company said Fox's audience was more than three times what the network typically gets for a Sunday night.

"'Grease' is so much about joy and energy and youth," said Marc Platt, one of the show's producers, on Monday. "We decided we wanted to throw a big party to celebrate that and invite everyone and that's what we did, and it turned out well for everybody."

There was so much wind and rain a few hours before the start that producers were told that a major part of the set — the facade of Rydell High — would not be able to be used because it was unsafe. They scrambled to redo the affected scenes, but shortly before starting it was deemed safe to go ahead with the original plans.

The More

  • Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
Pope Francis To Appear In Feature Film "Beyond The Sun"
Producer Andrea Iervolino with Pope Francis
ROME/LOS ANGELES -- 

A “first” in both cinema and Catholic Church history will be made as the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Francis, will play himself in the family film “Beyond the Sun” from AMBI Pictures.

In his feature film debut (and film debut for any Pope in the history of the Church), His Holiness Pope Francis portrays himself in the inspirational story based on the Gospels, told in several tales with Jesus’ message, so children can learn and incorporate Jesus’ parables.

The idea for the feature film emanated from Pope Francis asking the filmmakers to do a movie for children that communicates Jesus’ message.

Pope Francis is willing to participate in the movie to support charity as all profits from “Beyond the Sun” will be donated to two selected charities--El Almendro and Los Hogares de Cristo (located in Argentina) which support Pope Francis’ social and spiritual message within More

  • Friday, Jan. 29, 2016
Jacques Rivette, French New Wave film director, dies at 87
This Wednesday, May 16, 2001 file picture shows French director Jacques Rivette arriving for the screening of his film "Who Knows", in competition at the Film Festival in Cannes, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
PARIS (AP) -- 

French director Jacques Rivette, a secretive pioneer of convention-bashing New Wave film renowned for creating rich roles for women such as Emmanuelle Beart, has died at 87.

Rivette's films - like many of the New Wave era - routinely appeared at elite film festivals though didn't always enjoy commercial success.

French President Francois Hollande, in a statement Friday announcing Rivette's death, hailed him as "a cineaste of the woman." Serge Toubiana of the Cinematheque museum in Paris described Rivette's "sense of conspiracy, sense of secrecy" and the "magnificent place" he provided to women characters.

Among them were roles in an early film "La Religieuse" (The Nun), censored when it first came out in 1966; the award-winning, nearly-four-hour "La Belle Noiseuse" (The Beautiful Troublemaker) with Beart in 1991; and a 1994 version of the Joan of Arc tale called "Jeanne la Pucelle" starring More

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