ABC’s The Rookie continues to defy its age, posting a year-to-year viewership bump with its Season 8 finale. The action-packed May 4 closer, which delivered an epic Chenford proposal years in the making followed by a shocking twist, delivered 9.25 million total viewers in Nielsen National Live+7 Day…

Dancing with the Stars may be a reality competition staple today, but that wasn’t always the case, as co-host Julianne Hough and judge Bruno Tonioli recall. In a recent interview with People at the 2026 Disney Upfront, Hough and Tonioli reflected on the pervasive doubt about whether the format…

To paraphrase the famous musical title, a funny thing happened on the way to the upfronts this year. One by one, the four major broadcast network announced their 2026-27 lineups, and each of them featured more scripted series than the current season. The turnaround was so unexpected that the…

Disney didn't want to miss out on all the songs and dances at this year's Upfronts so brought along the Savannah Bananas to kick things off with a slightly off-pitch opener. It was apt given that their second baseman Jackson Olson is waltzing off to Dancing with the Stars. It wasn’t the most…

Even by Jimmy Kimmel's standards, it's been quite the crazy ride for ABC's late-night host since he was last on stage in New York for a Disney upfront presentation. “Have to admit, I’ve been through so much bullsh*t this year, it actually made me appreciate this bullsh*t,” the upfronts veteran…

ABC will air the Grammy Awards next year for the first time since the Nixon administration, and today we got the showdate. The 69th Grammys ceremony is set for Sunday, February 9, returning to Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. ABC is kicking off its 10-year deal with the Recording Academy inked…

Disney and the Country Music Association announced Tuesday that they have extended their agreement for the CMA Awards, as well as CMA broadcast specials CMA Fest and CMA Country Christmas through 2032. ABC and CMA’s agreement was set to expire this year. The six-year extension builds on CMA’s…

It’s a threepeat! Conan O’Brien will return as host of the Oscars for a third consecutive year. Also back in their fourth straight year as executive producers are Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. The 99th Academy Awards will air live on ABC and Hulu on March 14, 2027. ABC was not believed to have…

Dancing with the Stars has added another celebrity contestant to its Season 35 lineup. Jackson Olson, the second baseman for the Savannah Bananas, has joined the competition, Disney announced during its upfront presentation on Tuesday. Olson is the third contestant to be revealed so far. He…

The last two slots on ABC’s 2026-27 schedule went to R.J. Decker and The Rookie: North, both picked up during the weekend before the upfronts where the networks, including ABC, present their fall lineups. Early on, it looked like it may be one slot that would go to either the freshman drama…

Keeping with the stability theme in the other broadcast schedules released so far, ABC too went for minimum changes, keeping multiple nights intact. But the one major move the network has made is pretty bold — it has left its No. 1 series, High Potential, off the fall schedule, keeping the hit crime…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Season 24 finale of ABC’s American Idol. Hannah Harper has been crowned the winner of American Idol Season 24. Tonight’s live three-hour season finale delivered an unforgettable night of music as audiences voted in favor of Harper…