Binge viewing is the new normal, per Netflix (in time for holiday shopping)
Netflix released data Dec. 12 confirming a bit of conventional wisdom: binge viewing is the new normal. Not coincidentally, the data supports the company’s stream-and-binge business model. It also proves you weren’t the only one who devoured HOUSE OF CARDS in a week, or “Orange is the New Black” in a few sittings.
The data suggests binge viewers have little guilt about embracing this new social norm.
The data found out of 1,500 adult TV streamers in the U.S (those that stream shows at least once a week), 61% binge-watch shows regularly. The average binge-watch clocked at 2.3 episodes per sitting.
Adam Gregory tweets response to speculation he was gone from THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL after being removed from the opening credits
"Retracted my last tweet cause I’m not gone, I’m actually back soon! I’m just not a regular and my career is taking a different direction ... Thank you to all my #BB fans for sticking by me through this whole time! You guys are all awesome! I do miss my #BB family."
The 65 Most Important TV Deaths In 2013
1. Finn Hudson (GLEE)
2. Walter White (BREAKING BAD)
3. Nicholas Brody (HOMELAND)
4. Catelyn Stark (GAME OF THRONES)
5. Hank Schrader (BREAKING BAD)
REVENGE wedding church was also used for THE O.C.
Daniel and Emily's wedding too place in the same church where Caleb and Julie got married on THE O.C. It's also the church where Caleb was laid to rest just one season later. It's the Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes, California — just north of Orange County, and quite far from REVENGE's Hamptons locale.
GOSSIP GIRL Vet Kevin Zegers Joins Cast of Fox's Upcoming BROADCHURCH Remake
Zegers' character is described as “a handsome, clever and extremely laid back young reporter on the local town newspaper. Gracepoint born and bred, he didn't want to go away to college – he couldn't afford it and he felt he could do what he needed to do here.” When a high-profile local murder case brings a big city journalist to town, however, “his dormant ambitions are awakened – getting both himself and his aunt Ellie (Anna Gunn) in big trouble.”
Former AS THE WORLD TURNS actress Ashley Williams Set As Female Lead In CBS' Jim Gaffigan Comedy Pilot
The project, co-written by Gaffigan and Peter Tolan, is inspired by Gaffigan’s real life and stars the comedian as Jim, the happily married and harried NYC father of five. Williams will play Jim’s wife Jeannie, a super-wife and super-mom, possessing a seemingly unlimited storehouse of energy, encouragement, patience and good humor.
Why Connie Britton Isn't Mourning the Nixed FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Movie
Britton said of Lights creator Peter Berg's recent announcement that a movie version isn't in the cards. "I think that the decision needed to be made, and there’s been so much going back and forth about it now for so long. And I feel like the only way that was ever going to work is if it just fell into place beautifully, and if everybody was on board, because we couldn’t do anything to risk what FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS has already been."
Rob Corddry Joins HBO Pilot BALLERS
Corddry is set to co-star opposite Dwayne Johnson in BALLER, HBO's half-hour dramedy pilot, which chronicles the lives of several Miami-based active and retired athletes. Corddry will play former all-pro running back Spencer’s (Johnson) boss, a financial advisor who tries really hard to fit in and who is confident but clueless at interpreting social cues.
Emily Wilson Speaks Out On GENERAL HOSPITAL Exit
Emily Wilson's final scenes as Ellie Trout on GH aired on Monday, and the actress took to Twitter to express her farewell feelings. "Blessed to be a part of the General Hospital family. It was incredible, and I feel so fortunate to have spent some time in Port Charles! Thank you so much for the kind words, support, and love! You are all amazing, and you mean the world to me! THANK YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART!" she wrote.
SCANDAL Case Study: Kerry Washington on the Midseason Finale Shocker and What's Next
"I was really shocked [that Olivia's mother would ultimately be a terrorist]. I used to say Olivia is so successful, I don't understand why in her personal life she's not more together. It was always a puzzling part of her that I loved so much, but that I always struggled with justifying. Now, I look at her upbringing and the relationship with her parents and think we're lucky she's not a drug addict in prison somewhere!"
THE KILLER's Big Season 4 Mystery Revealed: A Military School, an Authoritarian and a Murder
Season four of the recently revived drama will focus largely on an all-boys military academy based just outside of Seattle. Linden will go head-to-head with the school's headmistress, who is described as a military veteran—she was dishonorably discharged—and a stickler for discipline. The school is her life and a family legacy, and she'll do anything to defend it and her charges. The character, currently named Margaret O'Neal, will be the season's big nemesis and a series regular.
TNT Gives Pilot Orders To Reincarnation Drama Produced By Kyra Sedgwick, Legal Drama From Marcia Clark & Dee Johnson
The cable network has given a pilot order to PROOF, a supernatural medical drama executive produced by Sedgwick. Additionally, TNT has greenlighted a legal drama pilot co-written by Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial, and NASHVILLE showrunner Dee Johnson.
PROOF centers on a skeptical, hard science, female surgeon who’s struggled with family issues including a tragic death. She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings — all of it looking for verifiable proof, to try to answer one of life’s greatest questions: Is death truly the end, or is there something … beyond?
