CBS Leads Nominations for 44th Daytime Emmy Awards

Melody Thomas Scott and Eric Braeden of the hit CBS daytime drama "The Young and the Restless" (CBS photo).

LOS ANGELES - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and THE TALK exclusively revealed the "44th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" nominations live today on the CBS Television Network. CBS leads the Daytime Emmy nominations with 70 nods, ahead of the other broadcast networks.

The #1 daytime drama THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS received 25 nominations, the most nominated daytime show. In addition, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL received 23; THE TALK received eight, the most in the show's history; LET'S MAKE A DEAL and CBS SUNDAY MORNING received three; and THE PRICE IS RIGHT, CBS THIS MORNING, and CBS THIS MORNING SATURDAY received two each. Shows from THE CBS DREAM TEAM, IT'S EPIC! Saturday Morning lineup received two.

CBS Daytime's entire entertainment lineup was honored, with both THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL receiving nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. THE TALK was nominated for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment and Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host. THE PRICE IS RIGHT and LET'S MAKE A DEAL were each nominated for Outstanding Game Show, and LET'S MAKE A DEAL's Wayne Brady was nominated for Outstanding Game Show Host.

CBS THIS MORNING and CBS SUNDAY MORNING each received a nomination for Outstanding Morning Program.

The Network's Saturday morning lineup received two nominations, one for LUCKY DOG WITH BRANDON MCMILLAN and one for THE HENRY FORD'S INNOVATION NATION.

Other top nods include Outstanding Lead Actor nominations for Y&R's Peter Bergman and Kristoff St. John and B&B's Scott Clifton, and Outstanding Lead Actress for Y&R's Gina Tognoni and Jess Walton and B&B's Heather Tom. Outstanding Supporting Actress nominations went to Y&R's Stacy Haiduk and Kelly Sullivan, as well as B&B's Anna Maria Horsford. Y&R's Steve Burton received a nod for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Y&R's Hunter King and Alyvia Alyn Lind and B&B's Reign Edwards received nods for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series, and B&B's Pierson Fodé and Anthony Turpel were nominated for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.

CBS Daytime has been number 1 in the day-part for 30 consecutive years, featuring a balance of dramas, game shows and talk. The Network's daytime lineup includes network television's #1 daytime program and longest-running game show THE PRICE IS RIGHT, the #1 daytime drama THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Daytime Emmy Award-winning THE TALK, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on March 23, and LET'S MAKE A DEAL.

CBS THIS MORNING, hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell delivers two hours of original reporting, breaking news and top-level newsmaker interviews in an engaging and informative format that challenges the norm in network morning news programs.

CBS SUNDAY MORNING, anchored by Jane Pauley, is television's #1 Sunday morning news program. Each broadcast features breaking news as well as original reporting on the worlds of entertainment, arts, sports, science, technology, movies, music and more.

CBS THIS MORNING: SATURDAY, hosted by Anthony Mason and Alex Wagner, presents a mix of stories and coverage of national and global news, as well as featured interviews with celebrated chefs, authors, celebrities, and musicians.

The full nominations list can be found online at www.emmyonline.org/daytime.

THE TALK will continue the celebration with its fifth annual "After Party" on Monday, May 2 when they honor some of the night's biggest winners. Guest names will be announced following THE DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS early Monday morning, May 2.

NBC Renews Shades of Blue for a Third Season

Jennifer Lopez in "Shades of Blue" (NBC Photo).

LOS ANGELES –  “Shades of Blue,” NBC’s gritty drama starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta about corruption in the NYPD and the ramifications that ensue, has been renewed for a third season.

The announcement was made by Jennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment.

“We’re so hugely appreciative of everything Jennifer and Ray do, and know it is due to their dedication, as well as the hard work of our incredible cast and producers, that ‘Shades of Blue’ has so clearly and compellingly earned a third-season renewal,” Salke said. “This show continues to mine powerful stories that always leave us hungry for more.”

Thus far in its second season, “Shades of Blue” is dominating the Sunday 10 p.m. ET hour among the ABC, CBS and NBC dramas, generating a +50% margin of victory in the timeslot in adult 18-49 rating. In total viewers, “Shades of Blue” also wins decisively, averaging 5.0 million viewers in “live plus same day” ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

Additionally, “Shades” leads the timeslot’s broadcast competition in all other key measures – adults, men and women 18-34; men and women 18-49; and adults, men and women 25-54.

“Shades” adds substantial viewership from time-shifting and video on demand, with the show’s March 5 season premiere growing by 66% in “live plus three day” Nielsens to a 1.6 rating in adults 18-49, and in total viewers by 2.5 million persons to a total of 7.8 million, accounting for the biggest L+3 lifts of the night on the Big 4 networks.

Harlee Santos (Jennifer Lopez) is a charismatic single mother and resourceful detective at the heart of a tight-knit crew of Brooklyn detectives, led by enigmatic Lt. Matt Wozniak (Ray Liotta) who often leads the team to step outside the limitations of the law in order to effectively protect their precinct and their own.

Trump Crazyness is Good for Rachel Maddow as Her Ratings Soar

Rachel Maddow topped the competition for the second straight week in its 9 p.m. slot for MSNBC (NBC Photo).

NEW YORK - As Donald Trump continued to immerse himself in scandal over his administration's possible collusion with Russia during his election and his baseless accusations of wiretapping by the Obama administration, one of the few winners was cable news and "The Rachel Maddow Show," in particular.  For the second week in a row, MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” (M-F 9-10pm ET) was the number-one cable news show in the key 25-54 demo in the M-F 9-10 p.m. time period for the week of March 13, according to Nielsen.

“The Rachel Maddow Show” averaged 2.91 million total viewers and 756,000 A25-54 viewers last week (vs. CNN’s 1.2 million total viewers and 420,000 viewers A25-54, and FOX News’ 2.94 million total viewers and 604,000 viewers A25-54). This is the program’s best week ever in total viewers and the best week in A25-54 since October 27, 2008. Compared to the week of March 6, “The Rachel Maddow Show” was up +11% in total viewers and +21% in A25-54. Among all cable and broadcast networks, “The Rachel Maddow Show” ranked in the top 10 in the time period every day last week – finishing in the top 10 for 21 out of the previous 26 days.

Three additional MSNBC programs each topped CNN among the A25-54 demo: “All In with Chris Hayes” at 8pm, “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” at 10pm, and “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams” at 11pm. This was “The Last Word’s” best week ever in total viewers and the best week in A25-54 since November 5, 2012.

MSNBC also bested CNN among total viewers during full day (M-F 6am-2am), “Morning Joe” at 6am, “MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle” at 9am, “Hardball with Chris Matthews” at 7pm, “All In with Chris Hayes,” “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” and “The 11th Hour with Brian Williams.”

March 2017 to-date, MSNBC again continued its ratings climb in prime (M-F 8-11pm ET), ranking #2 among all cable networks in total viewers. MSNBC is the second fastest-growing cable network among all cable in weekday prime (behind MLB Network), up +72% in total viewers over the same period in March 2016 (vs. -45% for CNN and -12% for FOX News).