The Welcome House in Northern Kentucky has announced its annual fundraising benefit, ‘Home is Where the Heart Is’, will be held on January 30 at The Madison Grand Ballroom, Covington, Kentucky. Featured special guest speaker is Malaak Compton-Rock, philanthropist, author and wife of entertainer Chris Rock.
Compton-Rock is founder of The Angel Rock Project, an e-village promoting everything to do with service, humanity, peace, equality, social responsibility, and sustainable change. She is also involved with the U.S. Fund for Unicef and has founded the non-profit company, StyleWORKS, which provides a wide range of grooming services for women transitioning from welfare to the workplace. Compton-Rock was also a judge on Oprah Winfrey's ‘The Big Give.’
Welcome House of Northern Kentucky Inc. was founded in 1982 to work with the community by providing assistance for families and individuals who are homeless or who may become homeless.
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Compton-Rock is founder of The Angel Rock Project, an e-village promoting everything to do with service, humanity, peace, equality, social responsibility, and sustainable change. She is also involved with the U.S. Fund for Unicef and has founded the non-profit company, StyleWORKS, which provides a wide range of grooming services for women transitioning from welfare to the workplace. Compton-Rock was also a judge on Oprah Winfrey's ‘The Big Give.’
Welcome House of Northern Kentucky Inc. was founded in 1982 to work with the community by providing assistance for families and individuals who are homeless or who may become homeless.
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- 1/19/2010
- Look to the Stars
ABC has renewed last season's reality success "Here Come the Newlyweds" for a second round.
The one-hour romantic-comedy series will return midseason. On the show, nine recently married couples compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars to jump-start their new lives together.
ABC has increased the series order from last season's six episodes to eight. Once again, comic Pat Bullard hosts.
The pickup has long been expected. Driven by a strong lead-in from "Oprah's Big Give," "Newlyweds" ranked No. 1 in its Sunday 10 p.m. period in total viewers (averaging 8.1 million) and adults 18-49 (3.3/9). ("Big Give" wasn't renewed after producer/host Oprah Winfrey declined to produce another season).
Jay Blumenfield and Tony Marsh executive produce "Newlyweds," in association with Warner Horizon Television.
The one-hour romantic-comedy series will return midseason. On the show, nine recently married couples compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars to jump-start their new lives together.
ABC has increased the series order from last season's six episodes to eight. Once again, comic Pat Bullard hosts.
The pickup has long been expected. Driven by a strong lead-in from "Oprah's Big Give," "Newlyweds" ranked No. 1 in its Sunday 10 p.m. period in total viewers (averaging 8.1 million) and adults 18-49 (3.3/9). ("Big Give" wasn't renewed after producer/host Oprah Winfrey declined to produce another season).
Jay Blumenfield and Tony Marsh executive produce "Newlyweds," in association with Warner Horizon Television.
- 8/26/2008
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC announced its fall schedule Tuesday at a press conference in New York City. The lineup included several expected pickups, such as alternative game show Opportunity Knocks, the David E. Kelly time-traveling police drama Life on Mars and transplanted NBC comedy Scrubs..
Among the surprises at the presentation: The 2008-09 season will be Boston Legal's last and Oprah's Big Give is not coming back.
Big Give had modest sucess and won its time period on Sunday nights.
"We loved that show and absolutely would have loved to bring it back," ABC entertainment president Steve McPherson said. "But it was something (Oprah) didn't want to do."
There's one untitled reality project in the mix, from executive producers Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher, which ABC describes as "a beauty pageant unlike any you've ever seen."
"It combines Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and is right in our brand," McPherson said.
McPherson also touted the potential of Scrubs on ABC.
"We think its been in 17 time periods on their network and they rarely promoted it at all and it still performed a 3.5 rating on Thursday second only to The Office. We think it's a great addition to our comedy brand, it gives us a real opportunity and another piece to play with."
For midseason, ABC has 17 pilots in development in addition to the return of Lost. to an undisclosed time period.
Among the surprises at the presentation: The 2008-09 season will be Boston Legal's last and Oprah's Big Give is not coming back.
Big Give had modest sucess and won its time period on Sunday nights.
"We loved that show and absolutely would have loved to bring it back," ABC entertainment president Steve McPherson said. "But it was something (Oprah) didn't want to do."
There's one untitled reality project in the mix, from executive producers Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher, which ABC describes as "a beauty pageant unlike any you've ever seen."
"It combines Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and is right in our brand," McPherson said.
McPherson also touted the potential of Scrubs on ABC.
"We think its been in 17 time periods on their network and they rarely promoted it at all and it still performed a 3.5 rating on Thursday second only to The Office. We think it's a great addition to our comedy brand, it gives us a real opportunity and another piece to play with."
For midseason, ABC has 17 pilots in development in addition to the return of Lost. to an undisclosed time period.
- 5/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The season finale of ABC's Oprah's Big Give (10 million viewers, 3.2 rating among adults 18-49 and a 9 share) won its time period and concluded on a solid note.
ABC is trying to avoid making any more series pickup announcements until its upfront presentation to advertisers next month, but feel free to consider Big Give a likely contender for the return list.
ABC won the night with the top three shows, yet had some disappointing numbers by comparison to earlier this year. Desperate Housewives dropped 7% to post another series low (15.6 million, 5.5/13). With the weaker lead-in, return of Brothers & Sisters to originals was down 18% from its prior average (10.5 million, 3.6/10).
Fox was second with six animated comedy repeats (averaging 4.3 million, 2.0/6). CBS was third with 60 Minutes (10.6 million, 1.5/5), Big Brother (6.8 million, 2.3/6) and the original movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear (8.2 million, 1.5/4). NBC had Dateline (1.2/4) and repeats, including USA Network repurposed shows (averaging 1.2/4). The CW was on par (averaging 0.5/1).
ABC is trying to avoid making any more series pickup announcements until its upfront presentation to advertisers next month, but feel free to consider Big Give a likely contender for the return list.
ABC won the night with the top three shows, yet had some disappointing numbers by comparison to earlier this year. Desperate Housewives dropped 7% to post another series low (15.6 million, 5.5/13). With the weaker lead-in, return of Brothers & Sisters to originals was down 18% from its prior average (10.5 million, 3.6/10).
Fox was second with six animated comedy repeats (averaging 4.3 million, 2.0/6). CBS was third with 60 Minutes (10.6 million, 1.5/5), Big Brother (6.8 million, 2.3/6) and the original movie Sweet Nothing in My Ear (8.2 million, 1.5/4). NBC had Dateline (1.2/4) and repeats, including USA Network repurposed shows (averaging 1.2/4). The CW was on par (averaging 0.5/1).
- 4/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The NBC premieres of USA Network's Monk and Psych showed once again that cable network programs get cable-level ratings when transported to broadcast.
Sunday night's debut of Monk (5.7 million viewers, 1.5 preliminary rating among adults 18 to 49 and a 4 share) and Psych (4.0 million, 1.3/3) came in fourth place in the 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. hour, respectively. The shows were also below their prior time-period averages. NBC also ran Dateline (4.9 million, 1.4/5) and a repeat.
The NBC shows did not face heavy competition. ABC won the night yet again, but its top-rated reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was a repeat this week at 9 p.m. Oprah's Big Give (9.4 million, 3.2/8) and Here Come the Newlyweds (7.7 million, 3.2/8) tied to led the night in the demo. Without an original lead-in, Big Give dropped to its lowest rating of the season. Yet Newlyweds managed to grow slightly for its season finale.
Fox was second, airing an original King of the Hill (5.2 million, 2.5/7) and animated comedy repeats.
Sunday night's debut of Monk (5.7 million viewers, 1.5 preliminary rating among adults 18 to 49 and a 4 share) and Psych (4.0 million, 1.3/3) came in fourth place in the 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. hour, respectively. The shows were also below their prior time-period averages. NBC also ran Dateline (4.9 million, 1.4/5) and a repeat.
The NBC shows did not face heavy competition. ABC won the night yet again, but its top-rated reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was a repeat this week at 9 p.m. Oprah's Big Give (9.4 million, 3.2/8) and Here Come the Newlyweds (7.7 million, 3.2/8) tied to led the night in the demo. Without an original lead-in, Big Give dropped to its lowest rating of the season. Yet Newlyweds managed to grow slightly for its season finale.
Fox was second, airing an original King of the Hill (5.2 million, 2.5/7) and animated comedy repeats.
ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition topped a modestly rated Sunday evening, but the reality hit's freshman lead-outs Oprah's Big Give and Here Come the Newlyweds continued to decline.
Airing four hours of unscripted shows, ABC won the night among adults 18-49 and total viewers (9 million, 3.2/9). ABC ran America's Funniest Home Videos (7.4 million viewers, 2.3 rating in 18-49 and a 7 share), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12.0 million, 4.1/11), Big Give (9.7 million, 3.6/9) and Here Come the Newlyweds (7 million, 2.9/8).
Fox came in second with six half-hour comedies, mostly repeats. A rerun of Family Guy was the highest rated (6.7 million, 3.4/9). Fox also aired originals of King of the Hill (6 million, 2.8/7) and Unhitched (4.4 million, 2.3/6), the latter falling 8% from last week.
CBS and NBC tied for third, with CBS airing 60 Minutes (11.1 million, 2.0/6), Big Brother (6.3 million, 2.3/6) and repeats. NBC had two hours of Dateline (8 million, 1.9/6) and repeats. The CW had repeats and Everybody Hates Chris (1.1 million, 0.5/1) and Aliens in America (900,000, 0.4/1).
Also, on Friday, Fox's new sitcom The Return of Jezebel James (3.2 million, 1.0/4) debuted with back-to-back episodes and posted the network's worst time period performance since fall's The Next Great American Band. CBS' The Price Is Right (8.7 million, 2.0/7) won the night but declined yet again.
Airing four hours of unscripted shows, ABC won the night among adults 18-49 and total viewers (9 million, 3.2/9). ABC ran America's Funniest Home Videos (7.4 million viewers, 2.3 rating in 18-49 and a 7 share), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12.0 million, 4.1/11), Big Give (9.7 million, 3.6/9) and Here Come the Newlyweds (7 million, 2.9/8).
Fox came in second with six half-hour comedies, mostly repeats. A rerun of Family Guy was the highest rated (6.7 million, 3.4/9). Fox also aired originals of King of the Hill (6 million, 2.8/7) and Unhitched (4.4 million, 2.3/6), the latter falling 8% from last week.
CBS and NBC tied for third, with CBS airing 60 Minutes (11.1 million, 2.0/6), Big Brother (6.3 million, 2.3/6) and repeats. NBC had two hours of Dateline (8 million, 1.9/6) and repeats. The CW had repeats and Everybody Hates Chris (1.1 million, 0.5/1) and Aliens in America (900,000, 0.4/1).
Also, on Friday, Fox's new sitcom The Return of Jezebel James (3.2 million, 1.0/4) debuted with back-to-back episodes and posted the network's worst time period performance since fall's The Next Great American Band. CBS' The Price Is Right (8.7 million, 2.0/7) won the night but declined yet again.
- 3/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC's reality lineup conquered Sunday night despite second-week ratings decreases for Oprah's Big Give and Here Come the Newlyweds.
Sunday also marked the start of daylight-saving time, which last March resulted in an average 6% across-the-board ratings drop for primetime broadcast programming. Shows airing in the 8 p.m. hour were the hardest hit last year, and networks expect weaker ratings returns this week.
ABC's Big Give at 9 p.m. (11.8 million viewers, a preliminary 4.0 adults 18-49 rating and an 11 share) and Newlyweds at 10 p.m. (8.9 million, 3.6/9) won their respective hours by clear margins. Big Give matched its Extreme Makeover: Home Edition lead-in (12.4 million, 4.0/11) and tied as the highest-rated shows of the night.
Big Give was down 25% from its premiere, however. Although Newlyweds had a lower overall rating, the show only dropped 12% and maintained a larger portion of its Big Give lead-in compared to last week. America's Funniest Home Videos (6.7 million, 1.9/6) opened ABC's night.
In second place in the demo, Fox aired a mix of comedy repeats and originals, including new episodes of Simpsons (7.3 million, 3.5/10), King of the Hill (6.2 million, 3.0/8), Family Guy (7.5 million, 3.7/9) and Unhitched (5.2 million, 2.6/6).
Sunday also marked the start of daylight-saving time, which last March resulted in an average 6% across-the-board ratings drop for primetime broadcast programming. Shows airing in the 8 p.m. hour were the hardest hit last year, and networks expect weaker ratings returns this week.
ABC's Big Give at 9 p.m. (11.8 million viewers, a preliminary 4.0 adults 18-49 rating and an 11 share) and Newlyweds at 10 p.m. (8.9 million, 3.6/9) won their respective hours by clear margins. Big Give matched its Extreme Makeover: Home Edition lead-in (12.4 million, 4.0/11) and tied as the highest-rated shows of the night.
Big Give was down 25% from its premiere, however. Although Newlyweds had a lower overall rating, the show only dropped 12% and maintained a larger portion of its Big Give lead-in compared to last week. America's Funniest Home Videos (6.7 million, 1.9/6) opened ABC's night.
In second place in the demo, Fox aired a mix of comedy repeats and originals, including new episodes of Simpsons (7.3 million, 3.5/10), King of the Hill (6.2 million, 3.0/8), Family Guy (7.5 million, 3.7/9) and Unhitched (5.2 million, 2.6/6).
- 3/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The premiere of the ABC philanthropic reality show Oprah's Big Give was one of the few bright spots in the 23rd week of the season, with several shows hitting season lows and networks struggling to lure viewers back to broadcast after the WGA strike.
The primetime schedule remains peppered with scripted repeats, helping Fox achieve its eighth consecutive weekly victory.
Fox led the field by 2.5 ratings points (averaging 13.8 million, 5.2 rating/13.9 share). Three nights of American Idol (topped by Tuesday's episode, which was seen by 28.6 million viewers, with a 11.1/27) powered the lineup, with two episodes giving giant lead-ins to record-setting episodes of Back to You (12.2 million, 4.4/11) on Tuesday and "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" (14.4 million, 5.2/13) on Thursday.
ABC (8 million, 2.7/3.7) came in second for the week, led by the top-rated scripted series Lost (12.9 million, 5.4/13). The Thursday night drama continues to earn generous reviews while slipping week-over-week in the ratings.
Sunday's Big Give (15.7 million, 5.3/13) clocked in as the third-most-watched premiere of the season.
The primetime schedule remains peppered with scripted repeats, helping Fox achieve its eighth consecutive weekly victory.
Fox led the field by 2.5 ratings points (averaging 13.8 million, 5.2 rating/13.9 share). Three nights of American Idol (topped by Tuesday's episode, which was seen by 28.6 million viewers, with a 11.1/27) powered the lineup, with two episodes giving giant lead-ins to record-setting episodes of Back to You (12.2 million, 4.4/11) on Tuesday and "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" (14.4 million, 5.2/13) on Thursday.
ABC (8 million, 2.7/3.7) came in second for the week, led by the top-rated scripted series Lost (12.9 million, 5.4/13). The Thursday night drama continues to earn generous reviews while slipping week-over-week in the ratings.
Sunday's Big Give (15.7 million, 5.3/13) clocked in as the third-most-watched premiere of the season.
Oprah gave big to ABC on Sunday night as the premiere of her new reality show triumphed in the Nielsen ratings.
Critics may have been less than kind, but the debut of the talk show host's philanthropic reality effort Oprah's Big Give was the highest-rated program of the night, according to preliminary returns. Plus, the Big Give audience spilled over into the under-the-radar debut of another ABC unscripted title, Here Come the Newlyweds, helping ABC win the night among key measures.
ABC opened with America's Funniest Home Videos (8.2 million total viewers, 2.7 rating among adults 18-49 and an 8 share) then Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (14.8 million, 5.1/13), Big Give (15.6 million, 5.3/12) and Newlyweds (10.3 million, 4.1/11). From 8-11 p.m., ABC won every hour, with Big Give becoming third-most-watched freshman series debut this season (followed by Fox's Moment of Truth and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles).
In second place, Fox's ratings are very preliminary because NASCAR: Spring Cup (12.5 million, 4.7/13) pushed the start times of Fox's comedies to about 8:30 p.m. NASCAR was followed by The Simpsons (7.9 million, 3.8/9), King of the Hill (7.7 million, 4.1/10), Family Guy (7.1 million, 3.7/9) and the debut of Unhitched (N/A, 2.5/6).
Critics may have been less than kind, but the debut of the talk show host's philanthropic reality effort Oprah's Big Give was the highest-rated program of the night, according to preliminary returns. Plus, the Big Give audience spilled over into the under-the-radar debut of another ABC unscripted title, Here Come the Newlyweds, helping ABC win the night among key measures.
ABC opened with America's Funniest Home Videos (8.2 million total viewers, 2.7 rating among adults 18-49 and an 8 share) then Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (14.8 million, 5.1/13), Big Give (15.6 million, 5.3/12) and Newlyweds (10.3 million, 4.1/11). From 8-11 p.m., ABC won every hour, with Big Give becoming third-most-watched freshman series debut this season (followed by Fox's Moment of Truth and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles).
In second place, Fox's ratings are very preliminary because NASCAR: Spring Cup (12.5 million, 4.7/13) pushed the start times of Fox's comedies to about 8:30 p.m. NASCAR was followed by The Simpsons (7.9 million, 3.8/9), King of the Hill (7.7 million, 4.1/10), Family Guy (7.1 million, 3.7/9) and the debut of Unhitched (N/A, 2.5/6).
Mark Bracco has been upped to vp alternative series and specials at ABC.
Bracco, who was director, will continue to oversee specials for the network as well as work on alternative series. The list of specials in his portfolio include the Academy Awards, the CMA Awards, the American Music Awards, "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and The Oprah Winfrey Specials.
In the alternative series area, Bracco oversees Supernanny, the upcoming Oprah's Big Give and the new edition of The Mole.
His resume also includes stints as entertainment producer on Good Morning America and as a segment producer on Access Hollywood.
Bracco will continue to report to Vicki Dummer and John Saade, senior vps and co-heads of ABC's alternative series, specials and late-night.
"Mark's experience as a producer at 'Good Morning America' and entertainment journalist at 'Access Hollywood' gives him unique insight in developing reality series and specials," Dummer said.
Bracco also worked on such ABC reality series as Duel, Fat March and National Bingo Night.
Bracco, who was director, will continue to oversee specials for the network as well as work on alternative series. The list of specials in his portfolio include the Academy Awards, the CMA Awards, the American Music Awards, "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and The Oprah Winfrey Specials.
In the alternative series area, Bracco oversees Supernanny, the upcoming Oprah's Big Give and the new edition of The Mole.
His resume also includes stints as entertainment producer on Good Morning America and as a segment producer on Access Hollywood.
Bracco will continue to report to Vicki Dummer and John Saade, senior vps and co-heads of ABC's alternative series, specials and late-night.
"Mark's experience as a producer at 'Good Morning America' and entertainment journalist at 'Access Hollywood' gives him unique insight in developing reality series and specials," Dummer said.
Bracco also worked on such ABC reality series as Duel, Fat March and National Bingo Night.
- 1/31/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- ABC unveiled its 2007-08 primetime schedule Tuesday, with "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff "Private Practice" in place on Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
"Practice", which features "Anatomy" star Kate Walsh, is one of eight new series ABC has on tap for the fall, with four more on the shelf for midseason, including an unscripted series featuring Oprah Winfrey. In addition to "Oprah's Big Give", ABC's order includes seven new dramas and four new comedies.
"Practice" will find itself against established hits like CBS's "Criminal Minds" and NBC's touted new action drama "The Bionic Woman".
Steve McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment, believes the two-hour "Anatomy" that introduced "Practice" will give the new series a leg up.
"We're really thrilled to have this asset coming in the fall," said McPherson at a Tuesday morning press conference. "It got great exposure on Thursday night."
But McPherson also acknowledged that "Practice" has to flesh out its storylines better than the pilot did.
"We spent a lot of time introducing the characters, but not enough time on the stories. We really have to hit the stories stronger. Once those characters are set up, what [executive producer] Shonda [Rhimes] does brilliantly is the conflict between people."
"Practice" will anchor a night entirely comprised of new drama hours. The series is sandwiched between "Pushing Daisies" and "Dirty Sexy Money".
But McPherson believes "Practice" will give Wednesday a lift.
"I think rather than put a completely new show on, the asset of a spinoff is a known entity that has a tremendous amount of publicity behind it," he said.
In contrast to NBC -- which accelerated its usual production cycle and will stockpile additional episodes in anticipation of a potential strike -- ABC has no such contingency plans in effect.
"We're not changing what we do for the labor issue right now," McPherson said.
"Practice", which features "Anatomy" star Kate Walsh, is one of eight new series ABC has on tap for the fall, with four more on the shelf for midseason, including an unscripted series featuring Oprah Winfrey. In addition to "Oprah's Big Give", ABC's order includes seven new dramas and four new comedies.
"Practice" will find itself against established hits like CBS's "Criminal Minds" and NBC's touted new action drama "The Bionic Woman".
Steve McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment, believes the two-hour "Anatomy" that introduced "Practice" will give the new series a leg up.
"We're really thrilled to have this asset coming in the fall," said McPherson at a Tuesday morning press conference. "It got great exposure on Thursday night."
But McPherson also acknowledged that "Practice" has to flesh out its storylines better than the pilot did.
"We spent a lot of time introducing the characters, but not enough time on the stories. We really have to hit the stories stronger. Once those characters are set up, what [executive producer] Shonda [Rhimes] does brilliantly is the conflict between people."
"Practice" will anchor a night entirely comprised of new drama hours. The series is sandwiched between "Pushing Daisies" and "Dirty Sexy Money".
But McPherson believes "Practice" will give Wednesday a lift.
"I think rather than put a completely new show on, the asset of a spinoff is a known entity that has a tremendous amount of publicity behind it," he said.
In contrast to NBC -- which accelerated its usual production cycle and will stockpile additional episodes in anticipation of a potential strike -- ABC has no such contingency plans in effect.
"We're not changing what we do for the labor issue right now," McPherson said.
- 5/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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