FOX Unveils Fall 2014-2015 Primetime Schedule

Ratings Report for the Week of May 12-16, 2014

For the ninth consecutive year CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” received a nomination for the Monte Carlo Television Festival’s International TV Audience Awards, which honors programs that garnered the highest number of viewers worldwide in 2013 across five continents. “B&B” is nominated in the “Telenovela/Soap Opera” category. To coincide with its nomination, the soap has announced the addition of Australian actress Ashleigh Brewer (ex- Kate Ramsay, “Neighbours”) to its cast in the newly created contract role of Ivy Forrester, who is the niece of patriarch Eric Forrester (John McCook).

For the week of May 12-16, 2014, ABC Daytime ranked #1 in Women 18-34 (199,000/0.6 rating) and Women 25-54 (784,000/1.3 rating) and tied for #1 in Women 18-49 (610,000/1.0 rating), per newly released Nielsen Media Research ratings data. The network hit a 10–week highs in Total Viewers (3.2 million) and Women 18-34, and 7–week highs in Women 18-49 and in Women 25-54 – since weeks of 3/3/14 and 3/24/14, respectively.

Since Melissa Ordway joined “The Young and the Restless” as Abby Newman just over a year ago, she hasn’t had much exciting story to sink her teeth into — until now! The drama between Abby, Tyler (Redaric Williams) and Mariah (Camryn Grimes) is about to explode, and Soap Opera Network caught up with Ordway to get the juicy details!

This is literally the best time of Linsey Godfrey’s life; not only is “The Bold and the Beautiful” star engaged to “The Young and the Restless’” Robert Adamson (Noah Newman) and is expecting her first child this June, she’s also celebrating her first ever Emmy nomination for her work as “B&B’s” Caroline Spencer! It’s a bit overwhelming, but in the best of ways, of course. “It’s definitely been a whirlwind of a year, that’s for sure,” the actress says with a smile. “I’ve been very fortunate.” On the day this year’s Emmy nominations were announced, Godfrey recalls being a bit stunned when she found out she was officially in the race for Outstanding Younger Actress. “It was one of those things where I was really, really excited, but then I kind of sat there and debated whether or not to wake up Bobby [Adamson],” she recalls. “I sat there and…

Ratings Report for the Week of May 5-9, 2014

While the season finale of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” airs tonight, series regular Sarah Drew (Dr. April Kepner) will be appearing on the Friday, May 16 edition of Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family.” The actress will chat with co-hosts Cristina Ferrare and Mark Steines to discuss her starring role in the new TriStar Pictures release, “Moms’ Night Out,” which also features Trace Adkins and Patricia Heaton. The film is a bit of irony of sorts for Drew as her character on “Grey’s” recently learned she was with child, while in the film she’s the mother of three kids in desperate need of a girls’ night out.

Having catapulted to the number one spot in the 18-49 demo and experienced double digit improvement in many time slots, NBC has announced its upcoming fall 2014-2015 primetime schedule. The network is introducing a portfolio of new content that will be joining veteran shows “About a Boy,” “The Blacklist,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Grimm,” “Hannibal,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Parenthood,” “Parks and Recreation,” “America Ninja Warrior,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Biggest Loser,” “Celebrity Apprentice,” “Hollywood Game Night” and “The Voice.”

As it gets ready to finish the traditional television season (September-May) as America’s most-watched network in viewers for the 11th time in 12 years, CBS has renewed 21 shows and has picked up an additional 8 for next season. Five of the new shows will air in the fall with the remaining three headed for midseason. The new series joining the network in the fall includes “Madam Secretary,” starring Téa Leoni as the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State; “NCIS: New Orleans,” a spinoff of “NCIS,” starring Scott Bakula; “Scorpion,” a high-octane drama starring Elyes Gabel, Robert Patrick and Katharine McPhee, inspired by the true story of an eccentric genius and his team of brilliant misfits working to protect the U.S. from high-tech threats; the psychological thriller “Stalker,” starring Maggie Q and Golden Globe Award winner Dylan McDermott as detectives who investigate stalking incidents; and the ensemble comedy The McCarthys,” starring Laurie…

“The Young and the Restless'” Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman), of the hit independent film, “Tentacle 8,” — which also stars Bruce Gray (ex-Mark Wilcox), Teri Reeves (ex-Megan McKenna, “General Hospital”), and “All My Children’s” John Callahan (ex-Edmund Grey) and Matthew Borlenghi (ex-Brian Bodine) — will be appearing at Laemmle’s NoHo7 theater in Los Angeles for a special film screening on Tuesday, May 20, and guess what? Soap Opera Network has partnered with the film’s director, John Chi, in giving away two pairs of screening tickets to a couple of lucky SON readers!

Hot on the heels of Fox and NBC’s release of their fall 2014-2015 primetime schedules comes the reveal of ABC’s fall schedule, which includes several new series (which you can read more about here).

Ratings Report for the Week of April 28 – May 2, 2014