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Comedian Kenan Thompsonās āYoung Stars 360ā² talent search comes to SA on Saturday
Read full article: Comedian Kenan Thompsonās āYoung Stars 360ā² talent search comes to SA on SaturdayA national talent search for kids put on award-winning actor, comedian and producer Kenan Thompson will stop in San Antonio this weekend in attempt find the next big thing.
'Succession,' 'Ted Lasso' top Emmys; 1st time winners shine
Read full article: 'Succession,' 'Ted Lasso' top Emmys; 1st time winners shineThe Emmy Awards have spread honors around repeat winners ā Zendaya, Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart ā and some first timers, like Sheryl Lee Ralph and Quinta Brunson of āAbbott Elementary.ā.
New this week: 'Cherry,' 'Bloodlands' & Kids' Choice Awards
Read full article: New this week: 'Cherry,' 'Bloodlands' & Kids' Choice AwardsThis combination photo shows key art for the Acorn TV series "Bloodlands," premiering March 15, left, key art for the Apple TV+ film "Cherry," center, and key art for Nickelodeons "Kids Choice Awards," hosted by Kenan Thompson and airing on March 13. (Acorn TV/Apple TV+/Nickelodeon via AP)Hereās a collection curated by The Associated Pressā entertainment journalists of whatās arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. AdāAP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICā The 2021 Grammys will hand out 84 awards Sunday, but whatās more exciting? Other performers include Chris Martin, John Mayer, Doja Cat, Maren Morris, DaBaby, HAIM, Lil Baby, Brandi Carlile, Roddy Ricch, Brittany Howard, Miranda Lambert, Mickey Guyton and Black Pumas. Adā Grown-ups donāt have a lock on awards shows, as Nickelodeonās Kidsā Choice Awards proves once again.
'60 Minutes,' 'Equalizer' strong Sunday punch for CBS
Read full article: '60 Minutes,' 'Equalizer' strong Sunday punch for CBSThis image released by CBS shows Queen Latifah in a scene from the series "The Equalizer." Latifah's drama, āThe Equalizer,ā was the most popular scripted show on television last week, the Nielsen company said, trailing only first-place ā60 Minutesā and giving CBS a strong one-two punch on Sunday. CBS won the week with an average of 4.6 million viewers in prime time. ABC had 3.9 million, NBC had 3.5 million, Fox had 2.6 million, Univision had 1.6 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 1 million. ABC's āWorld News Tonightā won the evening news ratings race, averaging 10.2 million viewers.
New this week: 'Nomadland,' 'Kenan' and Andra Day music
Read full article: New this week: 'Nomadland,' 'Kenan' and Andra Day musicThis image released by NBC shows, from left, Dani Lane as Aubrey, Kenan Thompson as Kenan, and Dannah Lane as Birdie in a scene from the comedy series, "Kenan," premiering on Feb. 16. (Casey Durkin/NBC via AP)Hereās a collection curated by The Associated Pressā entertainment journalists of whatās arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. The album has 13 tracks including āTigress & Tweed,ā an original Day wrote with veteran singer-producer Raphael Saadiq. Adā āSaturday Night Liveā cast member Kenan Thompson, who two decades ago co-starred in āKenan and Kel,ā is headlining his own sitcom. It details the African American churchās history, from enslavement to emancipation, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights movement to today.
Amazon, Cadillac score with Super Bowl ads
Read full article: Amazon, Cadillac score with Super Bowl adsNEW YORK ā During this year's Super Bowl, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reigned supreme on the field. Overall, this year's crop of Super Bowl ads focused on light humor that strove to entertain and connect. Bud Light Seltzer LemonadeBud Light used lemons as a metaphor for everything that went wrong in 2020 to introduce its new Seltzer Lemonade. Michelob was likely hoping to drive people to repeat views online with the celebrity lookalikes, but during the fast-moving Super Bowl the conceit was confusing. With its first-ever Super Bowl ad, Scott's was looking to keep that momentum going, but the overstuffed ad ended up being distracting.
The Latest: Robinhood's ad emerges from the time capsule
Read full article: The Latest: Robinhood's ad emerges from the time capsuleThe latest news on Super Bowl commercials. ___10 p.m.Smartphone-based stock market investment service Robinhood bought its Super Bowl spot in December after a successful year, unaware that it was about to make global headlines. Ad___9:45 p.m.Jeep starred iconic singer Bruce Springsteen in his first ever ad promoting the idea of unity. Most brands that have money to spend on Super Bowl ads are already household names, but the big game is also a chance for upstarts to make a big splash. ___7:15 p.m.General Motors used humor in a Super Bowl ad to promote its ambitious push to get more Americans to buy electric vehicles.
Super Bowl ads went for light humor. Not all succeeded
Read full article: Super Bowl ads went for light humor. Not all succeededThis photo provided by Cadillac shows a scene from Cadillac's 2021 Super Bowl NFL football spot. They aimed to connect to the estimated 100 million viewers who tune in to the Super Bowl broadcast each year. Perhaps the most striking effect: Virtually none of the ads featured people in masks, a public-health priority but also a grim reminder of the ongoing pandemic. AIMING TO ENTERTAINIn an effort to be light, advertisers stuffed -- and sometimes overstuffed ā their ads with celebrities. āI like Springsteen and heartwarming ads like this generally, but this one feels too forced given the current political climate,ā he said.
A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy's M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch
Read full article: A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy's M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watchIt might not have seemed likely early in the pandemic, but the 55th Super Bowl Sunday is upon us yet again. Amazon shows off a sexy new body for its Alexa assistant, Dan Levy apologizes for eating M&M's and Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade makes a downpour of lemons a metaphor for 2020's troubles. AdInspiration4 ā Join Us "In what is surely a first in Super Bowl history, an ad for Inspiration4, a SpaceX supported all-civilian space mission touts a chance for viewers to join the mission. Dan Levy of āSchittās Creekā apologizes to the M&M anthropomorphic characters that are Super Bowl mainstays and says he promises not to āeat any more of their friends." And E-Trade, famous for the talking baby ads it ran in the Super Bowl from 2008 until they āretired" in 2014, is back in the big game with an undisclosed ad.
Super Bowl ads aim to comfort and connect
Read full article: Super Bowl ads aim to comfort and connectNEW YORK ā Super Bowl ads each year offer a snapshot of the American psyche. The chance to break into the psyche and (virtual) watercooler talk of an estimated 100 million viewers who will be watching the CBS broadcast of Super Bowl LV on Sunday. This yearās Super Bowl will showcase more than 20 first-time advertisers ā more than double the 8 from last year if you exclude campaign ads, according to a tally by research firm iSpot. Itās a bellwether when a brand can afford the estimated $5.5 million cost-of-entry for a 30-second spot during the Super Bowl. In stark contrast to last year's Super Bowl, which featured campaign ads from both Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg, politics is out of sight this year.
CBS' Brown to host record 10th Super Bowl pregame show
Read full article: CBS' Brown to host record 10th Super Bowl pregame show(AP Photo/Bill Wippert, File)CBS' James Brown knows what it is like to host Super Bowl pregame shows when the day transcended beyond the teams competing for a championship. Brown hosted Fox's pregame for the 2002 Super Bowl, which occurred nearly five months after 9/11. With the coronavirus pandemic still at the forefront, Brown realizes Sunday's āSuper Bowl Todayā show could offer the same opportunities, but in a different manner. This is a different kind of backdrop where many people have just been fatigued, given all of the challenges that weāve had to endure during this time.āAdThis will be a record 10th Super Bowl pregame hosted by Brown and his sixth for CBS. He became the pregame host for Fox in 1994 when they outbid CBS for the rights to the NFC package.
Don Johnson gets his funny on with help from 'SNL' stars
Read full article: Don Johnson gets his funny on with help from 'SNL' starsThis image released by NBC shows, from left, Don Johnson as Rick, Chris Redd as Gary, and Kenan Thompson as Kenan in a scene from the comedy series "Kenan," premiering on Feb. 16. (Casey Durkin/NBC via AP)LOS ANGELES ā Don Johnson is getting his funny on with help from a couple of āSaturday Night Liveā stars. Johnson's most recent forays into series work came in ABC's āBlood and Oilā in 2015 and HBO's āWatchmenā in 2019. āKenan and I got on the phone and I felt instant chemistry with Kenan,ā Johnson said. Thompson will juggle shooting the series in Los Angeles and doing āSNLā in New York.