{"id":28521,"date":"2026-11-06T19:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/entertainment-tonight-sees-big-ratings-gains-this-fall-following-access-hollywood-cancellation-exclusive-variety\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T19:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:33:24","slug":"entertainment-tonight-sees-big-ratings-gains-this-fall-following-access-hollywood-cancellation-exclusive-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/entertainment-tonight-sees-big-ratings-gains-this-fall-following-access-hollywood-cancellation-exclusive-variety\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Entertainment Tonight\u2019 Sees Big Ratings Gains This Fall, Following \u2018Access Hollywood\u2019 Cancellation (EXCLUSIVE) &#8211; Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy  <a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/michael-schneider\/\" \t\t\t> \tMichael Schneider<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Executive Editor<br \/> \t&#x201C;<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/entertainment-tonight\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_entertainment-tonight\"  data-tag=\"entertainment-tonight\"  >Entertainment Tonight<\/a>&#x201D; is widening its lead as the No. 1 syndicated newsmagazine, averaging 2.99 million viewers during the week of Oct. 5, according to Nielsen live+same-day ratings.<br \/> \tThat week was significant to the CBS Media Ventures-produced and distributed &#x201C;Entertainment Tonight,&#x201D; as it coincided with the CBS network&#8217;s primetime premiere week, which was up 9% vs. CBS premiere week in 2025.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1\" >\n<h2 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-padding-t-075 lrv-u-padding-b-050 lrv-a-font-secondary-l u-color-black\">  \t \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t \t <\/h2>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1\" >\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--light-grey-tint-two\" >\n<article class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-075\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-125 lrv-u-margin-r-1\"> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/elon-musk-doc-gets-international-release-dates-1236941392\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t> \t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-3x2\" style=\"\"> \t \t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Musk.jpg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Musk\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t \t\t\t<\/a> \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content u-width-180\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-display-block u-margin-b-075@tablet u-color-medium-grey:hover a-content-ignore\">  \t \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/elon-musk-doc-gets-international-release-dates-1236941392\/\" class=\"c-title__link lrv-a-unstyle-link a-content-ignore\"  \t\t  > \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u2018Musk\u2019 Doc Gets International Release Dates\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-075\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-125 lrv-u-margin-r-1\"> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/paul-cheesbrough-fox-roku-1236941308\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t> \t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-3x2\" style=\"\"> \t \t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paul-Cheesbrough-e1793981064168.jpg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Paul-Cheesbrough-Fox\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t \t\t\t<\/a> \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content u-width-180\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-display-block u-margin-b-075@tablet u-color-medium-grey:hover a-content-ignore\">  \t \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/paul-cheesbrough-fox-roku-1236941308\/\" class=\"c-title__link lrv-a-unstyle-link a-content-ignore\"  \t\t  > \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tFox&#039;s Paul Cheesbrough Will Expand Duties After Roku Deal; Anjali Sud, Charlie Collier to Exit\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \tMeanwhile, &#x201C;Entertainment Tonight&#x201D; is also enjoying double-digit year-to-year growth for the first month of the TV season (from Sept. 28 to Oct. 25) in major demos. CBS Media Ventures hasn&#x2019;t done the analysis, but the bump does coincide with the end of rival syndicated entertainment newsmag &#x201C;<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/access-hollywood\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_access-hollywood\"  data-tag=\"access-hollywood\"  >Access Hollywood<\/a>,&#x201D; which ended its run on Sept. 11 after 30 seasons (and after NBCUniversal eliminated its first-run syndication division).  \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"admz\" id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-1\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div style=\"min-width:50px;min-height:75px;\" \tclass=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\" \tdata-priority=\"10\" >\n<div id=\"gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0\" \t\tclass=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\"> \t\t<script type=\"application\/javascript\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tblogherads.adq.push(function () {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tblogherads\n\t\t\t\t\t.defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setTargeting( 'pos', [\"mid-article1\",\"mid-articleX\",\"mid\",\"mid-article\"] )\n.setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setSubAdUnitPath(\"ros\/mid-article\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366],[300,450]])\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setClsOptimization(\"minsize\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \tWhatever the reason, for the first month of the season in Nielsen live+same day, &#x201C;Entertainment Tonight&#x201D; Season 46 averaged 2.88 million viewers, up 8% from last year (2.67 million), as well as a 0.27 rating with adults 18-49, up 37% from last year (0.20). In adults 25-54, the show was up 23% (from 0.32 to 0.39 rating).<br \/> \tAnd in key women demos, the jumps were also huge: In women 25-54, the rating was 0.47 (up 32% from 0.36), and in women 18-49, the rating was 0.30, up 38% from 0.22.<br \/> \t&#x201C;Forty-six seasons in, this team still asks one question every day: Why watch us tonight? The answer is access no one else can get and a half-hour that moves,&#x201D; said &#x201C;Entertainment Tonight&#x201D; exec producer Erin Johnson. &#x201C;Watching a new generation of viewers find us is exciting.&#x201D;  \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"admz\" id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-2\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div style=\"min-width:50px;min-height:75px;\" \tclass=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\" \tdata-priority=\"10\" >\n<div id=\"gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1\" \t\tclass=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\"> \t\t<script type=\"application\/javascript\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tblogherads.adq.push(function () {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tblogherads\n\t\t\t\t\t.defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setTargeting( 'pos', [\"mid\",\"mid-article2\",\"mid-articleX\"] )\n.setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setSubAdUnitPath(\"ros\/mid-article2\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.addSize([[320,480],[300,250],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[620,366],[300,450]])\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setClsOptimization(\"minsize\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \tThe ratings bumps come as &#x201C;Entertainment Tonight&#x201D; just won its eighth consecutive Daytime Emmy for outstanding entertainment news series. The show has won 11 overall in the category.<br \/> \t&#x201C;ET&#x201D; is co-hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner. Correspondents are Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo and Emily Curl. Working with exec producer Johnson are Whitney Wallace and Leslie Kawaguchi, who serve as co-executive producers.<br \/>The Business of Entertainment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNNWdtS3lDdVJWUXA2WWdRZ0tabU5wQzBkMmpmOGlfbFU5ZDIxUGYwNWU0VWVqMkNvejZ4YmtuNjNwY0ZfMW1TVy1pZFJoSXhTall2Yzk3UVkybXZDb1djN0RqaEl0SmtQVnpSSkF1RVZ5cWtKb3NyOEJyZUVrZlNRSkxEbXdjU1NQUkwwSzZuazBEWE00b1drMDhxd3FTcGg3X2dzSg?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Schneider Executive Editor &#x201C;Entertainment Tonight&#x201D; is widening its lead as the No. 1 syndicated newsmagazine, averaging 2.99 million viewers during the week of Oct. 5, according to Nielsen live+same-day ratings. That week was significant to the CBS Media Ventures-produced and distributed &#x201C;Entertainment Tonight,&#x201D; as it coincided with the CBS network&#8217;s primetime premiere week, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}