‘Today’ presents Stefani, others
Jennifer Hudson, Gwen Stefani and Dave Matthews all have early wake-up calls for “Today” show concerts over the warm weather months.
Stefani’s reunion show with her band No Doubt begins the Friday morning concert series on May 1. Hudson is scheduled for May 15.
The Dave Matthews Band is signed up for June 5. Later in June: the Jonas Brothers, another act sure to draw a big crowd to Rockefeller Plaza.
Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy, Black Eyed Peas, the Fray, Kings of Leon and Katy Perry are also on the concert schedule, which runs through the end of August.
Daytime Emmys to CW
The Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony has a new home at the CW network.
The Aug. 30 broadcast will mark the first time the ceremony won’t air on one of the major three networks. In the last four years, it had shifted between CBS and ABC.
The CW’s entertainment president, Dawn Ostroff, said the show draws a “core female following” and will provide a promotional platform for the CW’s fall schedule.
Nominations for the 36th annual ceremony will be announced May 14.
Globes go live out West
Golden Globe viewers on the West Coast don’t have to worry about online spoilers next year: The show will air live nationally for the first time.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said this week that the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast Jan. 17 by NBC at 5 p.m. on the West Coast and 8 p.m. on the East Coast.
In the past, the ceremony honoring movies and television shows aired in prime time on the West Coast on tape delay, but was live elsewhere.
After being disrupted in 2008 by the Hollywood writers strike, this year’s ceremony was the lowest-rated ever, with 14.6 million viewers.
‘Eastbound’ back on HBO
HBO has renewed the raunchy, dark comedy series “Eastbound & Down” for a second season starting next year.
The series stars Danny McBride as Kenny Powers, who becomes a substitute teacher in his North Carolina hometown after his big mouth and declining fastball knock him out of Major League Baseball.
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay were executive producers of the six-episode run. Ratings grew as the series went on, finishing with 950,000 viewers tuning in for the season finale.