The series premiere of Sacha Baron Cohen’s “This Is America” got off to a respectable start in the ratings on Sunday.
The show’s debut on Showtime’s linear channel drew a modest 0.1 rating in adults 18-49 and 327,000 viewers, airing at 10 p.m. However, streaming and On Demand viewing added another 301,000 viewers to that total, bringing the show to 628,000. Showtime also aired multiple encores of the premiere, which bring its viewership haul to just over 1 million for the night. The show will also likely see significant lift in delayed viewing.
A 10-minute preview of the series posted on Showtime’s YouTube channel on Sunday has also garnered over 10 million views.
According to Showtime, “Who Is America?” also drove the highest sign-ups of any series for the Showtime streaming service in a single day in 2018, and it was the third best day for series’ premiere day sign ups since the service launched.
The show’s debut on Showtime’s linear channel drew a modest 0.1 rating in adults 18-49 and 327,000 viewers, airing at 10 p.m. However, streaming and On Demand viewing added another 301,000 viewers to that total, bringing the show to 628,000. Showtime also aired multiple encores of the premiere, which bring its viewership haul to just over 1 million for the night. The show will also likely see significant lift in delayed viewing.
A 10-minute preview of the series posted on Showtime’s YouTube channel on Sunday has also garnered over 10 million views.
According to Showtime, “Who Is America?” also drove the highest sign-ups of any series for the Showtime streaming service in a single day in 2018, and it was the third best day for series’ premiere day sign ups since the service launched.
- 7/17/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Sacha Baron Cohen’s secret Showtime series “Who Is America?” roped in 1 million total viewers on Sunday, accounting for audiences from its first airing, some encores, as well as streaming and on-demand tune-in.
On linear TV alone, the sneak peek of “Who Is America?” at midnight Et/9 p.m. Pt (Saturday) received 222,000 viewers. In its regular time slot premiere, Sunday at 10 p.m., the first episode received 327,000 viewers.
Three more encores eventually grew the TV audience to 702,000 viewers.
Also Read: Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Who Is America?' Characters Have Been Skulking Around Online for Months
The rest of Sunday’s viewing — 301,000 additional viewers — came digitally and on-demand, which is typically of particular import in Showtime’s case.
Showtime debuts its originals on streaming platforms at midnight the day of an episode’s linear premiere. In this case, there was no head start over TV.
Whether one considers the 1 million mark,...
On linear TV alone, the sneak peek of “Who Is America?” at midnight Et/9 p.m. Pt (Saturday) received 222,000 viewers. In its regular time slot premiere, Sunday at 10 p.m., the first episode received 327,000 viewers.
Three more encores eventually grew the TV audience to 702,000 viewers.
Also Read: Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Who Is America?' Characters Have Been Skulking Around Online for Months
The rest of Sunday’s viewing — 301,000 additional viewers — came digitally and on-demand, which is typically of particular import in Showtime’s case.
Showtime debuts its originals on streaming platforms at midnight the day of an episode’s linear premiere. In this case, there was no head start over TV.
Whether one considers the 1 million mark,...
- 7/17/2018
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Season 1, Episode 1, available now on Showtime.]
On the eve of the 2018 Mlb All-Star game, a new Showtime series is making the case that batting .250 should be good enough to earn a slot among TV’s elite. No, the premium cable network isn’t pushing for an Emmy recount on behalf of “Our Cartoon President,” which landed one out of four jokes, at best. Its new series from Sacha Baron Cohen, “Who Is America?”, is pushing the boundaries of objective criticism.
By typical metrics, the first episode of the secretive half-hour satire isn’t all that good. Three of the four segments are insubstantial, innocuous, and unfunny. Cohen trots out multiple new characters to interview their opposites: a right-wing conspiracy theorist interviews Bernie Sanders; a left-wing documentary filmmaker has dinner with two Trump supporters; an ex-con who makes poop paintings presents his work to an uppity art gallery owner.
On the eve of the 2018 Mlb All-Star game, a new Showtime series is making the case that batting .250 should be good enough to earn a slot among TV’s elite. No, the premium cable network isn’t pushing for an Emmy recount on behalf of “Our Cartoon President,” which landed one out of four jokes, at best. Its new series from Sacha Baron Cohen, “Who Is America?”, is pushing the boundaries of objective criticism.
By typical metrics, the first episode of the secretive half-hour satire isn’t all that good. Three of the four segments are insubstantial, innocuous, and unfunny. Cohen trots out multiple new characters to interview their opposites: a right-wing conspiracy theorist interviews Bernie Sanders; a left-wing documentary filmmaker has dinner with two Trump supporters; an ex-con who makes poop paintings presents his work to an uppity art gallery owner.
- 7/16/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Alongside Sarah Palin, Ted Koppel and Dick Cheney, Roy Moore is another famous name to be tricked into an interview with Borat‘s Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen has been collecting interviews for his new Showtime series Who Is America? which will air on July 15. Moore said in a statement that he “did not know Sacha Cohen or that a Showtime […]...
- 7/13/2018
- by Gillian Kenah
- Uinterview
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- 12/12/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
Jimmy Kimmel opened Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a searing takedown of Roy Moore, the controversial Senate candidate who has been accused of sexual misconduct with minors when he was in his 30s.
The monologue came after the two engaged in a Twitter war earlier in the day, which began with Moore accusing Kimmel of mocking his “Christian values” and challenging the late night host to go “man to man” on Moore’s home turn in Alabama.
“I accept the invitation, I will come down there. I’m going to come down to Gadsden, Alabama, with a team of professional cheerleaders,...
The monologue came after the two engaged in a Twitter war earlier in the day, which began with Moore accusing Kimmel of mocking his “Christian values” and challenging the late night host to go “man to man” on Moore’s home turn in Alabama.
“I accept the invitation, I will come down there. I’m going to come down to Gadsden, Alabama, with a team of professional cheerleaders,...
- 12/1/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Jimmy Kimmel accepted Judge Roy Moore's invitation to meet "man to man" – either in a debate or in a fight – on Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The war of words between the late-night host and the alleged child-molesting Alabama senatorial candidate came after Kimmel sent a prankster to crash Moore's rally at an Alabama church.
"If you want to mock our Christian values, come down here to Alabama and do it man to man," Moore tweeted to Kimmel, resulting in a brief 280-character back-and-forth between the two.
Kimmel then brought...
The war of words between the late-night host and the alleged child-molesting Alabama senatorial candidate came after Kimmel sent a prankster to crash Moore's rally at an Alabama church.
"If you want to mock our Christian values, come down here to Alabama and do it man to man," Moore tweeted to Kimmel, resulting in a brief 280-character back-and-forth between the two.
Kimmel then brought...
- 12/1/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Media Matters president Angelo Carusone is speaking out, blasting the New York Times for running what he called a “puff piece” in their magazine about Fox News anchor Sean Hannity. “I cannot believe the New York Times let themselves be used like this,” Carusone told TheWrap on Tuesday. “It’s a totally ridiculous puff piece.” Carusone insisted that the story was part of a broader crisis control effort by Fox News in the wake of an advertiser boycott led by his liberal media watchdog organization against Hannity earlier this month. Also Read: Sean Hannity Retreats From Roy Moore Ultimatum, Says Decision Up to.
- 11/28/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is fighting back against cascading allegations of sexual misconduct with women over the course of his career. In his latest effort, the candidate has launched an internet tip-line for Alabamans to report inappropriate or suspicious inquiries they receive from the media. “We would like to know about your experience,” reads a description of the hotline. “Please use the contact form below to get a quick response from our team.” Also Read: Sean Hannity Retreats From Roy Moore Ultimatum, Says Decision Up to 'Alabama Voters' (Video) The form name “Report Inappropriate News Organization Contact,” does not appear on the.
- 11/16/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News host Sean Hannity mostly backed off his attacks on Alabama Gop senatorial candidate Roy Moore Wednesday evening, pointedly ignoring the story for almost the entire duration of his program. In his show’s closing minutes, Hannity did address the matter, ultimately washing his hands of the issue, saying the choice belonged to Alabama voters. “I lived in Alabama. I enjoyed my time in Alabama. I know these people. They’re smart. They’re great Americans. God. Family. Faith. Country,” he said. “I am very confident that when everything comes out, they will make the best decision for their state.
- 11/16/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
People Explains: Who Is Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore — and Does He Still Have a Chance to Win?
Almost nothing about Roy Moore’s candidacy for Senate has been without controversy.
First, he challenged incumbent Luther Strange, who had been appointed to replace Jeff Sessions when he was tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney General. During the primary, he waved a gun at an election eve campaign rally, lacked support from the Republican establishment and has called Islam a “false religion.”
But none of that scared off Alabama voters on Sept. 26, who supported Moore in the Republican primary runoff for Sessions’ vacated Senate seat.
The former chief justice for Alabama’s Supreme Court defeated Strange,...
First, he challenged incumbent Luther Strange, who had been appointed to replace Jeff Sessions when he was tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney General. During the primary, he waved a gun at an election eve campaign rally, lacked support from the Republican establishment and has called Islam a “false religion.”
But none of that scared off Alabama voters on Sept. 26, who supported Moore in the Republican primary runoff for Sessions’ vacated Senate seat.
The former chief justice for Alabama’s Supreme Court defeated Strange,...
- 11/15/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
On his Fox News show on Tuesday night, Hannity gave Roy Moore an ultimatum with regards to the sexual abuse allegations that have been leveled against him: “Immediately and fully come up with a satisfactory explanations for your inconsistencies” or “get out of this race.” Moore is currently in the midst of a campaign for the Alabama Senate seat vacated when Jeff Sessions became Trump’s attorney general. “Between this interview that I did and the inconsistent answers, between him saying ‘I never knew this girl’ and then that yearbook comes out,” Hannity said, referencing this new accusation on...
- 11/15/2017
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Meghan McCain made it clear on Tuesday that she will not follow party lines when it comes to supporting Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual assault or misconduct by five women.
“Those of you who have the audacity to demand i defend Roy Moore for the sake of his senate seat – your soul may be for sale, but mine is not,” tweeted McCain, the daughter of Arizona Sen. John McCain and a co-host on The View talk show.
McCain’s comments were met with approval from many Republican and Democratic Twitter users, including one...
“Those of you who have the audacity to demand i defend Roy Moore for the sake of his senate seat – your soul may be for sale, but mine is not,” tweeted McCain, the daughter of Arizona Sen. John McCain and a co-host on The View talk show.
McCain’s comments were met with approval from many Republican and Democratic Twitter users, including one...
- 11/14/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
In the 1980s, Roy Moore had a reputation for allegedly “badgering teenage girls” and “cruising for high-school dates” at an Alabama mall, according to The New Yorker.
More than a dozen people who worked or spent time at the Gadsden Mall during that time told The New Yorker‘s Charles Bethea of widespread rumors that Moore, now the Gop Alabama Senate candidate, was on a list of people banned from the mall.
A former manager who worked at the mall in the late ’80s confirmed the existence of a ban list to The New Yorker, but said he did not...
More than a dozen people who worked or spent time at the Gadsden Mall during that time told The New Yorker‘s Charles Bethea of widespread rumors that Moore, now the Gop Alabama Senate candidate, was on a list of people banned from the mall.
A former manager who worked at the mall in the late ’80s confirmed the existence of a ban list to The New Yorker, but said he did not...
- 11/14/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Sean Hannity has now lost 11 corporate sponsors since his Thursday segment questioning the motives of women who have accused men like Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct. On Monday, Hebrew National, Volvo, Hubble Contacts and Reddi Wip joined the DNA testing service 23andMe and Nature’s Bounty, who said they were withdrawing ads from Hannity’s primetime Fox News show, in addition to the previously announced moves by Keurig, Realtor.com and the plus-size fashion label Eloquii. Meanwhile, two other advertisers, HelloFresh and TripAdvisor, clarified that any ads that run during his show were done in “error.” Another one-time Hannity advertiser,...
- 11/14/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
After #BoycottKeurig started trending on Twitter over the weekend, the coffee machine company’s CEO Bob Gamgort has expressed regret in an email to employees obtained by The Washington Post.
In case you’re not up to speed, the company announced in a tweet on Saturday that they were halting advertising on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show following the anchor’s controversial comments about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, one as young as 14.
This sparked a right-wing backlash, with Hannity calling for a boycott of the company — and his...
In case you’re not up to speed, the company announced in a tweet on Saturday that they were halting advertising on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show following the anchor’s controversial comments about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is facing allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, one as young as 14.
This sparked a right-wing backlash, with Hannity calling for a boycott of the company — and his...
- 11/13/2017
- by Shay Spence
- PEOPLE.com
Six companies have either pulled ads or publicly distanced themselves from Fox News’ Hannity after the host was criticized for an interview with Republican Alabama Senate candidate and accused child molester Roy Moore. Though most of the non-advertisers didn’t give specific reasons for their absence from Hannity, their decisions were disclosed in responses to complaints about Sean Hannity’s radio interview with Moore Thursday. E*Trade, Realtor.com, Eloquii, 23andme…...
- 11/13/2017
- Deadline TV
Fans of Sean Hannity have called for a boycott of Keurig after the coffee machine company joined at least two other companies to stop advertising on the Fox News show. On Friday, Keurig and Realtor.com announced on Twitter that they would stop advertising on Hannity’s shows after complaints about the host’s defense of embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. “We worked with our media partner and Fox news to stop our ad from airing during the Sean Hannity Show,” Keurig announced on Friday, responding to a tweet from Angelo Carusone, the president of the left-leaning advocacy group Media Matters for America.
- 11/12/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Nothing reeks of panic like an app redesign only eight months after going public. But that’s where we are with Snapchat and its parent company, Snap Inc., after a third straight lackluster quarter — punctuated by underwhelming sales and feeble user growth — has investors running for the hills. “Honestly, Snap is looking like Myspace right now,” a former high-ranking employee at Myspace told TheWrap. Also Read: Oops: Sean Hannity Links to Parody Roy Moore Account Before Interview With Embattled Candidate That’s not what you want to hear if you’re CEO Evan Spiegel, who co-founded the revolutionary picture-messaging app in 2011. But the.
- 11/10/2017
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
After his robust defense of accused pedophile Roy Moore on his show last night, Fox News host Sean Hannity announced on Twitter that he would have Moore on as a guest on his radio program on Friday “Exclusively on the Sean Hannity Radio Show today, we will talk to Judge Roy Moore @judgeroymooreAL,” Hannity wote, tagging the judge in his tweet. Also Read: Trump Tells Roy Moore to Quit Senate Race 'If These Allegations Are True' The only problem is that Moore’s twitter handle is @MooreSenate and Hannity’s tweet tagged @judgeroymooreAL — which happens to be a pretty nasty parody account.
- 11/10/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump is weighing in on the growing scandal surrounding Alabama Gop Senate candidate Roy Moore. Speaking from Air Force One, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump’s view was that Moore should withdraw from the race if the new accusations of sexual misconduct prove to be accurate. “Like most Americans, the president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation, in this case one from many years ago, to destroy a person’s life,” she said. “However, the president also believes that if these allegations are true, Judge Moore will do the right thing and step aside.
- 11/10/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
On the set of Sean Hannity’s Fox News show last night, the host ran full-court defense for Alabama Judge Roy Moore following a Washington Post report in which four women accused him of sexual misconduct. Moore, the Republican nominee to fill Jeff Sessions’ U.S. Senate seat from Alabama, has denied the accusations — including one that he initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s. In one particular moment, Hannity invited Fox News legal analyst Mercedes Colwin to cast a broad set of aspersions not just on the women accusing Moore but of all women who bring.
- 11/10/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
This Morning In Donald Trump Tweets is, today, a tale of deletion – not addition. Trump has deleted all his tweets pushing the candidacy of Luther Strange for the Senate, after Strange got trounced last night by booted Alabama Judge Roy Moore in the state’s Republican primary. Strange, for whom Trump traveled to Alabama to campaign, was named interim senator for the state, filling Jeff Sessions’ seat, after Trump named Sessions his Attorney General. Moore, who lost his…...
- 9/27/2017
- Deadline TV
Roy Moore, the fiery Alabama Senate candidate who is considered the frontrunner in Tuesday’s closely watched Republican runoff election, pulled a gun out of his pocket at a campaign rally in Fairhope Monday night, in an effort to show he believed in the Second Amendment.
Wearing a cowboy hat and leather vest, the 70-year-old lawyer, politician, and former Alabama chief justice balked at the claim he was against the right to bear arms.
“It’s been very hard for my wife and myself to weather two, nearly three months of negative ads that we couldn’t answer with money...
Wearing a cowboy hat and leather vest, the 70-year-old lawyer, politician, and former Alabama chief justice balked at the claim he was against the right to bear arms.
“It’s been very hard for my wife and myself to weather two, nearly three months of negative ads that we couldn’t answer with money...
- 9/26/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Steve Bannon made a rare TV appearance with Sean Hannity tonight after rallying for Roy Moore ahead of the Alabama runoff tomorrow.
- 9/26/2017
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
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