TV Ratings: 'The Finder' Hits Low, 'Grimm' Improves

TV Ratings: 'The Finder' Hits Low, 'Grimm' Improves

ABC and CBS tied for the ratings victory on Friday evening, but how did Fox's The Finder and Fringe fare?

The Finder reached a new series low for its second week in its new home, averaging 3.4 million total viewers and a 0.9 rating in adults 18-49. Following Finder, perennial bubble show Fringe (2.9 million, 0.9) matched a low for its 18th episode of the season.

NBC's Grimm (5 million, 1.6) fared better, jumping three-tenths from the previous week and winning its 9 p.m. time slot opposite Fringe, a Lionel Richie special and What Would You Do. Dateline (4.8 million, 1.1) was also up slightly from last week.

ABC's Shark Tank (5.6 million, 1.6) nearly tied CBS' Undercover Boss (7 million, 1.7) for the 8 p.m. win, but fell just short. What Would You Do (4.8 million, 1.4) and 20/20 (5.2 million, 1.6) followed Tank.

CBS' Boss was Friday's top-rated program by a slim margin. The two-hour Lionel Richie and Friends concert special that followed drew 7.6 million and a 1.4.

ABC and CBS tied for first (1.5), with NBC following (1.3) and Fox at No. 4 (0.9).

The CW aired repeats.

GLAAD Elects Herndon Graddick President

GLAAD Elects Herndon Graddick President

The former television producer said he looks forward to helping the group’s mission of creating “a culture where there is a welcoming and respected space for LGBT Americans”

LGBT advocate and former television producer Herndon Graddick has been elected the next president of GLAAD.

Officials at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation praised Graddick as a committed advocate for equality and as an inspirational figure.

“Herndon Graddick is already a well-respected leader within the LGBT movement, and we believe will be a visionary and strategic leader for GLAAD’s culture-changing work,” Sheri Fults, National Co-Chair of the Board of Directors, said in a statement.

Since 2010, Graddick has served as vice president of programs and communications at GLAAD, where he helped organize the Stand up for Ellen campaign, launched in response to the group One Million Moms calling for Ellen DeGeneres to be fired as a spokesperson for J.C. Penney because of her sexual orientation.

Graddick said he looked forward to working toward change as GLAAD president.

“Right now GLAAD and our partners in the LGBT movement are making a significant difference at a time when a difference needs to be made, Graddick  said in a statement. “I look forward to working with our dedicated staff to create a culture where there is a welcoming and respected space for LGBT Americans. GLAAD’s work with the media to inspire Americans to speak out against anti-LGBT actions and support equality is needed today more than ever.”

Graddick previously worked as a supervising producer at E! Networks and as the day-of-air news division director at CURRENT TV. He will speak at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on April 21, where he will be officially introduced as president.

'Paper Giants' sequel being planned by The ABC?

'Paper Giants' sequel being planned by The ABC?

A sequel to historical drama Paper Giants is in the works, it has been reported.

Last year's television miniseries Paper Giants: The Birth of CLEO profiled magazine editor Ita Buttrose (Asher Keddie) as she launched Cleo magazine in the 1970s with Kerry Packer (Rob Carlton).

A follow-up focusing on rival magazine editors Dulcie Boling and Nene King during the 1990s is now said to be in the works at production company Southern Star under the title Paper Giants: The Magazine Wars.

Boling and King were formerly colleagues at New Idea magazine, but became rivals when King moved to Woman's Day.

The ABC has not commented officially, but production sources confirmed details of the project with the Sydney Morning Herald following an initial report on Melbourne's Fairfax Radio.

The Nine Network is working on a spinoff from Paper Giants centred on Packer, with Lachy Hulme cast as the media tycoon.

Paper Giants star Keddie has been nominated for the prestigious Gold Logie award in recognition of her work on the show and on Offspring.

The winner will be revealed at the annual TV Week Logie Awards this Sunday (April 15).

'Don't Tell the Bride' format to air in Australia on Channel Ten

'Don't Tell the Bride' format to air in Australia on Channel Ten

An Australian version of Don't Tell the Bride has been commissioned by Channel Ten.

The reality format, which originated on BBC Three in the United Kingdom, forms part of a new slate of reality and light entertainment programming announced by Ten.

The British programme sees the groom, or one partner in a same-sex couple, given a budget of £12,000 (AU $18,404) to spend while planning a wedding - keeping all but a few details secret from the bride until the big day.

Don't Tell the Bride will be produced by Endemol-owned Southern Star for the channel.

The rights to Come Date with Me, a spinoff of Channel 4's Come Dine with Me featuring single people searching for love, have also been picked up by Ten. Granada Media Australia will produce the show.

Speaking to Fairfax Media, Ten's head of programming David Mott said: "For us, this is the start of creating a level of more compelling content - those water-cooler shows, the type of shows that can build the kind of connection with the audience we are chasing. They are noisy shows."

Two new reality competitions have also been commissioned from Fremantle Media.

I Will Survive: Priscilla is a talent competition aimed at finding an all-round entertainer who can sing, dance and act.

Open auditions for I Will Survive begin next week and the winner of the show will receive training in the role of Tick alongside the stars of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert's Broadway cast.

Everybody Dance Now will feature two celebrities picking dancers from an audience of 120 to compete in dance showdowns. Sarah Murdoch, who quit Australia's Next Top Model in late 2011 to pursue new opportunities, has already been linked with the presenter's job on Everybody Dance Now.

'Game of Thrones': 10 teasers about 'What Is Dead May Never Die'

'Game of Thrones': 10 teasers about 'What Is Dead May Never Die'

Hooked by Game of Thrones season two already? Can't wait for next week to get your next chunk of sex, violence and swords?

Digital Spy has the answer with 10 teasers, clues and hints about what's in store in episode three 'What Is Dead May Never Die'. Spoilers ahead!

1. "Thank the Gods, I haven't had a proper s**t in six days." Possibly the greatest Game of Thrones one liner so far.

2. Renly Baratheon is having troubles in the bedroom rather than the battlefield. "Brides aren't usually virgins two weeks after their wedding day."

3. Someone vows to bring Joffrey's head. They won't be the first and probably won't be the last either.

4. Theon Greyjoy gets the biggest slap of the series to date. But from whom?

5. Tyrion's motto "the Queen mustn't know" is spread among the gossipers and power-holders at King's Landing

6. "Every man who has tasted my ******* tells me what a good ***** I am."

7. Tyrion's lover Shae lands a new job at King's Landing as an important person's hand maiden.

8. We are given our first glimpse of Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth. She can definitely handle herself with a sword.

9. Yoren can kick quite a lot of ass, even with swords and arrows stuck in him.

10. If you don't have a stomach for violent death scenes, firstly, why are you watching Game of Thrones, and secondly, you'll probably want to turn off for the last three minutes. There's two of the bloodiest deaths in the show's (very bloody) history.

Amanda Holden feels frozen out of BGT by Alesha Dixon?

Amanda Holden feels frozen out of BGT by Alesha Dixon?

Amanda Holden has reportedly accused Britain's Got Talent bosses of ignoring her in favour of Alesha Dixon.

The actress, who has been on the judging panel since the first series, feels she has been frozen out of the ITV1 show as the former Strictly Come Dancing judge has featured more prominently in recent episodes.

Bosses are said to have re-edited tonight's show to include more footage of Holden following fears she could quit altogether.

"Week after week she has had hardly any screen time while the cameras gaze longingly at Alesha. Amanda isn't usually one to make a fuss but she's been really upset about it," a source told The Sun.

"She had to miss some auditions as she was having her baby so she didn't expect to be in every scene. But even when she's on the panel she's hardly got a look-in. She's made it known that it's not on."

Another source insisted that Britain's Got Talent has "no agenda" and claimed it's just the way the show has worked out.

Holden was apparently worried that Dixon didn't like her after the singer snubbed an invitation to her birthday.

Britain's Got Talent was recently rescheduled to avoid clashing with The Voice UK on BBC One.

Britain's Got Talent: 14-year-old Paige's Bon Iver cover wows judges

Britain's Got Talent: 14-year-old Paige's Bon Iver cover wows judges

Tomorrow night's Britain's Got Talent sees a stand-out performance from 14-year-old singer Paige.

Paige Turley, covering Bon Iver's 'Skinny Love', impresses all four judges and provokes a standing ovation from the audience in Edinburgh.

Her grandfather, watching backstage with Ant & Dec, revealed backstage that he cries every time she sings.

Alesha Dixon said that Turley's vocal ability was "very surprising", while Amanda Holden predicted the teenager has "a bright future ahead".

Simon Cowell had the highest praise, however, commenting: "I think you are absolutely fantastic, you have a really interesting and unique voice, I really really like you."

Britain's Got Talent airs Saturday at 8pm on ITV1.