News Broadcasting
NBC ropes in ‘Will & Grace’ star Mullally to host talk show
MUMBAI: Will & Grace star Megan Mullally has been roped in by NBC Universal Television Distribution to host a nationally syndicated talk show. The daily one-hour show will originate from Los Angeles and is set to debut in August next year.
The announcement was made by NBC Universal Television Group president Jeff Zucker.
“Megan is a fantastic performer. A great actor and a great communicator, as all of her fans know. Those skills will make her a great new addition to the daytime playing field. And I could not be more excited to have Megan still on the team,” said Zucker.
“Megan was destined to have her own daily show. Some of her most memorable and funny moments have recently come from her guest appearances on talk shows and hosting shows like Saturday Night Live and The Late Show with David Letterman. This new platform will allow her to showcase her myriad talents on a daily basis,” said NBC Universal Television Distribution executive vice president Frederick Huntsberry.
Mullally, on the other hand exclaimed, “Im hosting a what? Oh, okay. Well, if I am, I want it to be different and I want the viewers to play an active role and actually g
et something out of watching it. I think it will be fun. Jeff Zucker is going to play drums in the band.”
Mullally appears as socialite Karen Walker on Will & Grace, which was just renewed for the 2005-2006 season. She has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (2000), an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series (2001), and three Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor is a Comedy Series (2002-04).
Other shows that Mullally has starred in are The Ellen Burstyn Show, My Life and Times and Rachel Gunn, R.N. She also appeared as a guest star on series such as Seinfeld, Frasier, Just Shoot Me! and China Beach, among others.
Besides her TV job, Mullally is also the lead singer and founder of the band Supreme Music Program.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
