ABC News cut a “handful” of employees at its Washington, D.C., facilities because more nighttime operations have been moved to New York since former anchor Ted Koppel departed the network, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing people it didn’t identify. ABC…
CBS is bringing back summer drama “Flashpoint” for another season. The network has picked up a new batch of episodes of the Canadian-produced crime drama, which proved to be a solid addition to the CBS summer schedule this year. After…
“Big Brother” will be back next summer. Just days after wrapping a successful 10th season, CBS has confirmed that its long-running reality soap opera has been renewed for an 11th cycle. The news was announced to “Brother” staffers Thursday night…
A moderate Screen Actors Guild faction, Unite for Strength, has won control of six out of the 11 Hollywood board seats up for grabs during the actors union elections, TelevisionWeek reports. The victory for the group over the Membership First…
CBS’s “Survivor” ranks atop the list of shows with most loyal viewers, the Washington Post reports, citing a recent poll from Marketing Evaluations Inc., the Q Scores Co. Other shows near the top were NBC’s “Heroes” and Fox’s “House.” The…
While the stock market has been suffering, viewership for cable business news network CNBC has been reaching new highs, the New York Times reports. More than half a million viewers watched the network during the workday Monday through Wednesday, doubling…
Sci Fi Channel has given the drama series “Warehouse 13” the green light, ordering 11 episodes of the series following the show’s two-hour pilot, Daily Variety reports. The show follows a duo of secret service agents and a facility that…
Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is joining TBS’s roster of on-air personalities for the network’s Major League Baseball playoffs coverage, USAToday reports. Although he is considering broadcasting after he retires from the sport, the 41-year-old Smoltz says he will “treat…
Fox has added Jonathan Goldstein as executive producer for its comedy project “Boldly Going Nowhere,” Daily Variety reports. The series is on the fast track, with a pilot scheduled to shoot in the fall and five additional scripts already ordered….
ABC has ordered a pilot for “Flash Forward,” based on a spec script by David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project is about what happens in the world after everyone blacks out for 2 minutes…