Although most TV series returned to lower significantly lower rating last week, some CBS shows walked away with major increases over last year’s premieres, USA Today reports. Some programs that saw ratings jumps over last year included “NCIS,” “Criminal Minds”…
NBC News president Steve Capus says a decision regarding Tim Russert’s permanent replacement on “Meet the Press” will come at some point between the November election and early December, the New York Times reports. The network is considering tapping an…
Fox has given the greenlight to a pilot from “Pineapple Express” director David Gordon Green, TelevisionWeek reports. Green”s project, titled “Good Vibes,” is a half-hour animated coming-of-age comedy set in a beach community, the TVWeek says. Green wrote the script…
AMC is developing a Western-themed series about the Pony Express with Robert Duvall, Daily Variety reports. Fox TV Studios will produce the still-untitled drama. Duvall, behind AMC’s high rated “Broken Trail” and production partner Rob Carliner are on board, along…
Spike TV has filmed a pilot for “Peep Show,” a single-camera comedy based on a British program, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project stars Rob Chester Smith and Brad Morris as roommates with very different careers dealing with various life…
Ellen Burstyn will join the cast of Showtime’s drama pilot “Possible Side Effects,” Daily Variety reports. Burstyn will play the matriarch of the central dysfunctional family, which runs a pharmaceutical company. She joins previously announced cast members Josh Lucas and…
ABC led all broadcasters and cable news networks in viewership of Friday night’s presidential debate, the first of three planned, TelevisionWeek reports. ABC drew 11.04 million viewers of the total 52.42 that watched across 11 broadcast and cable networks. Fox…
News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch suffered a $2 billion drop in net worth over the past 12 months, Forbes reports. The magazine, which recently published a list of the 400 richest Americans, says that News Corp.’s stock price fell 36%…
The current national economic crisis is taking a toll on televised professional golf tournaments, which are often sponsored by companies in the financial services industry, Sports Business Journal reports. Ratings for golf events have already dropped 36% after Tiger Woods’…
Macrovision has begun contacting prospective bidders for TV Guide Channel, Daily Variety reports. A sale could earn the company $400 million—a low take in light of the current markets and other channel-specific concerns, such as its potential redesignation as a…