Dave Franco, whose credits include ABC Family’s “Greek,” will appear in multiple episodes of CW’s “Privileged” as the love interest of the character played by Lucy Hale, Entertainment Weekly says. Franco, whose older brother James Franco was most recently in…
David Tennant will step away from playing the title role in Sci Fi’s “Doctor Who” in 2010 after five years on the job, the London Times reports. Tennant, the 10th person to play the role since the U.K. show started…
Bad weather led to bad ratings as the 2008 World Series on Fox drew the smallest audience in its history. The five-game series concluded with the Philadelphia Phillies beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the conclusion of Game 5,…
Sen. Barack Obama’s appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” last night was the program’s most-watched episode ever. The episode attracted 3.6 million total viewers and a 2.6 household rating, besting its previous record—when Michelle Obama was…
More than 33.5 million viewers turned in to see Sen. Barack Obama’s paid political advertisement last night, which ran on seven networks in prime time, including NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, BET, TVOne and Univision. The total beats the last political…
The powerful chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., is calling on the national TV and cable news channels to hold off projecting the winner of the presidential election Tuesday night until all polls…
“The View” rode its wave of heated political discussions and other “Hot Topics” to its most-watched week ever. The 12-year-old ABC daytime hit averaged 4.24 million total viewers for the week of Oct. 20-24, according to data from Nielsen Media…
Strong political advertising helped drive Hearst-Argyle Television’s profit for the third quarter up 20 percent. The station group reported Thursday that its net income for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 increased to $11.6 million, or 12 cents per share,…
Hank Close, president of ad sales for MTV Networks, is leaving the company at the end of the year. In a memo, MTVN CEO Judy McGrath said it was Mr. Close’s decision to leave when his contract expires. Mr. Close…
Emily Rose, who recently appeared in “Jericho,” “ER” and “Brothers & Sisters,” will star in USA Network’s drama pilot “Operating Instructions.” Ms. Rose will play a top trauma surgeon who returns from a tour of duty in a battle zone…