CBS has pulled its freshman series “The Ex List” from this Friday’s schedule after the show ran its first episodes to lackluster ratings, TelevisionWeek reports. A&E has ordered a second season of “The Cleaner,” the network’s first original scripted series…
HBO Sports is in advanced talks to broadcast an early March tennis special at Madison Square Garden featuring what the channel hopes will be the previous four female Grand Slam winners, tennis and media sources told Sports Business Journal. HBO,…
Jennifer Lopez, under her Nuyorican Productions company, has signed a first-look deal with Universal Media Studios, Daily Variety reports. As part of the two-year agreement, the company will create different TV projects for the studio. Lopez’s company has already sold…
Actress Megan Dodds has signed a talent holding deal with Fox and 20th Century Fox TV, The Hollywood Reporter says. As part of the deal, Dodd will star in an upcoming hour-long project. Dodd starred in the courtroom drama-comedy pilot…
ABC and Fox have each acquired comedies from writer-director Luke Greenfield, Daily Variety reports. ABC has its eye on “My Mom Is Hot,” about a man who’s recently divorced mother begins dating again. Meanwhile Fox has landed “Broke Friends,” about…
AMC’s second-season finale of “Mad Men” averaged 1.75 million viewers Sunday night, TelevisionWeek reports. The finale episode was up 20% over the season’s average, and up 75% over the first season. The episode accumulated 2.9 million viewers over its three…
Electronics manufacturers and retail chains are slashing prices of Blu-ray players in a bid to boost adoption of the high-definition movie format, the Wall Street Journal reports. Entry-level Blu-ray players have dropped to below $230 at major retailers including Target,…
The NBA’s television partners are banking that last season’s popular playoffs will lead to more basketball success this season, according to Sports Business Journal. Last season, all three TV network partners, ABC, ESPN and TNT, posted regular-season increases, the Journal…
CBS has made its first major schedule change of the new season, pulling “The Ex List” from its lineup effective immediately. The move isn’t a major surprise given how poorly the show has been faring since it premiered. Overall, the…
To celebrate National Adoption Month, Hallmark Channel is offering the second season of its original series “Adoption” online, Multichannel News reports. The 14-episode season begins its second run Nov. 1, when four episodes will be available. Following that, two episodes…