The former president/CEO of DirecTV has taken a new position as president and CEO of Freedom Communications, reports B&C. Mitchell Stern will begin his new job July 1. James Dunning Jr., Chairman of the Board of Freedom, said, "We are…
Larry King, who announced yesterday, Tuesday, June 29th, that he’s leaving his CNN show in June, told Bill Maher on King’s show last night who he thinks would make a good replacement for himself. It’s Ryan Seacrest. Here’s the transcript:…
One of the major stars of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is taking his first major TV role, reports TheWrap’s Box blog. [Note: we are having some trouble getting this link to work. If you cannot get to the story…
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch man awaiting trail for allegedly murdering Peruvian Stephany Flores and who remains a person of interest in the 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway, is refusing to give television interviews unless he’s paid $1…
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" recorded its lowest ever ratings last week since the program began in 1986, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The show recorded an all-time low of a 3.0 household rating, representing a 23% slide from a year earlier. Meanwhile, "Judge…
Despite trips to Haiti and the Gulf of Mexico, Anderson Cooper’s ratings remain in the doldrums and the CNN host is entertaining offers from other networks, TheWrap.com’s The Box blog reports. Cooper, whose contract with CNN expires next year, has…
"The Kilborn Files" underwhelmed in the ratings with its debut on Monday night, pulling a 1.0 rating across the seven Fox-owned stations on which it aired, B&C reports. Its best rating came from Austin, where the program pulled a 1.3…
The Emmy Award-winning co-composer of one of the most recognizable show themes in TV history has died, the New York Times reports. TV music composer Allyn Ferguson died on June 23 at his home in Westlake Village, California at the…
‘Millionaire’ Trial Now in Hands of Jury in Suit Over Whether Producer Deserved More MoneyAfter six years of legal processes and a month-long trial, the case over profits from "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is now in the hands…
Fox News remains dominant among cable-news networks as the channel aired the top 13 programs on cable news during the second quarter, reports TVNewser.com. Still, it wasn’t all good news for the network, the article says. The cable channel saw…