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Daily Archives : Oct 9, 2012

Cable Sitcom Shelved — Until 2014

A cable comedy series is going on hiatus, with its key player explaining that the move is designed to give him and the show time to contemplate where they’re heading. Newsday reports that FX’s “Louie,” starring Louis CK, is due…

Death Watch Begins for New Fall Shows — Which Series Will Be the Season’s First Casualty?

Even with the new TV season only a few weeks old, early ratings for some shows make it clear they could already be in trouble, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. Meanwhile, other shows may be in position to receive early full-season…

NBC’s Recent Financial Moves — Including New Cuts and New Spending — Show a Network Reshaping Its Priorities

NBC’s recent fiscal moves — including slashing Jay Leno’s salary for “Tonight” in half while shelling out more than $8 billion to re-up with “Sunday Night Football” — reveal a network shifting its priorities, the AP reports. But the moves…

NBC Wins Monday as ‘The Voice’ Rises

NBC took another win in the Nielsen overnights for Monday, powered by a strong performance by the two-hour “The Voice,” TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The singing competition was the top show of the night ith a 4.7 average rating in the key…

Video: QVC Host Faints on Live TV — and Co-Host Goes Right On Selling

Giving new meaning to the axiom “the show must go on,” a QVC host kept right on pitching the show’s wares after guest host Cassie Slane fainted during the live telecast Sunday. Here’s the video clip from CNN showing host…

Animal Planet Brings Back Series for Another Season

Animal Planet has made the decision to bring back a series for another season, B&C reports. The cable channel renewed the fishing adventure show "Off the Hook: Extreme Catches." The reality series, which stars pro wrestler Showtime Eric Young, has…

‘Jackass’ Star Tries to Clear the Air After Tweeting Photo of Himself Holding Gun to Head of Puppy

TV and radio personality Bam Margera — a star of the “Jackass” movies and MTV’s “Viva La Bam” and “Bam’s Unholy Union” — has been trying to explain a tweet that included a photo of himself holding a gun to…

Trade Publication Variety Purchased by Penske Media Corp., Owner of Deadline.com

Penske Media Corp. announced today that it has closed a deal to purchase the venerable trade publication Variety from Reed Elsevier. Deadline.com — which is also owned by Penske — reports that the move adds Variety to a Penske stable…

The Genius of Deadline.com’s Nikki Finke and Her Boss, Jay Penske. And Penske’s Purchase of Variety

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross gives his valuable perspective into Finke, Penske and the purchase of Variety by Penske. Please click here to read Ross’s insights.

The Genius of Nikki Finke, and Her Boss, Jay Penske. And the Selling of Variety to Penske

It was a far more genteel world almost 30 years ago when I was a reporter at The Hollywood Reporter and when I turned down a job offer to work at Variety. When I started at THR as the cable…