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Daily Archives : Dec 4, 2012

Roger Ailes Had Fox News Analyst Kathleen T. McFarland Ask General Petraeus to Run for President. McFarland Said to Petraeus: ‘The big boss [Rupert Murdoch] is bankrolling it. Roger’s going to run it. And the rest of us are going to be your in-house.’

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Bob Woodward writes in The Washington Post today, Dec. 4, 2012, "[I]n spring 2011, [Fox News Chairman Roger] Ailes asked a Fox News analyst headed to Afghanistan to pass on his thoughts to [Gen. David] Petraeus, who…

Veteran Exec Terry Wood Joins Mark Burnett’s One Three Media

One Three Media has announced the hiring of veteran TV and creative executive Terry Wood, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Mark Burnett and Hearst-owned company named Wood president of unscripted and original syndication. Wood was most recently president of…

NBC Working on Remake of Another Vintage TV Series

NBC hasn’t given up on rebooting vintage TV shows. Even though it struck out spectacularly last time — with its attempt to bring “The Munsters” back to TV, as reported previously — the network is diving back into the reboot…

ABC Drama Sinks to Historic Ratings Low

An ABC drama series sank to an all-time low in the ratings as the network found itself mired in fifth place among broadcast networks Monday night, based on Nielsen overnight figures. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that ABC’s “Castle” fell three-tenths of a…

Fox Greenlights Its First New Animated Series in More Than Two Years — Show Takes Aim at One of Prime Time’s Most Popular Genres

The home of “Animation Domination,” Fox Television, has greenlighted its first new cartoon series in more than two years, Deadline.com reports. "Murder Police" — a twist on the cop procedurals that have proliferated in prime time — comes from former…

MacFarlane Will Head West for ‘Ted’ Follow-Up

Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Fox’s "Family Guy" and "American Dad," is planning a big-screen Western comedy as a follow-up to his summer hit "Ted," according to The Hollywood Reporter. MacFarlane will again team with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild,…

The Viewers Have Spoken and This Cable Show Is the No. 1 Fall Series Among Viewers 18 to 49

Looks like a major breakthrough: A basic cable show’s "18-49 average [rating] has topped all other fall series — cable or broadcast," reports Deadline.com. It’s AMC’s show starring the real mad men — and mad women — of TV: the zombie drama…

Who’s the Most Searched Person of 2012? You May Not Be Happy With Yahoo’s Results

Internet search firm Yahoo! revealed the top searches of 2012, and one of the “prestige” categories — most searched person of the year — went to a media personality many observers wish would go away: Kim Kardashian. Reuters reports that…

A Phenom Just 6 Years Old Has Exploded to Become the ‘Second Screen’ Experience for TV Viewers (Or 140 Ways to Say You Love or Hate What You’re Watching)

A new report by the Nielsen Co. confirms a trend among viewers that has been gaining momentum for some time: the use of a second screen while watching TV. And the second screen of choice, increasingly, is Twitter, the social…

Stars Come Out for CNN’s Tribute to Heroes — But the Focus Is on Everyday People Doing Extraordinary Things

It is an awards show where you hear some unusual words coming out of the winners’ mouths, as in, "It’s not about me." And therein lies the spirit of celebrating everyday people who are changing the world in the two-hour…