CNN’s ratings fell last week to the cable news channel’s lowest weekly number since August 2012, a decline that may be tied to its coverage of the Affordable Care Act, writes veteran TV writer Bill Carter in The New York…
NBC is coming under fire for two recent episodes of apparent "checkbook journalism," with NBC News most recently paying a six-figure fee to a group of skydivers who survived a plane collision, reports The Washington Post. NBC News agreed to…
Most television shows are still available to cord-cutters, via services such as iTunes or Amazon.com, which allow purchases of recent episodes, but one network has held out: HBO, reports The Wall Street Journal’s Martin Peers. Peers warns, however, that the…
Kerry Washington’s recent appearance as guest host on NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" gave the show a chance to poke fun at itself over its diversity issues, as we reported previously. But it didn’t make those issues disappear. In fact, the…
Troubled actress Amanda Bynes will be home by Christmas, as a combination of medication and psychological counseling has stabilized her, reports TMZ.com. Bynes has been at a Malibu rehab facility since September. Her release will happen next month, with the…
Even though three weeks remain before Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, one cable network is already rolling out its Christmas-themed programming: the Hallmark Channel, reports the New York Post. "Most networks tend to wait until the end of November to jump-start their…
The creator of the wildly successful CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown," which ran for 10 seasons, ranking in the top 10 through much of the 1990s, and won 18 Primetime Emmys, is working on a comedy for NBC. Deadline.com reports that…
Marvel and Lego have joined forces to create a new series for Disney, with 10 episodes running simultaneously on Disney.com starting today, Nov. 5, 2013, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision. The episodes feature Lego Spider-Man and Marvel superheroes…
Amazon will release its first two original series later this month, but unlike Netflix, it won’t place all the episodes online at once, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. "Alpha House," created by Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Trudeau and…
FX is developing a project described as an "odd couple comedy" from "Wilfred" director and executive producer Randall Einhorn, reports Deadline.com. "Texts From Bennett," Einhorn’s first project under his overall deal with FX Productions, is based on a book of…