"Fox Television Stations and Cox Media Group have announced they are swapping stations in three markets: Fox will get Fox affiliate KTVU and independent KICU in San Francisco, and Cox will get Fox-owned WHBQ in Memphis and WFXT in Boston,"…
CBS is breaking with tradition this year and will employ a staggered schedule of fall premieres. EW.com's Inside TV reports that the schedule change is partly in response to the network's new "Thursday Night Football" programming. Additionally, CBS will experiment…
Summer is no longer a TV wasteland, with heavily marketed, big-budget new shows now premiering during the summer months, writes TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin. This month alone has already seen the rollouts of Starz’ “Power,” TNT’s “Murder in…
NBC has concluded its upfront ad sales negotiations, and Ad Age reports that the network brought in commitments totaling about $2.5 billion — an 11% increase from a year ago. The network reportedly secured rate increases in the 7.5% to…
Runaway production continues to be a problem for the Los Angeles area, and a new report from FilmL.A. shows that a new milestone has been reached as Hollywood's share of all pilot production fell below 50% for the first time…
NBC and CBS are sharing the spoils in the battle for prime-time broadcast ratings, with NBC racking up wins in the key 18-49 demo while CBS continues to claim the No. 1 spot in total viewers. For the week of…
Long gone, it seems, are the days when summer was a television wasteland filled with repeats. In fact, the small screen is beginning to rival the big screen with one potential blockbuster after another hitting the airwaves. Just this month…
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age NBC has wrapped its annual upfront negotiations for ad time in the upcoming TV season, the network said. The dollar value of those commitments was roughly $2.5 billion, a person close to the negotiations estimated….
A familiar face on one of the cable news channels is off the network. TheWrap.com reports the departure of longtime entertainment reporter A.J. Hammer from CNN-owned HLN. The report quotes a spokesperson for HLN saying: “A.J.'s moved on to other…
A familiar face on morning television went public today with a cancer diagnosis. The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed reports that Joan Lunden, a longtime host of ABC's "Good Morning America," appeared on the program to reveal that she has been…