David Letterman, who is retiring from his “Late Show” chair May 20, admits in a new interview with The New York Times‘ Dave Itzkoff that he has some trepidation about parting ways with late-night TV. “I’m awash in melancholia,” Letterman…
PBS has announced an all-star lineup — both in front of and behind the cameras — for its new Civil War drama. The casting announcement for “Mercy Street” includes Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Donna Murphy, AnnaSophia Robb, Gary Cole,…
Press release from PBS, April 29, 2015: Today, PBS announced that an award-winning cast and acclaimed television directors Roxann Dawson and Jeremy Webb will join its new Civil War-based drama, officially named MERCY STREET. The series is executive produced by…
By Chuck Ross Last spring, when the folks at the NCTA were doing their debrief about the just concluded Cable Show in Los Angeles, NCTA President Michael Powell had an epiphany: They needed to reimagine the Cable Show because the…
ABC News President James Goldston announced that the division has made a key hire, bringing aboard Dan Silver as Executive Producer for ABC News Digital. Here’s Goldston’s announcement to staffers: Team — I’m pleased to announce that Dan Silver is…
One of the broadcast networks is working on a plan to create a second network, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. The network is the youth-oriented CW, which plans to turn its CW Seed studio into…
NBC’s Brian Williams crisis could be about to get uglier, according to a new report in the New York Post. The paper reports: “Talks between the exiled anchor and NBCUniversal have recently become tense — with the 55-year-old newsman saying…
Anheuser-Busch has pulled a marketing slogan from the rotation for bottles of Bud Light after getting blowback on social media over the campaign. The New York Times reports that some Bud Light labels carry the message: “The perfect beer for…
Vice Media continues to flex its muscle as a player in the TV space, with the latest deal giving the company its own linear cable channel. Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com that A+E Networks’ channel H2 will be rebranded as…
The entertainment industry continues to have a less than spectacular track record on the touchy topic of discrimination, according to panel members who gathered recently as part of “Exploring Unconscious Bias,” a discussion hosted by the Writers Guild of America,…