NBCUniversal has brought aboard a high-ranking executive from the BBC. Variety reports that the company’s new senior VP of international operations and technology is David Gibbons, who was chief operating officer at BBC Worldwide. Gibbons is tasked with helping to…
The movie that has had the longest theatrical distribution of any film in history is getting a reboot on Fox, which has announced broadcast plans for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again.” The new two-hour…
Numbers are in for Thursday’s final night of the Republican National Convention, and the numbers are, as Donald Trump might say, “yuuuge!’ CNN was clucking about a number of achievements, including beating the prime-time coverage on all of the broadcast…
The Al Jazeera Media Network, which shut down its U.S. cable channel on April 30, will relaunch in the U.S. market. Reuters reports that the company plans to make Al Jazeera English available domestically via digital streaming. The company’s English-language…
The problem, according to TV Week Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross, is not that 21st Century Fox got rid of Roger Ailes, the chairman and CEO of the Fox News Channel – it’s what Rupert Murdoch and his sons said…
Amazon unveiled a lineup of new comedy projects featuring stars from Jean-Claude Van Damme to Kevin Bacon and notable creators such as Ridley Scott and Jill Soloway. The streaming service’s comedy pilot season debuts Aug. 19 on Amazon Video with…
A cottage industry has sprouted in connection with the Pokemon Go augmented reality game. For a price, entrepreneurs will play the game for people who are too busy to play it themselves, the AP reports. “New ads are popping up…
A drama series that has had a good run on cable, becoming one of the trademark shows for MTV, will end its run after one more season. MTV announced at Comic-Con that the sixth season of “Teen Wolf” will be…
Just two days after news surfaced that he was throwing his hat in the ring with a bid for the Colorado House, former “Bachelor” star Ben Higgins announced today that he has changed his mind and will not run for…
Figures just out ranking the most-viewed scripted series on basic cable and pay cable for the week of July 11 show that TNT is dominating the top of the rankings. In total viewers, TNT has the top three shows, led…