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Daily Archives : Apr 7, 2017

AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Makes Television History

It’s well-known that the AMC zombie drama — er, “walker” drama — “The Walking Dead” has been a ratings sensation. But the show just chalked up a ratings achievement that no other drama series has ever accomplished. The show just…

Reality Star Faces New Charges

The legal mess just got worse for a reality star who was already in legal hot water. People magazine reports that Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother Marc Sorrentino were hit today with new charges including tax evasion, structuring…

CBS Boss Leslie Moonves Gets a Big Pay Hike

CBS Corp. revealed today how much Leslie Moonves, the company’s chairman and CEO, earned last year, and to no great surprise, it was a lot. Variety reports that Moonves received a 22% increase in his compensation package, earning $69.6 million…

Syfy Unveils Spring/Summer Schedule, Including Premiere of New Grindhouse-Inspired Series and a New ‘Sharknado’ Movie

Syfy today took the wraps off a schedule of spring and summer premieres that includes the new series “Blood Drive.” The grindhouse-inspired show centers around a cross-country death race in which the cars run on human blood. “Blood Drive” premieres…

Brian Williams Attacked Over Comments on Air Strikes

Brian Williams is taking heat over comments he made during his report Thursday on MSNBC about missile strikes on Syria. Williams invoked the words of the late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, describing the images of the attack as “beautiful.” “We see…

CNN Tackles an ‘Unseen Enemy’

A special program airing tonight, Friday, April 7, on CNN takes an up-close and at times uncomfortable look at global pandemics such as SARS, Ebola, Zika and bird flu. “Unseen Enemy” premieres at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET as part…

CBS Renews Drama Series

CBS announced today that it has picked up a prime-time drama series for what will be the show’s 13th season. The network renewed “Criminal Minds,” currently in its 12th season. The show, which will return in the 2017-18 season, stars…

Report: Advertiser ‘Blindsided’ After Pulling Ads From ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ — and Then Still Running on the Show

Amid an “advertiser revolt” that has seen more than 50 marketers pull their adds off the Fox News program “The O’Reilly Factor,” at least two advertisers were apparently blindsided to learn their ads were running on the show Wednesday night….

Late-Night Hosts Pay Emotional Tributes to Don Rickles, Who Died Thursday at Age 90

The legendary comedian Don Rickles was a big presence on the late-night talk shows Thursday night after news broke earlier in the day that Rickles had died at age 90. A number of late-night comedians broke out their best Don…

Cable Channels Join for Special Don Rickles Tribute

A tribute to legendary comedian Don Rickles, who died this week at age 90, will take place on Spike TV, Comedy Central and TV Land, with all three cable channels rebroadcasting “One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don…