CBS is accelerating its move into local streaming news services across the country. CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive announced plans today to speed up the rollout of CBSN Local, the company’s local direct-to-consumer streaming news services, in all 13…
ABC took the spotlight this week at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke introducing journalists to programming including “Stumptown,” “The Little Mermaid Live!,” “Generation Gap,” “mixed-ish” and other…
Universal Television Alternative Studio, which launched in 2016 and has emerged as a leading supplier of hit unscripted content and alternative formats, announced that it has named producer and executive Toby Gorman as president. Gorman replaces Meredith Ahr, who was…
CBS’s All Access digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service will be adding children’s programming, including exclusive original series and more than 1,000 episodes of library programming. The move marks the first venture into children’s content for the service, which…
“Entertainer Wayne Newton is being sued by a Las Vegas woman who claims the veteran crooner’s pet monkey bit and injured her daughter during an invited visit to Newton’s showpiece mansion nearly two years ago,” the AP reports. “Jocelyne Urena…
“It was 50 years ago today, on August 8, 1969, that the world’s most famous band stepped out from London’s EMI Recording Studios to stride, single-file, across the black and white stripes of Abbey Road’s nearby zebra crossing,” The Music…
CBS and AT&T have reached an agreement on a new retransmission deal, ending a three-week blackout of CBS programming on AT&T systems, according to media reports. Terms of the new multiyear deal were not disclosed. The agreement “ends a three-week…
Legendary country outlaw Willie Nelson has canceled his tour due to what’s being described as a “breathing problem.” Nelson, 86, apologized to his fans on Twitter on Wednesday night — you can see his tweet below. He had just appeared…
NBC’s “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” is planning to air live episodes and Sunday installments to help kick off the football season. The network announced plans for a week of live shows Sept. 23-27 to help get things rolling….
A new drama series that’s scheduled to premiere next month on NBC has received an order from the network for six additional scripts. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the order extends the Jimmy Smits drama “Bluff City Law”…