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Sony To Produce Three New Series for Telemundo

Sony Pictures Television will produce three new prime-time TV series in the next three years in the U.S. for Telemundo as part of a new agreement reached between the two companies. The companies announced the agreement today. The new programs…

Fox Gets a Ratings Win as Its Prime-Time Lineup Ticks Upward; ‘Under the Dome’ Premieres

Fox saw its lineup of prime-time programs inch up in the ratings Monday night, as the network squeezed out a narrow win over CBS, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that Fox's "MasterChef" rose to…

What’s the Most-Watched Program in History on Spanish-Language U.S. Television? Hint: It Just Aired Sunday (We’re Pretty Sure You Can Guess This One)

Viewer turnout for a program that aired Sunday set a record for Spanish-language ratings in the United States. Variety reports that an estimated 10.4 million viewers, on average, watched the World Cup soccer match between Mexico and the Netherlands, which…

Comcast Extends Deal With Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts

Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts has signed an extension with the company, which owns NBCUniversal. B&C reports that the one-year extension keeps Roberts in the position until June 30, 2015. "Roberts, son of company founder Ralph Roberts, has been…

Robin Williams Enters Rehab

Veteran comedian and actor Robin Williams, whose CBS comedy series "The Crazy Ones" was recently canceled, has entered a rehab facility, TMZ.com reports. The report adds that Williams has not fallen off the wagon. Rather, the report says, his admission…

Fox Pulls Plug on Sexy Drama Series Before It Premieres

After giving a series order to an ambitious drama project, Fox has had a change of heart and is pulling the plug before the show makes it to air. James Hibberd reports on EW.com's Inside TV that the broadcast network…

Disney Star Arrested

The star of a Disney comedy series has been arrested. People magazine reports that a law enforcement source said Billy Unger was arrested in Malibu, Calif. Unger, 18, is the star of the Disney XD series "Lab Rats." He was…

Wow: For Many of Us, Our Smartphone Is More Important Than Alcohol, TV Viewing or … Sex

We all know that most of us are practically addicted to our smartphones. The question is, how addicted? Here are the results of one survey that asked if your smartphone were taken away from you, what would you give up…

Fox TV Stations Settle Differences With Nielsen

Negotiations came down to the wire between Fox Television Stations and the TV ratings service Nielsen, but Joe Mandese reports in MediaPost that an 11th-hour agreement was reached Monday to renew the long-term contract between the two companies. The Fox-owned…

A Letter to Our Consumers: Standing Together for Innovation, Progress and Technology — Let’s Raise Our Voices

Letter from Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia, Tuesday, July 1, 2014: On Saturday, many of you received the news that we decided to pause our operations temporarily, as a result of the United States Supreme Court's reversal of a lower court…