Fox TV Stations Set Summer Test for Three New Syndie Shows

Two new one-hour strips and a new half-hour weekly series will get a tryout this summer on the Fox Television Stations, B&C reports. The strips are "Hollywood Today Live" and "The Daily Help Line," and the weekly is "Laughs." The…

Recording Industry Crowns Its All-Time Top Digital Artist, With More Than 72 Million Digital Singles Sold

The Recording Industry Association of America has named its all-time top-selling digital artist. Billboard reports that the title goes to Katy Perry, who was named the highest-selling digital act in history. Perry, whose recording career consists of just three albums,…

Investigative Series to Expand Its Reporting After Receiving New Funding

An investigative series that is a TV institution will expand its investigative reporting after securing two new grants. TVNewser reports that the PBS series “Frontline” received the new funding. One of the grants is a $5 million gift from Jon…

Wow! Must-See! Nancy Grace Is Interviewing a Dad, Live, About His Son, Missing 11 Days, When Word Comes That The Son Has Been Found…in the Dad’s Basement!!

Meg Ryan — Who Hasn’t Made a Major Motion Picture in Years — Will Likely Reunite With Her ‘Sleepless’ Co-Star Tom Hanks in a Remake of Movie Mogul Louis B. Mayer’s Favorite Film

It looks like Meg Ryan — who has not made a major motion picture in years — will likely be reunited with her "Sleepless in Seattle" co-star, Tom Hanks, in a remake of a movie that was the favorite of…

Reality Producers Accused of Sweatshop Conditions

Producers of reality television shows have been accused of maintaining sweatshop-like conditions. At a hearing held by the New York City Council’s Civil Service & Labor Committee, WGA East Executive Director Lowell Peterson charged that writers on the shows are…

Does ABC’s Appointment of a New Anchor for ‘World News’ Carry a Subliminal Message?

Wednesday's announcement that ABC News has named a new anchor for its nightly "World News" broadcast has led some observers to suggest that the move broadcasts a subliminal message, TVNewser reports. David Muir is set to take over the network's…

Fallon Continues to Demolish His Late-Night Competition

Jimmy Fallon's takeover of NBC's "Tonight Show" continues to be a blockbuster ratings move for the network. In the latest results from Nielsen, NBC announced that Fallon's show beat the combined total for ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and CBS’s “Late…

Americans Love to Binge-Watch TV, and One Show Is Their Favorite

A majority of American TV viewers engage in binge-watching TV, which is defined as watching three or more episodes of a series in one day, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports, citing a new poll of TV watchers from…

Battle Among Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago to House the New George Lucas/’Star Wars’ Museum Is Over — And the Winner Is …

For a number of months the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago have been battling to see which city will house George Lucas' new museum. And the winner is … Chicago. According to the Los Angeles Times: "The…