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My first exposure to jazz was the records my dad played while I was growing up. They were primarily of female vocalists: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday. Of all these recordings, there was one that stood out: A…
The HBO vampire drama “True Blood” is still a “bankable hit,” with the premiere of its final season drawing 5.8 million viewers, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “True Blood” aired the premiere for its seventh and final season Sunday…
Queen Elizabeth II, the 88-year-old monarch of the United Kingdom, visited the Belfast sets of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” giving the Iron Throne a once-over but declining to sit in it, reports CBS News. “Unlike many visitors to Belfast's Titanic…
"In a big win for broadcasters, the Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling denying broadcasters' injunction against the [Aereo] service," Broadcasting & Cable reports. The story says, "The decision was 6-3, with Justice Breyer delivering the opinion. Justices…
"Fox Television Stations and Cox Media Group have announced they are swapping stations in three markets: Fox will get Fox affiliate KTVU and independent KICU in San Francisco, and Cox will get Fox-owned WHBQ in Memphis and WFXT in Boston,"…
CBS is breaking with tradition this year and will employ a staggered schedule of fall premieres. EW.com's Inside TV reports that the schedule change is partly in response to the network's new "Thursday Night Football" programming. Additionally, CBS will experiment…
Summer is no longer a TV wasteland, with heavily marketed, big-budget new shows now premiering during the summer months, writes TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin. This month alone has already seen the rollouts of Starz’ “Power,” TNT’s “Murder in…
NBC has concluded its upfront ad sales negotiations, and Ad Age reports that the network brought in commitments totaling about $2.5 billion — an 11% increase from a year ago. The network reportedly secured rate increases in the 7.5% to…
Runaway production continues to be a problem for the Los Angeles area, and a new report from FilmL.A. shows that a new milestone has been reached as Hollywood's share of all pilot production fell below 50% for the first time…
NBC and CBS are sharing the spoils in the battle for prime-time broadcast ratings, with NBC racking up wins in the key 18-49 demo while CBS continues to claim the No. 1 spot in total viewers. For the week of…