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Andy “Thunderclap” Newman died this week, and even if his name’s not familiar to you, his biggest hit song might be. Billboard reports that Newman died Thursday at age 73. The British keyboard player was a part of a group…
The Canadian theatrical performance company Cirque du Soleil filed a lawsuit Thursday against Justin Timberlake alleging that his song “Don’t Hold the Wall” rips off an original Cirque du Soleil composition, Reuters reports. “Don’t Hold the Wall” appears on Timberlake’s…
Singer Taylor Swift, trying to get in a cardio workout in a new video clip, takes a pretty nasty faceplant. The one-minute clip, an ad for Apple Music, has Swift working out a treadmill when she gets into trouble. Here…
A two-hour installment of the PBS series “Nova” explores a site in North America that contains what is believed to be a previously unknown Viking settlement. The episode, “Vikings Unearthed,” is scheduled to debut online Monday, April 4, and to…
The “MythBusters” mainstays are no more, and with Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage gone, Science Channel is turning the search for their replacements into its own show. As part of the 2016-17 upfront slate for Science Channel — click here…
Fox’s drama series “Empire,” which has been a ratings juggernaut in past airings, returned to the network’s prime-time lineup this week and picked up right where it left off. “In final nationals from Nielsen, ‘Empire’ was revised upward to a…
Discovery Channel has taken the wraps off its slate of prime-time programming for the 2016-17 TV season, with 20 new series on tap along with 22 returning series. The lineup of new shows includes the spinoff “Deadliest Catch: Dungeon Cove,”…
Political ad spending in the U.S. in 2016 is now expected to reach a record total of $11.7 billion, according to new data from Borrell Associates. TVNewsCheck reports that the forecast took a bump of $357 million, or 3.1%, in…
Press release from Discovery Channel, March 31, 2016: Today, Discovery Channel unveiled the primetime programming slate for the 2016-2017 television season. Discovery has an ambitious lineup of 22 returning series and 20 new ones. New series include COOPER’S TREASURE, SACRED…
Press release from Science Channel, March 31, 2016: Science Channel achieved its highest rated quarter ever among Persons 25-54/18-49, Men 18-49 and Women 25-54/18-49 in L+3 during 1Q16, after delivering the most watched year ever in Primetime 2015*. On the…