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The death of a television meteorologist has been ruled a suicide. TVNewser reports that the Medical Examiner for Fulton County, Ga., announced that the death of Nick Wiltgen in a car crash Sunday afternoon was “an intentional act of driving…
An announcement Tuesday by Oprah Winfrey is being credited with sparking a surge in the stock price of Weight Watchers, a diet company in which Winfrey owns about 10% of the stock — 6.4 million shares — and sits on the…
Two drama series that were fixtures of 1990s television are returning as nightly strips. The Heroes & Icons digital broadcast net announced that it will be running “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and “Xena: Warrior Princess” starting Feb. 8. “Joining the…
A Showtime drama series has picked up a renewal for another season. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the pay-cable channel signed off on a second season of the Wall Street-focused “Billions.” The show is built around a high-stakes…
In the wake of a “bankruptcy brawl” last fall, the television division of Relativity Media that was acquired in October by the company’s major creditors has emerged as Critical Content, Variety reports. “Critical CEO Tom Forman and president Andrew Marcus…
In a story that has been getting a lot of attention over the past few days, a woman working as a cashier unexpectedly connected with the biological father she had been wondering about all her life. The connection happened when…
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is standing firm after declaring he will boycott this week’s debate on Fox News. The AP reports that the move comes amid a clash between Trump and the cable network over who should moderate the…
Conan O’Brien has been a YouTube success story, leveraging his TBS late-night show “Conan” into the thriving Team Coco YouTube channel. Adweek’s LostRemote reports that the channel, which has been up and running for five years, has reached 3.5 million…
In a ceremony marked by humor while also being touched by the entertainment industry’s recent focus on diversity issues, the Casting Society of America honored achievements in casting for television, film and other media at the 31st annual Artios Awards….
Strong demand marked the TV scatter advertising market in the fourth quarter, and is holding up in the early stages of first-quarter 2016, according to MediaPost. The report cites MoffettNathanson Research for the fourth quarter indicating that national TV advertising…