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After a week that had the rarity of a scripted series outdrawing the top NFL football broadcast, the NFL is back on top. Nielsen data for the week of Oct. 12-18 shows that NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was No. 1…
FX Networks announced a number of moves today among its top programming executives. The company promoted three veteran programming execs, Gina Balian, Nicole Clemens and Jonathan Frank, to executive VP. Announcing the moves were Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, Presidents…
The appearance of two big-market teams in the National League Championship Series that hadn’t tasted much playoff success in a while translated into big ratings for the series. CNN reports that the just concluded four-game series, in which the New…
In a case that lasted more than a decade, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a week ago today, quietly issued an opinion that Google’s program to scan millions of books, including those still in copyright,…
A massive racial discrimination lawsuit against NBCUniversal owner Comcast, which has been brought back to life after being dismissed once, drew an angry response from the company, which is seeking to have the matter thrown out again. Dominic Patten reports…
Even after “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling insisted a while back that the seventh installment in the “Harry Potter” saga — which became the hit films “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” Parts 1 and 2, released in 2010 and…
While movie fans celebrated “Back to the Future Day” on Wednesday, Esquire Network was celebrating milestones of its own — including the most-watched prime time, total day and telecast in network history. The channel marked the widely publicized arrival of…
Cable entrepreneur John Malone is working on an acquisition that could be valued at more than $5 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that Malone’s company Liberty Global PLC is in acquisition talks with the London-based telephone, broadband and wireless…
Here’s a teaser posted this week by FX Networks to promote the upcoming FX series “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.” The short clip features John Travolta as O.J. lawyer Robert Shapiro. The show premieres in February. Check…
ABC has made the decision not to move forward with a drama series, pulling the plug on the alien drama “The Whispers” after one season, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “The Whispers,” which starred Lily Rabe and Barry Sloane,…