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Discovery Communications has reorganized its network portfolio and shifted the assignments of some key executives. President and CEO David Zaslav announced the changes Thursday. The moves are designed to create “a portfolio group that balances and aligns the company’s brands,…
Everyone has been talking about television’s latest “golden age,” but according to one network boss appearing at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, it may be too much of a good thing. The AP reports that Showtime Networks President…
NBC appears to be having a hard time locking down its prime-time schedule for fall. Deadline.com reports that the network’s latest tweak again focuses on the variety show “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris.” The Tuesday night series “will…
A 2001 crime thriller that won an Academy Award for its lead actor is being developed as a series for CBS and has received a pilot commitment, according to a number of media reports. “In a competitive situation, with all…
Pay-television services just recorded the largest drop in subscribers in history, and the reason is well-known: cord cutting. Quarterly figures show the number of pay-TV customers fell by 625,000 in the latest period, Ad Age reports, citing a report by…
A reporter and anchor who has been at his station since its first newscast has decided to move on. TVSpy reports that Mike Beaudet, a 19-year veteran with Boston’s WFXT-TV, is leaving the Cox-owned Fox affiliate. Beaudet, who has been…
A singer who made a name for himself on the Fox reality competition show “American Idol” was arrested Wednesday morning in an alleged domestic violence incident. TMZ.com reports that Constantine Maroulis, who was a contestant on “Idol” in 2005, was…
“Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston opened up about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump this week on the Nerdist podcast, and his views might raise a few eyebrows. Time magazine reports that Cranston, who won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor…
A recent foray by NBC into the world of binge-watching, in which the network rolled out a full season of the David Duchovny drama series “Aquarius” online before most of the episodes premiered on the linear channel, is unlikely to…
New research finds that ads for junk food on television are disproportionately targeting young people who are Latino and African American, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new report published by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at…