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On a day when traditional media stocks got hammered, CBS Corp’s CEO Leslie Moonves remains bullish. Take, for example broadcasting: “At Local Broadcasting, the [CBS] TV and radio stations saw operating income fall 7.9% to $198 million with revenues down…
One of the stars of Food Network has been hospitalized after experiencing a setback following a double-mastectomy. ABC News reports that lifestyle guru Sandra Lee, known for TV shows such as “Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee,” experienced a medical complication…
As Jon Stewart wraps up his long run on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” this week, one veteran TV writer says Stewart belongs on a list of the most influential late-night hosts of all time. In a new piece in…
A tidbit revealed in Discovery Communications’ earnings call this morning is the cost of pulling the plug on TLC’s “19 Kids & Counting.” The successful reality show was yanked in mid-July amid a child molestation scandal involving Josh Duggar, one…
One of the stars of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” put a number on the chances that more episodes of the revered comedy series will be produced. Access Hollywood reports that Jeff Garlin, who plays “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David’s manager on…
A television director who broke ground in a career going back to the 1940s has died. Deadline.com reports that Lela Swift, who broke in against the boys club as a female director at CBS in the early days of the…
Kelly Osbourne has apologized for remarks she made during a stint as a guest host on the ABC daytime talk show “The View.” The AP reports that Osbourne “apologized Tuesday for remarks she made on ‘The View’ that suggested if…
The latest earnings report for The Walt Disney Co. contains some good news along with some bad news, with record profits for the quarter along with a warning about trouble looming for the company’s TV holdings. “The Burbank company reported…
A New Jersey teenager has some big ruby slippers to fill, thanks to NBC. The network announced today that it has given 18-year-old Shanice Williams the role of Dorothy in NBC’s upcoming holiday musical “The Wiz Live!” The live broadcast…
Showtime has taken the wraps off plans for a boxing match featuring Floyd Mayweather, which the pay-cable net says is expected to be Mayweather’s final bout. The announcement follows the “fight of the century” in which Mayweather easily beat Manny…