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The Miss USA pageant, which was homeless this week after being dumped by both NBC and Univision, has been rescued by the Reelz Channel, the AP reports. The report quotes a statement released today by Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard…
A producer who had been working on a number of projects for FX died in L.A. from complications related to knee replacement surgery. Variety reports that FX confirmed Wednesday that David Kennedy died June 14. He was 73. Kennedy was…
Google has issued an apology after its new Photo app mislabeled a photo of two black people, calling them “gorillas,” CNET reports. “Jacky Alcine, a Web developer who is black, took to Twitter to say Google’s Photo app, released in…
The overall trend among major cable networks in the second quarter was a downtrend in total viewership, with only five of the top 20 ad-supported nets posting gains in prime time from a year ago, MediaPost reports, citing Nielsen data….
A major-market CBS owned-and-operated station continues to shed on-air personalities. The latest departure from the news division at Philadelphia station KYW-TV is Carol Erickson, the station’s longtime meteorologist, Adweek reports. The news follows the departures of Beasley Reece, Kathy Orr…
A cable drama series is showing it has legs, with the announcement coming Wednesday that USA Network has renewed “Suits” for a sixth season. The show, from Universal Cable Productions, is only a week into its fifth season, with the…
Spanish-language broadcast company Univision Holdings Inc. filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO, MarketWatch reports. The filing, the initial step in taking the company public, is for an IPO of up to $100 million, a figure…
The BBC announced that it will cut more than 1,000 jobs as part of a restructuring, with a $234 million gap forecast for 2016-2017 in license fee income, Deadline.com reports. BBC Director General Tony Hall announced the moves, saying in…
Press release, July 1, 2015: USA Network announced today a 16-episode sixth season renewal of the provocative and sophisticated hit original drama SUITS from Universal Cable Productions. Currently airing Wednesdays at 9/8c on USA, the fifth season of SUITS, which…
CBS and AT&T have come to terms on a deal to extend their carriage agreement. The companies issued a brief statement that reads: “AT&T and CBS have reached an agreement to continue our long-standing relationship, which includes carrying the CBS…