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Eight years in the making, a new feature documentary that premieres tonight on HBO takes an unusual approach to filling in the missing pieces of the story about a fallen rock icon. “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” from filmmaker Brett…
Comcast Corp. reported first-quarter results today, with its NBC Broadcast Television segment posting a decline in revenue, TVNewsCheck reports. Revenue for the segment was down 14.2% from the same period a year ago, slipping to $2.2 billion from $2.6 billion,…
Much of the buzz after Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao “Fight of the Century” has focused not on the fight but on Jamie Foxx’s delivery of the National Anthem — with many on social media saying Foxx butchered the song. Others…
AMC is proving that original programming pays off, with the first-quarter earnings report for AMC Networks Inc. showing a 69% surge in profits, The Wall Street Journal reports. Chairman and Chief Executive Josh Sapan cited original programming including the enduring…
IFC has placed an order for a revenge comedy project from the writing team of Erin Simon and Kim Karp. Deadline.com reports that the pair sold a half-hour single-camera project on spec to the cable channel for “101 Ways To…
NBC has “green-lit three drama series, including Dick Wolf’s ‘Chicago Med’ and a conspiracy thriller [‘Blindspot’] from producer Greg Berlanti,” writes our good friend Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s The Vulture blog. The story adds, “The pickups come a full ten…
Pay cable channel HBO has decided to shelve a comedy project from the creator of “Enlightened.” Deadline.com reports that the channel will not go ahead with “Mamma Dallas,” from Mike White. The project centered on a conservative family in Texas…
A veteran correspondent with Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” said farewell to the show Thursday night. Stewart paid tribute to Samantha Bee, who has been a part of the program since 2003, with a highlight reel of…
Updated at 4:15 pm. PT on May 1, 2015 to change headline and first paragraph. According to the largest music rights organiztion in the U.S., BMI, this singer’s biggest hit was the fourth most-played song in the 20th Century on…
NBC’s “Today” show pulled off a rare achievement in its ratings battle with ABC’s “Good Morning America” — rare by recent standards. “Today,” which used to regularly come in at No. 1, hasn’t done much of that lately, but TheWrap.com…