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With the suspension of Brian Williams from NBC “Nightly News,” viewers have been abandoning the show in droves. “’NBC Nightly News’ took a double digit tumble in its first broadcast with Brian Williams name officially stripped from the broadcast, a.k.a…
“A restored version of John Hughes’ ‘The Breakfast Club’ will be shown in 430 U.S. theaters for two nights on March 26 and 31 at 7:30 p.m. local time,” Variety reports. The article adds, “The screenings will include a bonus…
CNN boss Jeff Zucker says he is interested in bringing outgoing “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart to the cable news channel, Variety reports. But Zucker is realistic to know that it’s very much a longshot. Variety reports that Zucker, the…
CBS CEO Leslie Moonves shot down rumors Thursday that a merger may be in the works for the network, the New York Post reports. The latest speculation, the report notes, is about a reunion with Viacom, CBS’s former corporate sibling….
A new comic-to-TV adaptation from “The Walking Dead’s” Robert Kirkman has received a series order. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Cinemax picked up Kirkman’s “Outcast.” The HBO sibling ordered 10 episodes, with a premiere date still to be…
From Katz Broadcasting about its upcoming new digital all-comedy broadcast network, LAFF: LAFF has landed “the broadcast television rights to more than 800 episodes” of five sitcoms. The announcement continues: In the three individual, multi-year licensing agreements, LAFF licenses– All…
“National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Michael Powell says he expects the association to take the FCC to court if the agency proceeds with Title II classification of Internet service providers,” reports Multichannel News. The story continues, saying that Powell…
One of the stars of the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black” has been cast in a new CBS legal drama. Variety reports that Laverne Cox will play a trangender attorney in the “Doubt” pilot. Cox received an Emmy…
In a shuffle among high-ranking executives, Hilary Estey McLoughlin is leaving CBS Television Distribution after serving as president of creative affairs since last fall, B&C reports. “Angelica McDaniel, senior VP of daytime for CBS Entertainment, will take over development duties…
The Writers Guild of America, West, has been going after producers for unpaid residuals and other compensation, and Deadline.com reports that the effort has paid off to the tune of more than $85 million in the past two years. “The…