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The cast of a reality show wants more money from the network, but the network is playing hardball. TMZ.com reports that the hard-partying cast of “Party Down South” is putting the squeeze on CMT for a bump in pay, with…
After failing to include one of the key players in late-night during a feature on the changing late-night landscape, NBC’s Brian Williams issued an apology on “NBC Nightly News,” reports Deadline.com’s Lisa de Moraes. Williams apparently forgot about Arsenio Hall’s…
Noting that closed captions on television "are often riddled with typos or incomplete sentences that leave viewers struggling to make sense of what’s being said," the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that a key government agency has set its…
Broadcasters have scored their first legal victory over the online video service Aereo, according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports that the company was handed an injunction by a federal court in Utah. The injunction bars Aereo from running…
"Safeway Inc. said Wednesday [Feb. 19, 2014] that it is in talks about potentially selling itself," reports the Los Angeles Times. The story reports: "The Pleasanton, Calif., company, which operates the Safeway, Vons and Pavilions chains, said discussions were ‘ongoing’…
CBS Corp. announced today that it has named a veteran of the company as its new chairman of CBS Entertainment. Promoted to the position was Nina Tassler, who signed an agreement extending her arrangement with the company through 2017. Making…
NBC was expected to chalk up some big ratings with its coverage of the Winter Olympic Games from Sochi, Russia, but the Peacock Network seems to be dominating its broadcast rivals even more than anticipated. The network announced today that…
Press release from CBS Corp., Feb. 20, 2014: CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) announced that Nina Tassler has been promoted to Chairman of CBS Entertainment, and has signed a new agreement with the Company that extends through 2017. The…
NBC’s prime-time Winter Olympics coverage from Sochi, Russia, continued to steamroll its broadcast competition Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC coasted to another huge ratings win even as numbers for the…
Nickelodeon has optioned a 2013 novel about middle school children that has been a New York Times bestseller. TheWrap.com reports that the cable channel is lining up a project based on “Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library,” in which the kids…