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NBC’s “Thursday Night Football” broadcast had a tough night in the ratings last night, when the game featured two teams with losing records. The Denver Broncos beat the Indianapolis Colts, 25-13, to improve to 5-9 on the season while the…
ABC’s revival of the sitcom “Roseanne” has a time slot, a premiere date and a special hourlong premiere episode, with the network announcing plans today to roll out the show starting with a special premiere on Tuesday, March 27. “Roseanne”…
Fox today took the wraps off the lineup of performers and co-host for “Fox’s New Year’s Eve with Steve Harvey: Live from Times Square.” Joining Harvey as co-host will be Emmy winner Maria Menounos. The Dec. 31 broadcast, airing live…
The battle over “net neutrality” has entered a new phase after the Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality rules, the AP reports. The vote gives “Internet service providers like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T…
Disney has committed to pay a massive “breakup fee” to 21st Century Fox if the $52.4 billion acquisition of Fox assets is blocked by federal regulators. Variety reports that Disney agreed to pay $2.5 billion. “The agreement unveiled Thursday also…
An executive for Netflix was fired after making a comment to a woman on the sidelines at a children’s soccer match earlier this month in Los Angeles. The New York Times reports that Netflix confirmed that the executive, Andy Yeatman,…
An acclaimed filmmaker is stepping down from his production company, revealing in a public confession that he is “part of the problem” of sexual misconduct. Morgan Spurlock, the Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker behind “Super Size Me,” “Where in the World Is…
One message contained in news about the agreement announced today in which Disney will acquire much of the 21st Century Fox assets is at least a little bit ominous for employees of the companies. Business Insider notes that in their…
See if you can guess which cable channel just chalked up its 53rd consecutive week of growth to boast the longest active streak among all ad-supported cable channels. The answer, according to a press release just out today from CMT,…
Following today’s announcement of a mega-merger with the potential to reshape the entire media industry, some observers are already criticizing Disney’s decision to snap up $52.4 billion in assets from 21st Century Fox. Among them, Joe Nocera suggests in an…