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Matt Lauer and Al Roker will broadcast from Afghanistan for NBC’s “Today” show next week, the Associated Press reports. The two will anchor the show on Tuesday and Wednesday from the country’s capital city of Kabul. –Elizabeth Jensen
Traditional TV still accounted for 99 percent of video viewing in the U.S. during the third quarter, Nielsen’s new "Third Screen Report" shows, Variety reports. The study did show that changes are coming: Online video usage was up 35 percent…
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey expects that the retransmission consent battle with cable and satellite broadcasters is going to get nasty, the Los Angeles Times reports. News Corp. wants more money for rights to carry its Fox-owned television…
Showtime is getting deeper into sports programming after last year rescuing HBO’s canceled “Inside the NFL,” the New York Times reports. The pay cable channel plans a new weekly series, “Inside Nascar,” that will carry race footage and commentary of…
A new reality series on VH1 will follow the lives of the wives and girlfriends of NBA players, the Associated Press reports. The series, called "Basketball Wives," starts March 15. The network said it will look at the perks of…
TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin takes issue with the criticism of "Saturday Night Live’s" recent Tiger Woods sketch. Read it here.
CBS, with four wins, led the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ 7th Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting, presented today at Fordham University in New York. PBS, with two wins, was the other multiple winner. BBC…