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AMC’s second-season finale of “Mad Men” averaged 1.75 million viewers Sunday night, TelevisionWeek reports. The finale episode was up 20% over the season’s average, and up 75% over the first season. The episode accumulated 2.9 million viewers over its three…
Electronics manufacturers and retail chains are slashing prices of Blu-ray players in a bid to boost adoption of the high-definition movie format, the Wall Street Journal reports. Entry-level Blu-ray players have dropped to below $230 at major retailers including Target,…
The NBA’s television partners are banking that last season’s popular playoffs will lead to more basketball success this season, according to Sports Business Journal. Last season, all three TV network partners, ABC, ESPN and TNT, posted regular-season increases, the Journal…
Viewership for this year’s World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies is expected to go down, Daily Variety reports. While the two final teams playing are from large markets, they both lack big-name appeal on a…
NBC has ordered the back-nine episodes for its freshman series “Knight Rider,” Daily Variety reports. The full-season order marks the first for the network this fall. Although the revival of the 1980s TV series began as a hit movie for…
The CW has ordered additional scripts for its new series, “Privileged,” despite lower-than-average network ratings, the Hollywood Reporter says. Although the show has been struggling on Tuesday nights, it has shown some growth as the numbers from its “90210” lead…
The Screen Actors Guild’s national board has agreed to proposed conditions that will bring the union back together with AFTRA to their Phase One joint-bargaining agreement for new commercials contract negotiations, the Hollywood Reporter says. The decision comes after a…
Carl Icahn has increased his stake in Lionsgate from 4% to 9.17%, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. Icahn is infamous for his approach to “destabilize management when a stock is underperforming,” such as his attempts at corporate shakeup with Time Warner,…
Rachel Maddow, host of the eponymous MSNBC news and commentary program, doubled the cable news channel’s audience in the 9 p.m. hour in a matter of days, The New York Times reports. “The Rachel Maddow Show” has averaged a higher…
Vince Vaughn is in final negotiations with Fox to develop and executive produce a half-hour comedy pilot, Daily Variety reports. Victoria Vaugh, Vince’s sister, has been tapped to also executive produce and brothers Jim and Steve Armogida will write the…