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Actress Airs Her CBS Dirty Laundry on Fox News

An actress who was written out of her role on a CBS drama series outlined her problems with the powers-that-be during an interview with Fox News’ Arthel Neville, reports Deadline.com. Jennifer Esposito, who has been diagnosed with Celiac disease, lost…

Disney Telecast Sets Records in Children’s Demos — And There’s More on the Way

The new top-rated cable telecast of 2012 in a number of children’s demos is the premiere of a Disney Jr. animated special Sunday night on the Disney Channel. Deadline.com reports that “Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess” brought 5.2…

Sunday Ratings: ABC Continues Its Losing Streak With Awards Shows

ABC continues to strike sour notes with its awards show telecasts, based on Nielsen overnights for Sunday night. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the “American Music Awards” delivered a 3.4 average rating in the key 18-49 demo, down significantly from the 4.3…

ABC Cancels Two Drama Series

ABC has canceled two drama series, B&C reports. The network will burn off the remaining episodes of freshman shows "Last Resort" and "666 Park Avenue," but will not place back orders for complete seasons. Both series struggled to build an…

Game Changer: CBS Chairman Les Moonves Says About TV: ‘This Year Has Been the Tipping Point We’ve Been Expecting’

Speaking about the current TV season, Leslie Moonves, the chairman of CBS Corp., which owns CBS, Showtime and 50% of The CW, says, "This year has really sort of been the tipping point that we’ve been expecting," reports our good…

Discovery Ends Show After 10-Year Run

A series that has been on the air for 10 years — and is credited with launching a genre — has come to the end of its run, B&C reports. The show is "American Chopper," which started the genre of…

Rupert Murdoch Accused of Anti-Semitism

Rupert Murdoch is facing criticism that he issued an anti-Semitic message after he wrote in a tweet that the "Jewish-owned press" is favoring Hamas over Israel in news coverage of the Gaza conflict, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder….

Netflix CEO Says Amazon Is Losing Up to $1 Billion a Year on Streaming

Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings claims rival Amazon.com is losing between $500 million and $1 billion a year as it buys streaming video content rights, reports The Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD. Hastings said he came up with the numbers based…

Report: Former Fox Executive Peter Liguori Is Expected to Lead Tribune

Former Fox and Discovery executive Peter Liguori will be named to lead Tribune Co. when it emerges from bankruptcy, reports the Chicago Tribune, which is owned by the Chicago-based media company. On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission signed off on…

MTV Buys Young-Adult Drama From Kelsey Grammer

Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Productions has sold a young-adult drama to MTV, based on a novel called "Blackwood," reports Deadline.com. The book, which was published in September by Angry Robot Books, is about a 19-year-old who investigates a mass disappearance that…