CBS has given back-nine orders to two of its freshman dramas, bringing their season orders to 22 episodes each, Deadline.com reports. The dramas are “Elementary” and “Vegas.” “’Elementary‘s’ pickup was a no-brainer as the Sherlock Holmes reboot has been the…
NBC is touting another round of fall 2012 ratings achievements after winning week four of the new season in the key 18-49 demo. The network has now won the first four weeks of the season for the first time in…
CBS has responded to a lawsuit filed last week that accuses the network, along with production companies and some top executives behind “The Talk,” of stealing the idea for the daytime talk show, Deadline.com reports. Author Angela Wilder filed the…
A freshman drama has received a full-season order from The CW, after the show’s premiere drew 4.1 million viewers and ranked as the network’s most-watched telecast of any show in three years, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The…
Showtime has placed a third-season order for "Homeland," the drama starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The pay-television network ordered 12 new episodes of the show, which recently cleaned up at the Emmys,…
A long-running reality series fell to an all-time low in Sunday’s ratings, based on Nielsen overnight figures. The series is CBS’s “Amazing Race,” which managed only a 2.3 average rating in the key demo of viewers 18-49, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. That…
Fox has given a third-season renewal to “The X Factor,” even with the singing competition’s numbers down from season one, Deadline.com reports. Meanwhile, NBC announced an expanded schedule for “The Voice” during election week, setting up head-to-head showdowns between the…
ABC has decided to wrap up a drama series created by Shonda Rhimes, which will end its run after it completes the 13-episode order it received in May. Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com that ABC has opted not to give…
Advertising prices for "American Idol" have plunged, ending the show’s five-year dominance in ad rates and allowing NBC’s "Sunday Night Football" to run off with the title for the highest-priced inventory, writes Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. "Last year, ‘Sunday…
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is considering purchasing the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune as their parent company, Tribune Co., is expected to emerge from bankruptcy soon, reports Meg James in the Los Angeles Times. "News Corp. executives…