Even with the new TV season only a few weeks old, early ratings for some shows make it clear they could already be in trouble, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. Meanwhile, other shows may be in position to receive early full-season…
NBC’s recent fiscal moves — including slashing Jay Leno’s salary for “Tonight” in half while shelling out more than $8 billion to re-up with “Sunday Night Football” — reveal a network shifting its priorities, the AP reports. But the moves…
NBC took another win in the Nielsen overnights for Monday, powered by a strong performance by the two-hour “The Voice,” TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The singing competition was the top show of the night ith a 4.7 average rating in the key…
Animal Planet has made the decision to bring back a series for another season, B&C reports. The cable channel renewed the fishing adventure show "Off the Hook: Extreme Catches." The reality series, which stars pro wrestler Showtime Eric Young, has…
Penske Media Corp. announced today that it has closed a deal to purchase the venerable trade publication Variety from Reed Elsevier. Deadline.com — which is also owned by Penske — reports that the move adds Variety to a Penske stable…
TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross gives his valuable perspective into Finke, Penske and the purchase of Variety by Penske. Please click here to read Ross’s insights.
NBC has postponed the scheduled season premieres for two series, Deadline.com reports. The network had planned to roll out the new seasons of comedies "Community" and "Whitney" Oct. 19, but will now air repeat programming in the 8 p.m. time…
Syfy has made the decision to renew one of its original series, B&C reports. The cable channel ordered a fourth season of "Face Off," the story reports. The show’s third season has been drawing an average audience of 986,000 viewers…
[Updated on Oct. 8, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. PT to make it clear that the film unit in question will focus on documentaries. Also includes a CNN executive’s confirmation of a story first reported in August, that CNN is also…
NBC coasted to an easy win in the ratings Sunday night on the strength of its “Sunday Night Football,” while programming on the other broadcast networks was generally down. Citing Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports that “Sunday Night Football” averaged a…