An investor group that has been in talks to acquire Dick Clark Productions made the announcement today that the parties have reached a definitive agreement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The group is led by Guggenheim Partners, which we reported…
NBC finished in fifth place Monday night among the broadcast networks, as the summer ratings doldrums continued across the board during prime time on Labor Day — hitting the Peacock Network especially hard, according to Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that…
One show is doing better in its rebroadcast during the wee hours than during its live evening telecast, the New York Post reports. The CNBC show "Mad Money," which features former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer, has developed a following…
Despite a few key hits at the box office during the summer of 2012, the season wrapped up as a disappointment for the movie industry, with box office receipts down about 3% from last year and attendance down about 4%,…
The show that was the highest-rated new series of the summer in the key demo of adults 18-49 has received a renewal for a second season, Deadline.com reports. The show is Fox’s “Hotel Hell,” starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The…
The latest in television technology will be ready for retail later this year, with a screen measuring about 7 feet wide and a price tag of at least $15,000, reports the New York Post. The new technology is an innovation…
"After five years of trying to sell ads on television using the automated buying system that works so well for its signature search ads, Google has finally given up," reports Robert Hof at Forbes.com. The article continues, "The shutdown is…
ABC’s “Good Morning America” continues to assert its newfound dominance over its NBC rival “Today,” B&C reports. Nielsen figures show that “GMA” beat “Today” by more than 520,000 total viewers for the week of Aug. 20, the story reports. It…
For the two nights of coverage of the Republican National Convention so far, Fox News Channel has been burying the competition in the ratings, Deadline.com reports. The cable news channel averaged 7.70 million total viewers Wednesday night in the 10…
Nickelodeon, struggling to find its footing amid a persistent ratings slump, has shaken things up in the executive ranks, pushing out Brown Johnson, the network’s animation chief and the executive most responsible for the channel’s hit cartoon "Dora the Explorer,"…