The day after ION Television added CBS’s "Numbers" to its lineup of crime procedurals, the cable network announced it is also adding NBC’s "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," Deadline.com reports. ION acquired all 195 episodes of the show, which aired…
Liberty Media Corp., controlled by cable czar John Malone, said today it will spin off its Starz cable group into its own company, the Los Angeles Times reports. The move is part of a series of recent financial moves by…
Jimmy Fallon is no longer in discussions to host the Oscars in 2013, with talks stalling because of concerns from ABC executives and Disney Chief Robert Iger, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. Iger and other ABC executives didn’t…
NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage saw its numbers decline significantly Monday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the three hours of prime time averaged an 8.1 rating in the key 18-49 demo for Monday’s 10th night of the London…
A crime procedural that ran for six seasons on CBS has landed a deal for cable distribution, Deadline.com reports. CBS Television Distribution closed a deal to put “Numbers” on ION Television. ION gets off-network rights to all 118 episodes, with…
Critics of HBO’s controversial drama series “The Newsroom” — and there are plenty of them around — got a chance to go toe to toe with the man behind the show, Aaron Sorkin, during the recent Television Critics Association press…
Despite the popularity of the Twitter hashtag #NBCFail and the media spotlight on other criticisms of NBC’s coverage of the London Olympics, most viewers are rating the network’s coverage as "good" or "excellent," reports B&C, citing a Pew Research Center…
Another sport will be getting its own channel within the next few weeks. From the founder of the Tennis Channel and the Ski Channel, next up is the Surf Channel, TheWrap.com reports. The channel is the brainchild of Steve Bellamy,…
NBC’s Olympics coverage continued to rack up huge ratings in prime time Sunday night, leading to historic lows elsewhere on the dial. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC averaged a 9.1 rating in the key 18-49 demo for the four hours of…
Music mogul Dr. Dre has sealed a script development deal with the FX network for a one-hour drama, reports Deadline.com. The show, penned by Sidney Quashie, is set in the contemporary Los Angeles music scene in the places where it…