ABC’s “Good Morning America” gave NBC an unhappy sendoff in the week going into the Olympics, notching a ratings win in the last remaining category that NBC’s “Today” show still owned. “GMA” won the ratings across the board for the…
Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network has taken the wraps off a number of big programming moves, rolling out its fall lineup along with an ambitous slate of new programs for 2013. New programs for this fall are “Iyanla, Fix My…
NBC has poached a leading executive from the ABC lineup, Deadline.com reports. The Peacock Network snatched up ABC’s head of scheduling, Jeff Bader, who will become NBC’s president, program planning, strategy and research, the story says. Bader will report to…
Several "Mad Men" stars are nearing new contracts to remain on the AMC show, with January Jones, Elisabeth Moss and Vincent Kartheiser slated to receive significant salary increases, reports Deadline.com. Two of the three deals may already be done, the…
Vicky Gutierrez, who worked at the Los Angeles-area Telemundo station KVEA-TV from 2003 until March 2012, is suing Telemundo and parent company NBCUniversal for age discrimination, alleging she was kicked off the air when she turned 50, according to The…
Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes, speaking on the company’s quarterly earnings conference call, was critical of CNN’s recent ratings, reassuring analysts that the company has made CNN a high priority, TVNewser.com reports. “To be clear, we are not satisfied…
NBC and Comcast expected to lose money on the Olympics, but in an earnings call today NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke said it’s now looking like the company will break even on the venture, Deadline.com reports. “We are way ahead of…
NBC’s Olympics coverage hasn’t helped the network’s troubled “Today” show as much as NBC had hoped, the New York Daily News reports. Examining Monday’s preliminary numbers, ratings are way up from last week, but down 14% from the show’s results…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has named a new president, the Los Angeles Times reports. The organization on Tuesday named Hawk Koch to the post. Koch, a longtime producer and the current co-president of the Producers Guild…
CBS has seen enough of a new show that has got off to a rough start, pulling it from the schedule after just two low-rated episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The show is the dating program “3.”…