Sunday’s prime-time ratings weren’t much to shout about on the broadcast networks, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the best anyone was able to average for the four hours was a 1.2 rating, with…
Turner Entertainment Networks, the division of Turner Broadcasting that includes TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and truTV, announced that it has promoted Jennifer Dorian to chief strategy officer. “Dorian, who most recently served as senior vice president of strategic…
CNBC is poised to tweak its prime-time programming. The New York Post reports that the financial news channel is working on a new roundtable show that might air in the 7 p.m. time slot now held by "The Kudlow Report.”…
Television news got some good news in a just-released Gallup poll. Deadline.com reports that the latest survey about where Americans turn for news shows that more than half, 55%, of U.S. adults say they turn to television for coverage of…
CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves sold $22.1 million of his company stock last week, prompting the question of whether the head man felt the stock had topped out, Deadline.com reports. But that’s not the case, according to a representative for…
A cable channel that has quietly racked up one of the most impressive winning streaks in television — the top-rated cable channel for 28 consecutive quarters — is going "TV Everywhere," Deadline.com reports. The channel is USA Network, which becomes…
No fewer than four broadcast series sank to all-time lows or season lows Tuesday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that CBS’s "Big Brother" and NBC’s "Betty White’s Off Their Rockers" both set series…
While Food Network’s key audience demographic saw a 16% decline during the first half of 2013, its sister network HGTV is growing, with its key demo rating climbing almost 8% during the same period, reports the New York Post. The…
Apple is close to reaching a deal with Time Warner Cable, which would provide subscribers of the latter service with channels through Apple TV, reports Bloomberg. A deal is likely to be announced in the next few months. Apple is…
TNT announced it is renewing a drama series that has been performing well for the cable network this summer. The channel ordered a fourth season of "Falling Skies." The program comes from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg, and…