HBO has made the decision two renew two series, including one that has become a fixture on the pay-cable network and another that has recently debuted. “True Blood” will return for a sixth season, while “The Newsroom” will be back…
TNT apparently knows it has a hit on its hands with a new drama series. After only three episodes aired, the cable channel ordered a second season of its “Dallas” reboot, B&C reports. The drama network ordered 15 new episodes…
Dish Network made good on a threat to drop AMC’s networks in a dispute over bundling lower-rated networks such as IFC with the flagship AMC network, reports The New York Times. AMC offers popular programming including “Mad Men,” “The Walking…
A Western drama series that has performed well for its cable network — including setting a ratings record with its premiere last month — will return for another season, B&C reports. The series, “Longmire,” was picked up by A&E for…
Bristol Palin’s reality show has been pushed back to a later time slot on Lifetime after its already poor ratings continued to drop, reports the New York Post. The show will now air at 11 p.m. As previously reported, "Bristol…
A Spanish-language broadcast network won the night Thursday in the key 18-49 demo for prime time, according to Nielsen overnights, while an ABC summer staple premiered to numbers that were well off from the show’s previous season premiere, TVbytheNumbers.com reports….
The infomercial pioneer who introduced television viewers to Ginsu knives has died, reports the Associated Press. Barry Becher was 71. Becher brought TV viewers devices such as the Miracle Slicer and Armourcote Cookware, with TV ads that urged viewers to…
A move is in store for a fixture of New York television news as part of a shakeup in the station’s on-air lineup, B&C reports. Leaving his spot on WNYW-TV’s 10 p.m. newscast is Ernie Anastos, the story reports. Anastos…
HBO, which has been under pressure to distribute its content in a pay-per-view online format, will license some of its shows to Hulu — but there’s a big catch: The shows will be available in Japan, reports EW.com’s Inside TV….
Dish Network subscribers are poised to lose “Mad Men,” “The Walking Dead” and other popular programming, casualties of a dispute over programming fees between AMC Networks and the second-largest U.S. satellite TV provider, Reuters reports. Dish Network said it will…