Off-network rights to two top sitcoms have been sold to the CBS Television Stations and the Weigel station group, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and the CBS TV Stations announced. “Mike & Molly” is ready to premiere in fall 2014…
TBS has acquired the cable rights to the hit CBS sitcom “2 Broke Girls,” Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution announced. The show was the top-rated new series of the 2011-2012 season in the key demo of adults 18-49, and was…
The channel that has been the perennial most-watched cable network has slipped into a prime-time ratings slump in the first two quarters of 2012, reports the New York Post. NBCUniversal-owned USA Network saw the most pronounced decline in the second…
Television personalities are scarce on the new Forbes list of Hollywood’s highest-paid actresses, which is dominated by feature film specialists. Topping the list, based on earnings between May 2011 and May 2012, is Kristen Stewart, who struck gold in the…
After reports that star Lindsay Lohan suffered exhaustion and dehydration and that two of its crew visited the hospital for the same reason, the Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick" is being investigated by two Hollywood unions, according to The Hollywood…
Associated Television International has been sued over its Lifetime docureality series "Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp," Deadline.com reports. Actors Christopher and Kyle Massey filed suit against the producer, claiming copyright infringement, breach of contract and unfair competition, the story reports….
Oprah Winfrey’s "Oprah’s Next Chapter" got a ratings boost from her visit to the Kardashian family, with 1.1 million viewers tuning in, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The 8 p.m. Sunday broadcast was one of the top episodes…
Fox Business Network achieved a major milestone last week, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town reports. FBN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” beat rival CNBC’s "The Kudlow Report" for the first time, the story reports. "Lou Dobbs Tonight" averaged 139,000 nightly viewers…
One of the co-showrunners on a Fox drama series that has been on the air since 2008 has left the program ahead of the show’s fifth and final season, reports TheWrap.com. Jeff Pinkner, who has worked as co-showrunner on "Fringe"…
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has been hit with a lawsuit by Ashton Kutcher’s production company for allegedly pulling out of a reality television series deal, reports Deadline.com. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and…