ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is celebrating a first-ever achievement in the late-night ratings. For the first time during the regular television season, Kimmel’s show, which airs at midnight, topped Jay Leno’s NBC chestnut “Tonight Show,” which goes on at 11:35…
With Facebook’s $16 billion initial public offering, 28-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg will become wealthier than Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, reports Bloomberg. Zuckerberg will rank as the 29th-richest person on Earth, the story notes. With Facebook pricing its…
Comcast is adding a service that will allow subscribers to make Skype video calls over their television sets, reports Bloomberg. The service, part of an effort to keep customers from canceling their cable plans, will let people make high-definition video…
Wednesday night in the Nielsen overnights was a case of good news/bad news/mediocre news: good news for Fox, bad news for ABC and NBC and mediocre news for CBS. The good news for Fox: Its two-hour “American Idol” was up,…
The CW has had enough of a Nielsen ratings system that the broadcast network has been complaining about for years, saying it undercount’s CW’s young viewers. TheWrap reports that the network has decided to do something about it by developing…
An MTV series has been canceled and is looking for a new network home, reports Deadline.com. The show is the freshman comedy program "I Just Want My Pants Back." One reason the show wasn’t renewed is MTV’s large inventory, which…
The CW’s fall schedule, unveiled today, has the broadcast channel looking to well-known characters and franchises including "Arrow," based on the DC Comics hero Green Arrow, and "The Carrie Diaries," following a teenage Carrie Bradshaw based on the character from…
Adult Swim has given a straight-to-series order to a spinoff of one of its shows, Deadline.com reports. The new program is "Newsreaders," a spinoff of "Childrens Hospital." The show is a parody of the newsmagazine format based on material that…
CNN hit a low point Tuesday night: Its 9 p.m. hour recorded its lowest demo rating in 15 years, possibly hurt by broadcast programming for the May sweeps, reports TVNewser.com. "Piers Morgan Tonight" drew only 39,000 viewers between 25 and…
A lawsuit filed last year against HBO’s "Entourage" over the name of a character has been dismissed, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The suit was filed by MTV reality show cast member John Devenanzio, alleging that "Entourage" damaged…