Discovery Communications’ first-quarter earnings suffered amid the woes of Oprah Winfrey’s cable network OWN, with the company reporting a lower-than-expected profit, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The company said net income fell to $221 million, or 57 cents…
With the two-hour season performance finale of “The Voice” doing the heavy lifting, NBC won the night Monday in the key 18-49 demo in Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. CBS saw one of its best-performing new shows go out with a…
On last Sunday’s episode of AMC’s "Mad Men," when Don Draper played a song from the ‘new’ Beatles album, "Revolver," it cost the show a cool quarter of a million dollars for the rights, reports The Wall Street Journal. About…
The drama over what NBC will do with “30 Rock” appears to be coming to a conclusion. Deadline.com reports that the network will probably bring the comedy back for a shortened seventh season — and that season will be its…
Yahoo’s chief executive officer, Scott Thompson, sent a memo to employees Monday apologizing for any problems his listing of a college degree he never earned have caused the company, but not apologizing — nor explaining why the misinformation appeared in his…
Nevada has given the go-ahead for the nation’s first test of self-driving cars on public streets, issuing a license to Google for the tryout after demonstrations on the Las Vegas Strip and in Carson City reportedly showed that the project…
In a season of historic ratings lows for not just NBC but broadcast overall, the bar seems to find ways to continue moving lower. The latest series to hit an all-time low is NBC’s “Harry’s Law,” which sank to a…
The box office opening for Marvel’s “The Avengers” was expected to be big — but not this big. The movie is on track for an opening weekend of $207.1 million, Deadline.com reports. The final numbers are still being tallied, but…
ABC News and Univision News have announced a joint venture to create a new 24/7 English-language news, information and lifestyle television network, reports B&C. The companies have reached a deal in principal for a network aimed at English-dominant and bilingual…
Showtime has made the decision to renew a drama series that is currently airing its second season, Deadline.com reports. The series is the Jeremy Irons historical drama "The Borgias." Showtime has ordered a 10-episode third season, which will premiere in…