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Unusual Premiere Set for Long-Awaited ‘Arrested Development’ Fourth Season

An unusual rollout is in the works for the long-awaited fourth season of "Arrested Development," reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. All 10 episodes of the season will premiere on a single day next year on Netflix,…

Google Inks Deal With MGM as Search Giant Expands Online Content

As part of its ongoing push to put together a film-rental business, music service and eBook store under the Google Play banner, Google has inked a deal with MGM to bring 600 film titles into the cross-platform digital storefront, the…

NBC’s ‘The Voice’ Sinks to a New Low — and Yet, NBC Wins the Night

NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” continues to see ratings erosion after getting off to a good start. The Monday night installment slipped 10% from last week in the Nielsen overnights, sinking to the lowest number yet for a performance episode…

Numbers Are In for Debut of Critically Acclaimed HBO Show ‘Girls’

Viewer numbers are in for Sunday’s debut of the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series "Girls," with the show drawing a modest 1.1 million viewers across two airings, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. That represented a drop from its lead-in, "Eastbound…

Fox Business Anchor Apologizes for Remark About ABC News

A Fox Business Network anchor has apologized for comments he made last week about ABC News, his previous employer, after saying he left "because it sucked there," reports TVNewser.com. John Stossel’s original comments about ABC News came in an interview…

Taking a Page From Traditional TV, Hulu Plans an Upfront

Hulu will take part in the annual advertising tradition of the upfront presentation, an effort that has traditionally been the hallmark of broadcast and cable networks, The New York Times reports. The online streaming service will make its upfront presentation…

Report: Looks Like ‘GMA’ Has Ended ‘Today’s’ 16-Year Winning Streak, According to Preliminary Data

One week after its Katie Couric guest-hosting stunt failed to get the job done, ABC’s “Good Morning America” finally achieved what it has been trying to achieve for 16 years: It beat NBC’s “Today” show in the weekly ratings, the…

Film Director Talks About Plans to Launch New Cable Net

The filmmaker behind a string of popular movies has revealed plans to launch a new cable network, which is due to roll out sometime between September 2013 and January 2014, UPI reports. Director Robert Rodriguez, whose films include "El Mariachi,"…

ABC Sinks With ‘Titanic’ — Network Settles for Fourth Place, Including a Series Low for a New Drama; Front-Runner CBS’s New Show Opens to Soft Numbers

ABC’s “Titanic” miniseries was an anchor for the Alphabet Network’s Sunday night lineup — and not in a good way — with the final installment airing at 9 p.m. to a last-place 0.9 average rating in viewers 18-49, TVbytheNumbers.com reports….

New Global Multimedia Content Company Unveiled

The Style Network today rolled out plans for a new global, multimedia content company, Style Media. The new entity will broaden Style’s focus “to program and market to all facets of consumers’ lives, from the way they view content, to…