In the high-stakes morning ratings battle being waged this week between ABC and NBC, Tuesday’s second round went to NBC, the New York Daily News reports. NBC’s “Today” averaged 5.497 million viewers Tuesday morning to 5.141 million for ABC’s “Good…
NBC is rolling out plans to wrap up a new drama’s freshman season with a two-hour finale to air during May sweeps, TVLine.com reports. The show is “Awake,” which has been a snoozer in the ratings — with recent figures…
A cable reality show based in New Jersey is getting a spinoff, with the new show to be based in Chicago, Deadline.com reports. The Style Network has greenlighted “Chicagolicious,” a spinoff of its successful “Jerseylicious” series, which is set in…
HBO enjoyed a big season premiere for its latest hit drama series on Sunday, The New York Times reports in its Media Decoder blog. "Game of Thrones" returned for its second season, drawing 3.9 million viewers and ranking as the…
The world’s largest consumer products company has blocked access to video-streaming site Netflix and the music-streaming site Pandora on company computers. Procter & Gamble wanted to find out why its computers were running slowly, and discovered that the culprit was…
Yahoo announced Wednesday that it plans to cut 2,000 jobs — 14% of its staff — as the company moves to cut costs and refocus its priorities, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The layoffs were expected, the story notes. Said…
Keith Olbermann took at least part of the blame for his problems with Current TV in an appearance Tuesday night on “Late Show with David Letterman.” “I screwed up,” said the recently fired Current host. “I didn’t think the whole…
Discovery Communications has announced that it will rebrand its Planet Green cable channel, Deadline.com reports. Starting May 28, the channel will be called Destination America. Discovery said Planet Green “will turn red, white and blue.” “Destination America will be the…
Time Warner Cable’s chief executive saw his compensation reduced last year, reports Deadline.com. Glenn Britt’s compensation fell 5.7% as he lost about $1 million in non-equity incentives, the story reports. Otherwise, Britt’s compensation was steady compared with 2010, the story…
Former “Today” co-host Katie Couric is going head-to-head with her old show this week in a closely watched ratings showdown that has high stakes for NBC and ABC. The numbers are in for her first day as guest co-host on…