A television pioneer who broke ground with his work as a producer on early variety shows has died, the Associated Press reports. Bob Henry, known for producing "The Nat King Cole Show," was 92. Henry worked in television for more…
Contract talks with "The Office" actors John Krasinski, Ed Helms, Jenna Fischer and B.J. Novak have stalled, while showrunner Paul Lieberstein, who also plays Toby on the show, is stepping down as executive producer and showrunner, reports Deadline.com. Lieberstein may…
With Sony Corp. positioning for the handover of power from Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer to Kazuo Hirai, as previously reported, some of the other pieces of the new executive structure are falling into place. The Chicago Tribune reports that…
Fox has adopted an unusual strategy for the debut of the Kiefer Sutherland drama "Touch" in an effort to fight online piracy while also attracting large multinational advertisers, The New York Times reports. The network will roll out the show…
32-year-old actor Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete Campbell on AMC’s "Mad Men," tells Advertising Age that he’s not on Facebook or Twitter because "I remember a time when you used to have to have something to say to be handed…
The latest incarnation of a long-running television science-fiction franchise appears to have hit a snag. Deadline.com reports that Syfy has decided not to move forward with "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" as a regular television series. The project is about…
Oprah Winfrey’s struggling cable network can look forward to a hefty loss for 2012, according to a prominent media research firm. Bloomberg reports that researcher SNL Kagan says OWN may lose as much as $142.9 million this year as it…
Fox’s struggling Tuesday night comedy block appears to have claimed its first victim. The lowest performer in the two-hour block last night was “I Hate My Teenage Daughter,” which fell to a series-low 1.2 rating in adults 18-49, and today…
With a preliminary ratings report in for the first quarter of 2012, one company is touting a number of significant achievements among its various cable networks. Turner Research spotlighted key ratings success stories among various Turner Broadcasting channels, including TBS,…
A British pop group has made history, pulling off an achievement that no other British group in history has been able to pull off, BBC News reports. The group One Direction had its first album debut at No. 1 in…