With the jury declaring itself to be “hopelessly deadlocked,” a mistrial has been declared in actress Nicollette Sheridan’s wrongful termination lawsuit against ABC and “Desperate Housewives,” E! Online reports. With at least nine votes needed to reach a decision in…
MTV has ordered a new season of a popular reality show, Variety reports. New episodes will begin shooting this summer for a sixth season of “Jersey Shore,” the story reports. There has been no official word from MTV about how…
TV Land announced that it has named a new VP of Development and Original Programming, reports Deadline.com. Rose Catherine Pinkney will be overseeing the network’s existing original programs and work on the development of new series. Pinklney will work with…
A new ABC drama continues to perform well on Sundays, finishing last night as the top-rated show of prime time in Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Once Upon a Time” had a 2.9 average rating in the 18-49 demo to lead…
MTV has announced that a controversial reality show will end with its fourth season, which is expected to air this summer, reports USWeekly.com. The show is "Teen Mom," which will end the installment featuring the four original cast members. "Season…
Reversing a decade-long ratings decline, the broadcast news divisions of ABC, CBS and NBC added viewers in 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter, citing the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s State of the Media report. Total viewership across the three…
Nielsen and media agency GroupM announced a pioneering collaboration today that will develop a new measurement service integrating media planning and measurement across television and the Internet. The companies announced: “The goal is to overcome challenges posed by separate media…
Coverage of the “March Madness” NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship through Saturday’s telecasts received the event’s best ratings in 18 years, Multichannel News reports. Tournament programming on TBS, CBS, TNT and TruTV through March 17 pulled in a collective 5.3 U.S….
Apple Inc. has unveiled plans to pay a dividend and initiate a $10 billion stock buyback program as demand for the iPad and iPhone has boosted the company’s earnings, Bloomberg reports. The dividend is reportedly the first in the company’s…
Thirty-three years after C-Span debuted on cable television, its founder will step down as its chief executive, The New York Times reports. Brian Lamb will take on the role of executive chairman of the network he created, according to the…