[Updated Jan. 26, 2012, 12:57 p.m., to include comment from OWN spokesperson clarifying Oprah Winfrey’s role in the firing.] A key OWN officer said to be one of Oprah Winfrey’s closest and most trusted executives has been let go by…
A lawsuit has been filed against NBCUniversal and the host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" accusing the show of gender bias, TMZ.com reports. Former staffer Paul Tarascio alleges in the suit that he was dropped from his job as…
The president and chief operating officer of Starz Entertainment resigned from his post Wednesday, TheWrap reports. The company confirmed the exit of Bill Myers, who was with the network for 10 years. No reason was given for Myers’ departure. Myers…
Netflix said it regained 610,000 U.S. customers in the fourth quarter, ending the year with 24.4 million customers, reports Bloomberg. The news sent Netflix’s shares surging 16% in extended trading Wednesday, the piece notes. The customer acquisitions signal that Chief…
Simon Cowell’s SYCO Entertainment and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment production company are teaming up for a new, live international reality competition program to find the world’s greatest disc jockeys, reports Deadline.com. The show has already been in…
CBS has signed a deal to keep an annual awards ceremony on the network for 10 years, Deadline.com reports. The agreement extends the network’s deal with the Academy of Country Music that has had the ACM Awards on CBS since…
With the return of fresh episodes and new shows, the midseason death watch has started and a number of shows are already at risk for an early demise, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. One of those shows is "The Finder,"…
The U.S. State Department has stepped into a controversy surrounding a gag Jay Leno delivered during his opening monologue on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” the BBC reports. Meanwhile, Deadline.com reported that a lawsuit has been filed against Leno and NBC in…
A major Spanish-language TV network has announced a move that could significantly expand its audience, the Los Angeles Times reports in its Company Town blog. Univision revealed Tuesday during the NATPE conference in Miami that it will add closed-captioned English-language…
Julian Assange, the controversial founder of cyber-transparency website WikiLeaks, has announced he’s launching a television show, according to media reports. The theme of the talk show will be “the world tomorrow.” The show will air on RT, a global TV…