The hit singing competition "American Idol" will return on Fox with a two-night premiere starting Wednesday, Jan. 18, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Fox has also scheduled the debut of Kiefer Sutherland’s new drama, "Touch," for Monday,…
Nickelodeon has given a 20-episode series order and announced a third movie in a franchise that began as a series of YouTube posts, Deadline.com reports. The "Fred" franchise, which started as a series of YouTube movies from teen comic Lucas…
The third-season debut of TV Land’s "Hot in Cleveland" marked the show’s lowest-rated premiere, with just 1.9 million total viewers watching the program Wednesday night, reports Deadline.com. That represents a decline of almost 1 million viewers from the previous year,…
Cablevision revealed that it was targeted Tuesday by a coordinated Internet attack, Multichannel News reports. The company said it succeeded in recovering from the attack. The attack caused some customers to be unable to access certain Internet sites for about…
ABC Television has made a deal with Creative Mobile Technologies, the company that programs the television screens in the back of taxis, to provide show clips, news reports and ads, reports Deadline.com. The ABC material will be appearing in 10,000…
Roger Ebert said his television show focusing on movie reviews will take a break, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. "At the Movies," which had been hosted by Ebert and his late colleague Gene Siskel starting in the 1970s,…
After its mysterious ratings drop, Nickelodeon is handing out make-goods — free commercial time to make up for ratings shortfalls — to advertisers, reports the New York Post. As previously reported, Nielsen has reported an accelerating decline for the network,…
Lifetime has given a 10-episode extension to a hit drama series, reports Deadline.com. The series is the channel’s flagship drama "Army Wives," which is currently shooting its sixth season — slated for 13 episodes. The plan is to pile up…
NBCUniversal has settled on a veteran television executive to run the company’s reality studio, which is currently known as Comcast Entertainment Studios, Multichannel News reports. Steve Dolcemaschio, a longtime exec with E! Entertainment, gets the job of president of the…
CBS’s quirky Tuesday night programming approach — starting with the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” special at 8 p.m. for the kids and wrapping up with “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” at 10 p.m., presumably for the dads — seemed to pay…