A new Showtime drama is off to a good start, with its latest airing attracting the show’s biggest audience to date, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. “Homeland” was up 18% on Sunday compared with its debut, with an average of…
Broadcasters are scrambling to figure out the implications of a new Federal Communications Commission proposal that would require stations to post information online about their political advertisers, reports Advertising Age. That information is now stored in paper files at the…
Plans have been announced for the 25th season of "America’s Most Wanted," which recently ended its long run on Fox. The show will debut Dec. 2 on Lifetime, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The program, which has helped lead to…
All eyes were on NBC’s new newsmagazine Monday night — except those of the viewers, according to the show’s Nielsen ratings. The show pulled a feeble 1.0 overnight rating in the key 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. The weak result was…
Kelsey Grammer’s new Starz drama "Boss" saw a huge drop in its audience in its second week, with just 391,000 viewers tuning in for the first airing of the show Friday night, reports Deadline.com. That represents a decline of 44%…
Two competing Tribune bankruptcy reorganization plans were rejected by U.S. bankruptcy judge Kevin J. Carey, reports TheWrap.com. Carey ordered Tribune and its creditors to come up with another reorganization plan quickly, with a hearing set for Nov. 22, the story…
For the first time since the recession started in 2008, spending on home entertainment was up in the third quarter, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The figure rose 5% from a year earlier to $3.9 billion, the…
The popularity of Apple’s iPad means the device has attracted counterfeiters as well as fans, reports Bloomberg. Knockoff iPads may flood e-commerce sites as the holidays approach, and as shoppers still struggling with a tough economy search for bargains, the…
A looming blackout of Fox-owned cable networks for DirecTV subscribers has been averted, as the two companies have agreed to a new contract, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Both sides had been warning customers that the networks…
MGM has announced the appointment of a new president of television production, Deadline.com reports. The company hired veteran TV producer Steve Stark to fill the post, according to the story. Stark’s credits include USA Network’s "Fairly Legal" and NBC’s "The…