Al Jazeera America continued what TVNewser calls its "string of big splashy hires" with its announcement that the cable news channel has hired former "NBC Nightly News" weekend anchor John Seigenthaler. Seigenthaler worked for NBC News for 11 years, reporting…
Change is coming to the Fox News Channel prime-time lineup, and the one certainty is that the cable news operation will move "America Live" host Megyn Kelly from her afternoon slot into prime time. But Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes…
Piracy of a CBS series has seen a spike, with particularly large increases in cities where the network is blacked out amid a contract dispute with Time Warner Cable. Deadline.com cites data from TorrentFreak, which says the increase in illegal…
Time Warner Cable says it’s talking with CBS Corp. again, almost a week after talks broke down and the retransmission dispute between the two companies escalated to a blackout of CBS properties on TWC systems, Bloomberg reports. In an email…
Much of the focus in the morning ratings wars has been on the rivalry between NBC’s "Today" show and ABC’s "Good Morning America," but another show has been leading the way in terms of viewer growth. The show is Univision’s…
"America’s Got Talent" continued its winning ways Wednesday night, rising from its week-ago number, ranking as the top show on broadcast prime and fueling an overall ratings win for NBC, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com…
Amid talk about industry consolidation in the wake of the announced acquisition of the Allbritton Television Stations by Sinclair Broadcast Group, one station group is making it clear that it would love to get in on the merger-and-acquisition action. TVNewsCheck…
NBCUniversal today announced key appointments in the executive lineup of its Cable Entertainment Group. Named as executive vice president, Research and Insights, was Charles Kennedy, while Liz Mahaffey was appointed as executive vice president, Brand Strategy. Making the announcements was…
In what is being reported as potentially the biggest commitment for a comedy project so far this development season, Deadline.com reports that NBC has bought a project from "Happy Endings" creator David Caspe and Jamie Tarses. Called "Marry Me," the…
VH1 has hired a veteran television programming executive who worked for years at Fox as its new programming chief. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the cable network has placed Susan Levison, who was most recently at FishBowl Worldwide Media, in…