The chairman and CEO of a major media company that owns 23 television stations and 82 newspapers has resigned, Bloomberg reports. Gannett Chief Executive Craig Dubow resigned for medical reasons, and the company promoted Chief Operating Officer Gracia Martore to…
Harry Shearer, the voice of a number of characters on “The Simpsons,” has stepped up to the plate in an ongoing dispute over compensation for the actors that threatens to derail the long-running animated Fox hit, according to Entertainment Weekly….
Cinemark, the third-largest U.S. movie theater chain, plans to ban the Eddie Murphy comedy "Tower Heist" from its theaters, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The theater company is angry about Universal Pictures’ plan to release the film…
Netflix is in talks with "Reno 911" producers about reviving the canceled Comedy Central comedy, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. "It’s still a long shot, but there’s a ray of hope," the story notes. Comedy Central still owns the…
Fox announced today that it is bringing back one of its sophomore shows for a third season, Entertainment Weekly reports. The show is Gordon Ramsay’s “MasterChef,” one of relatively few new unscripted series on broadcast to gain a foothold during…
A central theme running through Apple’s acclaimed advertising over the years was largely responsible for creating the cultural phenomenon that the company became under the leadeship of Steve Jobs, writes Bob Garfield in Advertising Age. The theme in the advertising…
Wednesday’s premiere of an eagerly awaited scary series on FX was a winner for the cable network, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Ryan Murphy series “American Horror Story” attracted 3.2 million total viewers for the initial telecast, including 2 million viewers in the…
Fox came out on top Wednesday night in a tight three-way battle for prime time with CBS and ABC, as “The X Factor” continued to turn in solid ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. For the night overall, Fox was No. 1 in…
Univision has brokered a deal to have streaming service Hulu provide its popular Spanish-language telenovelas, variety shows and reality programs to viewers online, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Univision will make some of its prime-time shows available…
With the news that Apple founder Steve Jobs died yesterday at age 56, we here at TVWeek were thinking how we can all learn from him and honor his legacy. A good place to start is to read (or re-read)…