The show that is often cited as the original reality TV program and the one that effectively launched the current reality craze is back on the air for its 26th season — and its numbers are soaring. The newest installment…
CBS News has released a preview of this Sunday’s segment featuring longtime “60 Minutes” contributor Andy Rooney’s interview with Morley Safer, The Washington Post reports. Rooney, 92, announced this week that he is leaving the show after this Sunday’s telecast….
With all but the last few fall premieres now out of the way, Fox, ABC and CBS all had something to cheer about in Wednesday night’s numbers, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC was another matter. The centerpiece of the night for ABC was…
In Monday’s episode of CBS’s "Two and a Half Men," the new star of the show, Ashton Kutcher, snuck a plug into the show for some of his off-screen business concerns — Foursquare, Flipboard and GroupMe — as previously reported….
Momentum is building for an investigation into Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission, Multichannel News reports. Among the latest groups calling for a probe are the ACLU, the Center for Digital Democracy, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American…
With viewers fleeing NBC’s new drama “The Playboy Club” it may be much ado about nothing, but the network, the show’s advertisers and a watchdog group are all putting different spins on what’s going on with the show, the New…
A singer who has been at it for a while — to say the least — has another historic achievement to his credit, reports Entertainment Weekly. The new album by 85-year-old singing icon Tony Bennett debuted on the Billboard 200…
Fox has given a full-season order to a new fall show after just two weeks on the air, reports Bill Carter in the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The network placed an order for an additional 11 episodes of…
It’s not often that Oprah Winfrey takes a tumble, but she has this week, according to Fortune magazine’s annual list of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business." Though Oprah still has her fledgling Oprah Winfrey Network, with the ending…
What do “30 Rock’s” Tina Fey, “Desperate Housewives’” Eva Longoria and “Law & Order: SVU’s” Mariska Hargitay have in common? Answer: The three actresses are among television’s highest-paid female stars, reports Forbes.com. Both Fey and Longoria earned $13 million between…