ABC Family has renewed a comedy series. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel will bring back "Melissa & Joey" for a fourth season. The channel also gave a back order to the show for an additional…
Satellite company Dish Network has rolled out a new social media app for the Hopper DVR. Deadline.com reports that the company says the app, Social, is the industry’s “first and only set-top app that delivers on-screen social content relevant to…
Media buyers have offered an assessment of what to expect from this upfront season. MediaLife reports that the buyers are saying this will be a "ho-hum" season, without strong results for the broadcast networks. "Media people foresee very small gains…
The A&E dramas "Longmire" and "The Glades" returned over the Memorial Day holiday and brought bigger audiences than their previous season premieres, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. "Longmire" drew 4.3 million viewers to its second-season premiere, or 200,000 more…
"Community" creator Dan Harmon, who was ousted from the show last year, might return for the series’ final 13-episode season, reports Deadline.com. As previously reported, Harmon is in talks to return to the NBC comedy series after being fired by…
HBO hit a viewership home run over the weekend with the debut of an original production. Deadline.com reports that the turnout for “Behind the Candelabra” — the Steven Soderbergh-directed Liberace biopic — set a nine-year mark for the pay-cable channel….
It continues to be a rough period for premieres on the broadcast networks, with the latest series to suffer its lowest season premiere of all time being ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com…
Media reports say eight bidders are in play for the online streaming service Hulu. Nikki Finke reports on Deadline.com that seven named bidders and an unidentified pay-TV outlet are vying for outright ownership or at least an equity stake in…
Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone celebrated his 90th birthday on Monday, just as the company’s stock hit an all-time high last week and its board voted to raise the cash dividend, reports the Los Angeles Times. That dividend boost will give…
On a night when shows on three different broadcast networks premiered to weak viewer numbers — two series debuts and a season premiere — a network that averaged a lowly 1.7 rating in the key 18-49 demo won the night,…