After scoring record ratings with its coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, HLN is pulling out all the stops for what promises to be another high-profile case. The trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, accused in the June 25, 2009, death…
The Screen Actors Guild announced that it has re-elected actor Ken Howard as the organization’s president. It will be his second two-year term, following his first election in September 2009. Secretary-treasurer Amy Aquino was also brought back for another two-year…
With numbers in for the 2010-11 season, there’s some big news for the network morning newscasts: All three added viewers in the key news demo of viewers 25 to 54 for the first time since the 1992-93 season, reports TVNewser.com….
DirecTV Chief Executive Michael White said demand for at-home rentals of movies recently released in theaters has been "small" and the reason is obvious: The $29.99 price tag, he said, is "awfully high," reports Bloomberg. DirecTV started offering some Hollywood…
Fox is bringing "24" star Kiefer Sutherland back to television with an order for a new drama series, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The network has ordered 13 episodes of "Touch," from "Heroes" creator Tim Kring, the…
Overnight metered market ratings are in for the first Thursday night broadcast battle of fall 2011, according to TVbytheNumbers.com, and we have a winner. CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” was the top show of the night, with the story reporting…
Lifetime has given a fourth-season order to a scripted series described as a legal comedy-drama-fantasy about a fashion model’s soul that lives in the body of a plus-size woman, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. "Drop Dead Diva," which has averaged…
The stakes are high for the broadcast networks tonight, when the opening salvos will be fired in the battle to be this season’s king of must-see TV. Thursday night won’t be the sitcom-dominated barrel of laughs it once was. New…
A rock star (or pop star, depending on your point of view) with a long string of No. 1 hits under his belt as half of one of the biggest musical acts of the 1970s is bringing his Web-based show…
Showtime announced that it has filled its top communications position, Deadline.com reports. Taking the job of executive VP, Corporate Communictions, is longtime public relations executive Trisha Cardoso. Cardoso takes over the position previously held by Richard Licata, who left Showtime…