The ABC morning show "Good Morning America" is celebrating a ratings achievement that set a 19-year mark — and it’s all about beating its NBC rival, the "Today" show. “GMA” beat “Today” by 1.6 million viewers Wednesday morning, giving "GMA"…
Cablevision Chief Executive James Dolan called the police on protesters at the company’s annual meeting, reports The Wall Street Journal. The protesters were shareholders with ties to the Communications Workers of America, a union that’s been in a labor dispute…
Broadcast networks have filed a lawsuit against Aereokiller in an effort to prevent the company from providing streaming video of broadcast programming in the Washington, D.C., market, Variety reports. The move is “the latest effort to challenge the legality of…
Changes are taking place behind the scenes of a broadcast drama series. Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva reports that co-creator/executive producer/co-showrunner Stephanie SenGupta has left the CW series “Reign.” SenGupta’s departure leaves co-creator/executive producer Laurie McCarthy as the series’ sole showrunner, the…
On a night of season finales, one show had its season premiere Wednesday night, and its numbers were down from a year ago, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that Fox’s “MasterChef” debuted with a…
[Updated at 3:03 p.m. PT on May 22, 2013 to say it’s CBS’ sixth new sitcom it’s ordered, not its fifth. A spokesperson for CBS called us with this correct informaton, saying that THR was wrong when it said it…
A major broadcast reality series chalked up the worst ratings in its history for a season finale Tuesday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that ABC’s two-hour “Dancing with the Stars” finale generated a…
NBC is bringing aboard a former MTV programming boss to help out with development. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that David Janollari is joining NBC, less than a year after he exited as MTV’s head of programming. Janollari has…
CMT has ordered another 11 episodes of an unscripted series. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel extended the order for "Dog and Beth: On the Hunt," featuring the bounty hunters "Dog" and Beth Chapman. Production on the extra episodes for…
An eight-year ratings winning streak has been snapped, with a new No. 1 among the broadcast networks in the key demo of viewers 18-49. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that CBS has claimed the No. 1 spot for the 1012-13 season,…