NBC’s coverage of preseason football gave the network a win in the ratings Sunday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC wound up with an average rating of 2.9 for the night in the 18-49 demo based on fast affiliate ratings, with adjustments…
If one was to call a show simply "Katie," would most people know to whom it refers? Clearly Jeff Zucker thinks so. "Katie" is the name that has been chosen for Katie Couric’s widely anticipated syndicated daytime talk show that…
Brent Zacky, the former vice president of development and programming for TLC, who was involved in the creation of shows including "Cake Boss," Homecoming," "Niecy Nash’s Wedding Bash" and the upcoming "All-American Muslim," has a new gig. He’s been hired by…
Showtime has greenlighted three pilots, including one called "Masters of Sex" that focuses on the unusual relationship between sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The one-hour drama from Sony Pictures TV is based on…
A cable reality show is attracting more New York-area television viewers than the New York Yankees, reports the New York Post. Local ratings found that Yankees baseball averaged 506,000 viewers between two games on YES and one on WWOR-TV between…
Between this week and Sept. 11, more than 40 television specials are scheduled to air to mark the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, reports the New York Post’s Michael Shain. The piece asks the question, "Is it all too…
Jerry Lewis won’t be returning to the muscular dystrophy fund-raiser this year, his spokeswoman says, denying a report published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, according to Reuters. On Sunday the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a piece by Norm Clarke that…
Miramax has launched what is reportedly the largest-scale Facebook streaming movie app yet, expanding on the model tried previously by Paramount and Universal, paidContent.org reports. The Miramax eXperience went live with 20 titles available for rent in the U.S., along…
With local television advertising up by almost 25% in 2010 compared with a year earlier, television stations are expanding their local news broadcasts after years of cutting news staff, reports The New York Times‘ Brian Stelter. KSDK-TV, the NBC affiliate…
The CW is planning to expand beyond its traditional base of women 18 to 34 years old, with new shows "Ringer" and "Hart of Dixie" aimed at helping the network appeal to other age groups, reports B&C. "Our bread and…