Sony, in league with DirecTV, has announced a deal in which PlayStation 3 owners will be able to buy the "NFL Sunday Ticket" to live stream NFL games every Sunday, reports Deadline.com. Existing subscribers will pay a fee of $50…
CBS has a little stunt programming up its sleeve for the upcoming season, involving two of its hit drama series, TVLine reports. Agent Kensi, the “NCIS: L.A.” character played by Daniela Ruah, will appear in “Hawaii Five-0” at some point…
Jenny McCarthy is moving forward with her own show after recently turning down an Oprah Winfrey talk-show deal, the New York Post reports. McCarthy taped a secret test show last week in Jerry Springer’s Connecticut studio, according to the story….
Even though ratings for "Conan" have tumbled by about 60% since the show’s TBS debut last year, the network plans to increase spending in a move to protect its investment, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that the WSJ…
The new ABC Family original drama "The Lying Game" got off to a slow start, according to Deadline.com. The program debuted with 1.4 million viewers on Monday, retaining 58% of the viewers from its lead-in, "Secret Life of the American…
A ratings system for measuring TV viewing on various apps for the Apple iPod is being developed. Nielsen is working with Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems and two programmers on tests to measure live television viewing on the cable operators’…
Johnny Depp’s feature film version of "The Lone Ranger" isn’t dead yet, as a film crew was told Wednesday night to hold off on tearing down a Western town set that had been built for the production in New Mexico,…
[Updated on 8/17/11 at 2:20 p.m. PT, to include Fox response to TVWeek that Fox Broadcasting is NOT bidding on the show, contrary to the Deadline report. Thus we have changed both our headline and story to reflect the Fox denial.] ABC and…
Simon Cowell’s upcoming Fox singing competition “X Factor,” closing in on its Sept. 21 premiere, is bringing in a high-powered celebrity as a mentor, Deadline.com reports. Mariah Carey is reportedly in final negotiations for the job. And feelers are out…
Screen icon Burt Reynolds risks losing his home to foreclosure after a suit was filed against the actor that demands mortgage payments amounting to about $1.2 million, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reports. Merrill Lynch Credit Corp. filed the suit against…