A major cable operator has finalized an agreement to buy Insight Communications for $3 billion from Carlyle Group, reports Multichannel News. Time Warner Cable, the second-largest U.S. cable operator, is buying the ninth-largest U.S. cable company, with customers focused in…
Bravo has announced that it’s taking its “Real Housewives” franchise on the road for a fall tour of a number of U.S. cities, E! Online reports. The story then asks the obvious question: Why? The report notes that the reality…
A new study by the University of California at San Diego suggests that so-called “spoilers” — such as a paragraph early in a book that tips off how it will end — don’t necessarily spoil the fun, according to Reuters….
ABC Studios has tapped "Detroit 1-8-7" creator and executive producer Jason Richman and executive producer and showrunner David Zabel to work on a new drama project, which has sold to ABC, reports Deadline.com. The project is called "Two Roads" and…
"Breaking Bad" is set to return to AMC after the cable network and Sony Television came to an agreement, settling on 16 additional episodes for the drama about a high school teacher who turns to selling crystal meth, reports the…
Time Warner Cable and Fox have signed an accord that will put a wide range of Fox’s prime-time programs on TWC’s Primetime On Demand VOD service, Multichannel News reports. The deal, which does not cover Fox’s TV Everywhere online service,…
The latest reality television creation from executive producers Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, the creators of "Punk’d" and "Beauty and the Geek," is set in the Department of Motor Vehicles, reports Entertainment Weekly. TruTV has given "California DMV: Field Offices"…
As the IBM personal computer marks its 30th anniversary, one of the 12 engineers who designed the original says the reign of the PC is about to end, the U.K. paper The Register reports. Mark Dean, IBM’s Middle East and…
TBS gave only 36 hours’ notice to George Lopez that it was pulling the plug on his self-proclaimed “baddest show in late-night” — a decision that is sure to have repercussions. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin examines how the…
Characterizing it as a renewal, USA Network announced plans to end one of its shows, even though it has been pulling in solid ratings. The show is “In Plain Sight,” and USA revealed in a press release, posted on TVbytheNumbers, that…