Broadcast television news organizations just received some good news, the American Journalism Review reports. In a reversal of recent trends, ratings for the second quarter were up significantly. The three evening newscasts added almost 2 million viewers on a combined…
Showtime marketing exec Len Fogge has moved to NBC Entertainment, where he rejoins former Showtime programming chief Bob Greenblatt, MediaPost reports. Fogge, who had been rumored for months to be heading to NBC, becomes president of marketing for NBC Entertainment….
Bloomberg has gained a political ally in its fight against cable giant Comcast Corp., reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice urging…
One of the shows generating a fair amount of controversy before its fall premiere is NBC’s prime-time soap "The Playboy Club." TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin attended the TCA session about the show this week, and provides some noteworthy…
Syfy has ordered just six episodes for the sixth season of "Eureka," raising questions about the future of the show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The series doesn’t have a commitment beyond those episodes, although Mark Stern, president of programming…
A familiar on-air personality who has been a correspondent for NBCUniversal’s “Access Hollywood” for six years has decided to leave the show, Deadline.com reports. Maria Menounos will join Time Warner’s Telepictures’ syndicated entertainment news show "Extra" as Mario Lopez’s co-host,…
The new Q Ratings are out, revealing the most popular stars on television, and one show dominates the top of the rankings, Entertainment Weekly reports. The show is CBS’s “NCIS,” with Pauley Perrette, who plays brainy, sensitive, Goth-looking forensic scientist…
DirecTV, the country’s No. 1 satellite company, posted a big rise in net income for the second quarter, Deadline.com reports. The company’s net income of $701 million was up 29% from a year earlier on revenues of $6.6 billion, which…
A former top television executive is urging stations to get on board immediately with online streaming of their live signals as well as past programming, TVNewsCheck reports. Preston Padden, who was a top executive with Fox, ABC, Disney and Metromedia…
On a Wednesday night when none of the broadcast networks was able to crack a 2.0 average rating for prime time in the 18-49 demo, Fox fared slightly better than the rest, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. CBS’s “Big Brother,” with a 2.5…