A senior producer on “CBS Evening News” has decided to get in on the musical chairs taking place between the CBS and NBC news divisions. Katie Boyle is making the jump from “Evening News” to NBC, where she will be…
The former Pacific-10 Conference, now the Pac-12, is forming its own national and regional sports network, reports Deadline.com. The network, which will include six regional channels along with a national channel, will launch in August 2012, broadcasting basketball, football and…
Amid reports that BET was canceling one of its shows, the network issued a statement saying the show is just going on hiatus, says Multichannel News. According to the article, "The Mo’Nique Show" which is "the first late-night show hosted by…
Reed MIDEM announced the MIPCOM 2011 Personality of the Year today, and for the first time the honor is going to a woman. The honoree is Anne Sweeney, Disney/ABC Television Group president and Disney Media Networks co-chair. The 27th annual…
A familiar TV title is likely to be getting airplay again soon, as a show is in the works that revives the iconic name, reports Deadline.com. But the people behind the new "Tales From the Crypt" are downplaying any connection…
A former CNN anchor whose job with the network went down in flames last year following a controversial radio rant has scored a new job, reports the Miami Herald. Rick Sanchez will be a radio color analyst on Florida International…
Google’s new social-networking service may be losing momentum, with a report finding that fewer U.S. visitors tapped the site last week and that users are spending less time on the service, reports Bloomberg. Total Google+ visits fell about 3% to…
A day after news broke that three-time Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont was stepping down as showrunner on AMC’s zombie show “The Walking Dead,” word has surfaced on who will step into the job. Glen Mazzara, a veteran of "The…
Comcast is asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny a complaint from Bloomberg, which last month asked the agency to order Comcast to move Bloomberg into "existing news neighborhoods," reports B&C. Comcast alleges that Bloomberg is trying to "extract" preferential…
The fate of two pilots in play at A&E — “Longmire” and “Big Mike” — has become a bit clearer. The network has decided to pass on “Big Mike,” Deadline.com reports. “Longmire,” meanwhile, is still in the running, with strong…