A syndicated daily court show will go into its second season with clearance in 90% of the country, Entertainment Studios announced. Station groups picking up “America’s Court With Judge Ross” include NBC, CBS, Fox, Sinclair, ACME, Gannett, Cox, Tribune, Weigel,…
Verizon Communications announced that it has named a new chief executive officer, Multichannel News reports. The post, as expected, will go to Lowell McAdam, who is being elevated from president and chief operating officer. McAdam replaces Ivan Seidenberg, who is…
A star-studded awards show on Univision combined with a night of mostly repeat programming on the Big 4 English-language networks to give the Spanish network a rare overall win for the night the 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. Univision finished the…
A breakout star from "Glee" has a plum role in his sights as Daniel Radcliffe’s replacement in the new staging of "How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying," reports Deadline.com. The deal has not yet been made for Darren…
A young actor who made an impact in “The Social Network” and is headed for a high-profile big-screen Western will be heard in an upcoming episode of "The Simpsons," reports Entertainment Weekly. Armie Hammer, who played the Winklevoss twins in…
With his television sitcom project "Anger Management," Charlie Sheen could stand to earn hundreds of millions, thanks to a creative syndication component to the deal with Debmar-Mercury, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While he won’t earn as much as he…
Dish, which purchased Blockbuster in April, has revealed what it intends to do with the DVD rental chain’s 1,700 locations, Multichannel News reports. Dish said it will keep 1,500 Blockbuster stores open, closing the other 200 stores. About 15,000 store…
Redbox President Mitch Lowe unexpectedly said he would be leaving the DVD rental company after its parent company reported preliminary financial results that fell short of some investor expectations, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Shares of Coinstar,…
The U.S. Justice Department is readying subpoenas for preliminary probes into News Corp. over allegations of phone hacking involving the voicemail of Sept. 11 victims and foreign bribery, according to The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that The WSJ is…
James Murdoch was "mistaken" in his testimony given to a parliamentary committee earlier this week, according to two former News Corp. executives who say they told him of evidence in 2008 that suggested hacking at one of the company’s tabloids…