ABC Family announced that it has given a second-season order to a half-hour comedy, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The show is "Melissa & Joey," starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. The first season will continue airing through the…
Friday night’s debut of the sci-fi drama "Torchwood: Miracle Day" on Starz drew a combined audience of 1.51 million viewers for its 10 p.m. airing and its 11 p.m. rebroadcast, reports TheWrap’s The Box blog, which calls it a "very…
Boston’s public television station has begun an effort to digitize its past television newscasts along with those from other local TV stations, the Boston Globe reports. The goal for WGBH-TV is to build a video catalog of Boston history via…
The chief executive of Canoe Ventures plans to leave the interactive advertising firm when his contract ends later this year, reports MediaPost’s MediaDailyNews. David Verklin has been CEO of the company since it started in 2008. Current Chief Operating Officer…
Two new animated comedies that are in the works for the Fox Network have received expanded orders from the network, reports Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. Neither show has premiered yet. The shows are "Allen Gregory" and…
Following the huge ratings for Diane Sawyer’s special featuring Jaycee Dugard, ABC plans to rebroadcast the show on Saturday, reports TVNewser.com. The program, “A Special Edition of Primetime With Diane Sawyer — Jaycee Dugard: In Her Own Words,” will air…
As the U.K. phone-hacking scandal widens in the wake of the closure of tabloid paper News of the World, a group of News Corp. shareholders has filed a lawsuit against the company, USA Today reports. “The lawsuit accuses News Corp….
Just weeks after announcing his retirement from the NBA, Shaquille O’Neal reportedly has a high-profile job lined up in television, according to The Huffington Post. The TNT "Inside the NBA" team of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson will…
TV host Chris Hansen, best known for NBC’s "To Catch a Predator" series but more recently in the news for being caught on video himself in an extramarital affair, has reportedly lost a promotion from the network, according to the…
The face of Turner Classic Movies, film historian and host Robert Osborne, is taking a three-month break from his duties on TCM to recover from minor surgery and to get in a holiday, reports TCM.com. While Osborne is off the…