An animated Disney children’s show will be featured at Comic-Con, including a special sneak showing of a television movie based on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is "Phineas and Ferb," with the television movie "Phineas and…
A Netflix-like plan for movie theaters has run into problems, as some theaters have refused to honor the monthly passes, reports Bloomberg. New York-based MoviePass has been selling a $50-per-month trial service that would offer users one movie per day,…
ABC Family’s "State of Georgia" debuted to so-so ratings, with the show drawing 1.32 million viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show underperformed compared with "10 Things I Hate About You," which drew 1.6 million viewers to its debut…
The recent book by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller "ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun"–a revealing oral history of the groundbreaking sports network–may be turned into a feature film, reports SportsNewser. According to a story by Deadspin.com, a…
A coalition of musicians is calling for a boycott of CBS as part of an effort to put pressure on the Recording Academy, which has a deal with the network to air the annual Grammys ceremony, AP reports. The group…
The morning talk and news shows on the Big 3 broadcast networks are thriving, with all three shows adding viewers over last year, TVNewser reports. For the recently concluded second quarter, ABC’s “Good Morning America” had the biggest gains, up…
For the first time ever, two of the giants of sports broadcasting will join forces to announce a baseball game, according to the Sporting News. Emmy Award winners Al Michaels and Bob Costas will combine their talents for a game…
A survey of advertising buyers contains what may be bad news for NBC, suggesting that the network’s hit singing program "The Voice" might see its household commercial ratings fall about 50% below that of similar programs, reports Brian Steinberg in…
NBC is being pressured to pull "The Playboy Club" before it airs next season, with advocacy groups setting up advertiser boycotts and other actions in an effort to keep the show off the air, reports FoxNews.com. The nonprofit group Morality…
3D television sets have hardly caught on the U.S., according to a new study by SNL Kagan, and sales are projected to be sluggish for the remainder of this year, reports B&C. The projection is that only 2% of U.S….