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Glenn Beck Gets Date for His Farewell Fox News Show

Fox News host Glenn Beck has a date for the final episode of his show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The last day the show will air is June 30, the story says. While Beck said in April that he…

New TNT Legal Dramedy Opens With a Thud

The new TNT legal dramedy "Franklin & Bash" debuted with soft ratings Wednesday night, drawing 2.7 million viewers for its premiere, reports Deadline.com. That’s lower than the debuts of other recent TNT series, including "Rizzoli & Isles," which premiered with…

More Details About Next Week’s Apple iCloud Service Announcement. Speculation that the Service Might Be Free to Begin and Then $25 a Year

The Apple Insider, culling articles by other pubs, writes that Apple’s iCloud service might start out for free and then be $25 a year. The idea behind iCloud is that users would store their music, movies and TV shows on…

NBC Expands Broadcast Schedule for ‘The Voice’

NBC has announced plans to widen exposure on the network for the breakout hit singing competition “The Voice,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. A results show has been added to the schedule for the final two weeks of the season,…

Moonves Predicts Huge Premiere for Retooled ‘Two and a Half Men’

At the Nomura U.S. Media Summit in New York, CBS Corp. President and CEO Leslie Moonves boldly predicted "huge numbers" for the fall premiere of "Two and a Half Men" with Ashton Kutcher as a new cast member in place…

‘Real Housewives’ Franchise Expands Beyond U.S. Border

Bravo is again expanding the "Real Housewives" franchise beyond the U.S. border. A new edition of the show will be set in Canada, with "The Real Housewives of Vancouver" coming to Canada’s Slice Network, reports the Montreal Gazette. “Real Housewives”…

Canceled NBC Series May Come Back to Life on Syfy

Syfy, a corporate sibling of NBC, is in talks to pick up a canceled NBC drama series, reports Deadline.com. The program is the alien show “The Event.” While both networks are owned by NBCUniversal, migrating a broadcast program to a…

Hit NBC Show Suspends Co-Producer, Isn’t Revealing Why

A successful NBC reality show has suspended a company that co-produces the show, and the reasons for the split are unclear, Deadline.com reports. 3 Ball Prods. has been suspended from "The Biggest Loser," the story reports. 3 Ball was involved…

All Soap Operas Except One Saw Ratings Decline in 2010-11–And the One Exception Has Been Canceled

After ABC’s decision to cancel two of its long-running soap operas, which has been the focus of protests and complaints from soap fans, the ratings are in for the 2010-11 season: Every daytime drama is down, except for ABC’s canceled…

Wow: CBS Looking For Upfront Price Increases 6% to 7% Higher Than Fox Got

Ad buyers are questioning whether CBS will be successful in its gambit to get price hikes of as much as 18% in the upfront advertising market, reports our friend Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. As TVWeek has previously reported, Fox, which…