NBC and its affiliate stations have the framework in place for an unusual–and potentially groundbreaking–arrangement in which the network would take the lead on behalf of affiliates in retransmission consent negotiations with cable and satellite providers, Broadcasting & Cable reports….
Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen has turned over chief executive duties and day-to-day operation of the company to Joseph Clayton, 61, reports Bloomberg. Ergen will focus on Dish’s strategy, the story notes. Ergen and Clayton, who served as chairman of…
"Showtime at the Apollo," the long-running syndicated variety show, may be coming back to television, reports Deadline.com. BET is finalizing a pilot order for the show’s revival, with Jamie Foxx executive producing along with the show’s original executive producer and…
Viewers of "The Office" will have to wait until next season to find out who is taking over as the boss in the Scranton office of Dunder Mifflin, reports TheWrap.com. "There will definitely be a new boss in ‘The Office’…
After adding original shows such as "Hot in Cleveland," TV Land is gaining both ratings momentum and attention from advertisers. The network added 60 new ad clients in 2010 and has 31 new advertisers so far in 2011, reports Advertising…
The classic animated television show "The Flintstones" is getting a remake from "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show" creator Seth MacFarlane, according to The Hollywood Reporter. MacFarlane’s "Family Guy" is much more edgy a show than the original, more traditionally…
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was in the running to host a Bible quiz show on GSN, but has turned down the offer, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The news came out after Huckabee said he wouldn’t…
A new drama from Robert De Niro is among three new shows that CBS added today to its lineup of fall shows, Entertainment Weekly reported in its Inside TV column. The De Niro cop show, previously titled “The Rookies,” is…
One of the pioneers of television news, who played a role in ending the “red scare” of the 1950s, has died, CBS News announced. “Joseph Wershba, a television producer and reporter whose work for Edward R. Murrow on the famous…
TNT chalked up the largest audience in cable history for a basketball game with its Sunday telecast of the opening game in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat, Multichannel News reported. The game, won…