Season lows and series lows were the order of the night for broadcast prime time Thursday night, with all of the big four broadcast networks seeing their shows sink, based on Nielsen overnights. Equaling or surpassing their all-time lows in…
NBC made a major programming announcement today, revealing that it has given early renewals to five drama series, Deadline.com reports. The network gave full-season, 22-episode orders to freshman series “Revolution” and “Chicago Fire” along with “Parenthood,” “Grimm” and “Law &…
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz was supposed to be the point man for a new weekend lineup at the cable news network, with a flurry of announcements about the channel’s moves back in March, as previously reported. But the network has been…
A former campaign manager for Barack Obama has joined a cable news channel. TVNewser reports that the business and financial news channel Bloomberg TV added David Plouffe as a contributor and strategic adviser. Plouffe will appear on Bloomberg TV to…
Even though NBC already announced it has pulled the plug on the low-rated freshman reality show "Ready for Love," the network will give viewers a chance to watch the rest of the episodes via online streaming, reports Deadline.com. NBC is…
A senior executive at Qatar-based Al Jazeera, which has been making moves to become a player in the U.S. television market, denied reports that surfaced last week that Al Jazeera is trying to buy the Tennis Channel, the Los Angeles…
One of the most unlikely hit TV shows in recent memory continues to rack up ratings records for the cable network airing it. A&E reports that its runaway hit “Duck Dynasty,” which focuses on a family of duck call makers,…
The ratings picture is becoming bleaker by the week for an ABC sitcom, taking another bad turn Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the freshman series “How to Live With Your Parents” lost a half-point in the…
Twitter responded to an incident earlier this week in which the Associated Press account was hacked — leading to a temporary drop in the stock market, as previously reported — by getting to work on implementing stepped-up security measures. Adweek…
Fox’s onetime ratings juggernaut "American Idol" had what at least one report suggests might be its "worst week ever." TheWrap.com reports that Fox’s “big revenue generator is showing signs of distress.” First, there was the story that "Idol" producers had…