NBC’s "Smash" has been given a last-minute reprieve from its Saturday night time slot. The show’s second-season finale will be moved to a Sunday slot, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. NBC, which recently relegated the struggling musical drama to Saturdays in…
The owner of the "Saturday Night Live" archive, Broadway Video, has made a deal to sell exclusive rights for shows from 1975 through 2012 to Yahoo, reports The New York Times. That means that when the deal starts in September,…
Amazon, "the e-commerce giant, is planning to introduce a device this fall dedicated to streaming video over the Internet and into its customers’ living rooms, according to three people familiar with the project who aren’t authorized to discuss it," reports…
“The Voice,” the singing competition that has been leading a ratings turnaround for NBC’s prime time, hit a sour note Tuesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the program lost six-tenths of a ratings point in the key…
Scripps rolled out an ambitious plan for the 2013-14 television season, with its six networks planning to add a combined 52 new series, reports The New York Times. While parent company Scripps Networks Interactive has previously invested in original programming…
Stephen Lloyd, the executive producer of "How I Met Your Mother," has signed a new two-year deal with 20th Television, keeping him on the CBS comedy for its final season and then moving him to ABC’s "Modern Family" the following…
NBC and ABC waged a head-to-head battle Monday night between their two-hour reality competitions, with ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars" challenging NBC’s "The Voice" in what has recently become a dominant night for the Peacock Network. When the dust settled,…
Stock prices tumbled for a period of time today after a false tweet surfaced that had a wide impact. CBS News reports that the tweet referenced a non-existent bombing at the White House in which President Obama was supposedly injured….
Netflix said in a letter to investors that it won’t renew its deal with Viacom, which expires at the end of May, reports Deadline.com. “We are in discussions with them about licensing particular shows but have yet to conclude a…
Forbes staff writer Jeff Bercovici has compiled a list of the billionaires who will likely bid for the Los Angeles Times newspaper, and has estimated the odds of them actually getting the paper. First, the players. According to the article,…