CNN’s ratings have fallen along with a slowdown in breaking news from around the world, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The network’s prime-time numbers have settled back into third place, behind Fox News and…
MTV has greenlighted two spinoffs from its hit reality show “Jersey Shore,” with three of the show’s popular stars to be featured, Deadline.com reports. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWoww” Farley will share the spotlight in one show, while Paul…
An executive known for working primarily in high-profile media positions most of her career has lost her latest gig, reports Crain’s New York Business. Cathie Black, well-known in media circles as the former chairman of Hearst Magazines and, earlier in her career,…
The Fox Network announced that it is giving a freshman show–part of its “Animation Domination” Sunday night lineup–a second season, Deadline.com reports. The show is "Bob’s Burgers," which apparently has been compatible with "The Simpsons," "Family Guy" and "Cleveland Show"…
The Ovation network has acquired the rights to rebroadcast Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance," reports The New York Times. Beginning in August 2011, Ovation will air the season six and season seven episodes of the competition reality series….
Christian Slater’s new Fox sitcom, “Breaking In,” opened to solid ratings Wednesday night, scoring a 3.5 average in adults 18-49 and 9.9 million total viewers, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Of course, the show’s lead-in was “American Idol,” which dominated the night, as…
Vince McMahon has been positioning his WWE empire as something more than a wrestling operation, and he just announced another step in that process, the Los Angeles Times reported. WWE is changing its name, sort of. WWE will no longer…
Dish Network has won court approval for its $320 million acquisition of Blockbuster following a bankruptcy auction, Bloomberg reported. “The proposed sale is fair and reasonable,” U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland said today in Manhattan, adding that the Dish offer…
Alec Baldwin caused a stir when he commented Wednesday that “30 Rock” would end its run after next season, as reported earlier. Now the actor appears to be doing his best to “unring that bell.” Baldwin provided a clarification of…
Just days after the story broke that Meredith Vieira plans to leave NBC’s “Today” show, word surfaced that another of the show’s on-screen fixtures has notified the network he will be departing, ETOnline.com reports. Matt Lauer has reportedly told NBC…