Satellite provider DirecTV plans to start airing a premium channel for dogs, betting that pet owners will pay $5.99 a month so that their dogs can watch TV, reports Bloomberg. DogTV calls itself the first and only TV network for…
NBC had a pretty good night in the ratings Monday even as CBS coasted to a comfortable win with the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship game, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC’s two-hour “The Voice” scored a…
A program that is a staple of cable news almost moved to CBS News, reports David Bauder in the Associated Press. The show is "Morning Joe," the talk show on MSNBC that features Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. The program…
The season six premiere of AMC’s critically acclaimed “Mad Men” broke a trend in the ratings, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports, with the program drawing lower numbers. The premiere attracted 3.4 million viewers, the report notes, with half…
Wannabes looking for a place on NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" should get an eyeball on the show’s "grueling" 45-page contestant agreement, which says producers can trick, exploit and embarrass the show’s participants, reports the New York Post. "I further understand…
Ken Lowe, the chief executive and chairman of Scripps Networks, saw his pay jump by almost 47% in 2012, reports Deadline.com. Lowe’s raise came during a year when Scripps’ shares jumped almost 34%, the story notes. Scripps owns cable networks…
Monday night’s NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship Game between Louisville and Michigan was a ratings winner for CBS, with the network reporting the game was up 18% from last year’s broadcast in metered markets. The game delivered a 14.3/23…
Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s History miniseries "The Bible" is breaking sales records for home video, becoming the top-selling TV miniseries of all time on home-video release, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In its first week of release, the series…
A judge who is a fixture of daytime television has signed a multiyear deal to remain on the air for at least 21 seasons. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that "Judge Judy" star Judy Sheindlin signed with CBS Television…
With three broadcast networks — Fox, CBS and the CW — already announcing early renewals for their better-performing programs, speculation is that NBC may be poised to make a similar move. “Among those rumored to get an early jump on…