truTV has renewed its flagship reality show for a seventh season. Deadline.com reports that the cable network signed on for more "Hardcore Pawn." The series focuses on the family-owned pawn shop American Jewelry and Loan in Detroit. Its premiere in…
Another freshman daytime talk show will be back for a second season. Deadline.com reports that NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution’s “Trisha Goddard” was picked up for season two in national syndication, joining NBCU freshman “Steve Harvey.” “Unlike ‘Steve Harvey,’ which has…
NBC’s "30 Rock" has poked fun at General Electric for seven seasons, mocking everything from its microwave division to its Six Sigma management focus. But now the conglomerate is taking out a TV ad that salutes the show as it…
Fox’s “American Idol” slipped in the ratings from its premiere, based on Nielsen overnights for Wednesday night, while ABC’s “Modern Family” fell to a season low, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Idol” settled for a 5.4 average rating in the key 18-49 demo,…
Fox is moving forward with two more single-camera comedy pilots, Deadline.com reports. Coming from “Cougar Town” co-creator Kevin Biegel is “Enlisted,” while “Two Wrongs” comes from feature writer Michelle Morgan. Both projects are from 20th TV, the piece notes. “’Enlisted,’…
HBO had yet to reveal its plans for the Golden Globe-winning comedy series “Girls” when the show’s creator and star, Lena Dunham, let the cat out of the bag. Deadline.com reports that Dunham let it slip that the show is…
CBS ratcheted up its legal battle with Dish Network, amending its lawsuit against the satellite TV provider Wednesday with a claim that Dish misled the network during contract talks in 2011, CNET reports. CBS says Dish “deliberately failed to disclose”…
CBS has added two more projects to its pilot orders, including a drama from “The Mentalist” creator Bruno Heller and an adaptation of the Cameron Diaz movie “Bad Teacher,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The projects join CBS pilots announced…
Netflix surprised investors by reporting a fourth-quarter profit, instead of the loss expected by many analysts, after seeing a surge in customers signing up for online streaming, reports The New York Times. The company gained 2.05 million new streaming customers…
Apple came in below expectations today in its quarterly earnings report, fueling the recent pessimism that has sent the company’s share prices down 27% since last September, Bloomberg reports. The piece reports: “Profit was little changed at $13.1 billion, or…