Some gun ads have been banned by Time Warner Cable, weeks after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., reports Multichannel News. "We no longer accept ads showing semiautomatic weapons and guns pointed at people,” the company…
The Los Angeles Dodgers are reportedly leaning toward switching from Fox Sports to Time Warner Cable in 2014, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Dodgers Now blog. The team’s current contract with Fox expires at the end of the 2013…
The first installment of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was a ratings hit for Winfrey’s OWN cable network. The network announced that the program — part one of the two-part interview, with part…
A set of “Django Unchained” action figures appears to be going off the market, with the studio behind the movie, The Weinstein Co., announcing that it is pulling the figures from distribution, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Re-imagining the slave…
Fox’s “American Idol” lost viewers from night one to night two, based on Nielsen overnights. Thursday night’s two-hour installment delivered a 5.6 average rating in the key 18-49 demo, down from the 6.0 for Wednesday’s premiere, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. Still, “Idol”…
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO David Smith is behind a new station group venture built around small-market stations, B&C reports. Playing a key role in managing the privately held enterprise will be Communications Corp. of America CEO Steve Pruett….
Signaling the importance of the television business to the future of the company, Tribune has officially named longtime television executive Peter Liguori as its chief executive officer, reports Bloomberg. Tribune, which emerged from bankruptcy at the end of 2012, is…
The most closely watched event of broadcast prime time Wednesday night was the season 12 premiere of “American Idol,” and the program delivered both good news and bad news for Fox. The good news: “Idol” was the top-rated show of…
Syfy has canceled a drama series after failing to pump up viewership numbers for the show, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The network tried switching showrunners between seasons one and two of “Alphas,” but the moved failed to produce higher ratings….
BET’s "Real Husbands of Hollywood," a spoof of the "Real Housewives" franchise, drew a big audience for its Tuesday debut, with 4.1 million viewers tuning in, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The scripted series stars Kevin Hart, Robin…