A television producer who worked on hits including "Knight Rider" and "Six Million Dollar Man" has sued Universal, claiming he was cheated out of millions of dollars in profits from some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and 1980s,…
A new iPad with a higher-resolution screen is rumored to be on Apple’s release slate for later this year, reports tech blog Thisismynext.com. The new iPad would be a "pro" device geared to people who work in video and photo…
News Corp. has given in to public outrage and pressure from the British Parliament over the phone-hacking scandal centered on the company’s News of the World tabloid and has withdrawn its bid to take over the U.K. satellite TV company…
The widening U.K. phone-hacking scandal involving News Corp.-owned tabloid News of the World — and possibly extending to other News Corp. publications — isn’t likely to result in a push by U.S. regulators to revoke any of the company’s 27…
A global advertising forecast from ZenithOptimedia was scaled back in the face of political turmoil in the Middle East and debt issues in Europe, reports Advertising Age. ZenithOptimedia now expects global ad spending to increase 4.1% to $471 billion this…
A hit vampire series that saw its audience fall off for its second episode of the season enjoyed a resurgence in viewership for Episode 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The third episode of Season 4…
With "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" moving from television to online, the soap operas’ stars are deciding whether to continue appearing in the programs when they move to the Internet, reports FoxNews.com. Several current cast members have…
Syfy had its most-watched series debut since 2009 for a drama it premiered Monday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The new drama "Alphas" debuted to 2.5 million viewers, the story says. It was the biggest…
The seventh and final season of TNT’s "The Closer" debuted Monday night with 7.2 million viewers, down from the sixth-season premiere, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Still, the turnout represented cable’s biggest audience of the year…
A television pioneer who created two of the most enduring — and ridiculed — sitcoms of all time has died, The New York Times reports. The creator of “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” Sherwood Schwartz was 94. Schwartz died…