If football games are canceled next season, ESPN may be the TV network that is "least affected financially, despite its reliance on sports," according to Moody’s Investors Service in a report cited by The Hollywood Reporter. That’s because ESPN’s fans…
It surfaced today that well-respected syndication veteran Ed Wilson is part of the team that’s helping Katie Couric decide whether to do a syndication talk show in 2012. Separately, it was also reported today, Monday, March 14, 2011, that Twentieth,…
Comic Gilbert Gottfried, who has often pushed the envelope with his humor, pushed too hard in recent days and has lost his job as the voice of the Aflac duck, according to a number of media reports. Wrote EW.com’s Inside…
CNN and Fox News saw huge jumps in viewers and online visitors as people sought out coverage of the earthquake that has devastated parts of Japan, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. The story says CNN’s viewer numbers jumped…
Tickets for Charlie Sheen’s two live shows sold out in minutes over the weekend, according to the L.A. Times’ Show Tracker blog. Meanwhile, TLC announced plans for a one-hour documentary titled “Charlie Sheen: On the Brink.” Sheen’s shows April 2…
Writer-director Martyn Burke (“Pirates of Silicon Valley”) is working on a drama for HBO about Russian spies living incognito in the U.S. during the 1980s, and it’s based on an episode from his own life, reports Deadline.com. The article notes…
“Family Guy’s” Seth MacFarlane, who worked with Charlie Sheen when Sheen did a guest turn on “Family Guy” last year, has weighed in on who would make a good replacement for Sheen on “Two and a Half Men,” James Hibberd…
A TV channel aimed at Latinos will change its name July 4 as it steps up efforts to reach a bicultural Hispanic audience, Advertising Age reported. The channel is Si TV, an English-language cable channel focused on Latinos. Beginning July…
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” bucked the trend on a night when broadcast viewing was generally lower, surging 17% from a week ago to lead the Eye Network to an overall win for the night in the 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS…
A new report on pay cable subscriptions reveals that Showtime and Starz appear to be gaining ground on industry leader HBO, Crain’s New York Business reports. Year-end estimates from SNL Kagan released Monday show HBO had a 6% drop in…