One retransmission consent agreement has been reached, with Hearst Television and DirecTV reaching a new deal, according to Multichannel News, Meanwhile, while another blackout has been temporarily diverted as Sinclair Broadcast and Time Warner Cable extended contract talks for two…
ESPN set a record overnight rating for cable for a football game it broadcast on New Year’s Day, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Saturday’s Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Calif., between Wisconsin and TCU drew a preliminary…
A writer-producer of "The Office" has received a script commitment from Fox, reports Deadline.com. The project, a recession-themed comedy from 20th TV and 21 Laps/Adelstein, was co-created by writer-producer Aaron Shure and actor J.B. Smoove. It would star Smoove as a husband…
It looks like Jon Stewart, his "Daily Show" and the "Colbert Report" may once again be on Hulu. Both shows disappeared from Hulu in early 2010 because the online video service and Viacom’s Comedy Central, the network on which the shows…
After receiving a flood of complaints from both fans and heirs of the late Michael Jackson, Discovery Networks International said it would indefinitely postpone its plans to air a re-enactment of the singer’s 2009 autopsy, reports the New York Times’…
When Fox’s “American Idol” premieres its 10th season Jan. 19, one of the changes will be its new music director, according to The Hollywood Reporter. TV music show veteran Ray Chew will take over the seat vacated by Rickey Minor,…
The former personal physician of Michael Jackson is due in court next week, and prosecutors expect his legal team to attempt to make the case that the singer administered the lethal dose of propofol himself, MTV reports. Dr. Conrad Murray…
The third spinoff from E!’s “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” has been rumored since summer, and it apparently is going to happen, Us Magazine reports. The show will feature Khloe Kardashian and her husband, L.A. Laker Lamar Odom, in a…
One of the most ambitious new shows on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network will be a series called "Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star," and today the 10 candidates were revealed, the AP reports. Among the contestants…
On another night of mostly repeat programming, ABC parlayed a decent showing by back-to-back reruns of “Modern Family” into a modest overall win in the key demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. ABC finished the night with a 1.7 average rating in adults…