The debut of the U.S. version of the U.K hit "Top Gear’ revved up 1.9 miillion viewers on Sunday night,reports The Hollywoord Reporter’s Live Feed blog.. The article speculates that perhaps the show could have done better if it wasn’t…
Charlie Sheen has filed a lawsuit against Capri Anderson, the woman who was with him the night he ended up in the hospital after freaking out at the Plaza Hotel, claiming she tried to extort him, reports TMZ.com. Filed in…
Accusing Comcast of "gun jumping," Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Monday asked the Justice Department to look into whether the cable operator’s announcement last week of NBC Universal’s planned executive structure was an "illegal collaboration," reports the Hollywood Reporter. Because…
The nearly two-week strike that disrupted production of NBC’s "The Biggest Loser" has ended, as the producers and crew members on the show settled their labor dispute, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The production companies Reveille, 3Ball…
Cartoon Network has decided not to pick up a second season of a show that was groundbreaking for the cable net, Deadline.com reports. The show is “Unnatural History,” the network’s first one-hour live-action drama series. The show, a sort of…
Even if the weekend box office results for the penultimate "Harry Potter" film–"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"–had not shattered records for the series, ABC Family would have probably purchased the rights to it and the final picture…
Fans of the Syfy series "Caprica" conducted a campaign to save the show, only to have Syfy cancel it anyway. Today those fans have to be disheartened to learn that the network will eliminate the remaining unaired episodes in a…
Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Michael Vick and Eli Manning were among the marquee stars of the National Football League who delivered big Nielsen ratings Sunday, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. NBC and CBS each benefited from football broadcasts, with NBC winning the…
The new executive lineup for NBC Universal announced by Comcast is telling in a number of ways, writes Bill Carter in The New York Times. First, it shows that the cable division is the "crown jewel" of NBC Universal, according…
"Friday Night Lights" and "Damages" are the end of the line as far as DirecTV’s efforts to save canceled dramas from other networks, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The story cites a Variety report indicating the powers that be at DirecTV have decided…