The zombie drama "The Walking Dead" brought AMC its best original-series debut numbers ever, with an average of 5.3 million viewers during its Halloween night premiere, reports TheWrap.com’s The Box blog. By comparison, the network’s "Mad Men" had an audience…
As many as 20% of television viewers may have difficulty watching 3D TVs, with problems ranging from motion sickness to lazy eye muscles that make it hard to see the effects, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The figure comes from CBS…
With both citing irreconcilable differences in their separate divorce petitions filed Monday, Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller are seeking to end their marriage, reports People.com. Sheen is asking for joint physical and legal custody of their 1 1/2 year…
Comedy Central’s "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" may have drawn a huge crowd to the National Mall, but it wasn’t such a hit on television, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. About 2 million total viewers watched…
Leo Wolinsky, who was tapped less than a year ago by Daily Variety to serve as editor, has been let go from his job, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Wolinsky, who confirmed he was let go on…
Fueled by record spending related to today’s election, Scripps TV station results for the third quarter increased significantly in a direct year-to-year comparison, while the company’s newspaper woes moderated,reports MarketWatch.com. Says the article, "Reflecting the benefit of political advertising in…
Producer Mark Gordon, whose TV shows include women-centered dramas such as "Army Wives" and "Private Practice," is working on a new hourlong cop-drama project for ABC, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The project, from ABC Studios, will focus on New…
[NOTE: DUE TO A TECHNICAL GLITCH, THIS STORY WAS PROMOTED ON OUR E-DAILY E-NEWSLETTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 1, 2010, BUT DID NOT APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE. HERE IT IS NOW…] In anticipation of the network’s Jan. 1, 2011, launch, OWN–the…
"People who exercise five or more times a week get fewer and less severe colds than those who work out one or fewer times a week, said Dr. David Nieman, director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Appalachian State University…