A bomb threat Tuesday evening against a Los Angeles television station turned out to be a hoax, reports Deadline.com. The threat was made against KTLA-TV, a Tribune Broadcasting-owned CW affiliate. Los Angeles police received a call at 6:15 p.m., with the…
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided who will produce the 2014 ceremony, and the choice may raise a few eyebrows. The academy said it’s bringing back Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, after this year’s show drew…
A new drama set at a theme park is in development at MTV, which has hired writer Ben Epstein of "10 Things I Hate About You" to write the hourlong project, reports Deadline.com. This is the second MTV project for…
There was a huge increase in the viewing of free, on-demand TV shows in 2012 compared to 2011, Rentrak is reporting. Here’s Rentrak’s press release about its report: PORTLAND, Ore., April 17, 2013 — Rentrak, which measures TV and movies everywhere,…
First, the good news: "A faster version of Wi-Fi will hit the market this year, giving users the power to download a television show’s entire season in less than a minute," writes Drew Fitzgerald in the Wall Street Journal [Note:…
Four of the most beautiful actresses in television stripped down for Allure magazine’s annual “Naked Truth” photo feature. USA Today reports: “Patrick Demarchelier photographed a bevy of beauties — ‘Once Upon a Time’ star Jennifer Morrison, ‘Glee’s’ Naya Rivera, ‘Nashville’…
A television sports announcer who was a familiar presence to countless fans for decades has died. USA Today reports that Pat Summerall, who worked for CBS Sports from the early sixties into the 1990s, died today at 82 in Dallas….
One group of advertisers appears to have less to fear from the DVR, with its ad-zapping capability, than other marketing groups. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a new study concludes that movie ads appear to be insulated from fast-forwarding, with…
Monday’s prime-time broadcast ratings saw some role reversal as ratings-challenged NBC had its numbers surge while perennial ratings leader CBS endured a night of season lows and series lows, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that CBS’s full prime-time lineup…
A U.K. broadcaster announced today that it is taking a movie off its schedule in the aftermath of Monday’s bombing attack at the Boston Marathon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Channel 4 pulled “Four Lions,” a farce about a bomb…