CBS News and CNN have revived their decade-long courtship, but this time it looks serious, the New York Magazine reports. While past discussions have failed over issues such as how top talent would be shared or which network would maintain…
Conan O’Brien’s 60 Minutes Inner Monologue
GSN is introducing a game show called "Late Night Liars" which will feature hard-drinking puppets from Henson Alternative, an adult division of the company who brought Muppets to television, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog reports. The program will…
A formal complaint has been filed with the Federal Trade Commission claiming that a recent Genreral Motors ad is deceptive, Advertising Age reports. According to the article, the Washington-based advocacy group Competitive Enterprise Institute "claims the Detroit car maker misled…
Bill Gorman at TVbytheNumbers.com has an interesting analysis of which shows are likely to be renewed by NBC, asking how the overall ratings problems of NBC will affect the renewal chances of "Chuck" and "Heroes." Gorman writes, "Neither ‘Chuck’s’ nor "Heroes’"…
Fox News had its highest-ever quarterly profit for the period ended March 31, the New York Times’ Media Decoder reports. The network’s operating income jumped 31% from a year earlier, helped by higher advertising sales and rate increases from affiliates. Fox…
NYC Life, a TV channel owned by New York City, is debuting a new primetime lineup of 15 shows — with all of them costing the city nothing, theNew York Daily News reports. The programs, valued at $4 million, have come…
"The Walking Dead," Frank Darabont’s zombie drama picked up by AMC, has cast an actress who was in "The Shield" to play the role of a member of a survivor group, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The actress is Laurie Holden had…
The Nielsen Company has bought a video analytics company to help track how engaged viewers are while watching Web video content, Mediaweek reports. The company Nielsen has purchased is GlanceGuide. Both Nielsen and competitor comScore have dropped behind some newer…