The highly anticipated finale of “Battlestar Galactica” on Sci Fi drew 2.4 million viewers, the largest audience in three years for the series. Friday night’s two-hour wrap-up of the space saga drew a 1.7 household rating. It also had 1.5…
CNN’s ratings for the month of March may become a source of madness for the network, as the cable network has already placed fourth for nine of 17 days this month, Conde Nast Portfolio reports. CNN came in after Fox…
TheStreet.com, a business site co-founded by CNBC’s Jim Cramer, has laid off 18 employees, MediaJobsDaily reports. The cuts account for about 6% of the workforce as the company searches for ways to save $2.4 million, the site adds. TheStreet.com had…
Mark Rachesky expressed his support of the current Lionsgate management in a regulatory filing Wednesday, the New York Post reports. Rachesky, Carl Icahn’s former associate, owns almost 20% of Lionsgate’s stock after both men increased their stakes in the company…
Cable operators are asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its decision allowing devices access to the white space between DTV channels, citing the potential for transmission interference, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The National Cable and Telecommunications Association filed the…
MTV Networks Music Group has started a unit to oversee integrating music into long-form shows on MTV and VH1, MediaPost reports. The unit, called the Creative Music Integration group, is headed by VP Joe Cuello, the publication says. —Aimee Picchi
Starz is returning its movie-themed series “Starz Inside” beginning June 9, Daily Variety reports. The show, hosted by critic Richard Roeper, will air episodes in the summer and fall that focus on movie villains, comics and other topics, the trade…
Bravo’s latest ‘Housewives’ spin, “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” features sisters married to brothers and their sister-in-law, the New York Post reports. “What I like about this cast is that we’re doing something different—we found a group of friends…
IFC has renewed “The IFC Media Project” for a second season. The documentary series, which examines how news gets made, will return May 3 with host Gideon Yago. The new season will follow a journalism school graduate’s trip to Russia…
HBO is taking an unusual direction for the pay-cable service known for mobsters and “Sex and the City” with its new show, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,” which focuses on an optimistic African private eye named Precious, the Wall…