A new documentary on HBO takes a look at the fabled restaurant Le Cirque, its founder Sirio Maccioni and his sons, who help run the eatery, the New York Times says. “Everybody thinks it’s like this elitist institution, and in…
USA Today has named AMC’s “Mad Men” its show of the year, calling it a “small gem no one would have tried in the days when every show had to draw a mass audience.” Other shows among the newspaper’s top…
Cast members of MTV’s reality series “The Hills” did not know if Monday’s season finale was the end of the show until star Lauren Conrad confirmed there will be more episodes of the series, MTV News reports. “I know that…
Comcast and the NFL Network buried the hatchet for the holidays in Minnesota, where all Comcast digital subscribers will be able to see the Minnesota Gophers play Kansas in the Insight Bowl New Year’s eve, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports….
Four top science and environmental journalism groups issued an unprecedented joint statement criticizing CNN for shutting down its science reporting team, the Columbia Journalism Review says. The statement calls the cuts a “shortsighted” move made “at a time when science…
A heavy load of short-term debt coming due at Cablevision Systems may force the Dolan family that controls the cable operator to focus on its core business rather than dabble in acquisitions, the Wall Street Journal says. Shutting down the…
Time Warner Cable in September will start airing two Mexican television networks in its Texas markets, Multichannel News says. Mexico’s Multimedios Television will have its Multimedios and TeleRitmo networks air in 15 Texas markets, Multichannel News reports. —Danny King
NBC Universal’s USA Network supplanted the Disney Channel as this year’s most watched basic-cable channel, the Hollywood Reporter says. USA, which regained its 2006 ratings lead with shows such as “Monk,” averaged about 460,000 more primetime viewers than Disney Channel,…
Bret Baier will serve as anchor for “Special Report” on Fox News, TVNewser reports. Baier had been filling in for Brit Hume, who just retired, and will take over “Special Report” beginning Jan. 5, the site says. Chris Wallace and…
Viacom said it did not air an uncensored F-bomb in a recent episode of VH1’s “Rock of Love,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The media company faced complaints from the Parents Television Council, which used the allegation to express its support…