DirecTV would like to make more deals to save broadcast shows, as it has done with “Passions” and “Friday Night Lights,” in order to retain subscribers and attract new customers, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Eric Shanks, DirecTV’s executive VP of…
Subscriber growth at telecommunications company Verizon’s FiOS fiber-optic TV service slowed during the second quarter, TVWeek says. A cutback in promotions combined with fewer defections by customers of satellite and cable companies may account for the FiOS slowdown, the newspaper…
Kids cable network Nickelodeon is trying to produce programs that will lure in parents as well, the New York Times reports. Nick at Night has replaced older shows with newer fare like “The George Lopez Show” and the network is…
The season premiere of AMC’s “Mad Men,” which won a Golden Globe for best drama, beat the cable network’s average prime-time rating by 76% and more than doubled the season-one debut, TVWeek reports. With nearly 2 million viewers, the episode…
History’s new series, “Jurassic Fight Club,” hopes to take a bite out of viewers by showing simulations of what deadly fights among dinosaurs were like, the New York Times reports. The series, which premieres Tuesday, will feature paleontologists as they…
BET President of Entertainment Reginald Hudlin has raised concerns about whether his greenlight of a series based on the “Black Panther” comic, for which he is a writer, is an ethical conflict, the Los Angeles Times reports. Hudlin, who is…
MTV’s voter campaign “Choose or Lose” will feature an hourlong special about veterans, “Homecoming,” on Monday night, the New York Times reports. Musician Kanye West and MTV correspondent Sway Calloway will visit the homes of three veterans, the newspaper says….
Dave Franco has signed on as a regular to Fox’s new comedy series “Do Not Disturb,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, Sean Maguire has nabbed the lead role in Comedy Central’s “Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire,” as…
The FCC is set to rule that cable giant Comcast violated its rules by keeping customers from using file sharing services to view and distribute videos, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ruling, expected Friday, could hurt cable firms plans…
HBO has pulled the plug on its series, “Tell Me You Love Me,” Daily Variety reports. Although the series was picked up for a second season in October, the show’s creator and executive producer Cynthia Mort cites creative challenges for…