Internet search firm Yahoo! revealed the top searches of 2012, and one of the “prestige” categories — most searched person of the year — went to a media personality many observers wish would go away: Kim Kardashian. Reuters reports that…
A new report by the Nielsen Co. confirms a trend among viewers that has been gaining momentum for some time: the use of a second screen while watching TV. And the second screen of choice, increasingly, is Twitter, the social…
A court has upheld a massive verdict against The Walt Disney Co. in a case related to the hit series "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The $319 million verdict is the largest…
CBS News is close to naming its new full-time anchor for the Saturday edition of "CBS Evening News," with the job apparently set to go to CBS News national correspondent Jim Axelrod, reports TVNewser.com. Axelrod has been the main fill-in…
"Never mind those declines in viewers and key demographics this season, broadcast television is entering a ‘new golden era,’ according to David Poltrack, chief research officer of CBS Corp." So reports our good friend Joe Flint in the Los Angeles…
FremantleMedia, the production company behind "American Idol" and "X Factor," is working on a project about the rise of one of the most hated men in history. That would be the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Germany….
Who would have thought it about Alaska: There’s gold in them thar hills! First, Discovery had a huge hit with "Deadliest Catch,’ primarily filmed in the waters off the coast of Alaska. Now, another Discover show set in Alaska, "Gold…
The latest novel by “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling — "The Casual Vacancy" — will become a television series, with the BBC saying it’s turning the book into a series for BBC One, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. In a statement,…
An awards show that’s unlike the others took place Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, where Anderson Cooper hosted “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.” Click here to read TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin’s report on the celebrity-studded…
Fox is buying another regional sports network, Reuters reports. (Though we first saw this on Deadline.com, which credited Reuters for breaking this story.) Says Reuters, "News Corp. is expected to announce as early as this week that it will buy…