Television’s share of advertising will decline in 2013, as marketers shift to digital media, reports Deadline.com, citing a survey of 50 ad buyers from Cowen & Co. The ad buyers are positive about next year, predicting that overall U.S. ad…
Huell Howser, who has been creating shows about California for public television for decades, is retiring from creating new programs, reports the Sacramento Bee. Howser didn’t issue a press release about his decision to retire, because he didn’t want to…
High-concept period drama pilots from the producers of "Breaking Bad" and "Nikita" have been ordered by AMC, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. "Halt & Catch Fire" is set during the 1980s PC boom in Texas’ "Silicon Prairie." Characters will include an…
"Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes has been signed by NBC to create a period drama set in the Gilded Age of New York City, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. The drama, to be produced by NBC Universal…
A complaint filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks more than $14 million in profits from the CBS reality series “Survivor” and other shows, Deadline.com reports. Former CBS and NBC Business Affairs VP Layne Leslie Britton accuses Mark Burnett’s…
"Several news executives close to [Jeff] Zucker said this week that they believed he had been chosen to run CNN, and they expected the appointment to be announced soon. People close to the Time Warner chief executive, Jeffrey L. Bewkes,…
Three CBS shows surged to season highs Monday night based on Nielsen overnight numbers for the key 18-49 demo, but NBC, powered by “The Voice,” chalked up another overall win for prime time, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “2 Broke Girls” (4.0 average…
When TNT’s "Dallas" returns in January for its second season, even with the knowledge that Larry Hagman’s death must be addressed, the drama could benefit from the death of the actor, reports the New York Daily News. Hagman, who played…
The former executive producer of CBS News’ "Up to the Minute" and "CBS Morning News" has a new assignment, B&C reports. Brian Applegate has been upped to senior broadcast producer of "CBS This Morning." Chris Licht, VP of programming for…
During an interview with Fox News host Jon Scott, Pulitzer Prize-winning defense reporter Thomas Ricks declared the cable channel was “operating as a wing of the Republican Party,” prompting Scott to abruptly end the segment, reports Salon.com. Ricks was on…