“Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” the NBC benefit concert for victims of the superstorm, raised $23 million in donations to the American Red Cross, reports TheWrap.com. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin looks back at the broadcast, which aired Friday and…
A long-running Fox series that has been a cult hit will end its run with a two-hour finale, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The show is "Fringe,” which is wrapping up after five seasons. The finale is set…
Travel Channel is working with the National Football League on a new television series that will focus on a team as it travels for its road games, Jon Lafayette reports in B&C. The show will spotlight the Cleveland Browns. “NFL…
NBC websites including those for the shows "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" were hacked Sunday by someone calling himself "pyknic," reports ZDNet.com. NBC’s main website was reportedly affected, along with sites for many of the network’s…
"One million ads. More than $1 billion. Ten battleground states.Those eye-popping figures tell the story of the 2012 presidential campaign TV ad blitz — never before has so much money been spent on so many commercials aimed at so few…
ABC has hired an Olympic gold medalist for its diving show "Celebrity Splash," putting to rest questions about whether the network would go forward with the show given news last week that Fox had greenlighted a similar diving program, reports…
New York City will start issuing exterior permits for taping television and film projects this week, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting will start handling permits for exterior locations on a…
ABC has bought a comedy about a couple from two different generations — Gen X and Gen Y — from an Academy Award-winning writer, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Diablo Cody, who won the Oscar for writing "Juno" — and created…
John Logan, the co-writer of the new James Bond film "Skyfall," and Sam Mendes, the film’s director, are teaming up to work on a television drama project about vampire hunters in 1800s London, reports Deadline.com. The project is being shopped…
ABC has a new untitled single-camera comedy project in development, with Conan O’Brien’s Conaco Productions and Warner Bros. TV producing, Deadline.com reports. The show is based on “Keep Swinging,” a Kindle Single memoir by Rick Marin. “This is the first…