One thing about Twitter as a news source is that it’s fast. Unfortunately, that also means that it’s not always fact-checked, and CNN fell into that trap Monday night, reports TVNewser.com. At approximately, 9:30 p.m., the handle @CNNWeather tweeted that…
Apple announced a major management move Monday that involved two executives being let go — including the one who oversaw the launch of the doomed Apple Maps, reports Deadline.com. Software chief Scott Forstall and retail head John Browett were given…
Queen Latifah’s syndicated daytime talk show is a go for a fall 2013 launch after landing a key station group, Nellie Andreeva reports on Deadline.com. In what the report calls a “competitive situation,” “The Queen Latifah Show” landed a premium…
Monday night’s broadcast ratings suffered a hit from the freak storm that has been hammering parts of the East Coast, with widespread blackouts in some markets and CBS making a late decision to switch out its scheduled original programming for…
ABC News is touting gains against segment leader NBC in the battle for evening news ratings. For the week of Oct. 22, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” hit season highs in total viewers, with 7.59 million viewers, and the…
Comedian Russell Brand was sued for allegedly hitting a pedestrian with his car earlier this year, reports TMZ.com. Plaintiff Victor Sneed filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging that Brand was driving "negligently" when he hit Sneed…
ABC has given full-season orders to two series, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The shows are the freshman comedy "The Neighbors" and the sophomore drama "Scandal." "The Neighbors," a science-fiction comedy about a couple who move into a…
In an hour-long interview with famed British interviewer David Frost, Paul McCartney says that Yoko Ono didn’t break up the Beatles, reports The Guardian. Some fans continue to blame John Lennon’s widow for the band’s breakup, the story notes. But…
The incoming president and CEO of The New York Times, Mark Thompson, was previously the director general of the BBC. TVWeek Open Mic guest blogger Bill Bauman has some questions he feels Thompson needs to answer about the coverage of…
NBC has placed a comedy series on hiatus for three months, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The series is the modestly rated comedy "Up All Night," which will be converted to a multicamera format taped in front of…