NBC had a difficult night in the Nielsen ratings Wednesday, as a week of season premieres and series premieres continued for the broadcast networks. Citing Nielsen overnight figures, TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC’s two-hour season premiere of “Law & Order: SVU”…
MTV2 has renewed the show that ranks as the network’s highest-rated original series in its history, reports Deadline.com. The show is “Guy Code.” Its second season ended with ratings for viewers 12 to 34 years old up 21% over its…
NBCUniversal is mining material from a massive database of digital info gathered during the London Olympics to gain insights into how viewers watched the Games and what it might say about the future of television, The New York Times reports….
A young actor who was known for his role on FX’s “Sons of Anarchy” and also appeared in “The O.C.” was found dead Wednesday in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles along with an 81-year-old woman in a gruesome…
"Today" producer Jim Bell tells The New York Times’ Bill Carter that the decision to remove Ann Curry from the NBC morning program was his call, and not co-host Matt Lauer’s, as some reports have suggested. “It was definitely not…
McDonald’s is creating its own television channel, reports the Associated Press. The channel is being created for 700 pioneering restaurants, which will offer exclusive content for customers, the story reports. Called the M Channel, the service will offer entertainment along…
One of the stars of TLC’s hot-button reality show "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" left the hospital after surgery for an infection, reports EOnline.com. Patriarch Mike Thompson — “Sugar Bear” — injured his foot in a "mud-boggin’" accident, leading to…
Piers Morgan has banned Kelsey Grammer from his CNN Show, reports TMZ.com. Morgan’s decision comes after Grammer walked out on a scheduled interview on the show. As previously reported, Grammer bolted after the show aired a photo of his ex-wife,…
"Herbert Lom, 95, who played the twitching, exasperated Parisian police inspector driven to the edge of madness and beyond by Peter Sellers’ Jacques Clouseau in the ‘Pink Panther’ movie franchise, has died," Bloomberg reports. The story continues, "He died today…
Science Channel has tapped an Oscar-winning actor to star in a TV movie about the 1986 Challenger explosion, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. William Hurt will play the renowned U.S. physicist Richard Feynman in the project, the story…