CBS Corp. announced today that it has approved a 20% increase in stock dividends along with an expansion of its stock buyback program, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The moves come as the company, headed by CEO Leslie Moonves, continues…
With a lawsuit pending between many of the cast members of ABC’s “Modern Family” and producers of the show, the key players appear to be prepared to get on with production of the upcoming fourth season. Deadline.com reports that a…
NBCUniversal reported today that it has reached a milestone in its efforts to sell advertising time for the upcoming London Olympics. Sales have topped $1 billion, according to The Hollywood Reporter, already surpassing the network’s total sales for the 2008…
The suspect in the shooting rampage early Friday in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater that left 12 people dead mailed a notebook containing drawings of a massacre to a University of Colorado psychiatrist, The Wall Street Journal reports. The package…
Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown is busy putting out fires after a comment by IAC Chairman Barry Diller sparked rumors that Newsweek is on the verge of pulling the plug on its print edition. The Huffington Post reports that the speculation…
Style Media has announced a number of programming moves, Deadline.com reports. Among them, the company acquired off-network rights to the CW drama “Gossip Girl” from Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution. The series will reportedly begin airing Aug. 15 at 8…
Looking to maintain the success of its late-night block, Comedy Central has extended the contracts of its stars of the daypart, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, the Los Angeles Times reports. The network hammered out two-year extensions with both hosts…
“Snow White and the Huntsman” star Kristen Stewart has issued a public apology to her boyfriend of three years, actor Robert Pattinson, after getting caught for a fling with “Huntsman” director Rupert Sanders, People magazine reports. Stewart said in a…
Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, has been temporarily stripped of her role as guardian of the late pop superstar’s children, as a family drama with many bizarre twists played out in court, TMZ.com reports. Judge Mitch Beckloff this morning granted…
CNN’s Anderson Cooper has announced a major new policy on his "Anderson Cooper 360°": deliberately only mentioning the names of suspects of heinous crimes as minimally as possible during the newscast. Please click here for a piece by TVWeek Open Mic blogger…