Lifetime has picked up a documentary series, ordering eight hour episodes from Evolution Media, Deadline.com reports. The series, “Prom Queens,” focuses on high school girls as they vie to be crowned queen of their senior prom, the story notes. The…
With Dish subscribers losing access to AMC programming in a carriage dispute, AMC has decided to make the Season 5 premiere of the Emmy-winning drama "Breaking Bad" available to Dish customers for free if they go online, reports TheWrap.com. Beginning…
A PBS television show has stirred up a controversy over one of the most famous musical instruments in history, the Associated Press reports. The dispute is focused on who has the guitar Bob Dylan played when he famously “went electric”…
A former sitcom star is warning Americans in a new video clip about the dangers of same-sex marriage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Former "Growing Pains" star Kirk Cameron, who has been vocal in the past about his opposition to…
The second-largest market for political television ads may surprise you, as the city ranks as only the country’s 18th-largest television market. The city is Cleveland, with $17.7 million spent through June 24 to buy airtime on Cleveland TV stations, reports…
Actress Kristin Chenoweth was rushed to a New York hospital after being injured on the set of the CBS series “The Good Wife” when a piece of equipment fell, the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports. Chenoweth was filming a…
ABC News will air a special in conjunction with its broadcast of the Emmy Awards called "Best in TV: The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time," with Barbara Walters tapped to host, reports TVNewser.com. Favorites will be selected in 15…
DirecTV and Viacom remain "pretty far apart" in negotiations for a new carriage deal for Viacom’s cable networks, according to DirecTV Chief Executive Mike White, reports Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Viacom has pulled some of its free content off its websites. Viacom’s…
An investigation headed up by former FBI Director Louis Freeh into the Penn State University child abuse scandal found that top university officials, including football coach Joe Paterno, failed to protect the young victims of convicted sexual abuser Jerry Sandusky,…
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the 33rd annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, which will be presented Oct. 1 at Time Warner Center in New York. CBS leads all television networks with…