"The last time Tribune Co. borrowed billions of dollars to finance a big acquisition, it didn’t work out very well," writes columnist Joe Cahill in one of TVWeek’s sibling publications, the well-respected Crain’s Chicago Business. Cahill continues, "I’m referring, of…
"Depending on one’s perspective, what the New Jersey-based television station WWOR is doing" — dropping its last remaining newscast — "is [either] irresponsible or innovative," writes Brian Stelter in The New Yorik Times. The story continues, "Last week, with no…
Study this picture carefully. It’s a commercial jetliner that, by mistake, missed the runway at San Francisco Airport on Nov. 22, 1968, and instead landed in the San Francisco Bay. There were over 100 people onboard, and no one was…
Jann Wenner’s Us Weekly is making news again, as it reports it knows who is talking to the producers of "The View" to join the show. "Make room on the couch! Frequent ‘View’ guest cohost Jenny McCarthy may be joining…
By Chuck Ross To me a good Western — and I love a good Western — emphasizes a personal code of honor by the main character. And I love a gritty Film Noir, in which one of the most appealing elements…
A digital prank interrupted the televised George Zimmerman murder trial today, leaving the no-nonsense judge presiding over the case less than amused — and teaching viewers a lesson about Skype, the New York Daily News reports. "Scott Pleasants, one of…
A cable channel that has quietly racked up one of the most impressive winning streaks in television — the top-rated cable channel for 28 consecutive quarters — is going "TV Everywhere," Deadline.com reports. The channel is USA Network, which becomes…
No fewer than four broadcast series sank to all-time lows or season lows Tuesday night, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that CBS’s "Big Brother" and NBC’s "Betty White’s Off Their Rockers" both set series…
As celebrity chef Paula Deen deals with the fallout from saying in a deposition that she used a racial epithet, the woman behind the lawsuit tells CNN that the case "has never been about the N-word." Lisa Jackson, who filed…
Hallmark Channel announced it is canceling a show. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel confirmed it won’t be picking up a second season of "Marie." Commenting on the cancellation of the talk show focused on singer Marie Osmond, Hallmark Channel…