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Does HBO Have Another Hit on Its Hands in ‘The Newsroom’?

The numbers are in for the premiere of HBO’s high-profile new series "The Newsroom." So what’s the headline — is it a hit or a miss? As it turns out, the Jeff Daniels-led series came in somewhere in the middle,…

Original Cast Member on CBS’s ‘Criminal Minds’ Signs Up for Two More Years

An original cast member on CBS’s “Criminal Minds” has signed a two-year deal to remain on the procedural, reports Deadline.com. Matthew Gray Gubler’s salary has been increased to more than $100,000 per episode, the story notes. Gubler and co-star Paget…

Former President’s Head Edited Out of ‘Game of Thrones’ — Here’s the New Deconstructed Version

A prop head that resembled former President George W. Bush has been edited out of the online version of "Game of Thrones," reports The Washington Post’s Celebritology blog. The head is now "as nondescript as possible, resembling no one famous,"…

Tennis Channel May Wind Up for Sale

Tennis Channel may find itself on the block by year-end if the Federal Communications Commission agrees to give the network another 16 million households, reports the New York Post. A decision is pending at the FCC, which requested a stay…

Smart Thinking in the TV Business — How the TV Station Summit Came to Be. Lessons for NATPE?

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross talks about the evolution of the TV Station Summit — and what lessons we can learn from its development. Please click here to read.

Audience Shrinks — by a Lot — for Daytime Emmys After Move to Cable

The Daytime Emmys’ move from broadcast to cable produced what many observers would consider a predictable result: The audience got smaller. The 39th Daytime Emmy Awards drew 912,000 viewers on HLN on Saturday night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It…

News Corp. Eyes Splitting Off Entertainment Unit

The entertainment unit of News Corp., which includes its Fox movie studio and television networks, may split off from its newspaper division, The New York Times’ Dealbook reports. The publishing business would be separated from the company’s most profitable businesses,…

Facebook Names First Female Board Member

Facebook, which has come under fire for a lack of diversity on its board, named Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg as its first female board member, reports Bloomberg. Facebook has been looking to add directors to make its board more…

Reality Show Personality and Rapper Settle Legal Dispute Over ‘YUUUP!’ Catchphrase

"Storage Wars" star Dave Hester and rapper Trey Songz have settled their lawsuits over who can say "YUUUP!," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. Hester sued Songz last November, with Songz countersuing in April. Both men argued the word…

NBC Wins Sunday by Default — With the Lowest Winning Demo Average in Recent Memory

NBC won the Sunday night ratings battle, if it can be called a battle, with the lowest winning average rating in the key 18-49 demo in recent memory — a 1.2, according to Nielsen overnights. But NBC was the only…