MTV is ready to make a star of a young female comedian, placing a pilot order for a show tracking her relationships with her mostly male comedian friends, Deadline.com reports. The project, “Little Esther,” focuses on Esther Povitsky. Povitsky was…
Comcast is predicting a 10-fold surge in video-on-demand advertising impressions over the next year via its free VOD content, reports Multichannel News, citing Chip Meehan, Comcast Spotlight’s West regional vice president of integrated media sales. "We have 400 million monthly…
IATSE, the union that represents most crew members on movies and television shows, is monitoring the working conditions and hours on the Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick" after reports of exhaustion by two crew members and star Lindsay Lohan, according…
A&E has announced the renewal of a reality series for a second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is "Duck Dynasty," which chronicles the lives of the Louisiana family the Robertsons, who are in the duck call business….
"NBC executives are readying a plan to replace Ann Curry on the ‘Today’ show, only a year after she became the co-host of the iconic franchise," reports Brian Stelter on The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog, in a major…
CBS is reportedly talking with the production company behind a series that was canceled by the network, with the plan being to try to bring the show back for a summer run of 13 episodes. The show is the Poppy…
After a first season that drew critical raves along with solid viewer numbers, Showtime is beefing up the lineup for season two of "Homeland," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The terrorist drama has cast Rupert Friend as a series regular,…
Game four of the NBA Finals on ABC — in which the Miami Heat topped the Oklahoma City Thunder to tighten their grip on the title with a 3-1 series lead — was the top-rated program Tuesday night, reports TVbytheNumbers.com….
By Chuck Ross This just in from our friend RJ Bell of Pregame.com: “Monday night, June 18, 2012, at the Rio in Las Vegas, the number 19 hit SEVEN straight times at a roulette table. Hitting a roulette number even…
NBC’s coverage of the 112th U.S. Open Championship golf tournament produced some ratings milestones, the network announced. Among them, according to an NBC Sports statement citing Nielsen data: — The most-watched final round in four years— The most-watched third round…