With Facebook’s $16 billion initial public offering, 28-year-old founder Mark Zuckerberg will become wealthier than Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, reports Bloomberg. Zuckerberg will rank as the 29th-richest person on Earth, the story notes. With Facebook pricing its…
Oxygen is giving a second season to a reality competition series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series is the tattoo competition show "Best Ink." "The tattoo industry was a previously unexplored space for Oxygen," says Rod Aissa, senior vice…
Comcast is adding a service that will allow subscribers to make Skype video calls over their television sets, reports Bloomberg. The service, part of an effort to keep customers from canceling their cable plans, will let people make high-definition video…
Wednesday night in the Nielsen overnights was a case of good news/bad news/mediocre news: good news for Fox, bad news for ABC and NBC and mediocre news for CBS. The good news for Fox: Its two-hour “American Idol” was up,…
ABC, which broke out its prime-time schedule for 2012-13 at this week’s upfronts, has released preview clips for its new shows. Click here for the network’s full schedule for fall. Here’s a look at the new series: “The Family Tools”…
Here are the preview clips from Fox for new programs set to premiere in fall 2012 and midseason. “Ben & Kate” “The Mindy Project” “The Following” “The Mob Doctor” “The Goodwin Games”
NBC, which took the wraps on its prime-time schedule for fall earlier this week (click here to see the full schedule) has circulated trailers for most of its new programs. Here they are … “Revolution” “Go On” “The New Normal”…
The CW has released clips previewing some of its new shows slated for fall. The broadcast network unveiled its full 2012-13 lineup today, as reported earlier. Here are clips for three upcoming series: “Arrow” “Emily Owens, M.D.” “Beauty and the…
The CW has had enough of a Nielsen ratings system that the broadcast network has been complaining about for years, saying it undercount’s CW’s young viewers. TheWrap reports that the network has decided to do something about it by developing…
The TV season that is currently winding down saw more than its share of risky moves, and in many cases, those risks failed to pay off, TheWrap reports. That means networks may be in the mood to play it safe…