Discovery Communications may have lost as much as $330 million from the inception of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable channel in 2008 through Dec. 31, 2011, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. Although OWN is expected to make money in 2013, the costs are…
Chevy Chase tells New York Magazine’s Vulture blog that he’s "not crazy about that character and I’m getting tired of playing him," referring to his role as Pierce Hawthorne on NBC’s "Community." "I don’t think anyone has a sense of…
Dish Network is telling customers it plans to drop AMC and several other cable networks amid a growing fight with AMC Networks, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. Dish said Friday that it has opted not to renew its…
The upfront advertising market is likely to be a "summer slog," writes Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. "Buyers are betting that economic factors crimping marketing budgets will force sellers to keep TV price hikes to a minimum. Dig below the…
Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit has exercised an option to sell a "substantial portion of its stake in A&E Television Networks, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note that The WSJ is a subscription site and not all readers may be able…
The veteran CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes" is proving aging isn’t inevitable on television, with its current season drawing more viewers 25 to 54 even as its total viewer rating remains the same, reports The New York Times. “It’s hard in…
LIN Television announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy a TV station group for $330.4 million, Deadline.com reports. The group, owned by New Vision Television, has 13 network affiliates — including 10 affiliates of big 4 broadcast…
NBC’s troubled first-year fantasy crime drama “Awake” continues to lower the bar in the prime-time ratings. The series set a new low Thursday night in the key demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports, sinking from last week’s already problematic 0.8 average rating to…
CBS is hoping the second time will be the charm for a series it gave up on once already when the Nielsen numbers dipped too low for comfort. After pulling the sitcom "How to Be A Gentleman" off the schedule…
TNT has renewed a drama series for a fifth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network announced the renewal of “Southland,” which stars Regina King, Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz and Shawn Hatosy. The series will return for 10 new…