Monday’s two-hour premiere of “The Bachelor” saw the latest installment of the ABC reality staple get off to a less than promising start for the network, with a 2.4 rating and 6 share in viewers 18-49 and 7.7 million viewers,…
Oprah Winfrey, who was buried in bad news throughout 2011 as her fledgling cable network struggled in the ratings, finally has some good news to celebrate. USA Today reports that the talk show diva’s new OWN series, “Oprah’s Next Chapter,”…
Along with an upcoming HBO documentary, Elton John has a biopic in the works based on his life, and he has revealed his choice for the actor who will play him. Sir Elton said during an interview with the Los…
The Producers Guild of America revealed the nominees today for its annual awards, which will be presented Jan. 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Nominations for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards were announced in television and motion picture categories…
Netflix has unveiled a new original series starring a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band who played one of the main characters on HBO’s “The Sopranos.” Steven Van Zandt, who plays guitar for The Boss and played Tony Soprano’s sidekick…
Changes are in store for Fox’s prime-time lineup after the network revealed plans to pull the plug on a show, TVLine.com reports. Fox is canceling the weekly results show for "So You Think You Can Dance," prompting what is expected…
An executive at Fox Sports Media Group, who recently suffered a heart attack, died Friday, TheWrap.com reports. Doug Sellars, executive VP of production and executive producer for the group, was 50. Sellars joined Fox Sports in 2000 and helped form…
While NBC said it sold the last of its Super Bowl ad inventory around Thanksgiving, the network may end up with some additional spots to sell, Brian Steinberg reports in Advertising Age. That’s because two advertisers, whom NBC declined to…
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One broadcast network dominated the ratings with its New Year’s Eve programming, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. The network is ABC, which celebrated with "Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve" delivering the network’s best year-end prime-time ratings since…