In a sign that YouTube is serious about its move into original programming, the website has brought a cable veteran on board to help create a new channel, The New York Times reports. Bruce Seidel, who ran food-related programming at…
Pat Sajak apparently got more attention than he anticipated for his comments in a wild interview — which you can see by clicking here. Now the “Wheel of Fortune” host is busy doing damage control, saying he exaggerated claims about…
The New England Patriots and the New York Giants aren’t strangers to the Super Bowl, which airs Feb. 5 on NBC, and neither are most of the companies buying up ad space in the broadcast, reports The New York Times….
Fox has given a pilot order to a comedy based on a series of one-minute movies, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. "Prodigy Bully," based on a project written and directed by Hank Perlman, will be written…
Netflix said it regained 610,000 U.S. customers in the fourth quarter, ending the year with 24.4 million customers, reports Bloomberg. The news sent Netflix’s shares surging 16% in extended trading Wednesday, the piece notes. The customer acquisitions signal that Chief…
The U.S. State Department has stepped into a controversy surrounding a gag Jay Leno delivered during his opening monologue on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” the BBC reports. Meanwhile, Deadline.com reported that a lawsuit has been filed against Leno and NBC in…
Julian Assange, the controversial founder of cyber-transparency website WikiLeaks, has announced he’s launching a television show, according to media reports. The theme of the talk show will be “the world tomorrow.” The show will air on RT, a global TV…
The Weather Channel has appointed a new chairman and chief executive officer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The position is being taken by David Kenny, the story reports. Kenny was most recently the president of Akamai, a tech company, is…
NBC has picked up 10 pilots, including one that marks the return to scripted television for a veteran sitcom star, TVLine.com reports. "Downwardly Mobile" will star Roseanne Barr as the owner of a mobile home park who acts as a…
Tablets and e-books have experienced a surge in popularity, with a new survey showing that the devices are now owned by nearly one-fifth of Americans, PCWorld reports. The holidays bumped up ownership to 19% in mid-January, up from 10% in…