A new report by the Nielsen Co. confirms a trend among viewers that has been gaining momentum for some time: the use of a second screen while watching TV. And the second screen of choice, increasingly, is Twitter, the social…
"Never mind those declines in viewers and key demographics this season, broadcast television is entering a ‘new golden era,’ according to David Poltrack, chief research officer of CBS Corp." So reports our good friend Joe Flint in the Los Angeles…
Cable network AMC is resurrecting a canceled drama series, according to a report in Variety. AMC is bringing back “The Killing” after the show flirted with a move to Netflix. Showrunner Veena Sud and executive producers Dawn Prestwich and Nicole…
A CBS affiliate has banned coverage of Lindsay Lohan in the station’s news reports after the news director asked viewers whether they wanted a halt to stories about the troubled starlet, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Washington, D.C., station WUSA-TV’s…
"News Corp. [has] said that it is shutting down The Daily, its ambitious but expensive attempt to create an iPad newspaper, on Dec. 15," reports our friend Nat Ives at Advertising Age. The article continues, "Following layoffs of a third of its…
A new milestone has been reached in the age of the digital video recorder. Multichannel News reports that more than half of all pay-television households now include a DVR. The number of pay-TV homes with DVRs jumped to 52% from…
Mega-producer Harvey Weinstein talks about his hassle with NFL Network over his new movie “Silver Linings Playbook” — among other hot topics — in a new interview video posted by Reuters TV. Deadline.com reports that NFL Network canceled a scheduled…
Matt Lauer, the co-host of NBC’s "Today," tells the New York Daily News that he’s unfazed by criticism he receives on Twitter. The reason? He says he barely looks at the micro-blogging service. People who tweet "have an opinion and two…
Fox Broadcasting Chairman of Entertainment Kevin Reilly has some tough words for those in the TV business. "Reilly said the industry has not gotten its arms around the impact of the DVR or the need to consider how viewers embrace…
CNN announced today that Jeff Zucker, former head of NBC, has been named president of CNN Worldwide. We reported earlier this week that the announcement was expected soon. Making the announcement was Phil Kent, chairman and CEO of CNN parent…