Donald Trump went on a Twitter rant on Election Night as the tide turned toward President Obama’s re-election, calling for a march on Washington and describing Obama’s win as a "disgusting injustice," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Trump, who stars…
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said fall television ratings for Fox Broadcasting are "below our expectations," and blamed changing viewership patterns rather than mediocre shows, reports Deadline.com. "There is no question that you are seeing an ongoing change…
Amazon has bought an animated comedy from two actors on the hit CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," Deadline.com reports. The project comes from actors John Ross Bowie and Kevin Sussman, known for their roles as Barry Kripke and comic…
Pay-television operators such as cable companies and satellite operators are in a zero-growth business, with many reporting a slowdown in subscriber growth during the third quarter, reports the New York Post. The slowdown is a result of some households deciding…
The Disney/ABC Television Group announced that its national “Day of Giving,” held Monday, Nov. 5, raised more than $16.8 million for the American Red Cross to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy. The multiplatform effort involved messaging across the group’s news…
The long-awaited "Battlestar Galactica" prequel will be rolled out Friday, with the film airing as 10 short episodes on Machinima’s YouTube channel, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. The first episode will be released Friday, Nov. 9, with the subsequent installments rolled…
Following activist investor Carl Icahn’s purchase of a 10% stake, Netflix has adopted a shareholder rights plan — also known as a "poison pill" — to deflect hostile takeovers, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The move was…
Hulu has reached an agreement with CBS to air the network’s catalog of reruns, including shows such as "Medium" and "Numb3rs," reports Bloomberg. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The contract means that Hulu will now provide programming from the…
NBC has angered some viewers with another change in hosts, although this time fans are upset at the network’s decision to bump Jenna Wolfe, the Sunday co-host of "Weekend Today," reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. As previously reported,…
NBC websites including those for the shows "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" were hacked Sunday by someone calling himself "pyknic," reports ZDNet.com. NBC’s main website was reportedly affected, along with sites for many of the network’s…