TV.com has posted major Web-traffic increases after its partnership with CBS Interactive ushered in new content—particularly premium video—to the site. Nielsen VideoCensus information for the month of January finds that TV.com more than tripled unique monthly users over the month…
Bravo’s “Top Chef” reigned supreme among cable shows Wednesday night, taking the top spot and matching its previous season high. At 10 p.m., “Chef” scored a 1.8 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 and drew 3.3 million viewers, according to national…
FX has ordered a sixth season of series “Rescue Me” from Sony Pictures Television. “Rescue Me” is set to start its 22-episode fifth season on April 7. The sixth-season order is for 18 episodes. The network also said that “Rescue…
Producer-directors Rory Kennedy and Liz Garbus will deliver the closing keynote address at Mipdoc 2009. The address by Ms. Kennedy and Ms. Garbus on “Social Change Through Documentary” will be held March 29. Ms. Kennedy and Ms. Garbus will share…
Online microblogging services like Twitter, a popular social media tool for many media companies and television networks, are used by 11% of online Americans, according to a research report conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project in December and…
CBS College Sports Network will celebrate Black History Month with the debut of the documentary “Stomping on the Yard” on Feb. 19. The 90-minute documentary follows eight teams competing at Super Stomp, the National Step Show Championship, in Philadelphia. Also…
U2 will be the musical guest on CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman” for the entire week of March 2. The band, whose new album comes out March 3, will perform each night for five consecutive days. This is the…
Charter Communications, which had been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, said Thursday it had reached an agreement on a financial restructuring with a group of its debt holders, and will enter Chapter 11 on or before April 1. The…
In the first report of its kind on online video viewership of television shows, Nielsen reported today that “Lost” is the most popular TV show watched on the Web, followed by “Saturday Night Live” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” “Lost” drew 1.4…
“The Simpsons” is finally going HD—and, in what some fans might consider an even bigger development, getting a new opening title sequence as well. Both events will take place Sunday, Fox said during a promo for “The Simpsons” that aired…