A former ABC Television Network executive who was recognized as a technology pioneer has died. Deadline.com reports that Preston Davis died Monday at 63 following an illness. Davis retired as president of broadcast operations and engineering in 2011, after working…
Ann Curry’s ouster as co-host of "Today" was planned under the code name "Operation Bambi" by former executive producer Jim Bell, reports Brian Stelter in an in-depth report in The New York Times Magazine. Bell landed on the term after…
Aereo Chief Executive Chet Kanojia expressed skepticism that broadcast networks would make good on their threats to move to cable to circumvent his service, the New York Post reports. Executives for Fox and Univision talked earlier this month about converting…
Jon Stewart took aim at CNN on Wednesday’s “Daily Show” on Comedy Central, poking the cable news channel for what turned out to be a false report of an arrest in the Boston Marathon bombing, Politico reports. As we reported…
After a report surfaced that Fox’s "The Cleveland Show" had been canceled, network sources were trying to clarify the situation. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that Fox denied the report, although sources did not go on the record…
Al Jazeera America, the new network created from Al Gore’s Current TV, may not be ready to debut until Labor Day, although it has an internal goal of starting in June, reports the New York Post. Given that the network…
ABC appears to be having trouble making its mind up about a title for an upcoming series. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that the network has been flipflopping about naming its new Joss Whedon action series, which was originally called “S.H.I.E.L.D.”…
An episode of "Castle" with a bomb theme has been rescheduled by ABC following the tragedy at the Boston Marathon on Monday, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Instead of airing the episode "Still" on Monday, the network will air another new…
Hulu’s most recent move into original content is a half-hour series that stars former "Desperate Housewives" actress Eva Longoria, reports Advertising Age. Longoria will play Rudi Wilson in "Mother Up," an animated comedy set to debut on Hulu in the…
Starz has renewed a new drama series after airing just one episode. TheWrap.com reports that the pay-cable channel renewed the period drama "Da Vinci’s Demons." The show drew 2.14 million viewers to its Friday debut episode, prompting the network to…