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Major Hollywood Studio Quietly Starts Its Own Streaming Service Featuring Old Movies and TV Shows

A major Hollywood studio has "quietly launched" its own streaming service featuring older library product. "According to the website, it enables subscribers who pay $9.99 a month opportunities to watch what the company calls ‘rare and hard-to-find’ content," writes our good friend…

CNN Continues to Stumble Through Its Makeover, With Another New Show Tanking in Ratings; at a Rival Cable News Channel, Meanwhile, Things Are Looking Up

Jeff Zucker’s retooled CNN lineup is beginning to take shape at the cable network, and so far the ratings results have been less than encouraging. The CNN panel show "(Get to) the Point" debuted Monday night, giving the network its…

It’s Official: Here’s NBC’s Announcement of When Fallon Takes Over for Leno and ‘The Tonight Show’ Moves Back to New York

Here’s NBC’s official announcement of forthcoming changes on “The Tonight Show”: Jay Leno, longtime host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” announced today that he will wrap up what will be 22 years of headlining the iconic late-night…

‘SNL’ Cast Member Lands Another Project — Will This Mean She’s Off the Show?

A cast member on "Saturday Night Live" has landed another TV project, raising the possibility that she will leave the NBC late-night sketch comedy show. “SNL’s” Nasim Pedrad has been cast in an untitled NBC comedy pilot from comic John…

Cause of ‘Buckwild’ Star’s Death Determined

Officials have determined the cause of death for 21-year-old Shain Gandee, a star of the MTV reality series “Buckwild.” Gandee and two other men were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cites the Kanawha County…

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Netflix Announcement Forces SEC to Change Law and Get With the 21st Century

An announcement that Netflix made last July on its Facebook page has forced the Securities and Exchange Commission to change one of its regulations, reports Forbes. According to the report, the brouhaha "stems from when Netflix CEO Reed Hastings last…

Report: Fallon Closes Deal for ‘Tonight Show’

Jimmy Fallon has reportedly closed a deal to take over NBC’s "The Tonight Show," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The timing for the transition remains unclear while NBC considers how to handle the handover from Jay Leno, the report notes….

Study: Education Level Corresponds With the Amount of Morning TV That Viewers Watch

A new study from Nielsen found that in homes where the head of household had at least four years of college, families watched less morning TV than in homes headed by people with only a high school education, reports the…

Jane Henson, Widow of Jim Henson and a Partner in the Muppets, Dies at 78

Jane Henson, who helped create, design and market the Muppets, has died, reports the Los Angeles Times. She was 78. Henson met her husband, Jim Henson, in a puppetry class at the University of Maryland in the 1950s, with Henson…