Ratings for programs shown on cable TV soared this past Sunday night. Sunday used to be a stronghold of broadcast TV. To begin, the History channel announced: "The much anticipated finale of History’s ‘The Bible’ on Sunday March 31st from 8-10 p.m….
A young star of a controversial reality show was found dead this morning with two other people, according to media reports. The body of Shain Gandee, 21, one of the stars of the MTV reality show “Buckwild,” was found along…
With CBS’s Sunday viewership measurement tweaked by its live coverage of the “March Madness” NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship, the Tiffany Network cruised to an apparent easy win in the ratings. As for the other broadcast networks, it was…
Coverage of the “March Madness” NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament saw a surge in viewers over the weekend. CBS Communications Group announced that Turner Sports and CBS Sports coverage of Sunday’s regional finals was up 25% from a year…
A federal appeals court today issued a key ruling in the Aereo case, rejecting an appeal by television station owners of an earlier ruling that enabled the startup to stream local TV networks via its website and app, reports USA Today….
ABC News announced today that it has hired a veteran of CBS News as an anchor and chief national correspondent. ABC News chief Ben Sherwood made the announcement that the network hired Byron Pitts, The Huffington Post reports. Pitts is…
CBS basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb, described as the only non-African-American sitting on the network’s panel analyzing its Sweet 16 coverage, set off a Twitter firestorm over the weekend when he said he was there to offer "a white man’s perspective,"…
Lindsay Lohan’s recent plea agreement, designed to send the actress to rehab, now has a string attached. The actress added a stipulation to the deal she made in the case against her for reportedly lying to authorities, TMZ.com reports. Citing…
CBS is bringing aboard "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" star Matthew Broderick to star in a new project. Deadline.com reports that Broderick will star in an untitled Tad Quill comedy pilot, marking a rare television role for the actor. The pilot,…