ABC’s broadcast of the 85th annual Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, saw a surge in viewers, especially in the key demographic of adults 18-49, based on Nielsen overnights. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the telecast, hosted…
[Updated Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, 9:30 a.m. PT, to add that The Onion has now apologized for the tweet.] The website The Onion has come under fire for what’s being described as a vulgar tweet about 9-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane…
A director working on the television show “Dangerous Flights” was killed in a plane crash during a location shoot for the TV series “Dangerous Flights,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. John Driftmier, 30, a Canadian TV director and cinematographer known…
ABC scooped its morning program "Good Morning America" when it released the name of one of its competitors in "Dancing with the Stars" during a mid-Oscar commercial, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The commercial on the ABC telecast…
ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced a key hire for the division today, sending a memo to staffers to introduce Jeff Zeleny, TheWrap.com reports. Zeleny comes to ABC from the New York Times, where he was recently praised by executive…
One of the former stars of the ABC drama series “Lost” has been cast in a new CBS drama project. Entertainment Weekly reports that Jorge Garcia is joining the CBS pilot "The Ordained." Garcia will play a staff investigator of…
The complete telecast of Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, aired on ABC, is streaming online across multiple platforms for the first time for viewers in the United States, ABC announced. The show is on ABC.com, the ABC Player app and the…
Hallmark Channel is creating a new family television movies series, in partnership with sponsors such as Walmart and Proctor & Gamble, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Six new films will air on Fridays throughout the year, along with…
ABC reportedly has a spinoff in the works based on one of its drama series. TheWrap.com reports that the network is working on a "Once Upon a Time" spinoff that would feature the Mad Hatter character played by "Gossip Girl"…
Jimmy Kimmel’s biggest production each year, according to Kimmel himself, is his post-Oscars broadcast on ABC, and this year’s installment included a relatively high-production-value, and celebrity-filled, eight-minute trailer for "Movie: The Movie: 2V." Here’s the full trailer: