CBS has cast a well-known comedian in its new "Beverly Hills Cop" TV project, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Kevin Pollak, a stand-up comic whose credits include playing a district attorney on "Shark," will portray the in-house attorney…
HBO has signed a two-year overall deal with "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin, reports Deadline.com. Under the deal, Martin will continue as co-executive producer on "Game of Thrones," and will also develop and produce new series projects…
Sales of advertising time for the 2014 Super Bowl have already begun, and the city where the game will be played could have an impact on prices — at least if Fox can successfully make that pitch, reports Brian Steinberg…
"The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says," reports the Associated Press. The story…
"Charter Communications [stock] rose the most in more than a year after Liberty Global Inc.’s interest in buying Virgin Media Inc. stoked valuations for U.S. cable companies," Bloomberg reports. The article adds that yesteday, Feb. 5, 2013, "Charter, the No. 4 [MSO]…
ABC announced that its Academy Awards telecast has sold out of commercial time, with the sellout coming at the fastest pace for the telecast in more than a decade. The Oscars were virtually sold out by Christmas, the network revealed….
The Walt Disney Co., which is taking over the making of future ‘Star Wars’ movies, will be making stand-alone ‘Star Wars’ films that are IN ADDITION to the main, multi-part ‘Star Wars’ saga. The announcement was made by Disney chariman…
"Anderson Cooper’s 10 p.m. show is set to be slashed by CNN chief Jeff Zucker to make room for a big new hire, network sources have revealed," reports the U.K.’s Daily Mail website, Mail Online. [All times in this item…
On a night when CBS rolled out the season premiere of “Rules of Engagement” and two franchise reality shows went head-to-head on ABC and NBC, it was CBS that came out on top among the broadcast networks, based on Nielsen…
One advertiser appears to have reached far more viewers with its Super Bowl commercials than the rest, based on Kantar Media Audiences commercial ratings. But that advertiser isn’t like the rest, either. Based on the Kantar research, the advertiser that…