The Consumer Electronics Association has cut its ties with CNET in a rebuke to CNET parent company CBS, The New York Times’ Media Decoder reports. The move is part of the fallout from CBS’s decision to block CNET editors from…
FX’s new drama series "The Americans" debuted Wednesday with stronger numbers than the cable network’s hit “American Horror Story,” TVLine.com reports: 3.22 million total viewers. The premiere also attracted 1.57 million adults 18-49. Adding in two encore telecasts that same…
Television personality Geraldo Rivera is considering running for a Senate seat in New Jersey, reports TheHill.com. "I mentioned this only briefly to my wife … but I am and I’ve been in touch with some people in the Republican Party…
"Witches of East End" has been picked up to series with a 10-episode order, reports Deadline.com. It’s the first drama series order to surface from Lifetime’s recent pilot orders. The series stars Julia Ormond, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Rachel Boston and Madchen…
"Girls" creator Lena Dunham is working on a new comedy show for HBO, which she is creating with Jenni Konner, an executive producer on “Girls,” reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The new project is a pilot about a…
Amazon has cast "Roseanne" star John Goodman in one of its first six original comedy pilots, reports Deadline.com. The project, "Alpha House," is written by Oscar nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Trudeau. The show is about four senators who…
ABC has ordered a pilot from David Zabel and Jason Richman, executive producers of "Detroit 187," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The project is called "Lucky 7" and is about seven employees of a gas station who win…
ESPN’s X Games has now had its first-ever fatailty, as Caleb Moore, 25, died today, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, after a crash a week ago, reports USA Today. "Moore, 25, died a week after his Jan. 24 crash during the snowmobile freestyle…
NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes in a blog entry at The Huffington Post that HBO’s "Girls" should be watched "because the show obviously is struggling to be a voice of its generation. … ‘Girls’ wants to tell us something…
With Fox’s “American Idol” ruling the roost, none of the other broadcast networks were able to mount a challenge in prime time Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that “Idol’s” 5.4 average rating in the key 18-49 demo…