An ABC drama series sank to an all-time low in the ratings as the network found itself mired in fifth place among broadcast networks Monday night, based on Nielsen overnight figures. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that ABC’s “Castle” fell three-tenths of a…
The home of “Animation Domination,” Fox Television, has greenlighted its first new cartoon series in more than two years, Deadline.com reports. "Murder Police" — a twist on the cop procedurals that have proliferated in prime time — comes from former…
Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Fox’s "Family Guy" and "American Dad," is planning a big-screen Western comedy as a follow-up to his summer hit "Ted," according to The Hollywood Reporter. MacFarlane will again team with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild,…
Looks like a major breakthrough: A basic cable show’s "18-49 average [rating] has topped all other fall series — cable or broadcast," reports Deadline.com. It’s AMC’s show starring the real mad men — and mad women — of TV: the zombie drama…
Internet search firm Yahoo! revealed the top searches of 2012, and one of the “prestige” categories — most searched person of the year — went to a media personality many observers wish would go away: Kim Kardashian. Reuters reports that…
A new report by the Nielsen Co. confirms a trend among viewers that has been gaining momentum for some time: the use of a second screen while watching TV. And the second screen of choice, increasingly, is Twitter, the social…
A court has upheld a massive verdict against The Walt Disney Co. in a case related to the hit series "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. The $319 million verdict is the largest…
CBS News is close to naming its new full-time anchor for the Saturday edition of "CBS Evening News," with the job apparently set to go to CBS News national correspondent Jim Axelrod, reports TVNewser.com. Axelrod has been the main fill-in…
"Never mind those declines in viewers and key demographics this season, broadcast television is entering a ‘new golden era,’ according to David Poltrack, chief research officer of CBS Corp." So reports our good friend Joe Flint in the Los Angeles…
FremantleMedia, the production company behind "American Idol" and "X Factor," is working on a project about the rise of one of the most hated men in history. That would be the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Germany….