ABC has canceled two drama series, B&C reports. The network will burn off the remaining episodes of freshman shows "Last Resort" and "666 Park Avenue," but will not place back orders for complete seasons. Both series struggled to build an…
Speaking about the current TV season, Leslie Moonves, the chairman of CBS Corp., which owns CBS, Showtime and 50% of The CW, says, "This year has really sort of been the tipping point that we’ve been expecting," reports our good…
A series that has been on the air for 10 years — and is credited with launching a genre — has come to the end of its run, B&C reports. The show is "American Chopper," which started the genre of…
In an announcement made by Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation," CBS has named a new chief White House correspondent, reports TVNewser.com. Former Fox News Channel fixture Major Garrett was picked for the job. Garrett, who left Fox News two…
Rupert Murdoch is facing criticism that he issued an anti-Semitic message after he wrote in a tweet that the "Jewish-owned press" is favoring Hamas over Israel in news coverage of the Gaza conflict, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder….
An Emmy-winning writer of "Guiding Light," who was also part of the Emmy-nominated team of writers from "All My Children" earlier this year, has died at 75. Barbara Esensten died Nov. 14 due to complications from a cerebral aneurysm. According…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings claims rival Amazon.com is losing between $500 million and $1 billion a year as it buys streaming video content rights, reports The Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD. Hastings said he came up with the numbers based…
Former Fox and Discovery executive Peter Liguori will be named to lead Tribune Co. when it emerges from bankruptcy, reports the Chicago Tribune, which is owned by the Chicago-based media company. On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission signed off on…
Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Productions has sold a young-adult drama to MTV, based on a novel called "Blackwood," reports Deadline.com. The book, which was published in September by Angry Robot Books, is about a 19-year-old who investigates a mass disappearance that…
NBC’s Thanksgiving day NFL game — which will mark the first NFL game to be broadcast in prime time on the holiday — is scoring advertising rates near $1 million, reports Adweek. "Every single spot in the game — and…