Cable networks booked almost $9.8 billion in upfront sales this year, surpassing the broadcast upfront, reports Jon Lafayette in B&C. The growth rate for the 2012-13 upfront was 5%, lower than the double-digit gains recorded during the two previous years,…
"American Idol" has officially named its new panel of four judges, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times. The two new judges are Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, who will join Mariah Carey, also new to the show, and…
A security firm might be taking a page from the television show "The Walking Dead": HALO Corp. is planning a zombie crisis scenario at a 44-acre resort in San Diego, reports MilitaryTimes.com. The company will hold a five-day event, using…
"Tom Rothman will step down as Chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment at the end of the year," News Corp has announced. The announcement continued, "Leadership of the film unit has been consolidated under Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos,…
A veteran director whose list of industry awards — along with his experience in directing awards shows — is virtually unmatched has been named as director of the 85th Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Don Mischer, who has…
A radio and TV sports talk host is denying he took a little snooze while a call-in commentator was gabbing away about the Yankees during his show, The New York Times reports. A look at the video, included below, might…
An actress who has carved out a career as one of the legends of the soap opera genre has been dumped by her current daytime drama. CBS’s long-running “The Young and the Restless” is dropping Genie Francis from the show,…
With CBS and ABC still airing mostly repeats, Fox and NBC slugged it out for the top spot in the broadcast ratings Thursday night — and Fox’s new season of “The X Factor” and season premiere of “Glee” proved to…
A replacement has been named for Rupert Murdoch as chairman of Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd., the British subsidiary of News Corp. that publishes The Times and The Sunday Times, Deadline.com reports. Taking over from Murdoch will be News Corp. Director…
Sharon Osbourne signed off from "America’s Got Talent" Thursday night, following up on a threat she made in her anger over NBC’s treatment of her son Jack, Deadline.com reports. NBC executives have started the process of finding a new judge…