Three U.S. senators will have guest-starring roles in an episode of "Parks and Recreation" this fall, reports The New York Times’ Arts Beat. The comedy, which stars Amy Poehler as an Indiana government employee who gets elected to Pawnee’s city…
DirecTV’s 20 million subscribers will again have access to Viacom’s 17 channels after the satellite company and the cable programmer settled their dispute, USA Today reports. DirecTV said in a news release that Viacom “has returned all affected networks,” according…
Time Warner Cable and Hearst Television have agreed to a retransmission consent deal that will end a blackout that started July 10, reports B&C. The Hearst TV stations pulled their signals from Time Warner Cable at midnight on July 10,…
Yahoo will pay its new chief executive up to $100 million in compensation, stock, bonus and retention awards over five years, reports The Wall Street Journal. Marissa Mayer will receive about $5.4 million from Yahoo for the rest of 2012,…
The ABC drama "Revenge" has cast film and TV actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, fresh off a story arc on Showtime’s “Weeds,” in a recurring role, reports Deadline.com. Leigh will play the mother of the show’s lead character, Emily Thorne, who…
NBCUniversal has announced a reorganization of its news operations, combining NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC and the Weather Channel under the new NBCUniversal News Group, Deadline.com reports. The company named Pat Fili-Krushel as chairman of the new division, with NBC News’…
High-profile reality shows on three broadcast networks found the ratings waters toxic on Wednesday night, based on Nielsen overnights. The numbers brought bad news for CBS’s “Big Brother,” Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” and NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”…
A well-known TV chef reigns as the top money maker in a seemingly endless pool of celebrity chefs, according to a new list compiled by Forbes magazine. The country’s highest-earning chef is Scottish-born Gordon Ramsay, Reuters reports. “With 24 restaurants…
A private-equity firm confirmed that it has closed three separate deals shifting a total of 22 television stations to three different buyers, The Wall Street Journal reports. Providence Equity Partners said its Newport Television LLC signed deals totaling about $1…
CBS Television Distribution reports that a popular cable sitcom has made syndication deals bringing the series to more than 65% clearance in U.S. markets. The series is TV Land’s “Hot in Cleveland,” which was picked up by stations including CBS’s…