NBC completed its upfront advertising sales for the 2012-13 television season, tallying a total sales figure that is bound to please executives at the ratings-challenged network, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. NBC sold about $1.8 billion of commercial…
Fox has completed its upfront negotiations, with its $1.98 billion to $1.99 billion in advertising commitments roughly flat with last year, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. The close of Fox sales wraps up the upfront session among broadcasters, concluding…
An actress known for her five-season run on HBO’s “Big Love” will join the CBS drama "Criminal Minds" in the fall as a series regular, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Jeanne Tripplehorn will replace Paget Brewster, who left after seven seasons…
CBS will get its hearing against ABC’s "Glass House" as the Tiffany Network seeks to torpedo the new show before it gets on the air. The dispute over the show, which CBS thinks is too much like “Big Brother,” will…
Showtime revealed that it is bringing one of its most important original series to a close, Entertainment Weekly reports. The dark comedy "Weeds" will end its run at the conclusion of the upcoming season, the show’s eighth. The groundbreaking comedy…
The real-life onetime gangster and FBI informant who was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s film "Goodfellas" has died, the New York Post reports. Henry Hill, who was played by Ray Liotta in the movie, was 69. Henry Hill Hill died…
CNN announced today that it is pulling the plug on a show that has been a staple of the evening lineup, TVNewser.com reports, citing a story in The New York Times. The cable news channel is canceling "John King USA,"…
NBC got its 2012-2013 pilot season under way with an off-cycle order for a pilot from Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Deadline.com reports. The project is “The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives,” inspired by the 2010 Josie Brown novel. Writer Sascha…
The re-election campaign for President Obama has opened up its coffers and is spending heavily on television advertising, Politico.com reports. The Obama campaign spent almost $14 million on a new multi-week wave of TV ads, according to the story. For…
ABC has completed its upfront ad sales period, Advertising Age reports, racking up commitments totaling a little less than the $2.3 billion to $2.4 billion it secured last year. The report notes: “The figures further illustrate the tougher market TV…