The new business partner of former Los Angeles public television flagship KCET-TV has been whittled down to a tiny operation that’s behind on some of its bills, the Los Angeles Times reports. Eyetronics Media & Studios, which joined in a…
A drama pilot based on a novel by Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been ordered to series and set for a summer 2013 debut on TNT, reports TVNewser.com. The series will now be called "Monday Mornings," the title of the novel,…
NBCUniversal plans to invest $190 million in upgrading its 30 Rockefeller Plaza headquarters and other New York City facilities, reports B&C. 30 Rock will undergo extensive renovations, including upgrading its studio facilities with " best-in-class, state-of-the-art technology," the story says,…
Discovery Communications’ first-quarter earnings suffered amid the woes of Oprah Winfrey’s cable network OWN, with the company reporting a lower-than-expected profit, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The company said net income fell to $221 million, or 57 cents…
A celebrated conductor, composer, arranger, musician and bandleader who worked with a string of music stars including Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli has died, the BBC reports. Mort Lindsey, 89, died Friday in Malibu, Calif., after a long…
A new biopic on legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix has found its Jimi, CBC reports. The role of Hendrix in the movie, being made in Ireland, has gone to OutKast rapper and singer Andre 3000, the story reports. The casting…
With the two-hour season performance finale of “The Voice” doing the heavy lifting, NBC won the night Monday in the key 18-49 demo in Nielsen overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. CBS saw one of its best-performing new shows go out with a…
John Travolta’s camp has issued a statement in response to a lawsuit accusing the actor of assault and sexual battery, calling the claim a “baseless lie,” E! News reports. A statement from Travolta’s representatives, quoted in the story, says: "This…
On last Sunday’s episode of AMC’s "Mad Men," when Don Draper played a song from the ‘new’ Beatles album, "Revolver," it cost the show a cool quarter of a million dollars for the rights, reports The Wall Street Journal. About…
Because of planned heart surgery, television actor and singer Jim Nabors — best known as "Gomer Pyle, USMC" — has had to come up with a new way to keep a tradition alive, USA Today reports. Nabors first appeared live…