AOL touted its digital content at its "newfront" Tuesday, hoping to convince television buyers to buy time on the online service, reports Advertising Age. Two of the series are scripted, suggesting that "AOL is serious about investing in original content…
USA Network has named a new executive vice president of original scripted programming, promoting head of scripted development Bill McGoldrick to the position, reports Deadline.com. With his promotion, McGoldrick will continue to oversee USA’s development of drama and comedy series,…
Even with much of its lineup sagging in the ratings, NBC has one upcoming broadcast that it thinks is worth top dollar from advertisers. Advertising Age reports that the network will ask almost $1 million for a 30-second spot in…
After “The Simpsons” aired an end card taking a poke at Fox News during Sunday’s Fox Network 25th anniversary celebration, one of Fox News’ most outspoken on-air personalities fired back, Mediaite reports. Bill O’Reilly, who has already attacked Fox’s “Glee”…
The Kardashian family has put the finishing touches on a deal with E! that, among other things, will keep the family’s flagship show, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” on the cable channel for another three years, Deadline.com reports. The story…
On a night when CBS aired all repeats, NBC got a steady performance from “The Voice” to coast to an easy win for the night in the key 18-49 demo while ABC cashed in on “Dancing with the Stars” for…
HBO has renewed a weekly show for two more seasons, bringing it back for seasons 11 and 12 and ensuring it will stay on the air at least until 2014, TheWrap.com reports. The show is "Real Time with Bill Maher,"…
KLRT-TV in Little Rock, Ark., was the winner in the broadcast category of a prestigious national journalism award — The American Legion’s Fourth Estate Award. The Legion announced the winners April 23. KLRT News reporter Donna Terrell took the award…
The critically acclaimed Julia Louis-Dreyfus series “Veep” premiered Sunday night on HBO, improving the viewer numbers for its 10 p.m. slot — but only a little, Deadline.com reports. “Veep” drew 1.4 million viewers for the premiere telecast, up 8% from…
With rumors swirling that a number of “Saturday Night Live” cast members are ready to leave the sketch show at the end of this season, one of the other regulars has chimed in on the subject. “I would say it’s…