Fox, NBC and CBS are close to reaching eight-year extensions of deals with the National Football League, which could earn about $3.2 billion a year from the broadcast partners, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Please note The WSJ is behind…
Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps, who announced earlier this year that he would be exiting his position with the panel, has submitted his resignation date, Multichannel News reports. Copps submitted the date, Jan. 1, to the White House, the…
FX is working on a drama project with a well-known rapper and actor, in what would be his first starring television vehicle, reports Deadline.com. The project, "Eye for an Eye," would feature Ice Cube portraying a veteran paramedic who snaps…
The discovery of a rare portrait has become the focus of a TV special, reports The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. The portrait of English novelist Jane Austen was found by author Paula Byrne, who has written a new biography…
As they deal with a variety of economic and technological challenges, some of the country’s top cable companies are exploring a new business line, reports the Los Angeles Times. They’re looking into home security: protecting giant HD flat-screen televisions as…
In a move designed to beef up their reporting, 10 NBC-owned television stations will work with nonprofit news outlets on enterprise and analytical reporting, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. NBC stations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia…
A freshman Showtime series will be back for a second season after the pay-cable network revealed it is renewing the show, Deadline.com reports. The show is Lisa Kudrow’s "Web Therapy," in which Kudrow plays an unctuous, self-involved psychotherapist named Fiona…
Viacom’s chief executive said today that the company expects growth in ad sales to be stronger in early 2012, The Wall Street Journal reports. Said Philippe Dauman: "As we look to the next quarter, we expect to see stronger ad-sales…
On the heels of news that 1980s sex symbol Bo Derek will appear on CBS’s "CSI: Miami," as previously reported, now word has surfaced that another sex symbol — associated with another decade — will also appear on an episode…
CBS has made the decision to change the titles of two upcoming midseason programs, Entertainment Weekly reports. Both titles have been mocked in the press, the story notes. The previously announced "¡Rob!" will now be known as simply "Rob" —…