Sunday night’s fourth-season premiere of an award-winning AMC drama scored big numbers for the cable net, according to Multichannel News. The "Breaking Bad" opener drew 2.6 million total viewers, up 32% from the 1.9 million who tuned in for the…
TNT has canceled a critically acclaimed series just a week after one of its stars received a nomination for an Emmy, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The show is "Men of a Certain Age," which has struggled…
Ad buyers continue to have confidence in a fledgling cable network despite a ratings performance that had the channel ending its first quarter as the No. 45 cable net in prime time and then slipping even lower, to No. 73,…
A popular cable drama has received a fourth-season renewal from its network, TV Guide reports. The show is the Camelot-based “Merlin,” which has been picked up for another season by Syfy. According to the report, season four will focus on…
Lifetime’s widely promoted debut Wednesday night of Roseanne Barr’s new reality show, "Roseanne’s Nuts," didn’t do much to pump up the network’s numbers, reports Joe Adalian in New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. A network press release noted that the telecast…
MTV announced that it is bringing back one of its scripted shows, placing a 12-episode order for a new season of the drama, Entertainment Weekly reports. Coming back for a second season will be "Teen Wolf," which has drawn about…
Just three episodes in to its second season, a network cop drama has received an order for a third season, reports TheWrap.com. ABC made the announcement that it is ordering another season of "Rookie Blue," the story says. As a…
The 82nd MLB All-Star Game gave Fox a good night in the ratings even though viewership was off from last year, the network announced. Tuesday was the network’s best night of prime time since the “American Idol” finale in May….
CBS will go with an actor best known for sitcoms to take over for Laurence Fishburne on ‘CSI,’ according to a number of media reports. According to our friends Lynette Rice and James Hibberd at EW.com’s Inside TV blog, who…
A hit vampire series that saw its audience fall off for its second episode of the season enjoyed a resurgence in viewership for Episode 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The third episode of Season 4…