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Disney Channel Renews Musical Comedy Series

Disney Channel has renewed a musical comedy series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Production on a new season of "Austin & Ally" is set to start this summer, the story reports. The show focuses on the extroverted singer Austin and…

‘Idol’ Slips in Ratings, Continues to Fall to ‘Big Bang Theory’; New NBC Show Already Struggling

CBS and Fox battled to a tie Thursday night in the coveted 18-49 demo, as CBS’s “Big Bang Theory” continued to beat Fox’s “American Idol” at 8 p.m., TVbytheNumbers.com reports, citing Nielsen overnights. Both networks averaged 3.6 ratings in 18-49…

CBS Renews Daytime Show, Reveals Plans for On-Air Lineup

CBS announced that it is renewing a daytime talk show, and revealed what it has in mind for the on-air lineup, EW.com’s Inside TV reports. "The Talk" will be back for a third season, and the network will keep the…

Ratings Gap Between Top Two Morning Shows Is Closing

The race for viewers among morning shows on the broadcast networks is getting tighter, according to the New York Post. ABC’s "Good Morning America" is closing the gap on NBC’s "Today," the perennial leader, the story reports, noting that the…

Major Marketer Pulls Out of Controversial New Show — But It Says It’s Not About the Show’s Content

The latest controversy over a new prime-time show that has been controversial from the outset surrounds why a major marketer pulled its ads from the show. TMZ.com broke the story that Kraft had pulled advertising for its Philadelphia Cream Cheese…

Rosie’s Kind of Town, Chicago Is Not — O’Donnell and Her OWN Talk Show Are Moving

Speculation has swirled around the fate of the OWN talk show “Rosie” since its host, Rosie O’Donnell, recently put her Chicago home up for sale, with some observers saying it meant the show was over. Not so, The Huffington Post…

Fox’s ‘New Girl’ Is Bright Spot in Tuesday Ratings

With CBS serving up reruns Tuesday night, Fox’s comedy "The New Girl" was the top show overall in the key 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “New Girl” pulled in a 3.0 average rating in viewers 18-49, equaling its previous original episode….

List of Top-Rated Shows Dominated by Two Networks

The list of the 30 top-rated shows in prime time was almost the exclusive terrain of two networks last week, the AP reports, citing Nielsen data. One of the two, CBS, had 21 of the 30 shows, but the other…

This Just In: Netflix in Talks to Partner with MSOs

Reuters has broken this exclusive story: "Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has quietly met with some of the largest U.S. cable companies in recent weeks to discuss adding the online movie streaming service to their cable offerings, according to sources…

ABC Makes History With NBA Game

ABC made ratings history with its telecast Sunday of an NBA game, ESPN and ABC Sports reported. The game between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers was the networks’s most viewed non-Christmas Day regular-season NBA game in history….