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Networks To Announce Fall Line-ups, Will 'Csi:ny,' 'Touch' And 'Go On' Survive?
Crime drama CSI NY, Matthew Perry's 'Go On' and Fox's 'Touch,' starring Kiefer Sutherland are amongst the television shows in danger of being cancelled when the networks announce their fall line-ups in the coming weeks....
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29 April 2013
American Idol Ratings Sink To Lowest Level Ever
Producers of Fox's American Idol appear powerless to contain its weekly ratings slide. Thursday night's installment attracted the smallest audience among 18-49 viewers in the talent show's history. The number of total viewers fell to...
By Lew Irwin on 29 March 2013
Chaka Khan Turns 60 With Showbiz Pals
R&B singer Chaka Khan turned 60 in style last week (ends24Mar13) with a star-studded birthday bash in Hollywood.The I'm Every Woman hitmaker, who reached the milestone on Saturday (23Mar13), gathered friends and family together at...
By WENN on 25 March 2013
Depeche Mode Tv Studio Gig To Be Beamed Onto Times Square Jumbotron
Rockers Depeche Mode will debut new material during a webcast show which will be beamed direct to the Times Square JumboTron in New York City in March (13).The Personal Jesus hitmakers will participate in the...
By WENN on 28 February 2013
Grammys Down But Still Tops For The Week
CBS's telecast of the Grammy Awards may have fallen steeply from a year ago when it aired one day following the death of Whitney Houston, but it was nevertheless the highest rated program of last...
By Lew Irwin on 12 February 2013
Dish Using Ads For Hopper Dvr -- Which Skips Ads
DISH Network is using advertisements to tout its anti-advertisement technology, Auto Hop. The campaign features a demonstration of the new Hopper DVR with Sling that allows DISH's subscribers not only to watch programs they have...
By Lew Irwin on 12 February 2013
Time Warner Cfo Warns Cablers: Expect A Big Fee Hike
Time Warner CFO John Martin has served notice to cable operators that he intends to negotiate aggressively with them beginning this year when affiliate deals start to expire. By 2016, he observed, virtually all contracts...
By Lew Irwin on 08 January 2013
Big Bang Theory -- Biggest Ratings Bang Since Friends
Unless it falters substantially in the ratings between now and the end of the season in May, CBS's The Big Bang Theory could turn out to be the most-watched sitcom since Friends went off the...
By Lew Irwin on 02 January 2013
50 Cent Developing Tv Drama
Rapper 50 Cent is developing a new Tv drama about a nightclub owner.The In Da Club hitmaker will serve as an executive producer on Power, an hour-long show in the pipeline at U.S. network Starz.The...
By WENN on 03 December 2012
Good Grief! Charlie Brown Beats The X-factor
It may be nearly 40 years since A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving originally aired (on CBS at the time), but it managed to draw 8.1 million viewers to ABC Wednesday night, holding its own against CBS's...
By Lew Irwin on 22 November 2012
Donnie Wahlberg Wants Jennifer Esposito Back On Blue Bloods
Actor Donnie Wahlberg hopes his Blue Bloods co-star Jennifer Esposito can resolve her feud with U.S. Tv bosses soon so she can return to the crime drama.The Latina beauty, who played series regular Jackie Curatola,...
By WENN on 21 November 2012
Cbs Gets A Big Bang Out Of Thursday Ratings
CBS executives who have seen the network's ratings falter this season, were no doubt thrilled by the strong performance of its Thursday lineup this week. The Big Bang Theory drew 16.5 million viewers, its best...
By Lew Irwin on 09 November 2012
Suspicious Powder Package Found At Cbs Studios
Emergency services were called to the Cbs network studios in Hollywood on Wednesday (03Oct12) after a package containing a suspicious powder was found on the lot.Officials from the Los Angeles police and fire department, who...
By WENN on 04 October 2012
Who Won The Final Of 'Big Brother 14'?
Though its global appeal may be fading, Big Brother is still strong in the USA, and though it was sad to say goodbye to the final contestants of the 14th season of the reality show,...
By Contributor on 20 September 2012
Nbc Takes Nine Of Top-ten Rated Shows
NBC managed to place nine shows in the Nielsen top ten last week, including the series premiere of Go On (at No. 10) and the season premiere of The Voice (at No. 4), but CBS,...
By Lew Irwin on 19 September 2012
Couric Beats Competition In First Week
Katie Couric's first week on the job as an afternoon talk show host looked mighty impressive. She managed to beat all of her competition on each of the five days of opening week and performed...
By Lew Irwin on 18 September 2012
Broadcasters File New Lawsuits To Shut Down Aereo
Several broadcasters, including Fox, Univision and PBS, filed a brief on Friday challenging a federal judge's decision to allow Barry Diller's Aereo service to continue streaming their signals in New York City without permission. Aereo...
By Lew Irwin on 17 September 2012
Critics Agree: Katie Couric Is Not The Next Oprah Winfrey
Katie Couric debuted her new daytime television show on Monday (September 10, 2012) though despite breaking ratings records, it didn’t go down well with critics. Couric welcomed the likes of Jessica Simpson and Sheryl Crow...
By Lew Irwin on 12 September 2012
Outrage As ‘Today’ Ignores 9/11 Silence For Kris Jenner
Nbc’s ‘Today Show’ came under fire on Tuesday after a segment featuring the Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner took precedent over a remembrance for those lost during the terrorist attacks on 9/11While Abc’s Good Morning...
By Lew Irwin on 11 September 2012
Tv Reviews Katie
Katie Couric seemed to send out a message on her very first afternoon talk show don't expect any heavy lifting this time around. Although she once remarked that her tombstone ought to read "Perky No...
By Lew Irwin on 11 September 2012
The Possession Likely To Stay On Top Again
The weekend after Labor Day generally produces the sorriest box-office results of the year, and this weekend could set new standards for slow. Almost certainly, it will mark the first time since 2006 that not...
By Lew Irwin on 07 September 2012
Barker Not Invited To Price Is Right Celebration
Bob Barker may have hosted The Price Is Right for 35 years and may have written an autobiography in 2009 titled Priceless Memories , but his follow-up could be titled How Soon They Forget. CBS...
By Lew Irwin on 05 September 2012
Barker Not Invited To Price Is Right Celebration
Bob Barker may have hosted The Price Is Right for 35 years and may have written an autobiography in 2009 titled Priceless Memories , but his follow-up could be titled How Soon They Forget. CBS...
By Lew Irwin on 05 September 2012
Sharon Osbourne Slams 'Ungracious' Nbc
Sharon Osbourne has slammed NBC for being ungracious.The 59-year-old presenter - who quit her role on 'America's Got Talent' because she claims the network fired her son Jack Osbourne via email from reality show 'Stars...
By Bang Showbiz on 05 September 2012
Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop Tv Pilot Picked Up By Cbs Executives
Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop Tv spin-off has found a home - the series will debut on U.S. network Cbs next year (13).Murphy and director Shawn Ryan have developed a pilot, which will feature Murphy...
By WENN on 05 September 2012
Ratings For Rnc Coverage Slips
Coverage of the Republican National Convention by all three major networks combined was watched by nearly as many viewers as tuned in to the results episode of America's Got Talent Wednesday night. NBC led the...
By Lew Irwin on 30 August 2012
Katie Couric Lands Jessica Simpson For New Show 'Katie'
Katie Couric has sent a message out to her talk show rivals ahead of the premiere of new show 'Katie' on September 10, 2012. The former Cbs Evening News anchor has announced the initial list...
By WENN on 29 August 2012
Kristin Chenoweth Quits The Good Wife
Kristin Chenoweth has quit 'The Good Wife'.The 43-year-old actress is departing her recurring role as a political reporter on the CBS drama to recover from the injuries she sustained when hit by a piece of...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 August 2012
Brandon Routh And Courtney Ford Welcome First Child
Superman Returns star Brandon Routh has welcomed into the world his first child with wife Courtney Ford, People have reported.Leo James Routh was born on Friday (August 10th) weighing in at a health 8 pounds...
By Lew Irwin on 12 August 2012
Red Hook Summer: Spike Lee On The Battle Of The Blockbusters
Unless you haven't heard yet, there's a global recession on. And Hollywood doesn't get a 'get out of jail free' card when it comes to global recessions. You'd be forgiven for thinking that the movie...
By WENN on 10 August 2012
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