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CBS to Run Six-Week News Series ‘Brooklyn DA’ on Tuesdays
CBS will swap a scripted crime-and-justice series in May for an unscripted one put together by its news division. CBS News said “Brooklyn DA” will air Tuesdays at 10 p.m. starting May 21, the final...
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Upfronts: What You Need To Know About the 2013 Ad Haggle
Don’t be fooled by the shrimp cocktail. The real upfront isn’t taking place on the stages of the many glitzy presentations stuffing the calendar between now and late May.
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Upfronts: Meet Pivot, the Cabler With a Crowdsourced Variety Show and New Ideas
On the cable scene, Pivot hopes to take a new step where the now defunct Current turned its ankle. Pivot is a new cabler set to launch Aug. 1 that aims at what might be called the most socially...
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News Corp. Confirms Launch of New Cable Outlet, FXX
Does an extra X garner more $? News Corp. is gambling that it will. The entertainment conglom confirmed Thursday that it would launch a second general entertaiment cable network as a companion to its...
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Chris Cuomo Joins CNN in New Morning Show Effort
After foundering in the morning-news arena, CNN appears to be taking a page from the leader in the field, ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
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TV News Veteran Barbara Walters Preparing to Retire
Barbara Walters is expected to announce in the days to come that she will retire by the end of next May, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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FX Goes Bowling at Upfront Bash
If you are of an age in which having a birthday party at the bowling alley or the roller skating rink was all the rage, you would have loved this party.
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TV Analysis: After Barbara Walters, Who Will Stir the TV-News Biz?
By the end of May 2014, the cultural behemoth known as “TV News” will no longer include Barbara Walters, arguably its best known link to the medium’s earliest days.
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AMC Promises ‘Something More’ As More Cablers Aim for Broader Viewership
AMC has a new story to tell – and it’s eliminating the word “story” from its promotional efforts to do so. After using the tagline, “Story Matters Here” since 2009 to highlight its much-lauded move...
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TBS Extends Conan O’Brien’s Stay to Nov. 2015
Conan O’Brien’s latenight talker will remain on TBS through November 2015, suggesting the Time Warner-owned network is more comfortable with his program’s performance after adding reruns of “The Big...
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Bravo Has New Boss, But Programming Remains Intact
Bravo may have a new corporate supervisor at NBCUniversal, but the popular cabler’s programming tone looks to remain intact.
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Advertisers Embrace Gory Shows Like ‘Walking Dead’
Advertisers try to harness the audience reach of gory dramas such as "The Walking Dead" while striving to keep their brand images clean.
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Discovery Networks to Dabble in Scripted Programs
A TV company best known for its reliance on so-called “non fiction” programming is playing with something a little off-kilter for its viewers: scripted fare.
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Triple Threat: FX to Unleash Clone Channel
The hope is that by spinning off a new network, FXX, News Corp. can extend the company’s reach into the younger part of the demographic most coveted by advertisers.
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Al Jazeera U.S. Cabler Hires CNN Anchor Ali Velshi
In a signal a new cable-news outlet backed by overseas interests intends to vie for viewers and, possibly, advertisers with U.S. rivals, Al Jazeera America said Thursday it had lured CNN on-air...
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