| | | | | NBCUniversal Fine-Tunes Monday’s Combined Upfront, Giving Each Network More of a Spotlight Company promises to keep the massive event under 2 hours again By Jason Lynch One year after NBCUniversal combined its upfront events into a single, two-hour presentation--which CEO Steve Burke called "the biggest upfront that has ever existed"--the company is getting ready to do it again on Monday. But this time around, execs said, they will do a better job of making it clear which shows and clips air...
Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | American Idol Is Officially Returning Next Season, but ABC, Not Fox, Is Behind the Revival The network is hoping for a spark from the former ratings juggernaut By Jason Lynch Just one year after its "farewell season," American Idol will be returning to broadcast TV. But when the popular music competition series comes back next season, it will air on ABC, not FOX, where the show ran for 15 seasons. ABC announced this morning that it has closed a deal with producers FremantleMedia North America...
Read more » | | Jon Stewart Defends Stephen Colbert’s ‘Potty Mouth’ During Daily Show Reunion Late Show hopes to top The Tonight Show this season in total viewers By Jason Lynch Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert turned to his former Daily Show colleagues to celebrate his 20th anniversary of when he joined the Comedy Central series--and, even more importantly, to help him in his quest to overtake The Tonight Show this season in total viewers. Colbert assembled a powerhouse lineup of Daily Show alums-- Jon Stewart, John...
Read more » | | Elisabeth Moss Could Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Hulu The Handmaid’s Tale is bringing her even more acclaim than Mad Men did—and elevating the streaming service By Jason Lynch After you've starred in one of the greatest TV series of all time--Mad Men--it would seem that there's nowhere to go, career-wise, but down. That is, unless you're Elisabeth Moss, whose 28-year acting career has revolved around one seemingly peerless TV project after another. "If you thought about it too much, you'd never do anything...
Read more » | | | | | Bloomberg Is Creating an Ad-Supported Interactive News Network Just for Twitter The a 24/7 news channel, launches this fall By Chris Ariens Twentieth-century media pioneer Michael Bloomberg sat alongside a 21st-century counterpart in Jack Dorsey this afternoon as the heads of Bloomberg and Twitter unveiled a new joint venture--a 24/7 Bloomberg-produced live news network, tentatively called Bloomberg Ticktock, that will stream exclusively on Twitter. "These are two companies that have real skill sets with virtually no overlap...
Read more » | | Scripps-Owned Newsy Will Produce a 2-Hour Daily News Show and 3 New Series Mizzou journalism school helped get Newsy off the ground in 2008 By Chris Ariens As it approaches its ninth anniversary, video news network Newsy has ambitious plans for the future, even as it honors its J-school roots. At its NewFronts presentation on Monday, Newsy announced three new series, a new two-hour live news show, several new advertising deals and a new partnership with data-management platform Tru Optik that will...
Read more » | | Fox News Taps Horizon Media’s Marianne Gambelli as New Ad Sales Chief She'll also oversee sales for Fox Business beginning May 22 By Jason Lynch One of 21st Century Fox's two ad sales chief vacancy has been filled. Fox News has picked Marianne Gambelli, Horizon Media's chief investment officer, to replace Paul Rittenberg, who announced last February he would be stepping down after more than two decades on the job. As president of advertising sales, she'll oversee sales for Fox...
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