NBC News is suspending Brian Williams from NBC Nightly News, where he is Chief Anchor and Managing Editor, for six months without pay as a result of misleading statements Williams made about covering the Iraq War in 2003. Lester Holt will continue as substitute anchor. “We believe this suspension is the appropriate and proportionate action,” […]
Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul debuted to a cable premiere record 6.9 million viewers and a 3.4 rating among A18-49 on Sunday. AMC lead-in Walking Dead, back for the second half of its fifth season, drew 15.6 million total viewers and 8.0 among A18-49, even with last year’s midseason bow
TLC ordered a second helping of My Big Fat Fabulous Life. Season one of the docu-series from Pilgrim Studios, averaging 1.2 million P2+ viewers its first season, ends tonight with back-to-back eps starting at 10p, followed by a half-hour retrospective special, My Big Fat Fabulous Life: The Skinny.
NBC News anchor Brian Williams is taking time off from his newscast for “the next several days” in the wake of his claim, since retracted, that he was on a helicopter in Iraq hit by enemy fire. In a note to staff, Williams explained it has “become painfully apparent to me that I am presently […]
Rosie O’Donnell is leaving The View this week, six months after joining the ABC morning show. As she deals with the breakup of her marriage, O’Donnell – whose first, year-long tenure on the talker ended in 2007 – is putting “family and health first,” said her publicist. As for ABC, the net “has been wonderfully […]
NBC News anchor Brian Williams is taking a break from his newscast for “the next several days” in the wake of his claim, since retracted, that he was on a helicopter in Iraq that was hit by enemy fire. In a note to staff, Williams explained it has “become painfully apparent to met that I […]
Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in each of our three daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital, sports and kids television. Enjoy! FLAGSHIP Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal is stepping down from her […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal is stepping down from her position, but isn’t leaving the lot. “I have spent almost my entire professional life at Sony Pictures and I am energized to be starting this new chapter based at the company I call home,” said Pascal, who’s launching a production venture at the studio. […]
Rosie Perez is back in her co-host seat, but co-exec producer Brian Balthazar is putting The View behind him just six months into the job. One day after Perez, rumored to be out at the ABC morning talker, returned from a pre-planned hiatus, came word that Balthazar had decided to return to HGTV. The former […]