CBS Morning News is moving up

With 496,000 more viewers than the year-ago week, CBS This Morning was the only morning news broadcast to post a gain for the week of June 16, up 19 percent.

Bingeing’s not a dirty secret anymore

Binge-viewing’s nothing to be embarrassed about, according to a study from Tivo. While 53 percent of respondents surveyed in April 2013 felt the habit had negative connotations, that number dropped to one third in the current report. Three quarters of those surveyed reported they’d “super-binged” three or more episodes of a series in a day, […]

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CBS’s 2 Broke Girls gets a late start

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CBS is taking its sweet time launching its 2014-2015 season. The net kicks things off with Thursday Night Football on September 11, scattering premiere dates throughout the weeks leading up to the week of October 27, when 2 Broke Girls returns Monday at 8p and the net’s Big Bang Theory-led Thursday entertainment lineup returns (after […]

Joan Lunden revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer

Joan Lunden revealed on ABC’s Good Morning America Tuesday that she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. The former GMA co-host, 63, told breast cancer survivor Robin Roberts that she has started chemo and will undergo surgery and radiation, and is expected to make a full recovery. Lunden left the morning show after 17 years in […]

Gordon Ramsay has had enough Kitchen Nightmares

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Gordon Ramsay announced on his web site that he’s ceasing production of Kitchen Nightmares, which just wrapped season seven on Fox. “It’s time to call it a day,” said Ramsay, who’s hardly cutting ties with the net – Hell’s Kitchen, Hotel Hell, MasterChef and MasterChef Junior are still on Fox’s sked.

New study shows media stereotyping of Latinos

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Despite the fact that Latinos are an increasingly powerful force in the U.S., their participation in mainstream English language media is “stunningly low,” according to a new study, “The Latino Gap,” commissioned by Columbia University. The report found fewer television and movie stories and roles than there were 70 years ago, and “when Latinos are […]

ASPiRE CEO Magic Johnson joined execs for a Cablevision convo

Basketball superstar Magic Johnson, chairman and CEO of ASPiRE, stopped by Cablevision’s Bronx customer contact center on Friday to shine a light on the launches of ASPiRE and UP on Optimum TV, as well as behind-the-scenes workers. Joined by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and network execs, Johnson lauded the company’s customer service reps, […]

Meryl Streep goes the head of HBO’s Class

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Meryl Streep has signed up for HBO’s Master Class as opera singer Maria Callas. Mike Nichols will direct the movie, based on the Terrence McNally play. Oscar winner Streep is no TV snob among her small-screen projects are mini-series The Holocaust (1978) and Angels in America (2003), as well as The Simpsons and King of […]

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