Moonves also shot down the rumor that Joel McHale is replacing Craig Ferguson on The Late Late Show a rumor started when Moonves’s wife, Julie Chen, tweeted a pic of the three of them. “It’s Upfront week, we went to some parties,” said the exec. “Then we took a picture… there are no conversations underway. […]
AT+T is expected to announce its acquisition of DirecTV today. Bloomberg reports the potential $50 billion deal would allow both companies to compete with the likes of Comcast and Time Warner Cable; the two companies recently agreed to a similar merger.
AMC ordered eight episodes of the web series All-star Celebrity Bowling from host of Comedy Central’s @Midnight, Chris Hardwick. The show, which has attracted major stars like Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, was originally a hit on Nerdist’s YouTube channel, with 1,049,368 total views. Hardwick also hosts AMC’s The Walking Dead talk show, Talking Dead.
AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV, of course, now positions the telephone company as a new player in the sports arena. Valued at $48.5 billion, the merged company, if approved, suddenly thrusts new potential in mobility, video and broadband services for the industry. More directly in the sports space, AT&T would now own exclusive pay TV rights […]
California Chrome continues to deliver off the track as well. NBC posted a 6.3 household overnight rating/15 share for the horse’s victory in the Preakness, up 5% over last year’s run and marking the best since 2010, according to Nielsen. Top local markets included Baltimore 17.2/39; Louisville 16.6/33; Ft. Myers 11.3/23; Cincinnati 11.2/24; and Buffalo […]
Neil Patrick Harris was approached by CBS CEO Les Moonves about doing a late night show, the How I Met Your Mother star told Howard Stern on Wednesday. Describing it as a very preliminary conversation, before David Letterman announced his retirement from Late Show, Harris said he wasn’t interested but would like to host a […]
WGN America’s second original scripted series, Manhattan, premieres Sunday, July 27 at 10p. The ensemble drama about the development of the atomic bomb was filmed on location in New Mexico.
Ryan Seacrest and Conde Nast parent company Advance Publications announced a $2 million investment in web-artist music festival DigiTour Media. DigiTour started in 2010, and this year boy band Our Second Life and Vine star Nash Grier will headline the festival, with close to 100,000 attendees expected in a dozen cities. “It’s becoming easier to […]
Over-the-top content provider Beauty TV is bringing back digital video series Beauty TV Minute on its YouTube, Roku, TiVo’s Hot List app and more. YT make-up and nail guru Julie G (500,000+ subs, 118 million total views) hosts the beauty how-to episodes, with occasional appearances from make-up artists JoJo McCarthy and other experts.
Home is seemingly where the heart is, as WWE announced a multi-year renewal with NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment for WWE’s flagship series Monday Night RAW on USA Network and Friday Night Smackdown on Syfy. In addition, the deal will see E! – in partnership with WWE and Bunim-Murray Productions – continue to broadcast the reality series […]
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