Topic: TV Comedies
While special events are doing very well for broadcasters — capped off by an Oscars telecast that was the most-watched entertainment program in five years — their day-to-day schedules are hurting. The Nielsen Co. said Tuesday that 41.7 million people watched the Academy Awards on ABC on Sunday ...
A suburban New York mayor wants to correct the record after "Saturday Night Live" made fun of her city. First, Peekskill isn't upstate. Second, it's not a hellhole. The city of 24,000 residents was mentioned on the ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Rockford Files" and "Hawaii Five-O" are flying high during pilot season, minority actors are hot, but Britain not so much. For the first time in a decade, there is no broadcast pilot based on a U.K. format after NBC's "Prime Suspect" remake was pushed because of difficulties casting the lead. Sparked by the success ...
Hulu's days as a free online video site could be ending soon. Comedy Central's decision to yank two of the most popular shows on Hulu — "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" — in a dispute over splitting ad revenue is the latest blow to the ...
