HBO has restocked its content cupboard with hits; launched HBO Now, its stand-alone streaming service; and appears to be taking a victory lap.
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Prolific producer Liz Gateley is moving back to the network side. The co-founder of ITV-controlled shingle DiGa has been named Lifetime’s new head of programming. The EVP position marks a homecoming for Gateley. The Laguna Beach creator got her start on the network’s development team before her long tenure at MTV.
The general-interest cable network, trying to halt a decline in ratings, revealed programming plans with a marked shift away from the lighter procedural fare of Monk, Psych and Burn Notice of a few years back. USA is turning to darker and, its executives clearly hope, more buzzworthy shows with ongoing stories.
Entertainment Studios Inc. has expanded its portfolio of cable networks to more multi-video programming distributors (MVPD) nationwide, now reaching over 100 U.S. television markets. Recent rollout of the Entertainment Studios […]
Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav received $156.1 million in compensation last year, the company disclosed Friday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The vast majority of the windfall comes from more than $144 million in stock awards that Zaslav received after setting a new six-year employment contract last year.
Rentrak today signed a TV ratings and automotive segmentation agreement with Discovery Communications. Discovery will adopt Rentrak’s TV ratings and IHS Polk Automotive data, providing measurement of advertising campaigns running […]
NEW YORK (AP) — With this week’s premiere of a series based on Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight” show feature of lip sync-dueling celebrities, the Spike television network is throwing open the […]
NBCU’s Lifestyle Channels Make Their Pitch
NBC’s cable lifestyle group, which comprises of E!, Bravo, Esquire Network and Oxygen, is making a pitch that, if advertisers want to reach younger viewers, and in particular women, they offer scale and differentiated viewership that other programming groups can’t match.
The Walking Dead left the air with yet another record on Sunday. The AMC show posted its best-ever finale numbers to close out season five, capping a year when it saw growth over its fourth season. Dead averaged 15.8 million total viewers, according to Nielsen overnights, including 10.4 million adults 18-49. The 90-minute finale started at 9 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) — The deal was done only last week, says Trevor Noah, the 31-year-old South African comedian who will take over “The Daily Show” from longtime host Jon […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don Draper is making his exit with “Mad Men” this year, but his image as a 1960s advertising man will live on at the Smithsonian Institution. Jon […]
AMC President Charlie Collier had one major job when it came to marketing the final season of Mad Men: “To put it in the hall of fame.” The second leg of the hit drama’s seventh and final season begins next month, and while the show has already been a ratings bonanza and critical darling, AMC is giving it an extra marketing push through the finish line. One task has been to excite Madison Avenue types. After all, the show is about the advertising industry.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network said Wednesday it is making a television series on the life of an Atlanta man who claims to have fathered 34 children […]
A New Reality: Hot Girls Raised In The South (GRITS)
The latest numbers suggest the lines between cable and broadcast continue to fade for younger viewers, especially millennials. Nearly a third of the top shows among viewers 12-34 and 18-34 air on cable. The number is lower among 18-49s. AMC’s The Walking Dead beats all of broadcast.
NEW YORK (AP) — “Mad Men” fans can now take a selfie with Don Draper, thanks to a bench unveiled Monday featuring the fictional adman’s silhouette. Jon Hamm, the actor […]
