Last night's Chiefs-Raiders battle drew an 11.8 household rating for NBC in Nielsen's metered market overnights, down quite a bit from last week's Cowboys-Eagles game (14.1), but up quite a bit over…
For the second time in the span of a year, Louis C.K. has surprised the Internet with a TV series. "Horace and Pete," C.K.'s series that he began dropping without warning on his website in January…
“American Idol” creator Simon Fuller is bringing “Shame” to TV. Fuller's XIX Entertainment has inked a deal with Norwegian broadcaster NRK for the rights to the format for teen-centric series “Skam”…
Lionsgate has completed its acquisition of Starz for approximately $4.4 billion in cash and stock. The merger had been announced at the end of June, after a lengthy courtship period and the helping…
HBO will debut Allen Hughes documentary “The Defiant Ones” in 2017, Variety has learned. The four-part doc traces the lives and long partnership of two of music’s legends: Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. “…
UPDATED: We may be entering a place of diminishing returns for live televised musicals. NBC's "Hairspray Live!" pulled in a 2.3 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and 9 million total…
December is seldom kind to most broadcast shows still airing new episodes. Not so for NBC's "This Is Us," which continues to impress not just by not leaking viewers, but by actually growing…
The line between new and old media, never truly a clear one, is blurring again. Turner and Snap, Inc. have just signed a new deal that will put Turner property Bleacher Report on Snapchat Discover in…
HBO’s “The Leftovers” will begin its third and final season in April, Variety has learned. Co-creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta filmed a message for fans revealing the month; HBO will reveal a…
We've now officially entered the hinky phase of December, with some broadcast networks in reruns and specials, others pushing doggedly on with originals. CBS' annual telecast of "The Victoria's…
Peter Vaughan of “Game of Thrones” and British sitcom “Porridge” has died. Vaughan “died peacefully with his family around him” Tuesday morning in England, according to his agent, Sally Long-Innes…