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By Piya Sinha-Roy - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) The doors of Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch closed for the last time on Thursday as NBC's "The Office" wrapped up after a nine-season run with a nostalgic finale featuring a long-awaited wedding and the return of the show's biggest star, Steve … [Read more...]
By Patricia Reaney (Reuters) Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol" on Thursday, becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007. Glover, 23, defeated country singer Kree Harrison in the popular vote with her … [Read more...]
(Reuters) "Saturday Night Live" cast member Seth Meyers said on Thursday that he will stay on at the NBC live television comedy show until the end of the year, before he begins hosting the network's "Late Night" talk show in February 2014. Meyers, 39, will take the reins from Jimmy Fallon on … [Read more...]
By Tim Kenneally - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) After all those years of being mobbed up for HBO, "The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini is tackling the justice system from another angle. HBO has given the greenlight to the pilot "Criminal Justice," which will air as a seven-hour limited series. … [Read more...]
By Liana B. Baker and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) Walt Disney Co's ABC network is tapping its blockbuster "Avengers" franchise for a new TV show "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," looking to reverse a ratings decline that put it last of the four largest networks among audiences coveted by advertisers. … [Read more...]
By Tim Molloy - NEW YORK (TheWrap) Univision tried to speak to advertisers Tuesday in a language they all understand: ratings. Aided by fake snow, neon and a guest appearance by film icon Robert Rodriguez, the country's biggest Spanish-language network repeatedly reminded advertisers at its … [Read more...]
Becomes the first network to bypass all providers By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) You knew it was coming, you just didn't know who would blink. And now it has. What, you ask? Well, ABC has become the first television network to offer streaming of live digital content with its newly branded "WATCH … [Read more...]
By Tony Maglio (TheWrap) "Downton Abbey" will be returning to American TV sets on January 5, 2014, Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton said Tuesday at the PBS Annual Meeting. It will run for eight weeks, through February 23. The upstairs-downstairs period British series is the … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Fans of Fox's 24 have long hoped for a big screen adaptation of the hit TV show, that now looks set to never happen. However, Deadline have reported that Fox has greenlit a limited series run, with star Kiefer Sutherland has signed to reprise his role as agent Jack … [Read more...]
(Reuters) Trailblazing broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, known for her interviews with world leaders and celebrities and the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, said on Monday she will retire in the summer of 2014. With tears in her eyes, Walters, 83, announced her upcoming … [Read more...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) "Saturday Night Live" veteran Seth Meyers has been chosen as the new host of "Late Night" when Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show" in 2014, NBC said on Sunday. The show, to be renamed "Late Night with Seth Meyers," will originate from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, NBC … [Read more...]
By Jethro Nededog - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Update: NBC has also canceled "Guys With Kids" and "Up All Night." Previously... NBC has elected not to reelect its presidential comedy, "1600 Penn." Additionally, a person with knowledge of the decision confirmed that "Whitney" has also been … [Read more...]
Updated: ABC has released the first TV promo. Disney Orders a full season By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Well this really comes as no surprise since Marvel and ABC are now brothers, but the network has ordered a full season of the Joss Whedon Avengers spin off - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. That's … [Read more...]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Veteran "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson said on Thursday he was leaving the Fox TV singing contest to focus on his other business ventures. Jackson, who has been a judge on the show since its start in 2002, made the announcement amid falling ratings and rampant rumors … [Read more...]
(Reuters) Netflix Inc's U.S. streaming video service added five children's shows from Walt Disney Co's Disney Junior and Disney XD cable networks under a multiyear licensing deal announced on Thursday. Netflix will be the exclusive subscription video home in the United States for two of the … [Read more...]
Do you Yahoolu? By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) When Yahoo hired Marissa Meyer as CEO, the search portal was hoping to shake things up by trying new things to bring the troubled search service back as a heavy player in the Internet game. And she's wasted no time in seeking to get a corner on a … [Read more...]
