Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: A&E Network, Bravo, NBC Universal, Nielsen Media Research, Project Runway, Television, Time Warner Cable, Weinstein Company
Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” closed out its first season Tuesday night on a high note, attracting 2.21 million viewers and putting up a 2.02 household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research. The latest entrant in the “Real Housewives” franchise, “Atlanta” averaged more than 1.3 million viewers per episode throughout its freshman season. Multichannel News (11/19)
The legal catfight over Bravo’s “Project Runway” is expanding. Lifetime, which snagged the rights to the popular show from producer The Weinstein Co. only to be sued by NBC Universal and its Bravo network, is now countersuing all the involved parties in a federal court in Manhattan. Reuters (11/19)
Next Tuesday at 10p, Starz will premiere a new series exploring the links between Hollywood and the fashion industry with Starz Inside: Fashion in Film. The series will reveal how integral fashion is to celebrities and a movie’s story and how fashions on the silver screen translate to the pages of fashion magazines. (Cynopsis 11/20)
A&E Network slated the premiere of its original scripted drama series The Beast, starring Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel for January 15 at 10p. The series is about Swayze, a hard-core veteran FBI agent, who works with a rookie partner (Fimmel) teaching him his unorthodox agent skills. (Cynopsis 11/20)
Beginning today, Time Warner Cable is adding a total of 24 high-definition channels in the Los Angeles area. The addition of cable heavyweights such as HBO, Showtime, Cartoon Network and Animal Planet brings the company’s HD offerings in most areas to more than 60 channels. Multichannel News (11/19)
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