Stephen Battaglio

President Trump delivered the longest-ever presidential address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, but the TV ratings fell short of his previous outings. The speech averaged 36.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen data, an increase of nearly 14% […]

Tom Llamas will be the next anchor of “NBC Nightly News” after Lester Holt departs the role this summer. The son of Cuban immigrants, Llamas, 45, will be the first Latino to anchor a weekday English language broadcast network evening

ABC News and Walt Disney Co. entertainment networks are being hit with a 6% reduction in staff amid shrinking ratings and revenues for traditional television. Workers were told of the cuts Wednesday. The reduction of 200 positions is being made

Eugene Daniels, a White House correspondent for Politico, is joining MSNBC full-time as a host. The Comcast Corp.-owned news channel announced Monday that Daniels, 36, will join the morning edition of “The Weekend,” a three-hour program airing Saturdays and Sundays.

Tom Ciabrowski, who oversaw ABC’s “Good Morning America” during one of its most successful eras, is joining CBS News as president and executive editor. The storied news division, which has been reeling over its legal battle involving President Trump, announced

Big changes are afoot at MSNBC. The progressive news network canceled several shows and will expand anchor shifts as it prepares for life after its upcoming split from NBC News. The Comcast Corp.-owned channel on Monday confirmed the departure of

Lester Holt is ending his run as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” this summer, making him the latest high-profile news personality to exit a role. Holt, 65, told staff Monday of his plans to depart the signature broadcast of NBC

Joy Reid, the most outspoken host on progressive news channel MSNBC, is leaving the network. Reid, who signed a new contract with the Comcast-owned channel last year, will have her final show this week, according to two people familiar with

Forty years ago, the Reagan administration told PBS to find ways to increase funding for public television outside of taxpayer dollars. It did. PBS’ response to the challenge was to enhance the way it acknowledged sponsors. Instead of merely running

When Ted Turner founded CNN in 1980, he stressed how the C stood for cable, making it the first channel to be named after the then nascent TV delivery system. But more than four decades later, the pay TV business