Rival Sues to Block TV Show About Hynes, Brooklyn Prosecutor

Abe George, a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan who is running against the Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, aims to stop the broadcast of a six-part series featuring Mr. Hynes’s office.

    

TV Networks Preview the New Season

A roundup of what worked — and what didn’t — in the 2012-13 television schedules, and what to expect from the coming upfronts.

    

Network TV Is Broken. So How Does Shonda Rhimes Keep Making Hits?

Inside the mind behind “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal.”

    

The TV Watch: Barbara Walters’s Career Mirrors the Trajectory of TV

Barbara Walters’s announced retirement is a reminder that her long career mirrors the trajectory of television: as more and more viewers abandon broadcast TV, so does she.

    

Campaign Spotlight: Maaco Puts ‘Uh-Oh’ in the Rearview Mirror

The car-painting/body-repair chain updated its old hard-sell approach by celebrating “potential” in TV spots and social media.

    

TV Networks Face Falling Ratings and New Rivals

The broadcast networks are preparing to unveil new fall lineups for an audience that is shrinking rapidly, lured away by new rivals on all sides.

    

Advertising: Sophomore Slump Afflicts Once-Promising TV ShowsDarren Michaels/Warner Brothers Television

Some of the most popular new series from a year ago declined in the ratings in their second seasons.

    

CBS to Add 4 Comedies, Including Another From Chuck Lorre

There also will be two new dramas; among the actors involved are Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Toni Collette.

    

Advertising: Now the TV Heavyweights Have Their Week to Unveil Shows

At the annual upfront week, the largest broadcast networks and cable channels will show off their programming for the 2013-14 season in expensive presentations.

    

Britain’s Daily Mail Web Site Makes Foray Into America

Mail Online, The Daily Mail’s site, has expanded on the news and business sides with offices in New York, and coverage of celebrities in Los Angeles.

    

N.C.A.A. Tournament Final Four Men’s Semifinals Moving to TBS

CBS will continue to carry the championship game in 2014 and 2015, and the two networks will also start splitting Round of 8 games in 2014, rather than in 2016.

    

USA Network to Explore Sitcoms and Reality Shows

The USA Network believes that in order to stay competitive it has to branch out into new programming directions.

    

The Media Equation: For Media Moguls, Paydays That Outstrip Other Fields

Leaders in other industries may be well paid, but they earn far less than their media counterparts.

    

Advertising: Destination XL Caters to Plus-Size Men

A new commercial from Destination XL takes an unusual approach of featuring chubby men.

    

Alaskan Media Battle Pits KTUU and Cable Rival

A telecommunications company’s bid to offer TV content raises questions about fairness and monopoly.

    

Advertising: Online Video Creators Focus on Spanish-Speaking Consumers

CBS Interactive and Univision Communications are among the companies seeking advertising dollars from Madison Avenue.

    

Advertising: In the World of Content, Web Follows a Trail Left by TV

Internet companies like Hulu, AOL and Yahoo are holding presentations this week about their plans for original programming.

    

Social Media’s Effects On Markets Concern Regulators

After a Twitter hoax caused the Dow to drop temporarily by 150 points, regulators are increasingly concerned about the combination of social media and high-frequency trading.

    

Two Classics of the Soaps Are Heading to the Web

Two war horses of the genre, “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” will have their Internet premieres at 5 a.m. Monday on Hulu and iTunes.

    

HuffPost Live in Deal With AXS to Put Show on Cable

Programming from HuffPost Live, an Internet channel, will be carried for six hours a day on AXS TV, which Mark Cuban helped start.