Get ready for more comedy and another run of The Voice on NBC this fall as the ratings-starved Peacock network reveals its fall TV schedule as it tries to give its prime time TV fortunes a jolt. Given how far the network's Nielsen ratings have fallen, even a modest improvement will be cause for celebration.

NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt must find some traction somewhere. For that, he's turning to The Voice, which is NBC's top-rated show. Now it will have a fall run in addition to its spring season outing. That makes sense, because not only will it get the fall season off to a better start, it will be a good platform for NBC to use to promote its other programs.

Greenblatt, who is one of the 10 media people to watch in 2012, will still have to be careful not to overplay The Voice as a short-term fix. Remember when ABC took its ratings-smash Who Wants to be a Millionaire and played it on so many nights that the novelty quickly wore off. Read More...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is used to getting news coverage because of her statements and actions. But now she's grabbing media attention because she's decided to appear publicly without makeup.

As you'd expect with everything she does, opinions are mixed. An article in the U.K.'s Daily Mail gives readers a before-and-after look and points out that former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher would never step into public without her face all done up.

After decades in the public eye, Clinton is keenly aware that news media outlets would notice and start asking questions. In an interview on CNN, she calmy says that she's at the point of her life that she's going to look the way she wants. Read More...

TV news icon CNN is in ratings trouble. A new report on April's ratings show CNN had its lowest-rated month in more than ten years. That's despite the presidential race, which usually gives CNN a boost.

It's no longer news that CNN loses big to Fox News Channel, or that it's now struggling to compete in some time slots with MSNBC. The headline is that after all the shakeups, with Piers Morgan replacing Larry King and an overhaul of the morning schedule, CNN executives appear to be no better off. In fact, the New York Times reports on the behind the scenes worries about which remedies are left to try.

CNN founder Ted Turner appeared on Piers Morgan Tonight to say he wants CNN to be the New York Times of cable TV news. That's just how Turner's channel appeared during its heyday. Read More...

The investigation into Rupert Murdoch and his vast media empire has taken a dramatic turn in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that forced him to shut down the British newspaper News of the World last year. A group of British lawmakers say Murdoch is simply not fit to run an international media company.

This wasn't an off-the-cuff comment made at an emotionally-charged news conference, like would be typical in the U.S. Instead, this was in a report from a parliamentary committee looking into the scandal and how Murdoch and his executives at News Corp. handled it.

Remember, Murdoch's media holdings are vast, including the Fox broadcast and cable channels, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. Anything that happens to him in the U.K. will likely have ripple effects in the U.S. While most Americans may not be following the phone-hacking scandal, they are very familiar with News Corp.'s U.S. brands. Read More...