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"Rachael Ray" Renewed For Two More Seasons

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


Daytime syndicated talk show "Rachael Ray" has been renewed through the 2011-12 season after the ABC Owned TV Stations inked a deal to pick up the Emm...

Sharon Levy: The Woman Behind Spike TV's Reality Show Push

New York Times | EDWARD WYATT | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES -- Sharon Levy is the first to admit that she is not what anyone would call a girl's girl -- just ask her, for example, about her televisi...

Greg Grossman, Teen Chef, Gets Reality TV Deal

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media


Fourteen-year-old chef Greg Grossman has signed a production deal to develop and star in his own reality TV show. Grossman and New York-based Pictu...

A&E Television Networks, Lifetime To Merge; A&E President & CEO Will Run New Venture

Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media


A&E Television Networks president and CEO Abbe Raven has been named to run a new company being formed by Disney-ABC TV, Hearst Corporation and NBC Uni...

Paris Hilton Bringing Her Reality Series To Dubai

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Dubai is synonymous with glitz and excess _ but can the Middle Eastern hotspot handle the likes of Paris Hilton? The fame-loving hei...

Tightened Budgets Result In Family Bonding

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living


NEW YORK — After almost 16 years of marriage, Unita Walburn and her husband had drifted apart. The stress of raising two special needs children ...

Real Housewives of New Jersey Liveblog -- Black & White and Read All Over

Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei | Posted 07.03.2009 | Entertainment


Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei

Wow, Danielle is from some other planet -- and I want to visit!

STUDY: TV May Impede Babies' Cognitive Development

TIME | Alice Park | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living


As most parents of small children will reluctantly admit, nothing can occupy a child quite like television. Unfortunately, the scientific evidence sug...

Bravo Rebranding, Dropping "Watch What Happens"

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media


Bravo Media is changing its look and its tagline. The cable network and its digital platforms are undergoing a pop art-inspired redesign, and Bravo...

NBC Primetime Ratings Hit Historic Low

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — NBC set a low-water mark of historic proportions for TV viewership last week. The network averaged 4.4 million prime-time viewers, a...

TV: We're Still Watching

Susan Whiting | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media


Susan Whiting

News coverage of the media industry of late suggests that audiences are too consumed by their iPhones and the Internet to watch television. There's just one problem with this — it's wrong.

CBS and The CW Come on Strong at the Upfronts

Ed Martin | Posted 06.27.2009 | Entertainment


Ed Martin

A network's Upfront presentation is the one opportunity it has during the year to put everything out there and demonstrate to advertisers why they should want to buy time on its schedule.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey Live Blog - Not One of Us

Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment


Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei

Judging by the title, this week's episode will have an extra large serving of beef. Join us at 10 pm ET for all the drama.

Friday Fall TV To include More Scripted Series Than Before

USA Today | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media


In recent years, Fridays have become a wasteland for network TV, populated largely with low-cost, low-impact reality series and newsmagazines....Frida...

Dramamine & "American Idol": Whose Country's Making Me Sick Now?

Richard Laermer | Posted 06.21.2009 | Entertainment


Richard Laermer

I am sick of all this idle chatter. And then.... Last night millions (100? 50? Does it matter?) watched the annual crowning of their Idol on FOX. Ye...

TV's Fuzzy Future: Traditional Tube Is Being Squeezed Out Of The Picture

Washington Post | Paul Farhi | Posted 06.15.2009 | Media


Danny Ledonne rarely misses "The Daily Show." He's a frequent viewer of its cable TV cousin, "The Colbert Report," too. And for additional political s...

Scrubs, Television's Best Show, Says Goodbye Tonight...

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

I've made no secret of my complete adoration of Scrubs over the years. Ironically (or fittingly) for a show about the fragility of life and the inevitability of death, it feels like I'm saying goodbye to an old friend.

"Treme": HBO Picks Up Post-Katrina Series From "Wire" Creator

AP | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — HBO has given the go-ahead to a new series about New Orleans and its ongoing effort to recover from Hurricane Katrina. It's called "...

Why Are You Paying for TV No One is Watching?

Nadim Hasbani | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media


Nadim Hasbani

The Arab-speaking world is in dire need of the kind of coverage Al Jazeera English provides. Western governments must do more than pour money into perceived propaganda machines.

It's Creativity, Stupid -- Protect It

Laura Tunberg | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment


Laura Tunberg

History shows that major innovations create major opportunities. The visionaries benefit, the fearful resist and languish. The key has always been seeing the change and adapting.

LIVE From the Deserted Island: 'Harper's Globe,' Arlen Spector & Prez O Hug the Raft

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Can the online innovations in entertainment TV change the game in politics and news as well?

DVDs -- Get Ready for Star Trek

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.29.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

If you're chomping at the bit for the May 8 premiere of Star Trek, perhaps the best way to prepare is Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1.

"The 'Annual Inefficiency'"

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.23.2009 | Entertainment


Earl Pomerantz

Why do network presidents require their employees to dictate character adjustments, story fixes and, God help us, pitch jokes?

MTV Adding Shows With More Positive Social Messages

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 05.19.2009 | Media


Four buddies set off across the country in an R.V., video camera in tow, to knock items off their "100 things to do before I die" list: kiss the Stanl...

Steve McPherson, ABC Entertainment President, Under Pressure To Produce A Hit

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media


For all the talk about the failures of NBC's Ben Silverman, the programming executive under the most pressure to produce a breakout hit heading into n...