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"30 Rock" Picked Up For Cable By Comedy Central, WGN

Variety | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Liz Lemon has reason to celebrate: NBC's "30 Rock" has nabbed megabucks in off-network sales to Comedy Central and WGN America....

Syfy: Sci Fi Channel Officially Rebrands

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


NEW YORK -- The Sci Fi Channel is now Syfy. The rebranding -- same pronunciation, new spelling -- marks the NBC Universal network's effort to broad...

The Hypocrisy of Bill Maher

Jeff Norman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics


Jeff Norman

Bill Maher blasted the Democratic Party for kowtowing to its corporate paymasters, and bemoaned the lack of real liberals on ballots and television.

Robin Givhan: Michelle Obama Is The New Clair Huxtable

Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 07.20.2009 | Style


Time and again, observers grasp for adjectives to describe Obama's combination of professional accomplishment and soccer-mom maternalism. It's no wond...

Kathy Griffin Speaks Up for Gay Youth

Jason Mannino | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

Television is often touted as one of the banes of our culture, but it can also be of great service to the empowerment and uplifting of society. To hon...

"The Office," "Heroes" Among Most-DVRed Shows

USA Today | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media


At least 30% of viewers forLost, The Office and Heroes were procrastinators, watching either later that night or up to seven days after the programs f...

Nurses on TV: HawthoRNe is Strong Stuff

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment


Barbara Ficarra

I'm delighted to see that the new TV series HawthoRNe avoids most of the media stereotypes of nursing, portraying a nurse character that is strong, determined, smart and assertive.

Should President Obama's First Prime Time TV Discussion About his Health Care Plan Belong Solely to ABC News?

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media


Eric Deggans

I find it disturbing to see that the nation's first stab at real health care reform in more than a dozen years may start off with a cynical partnership between a politician and a network news division.

The TV Business Is Toast

Henry Blodget | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

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Henry Blodget

The traditional TV industry -- cable companies, networks, and broadcasters -- is where the newspaper industry was about five years ago: in denial.

Real Housewives of New Jersey Liveblog - Finale

Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment


Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei

The ride was over all to quickly, but boy oh boy, this looks like a humdinger of a finale. Avoid all the table flipping with us at 10 pm ET!

A High-Cultured "American Idol" Thrills The Arab World

John Lundberg | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

It boasts the same live audience, the same glitzy stage, the same young hopefuls bearing their souls before a panel of celebrity judges (only this tim...

Los Angeles Is Losing Share Of TV Pilot Production

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


As if L.A. needed any more reminders of just how much production is leaving town, along comes fresh data to document the grim trend....

Real Housewives of New Jersey Liveblog - Casinos and C-Cups

Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei | Posted 07.10.2009 | Entertainment


Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei

I can relate to Ashley, I totally expected to get my dad's 8 year-old Grand Am when I turned 17.

"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.