ESPN President George Bodenheimer tops Sports Business Journal’s list of the most influential people in sports. Also in the top 10 from the television business are: NBC’s Dick Ebersol, Fox Sports’ David Hill, CBS’ Sean McManus, and Comcast’s David Cohen,…
HBO’s “True Blood” has cast Broadway actress Anna Camp and “Bold and the Beautiful” star Ashley Jones to appear in the show’s second season, Entertainment Weekly reports. Camp will join as a series regular to portray the wife of the…
Will the FCC be too busy worrying about the economy under Barack Obama’s administration to care about Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction? Probably not, MSNBC.com says, as the Parents Television Council is ready to file complaints about TV indecency regardless of…
“Entourage” star Jeremy Piven will be leaving his role on Broadway’s “Speed-the-Plow” due to what the actor says is a condition attributable to a high mercury count, Daily Variety reports. Piven missed performances this week and will not be with…
“Scrubs” fans can count on Tom Cavanagh to make an appearance in the show’s eighth season when it returns on ABC, TVGuide reports. The actor, who has made occasional appearances as Zach Braff’s brother on the show, said, “The chances…
Soulja Boy Tell ’Em, the rapper behind the “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” online viral phenomenon, will star in a Web series called “Soulja Boy Tell ’Em: The Animated Series,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, slated to debut in January,…
China is again censoring certain Web sites it deems inappropriate after not interfering during the Summer Olympics, Daily Variety reports. The Foreign Ministry’s Liu Jianchao said the government reserved the right to censor sites that it feels contain illegal subject…
Bert Ellis and Dan Sullivan have been chosen to manage New World TV LLC, the holding company in charge of Pappas Telecasting properties, TVNewsday reports. New World parent company Fortress Credit Corp. was the only one to bid on the…
The Radio-Television News Directors Association will present its 2009 Paul White Award to Fred Young, senior VP of news at Hearst-Argyle Television. The Paul White Award, which is RTNDA’s highest honor, will be given to Mr. Young at the RTNDA…
Detroit has been at the forefront of the economic recession and can serve as “the poster child for the challenges of television advertising,” BIAfn analyst Mark Fratrik tells TVNewsday. The main reason for the hardship in the area has been…