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Daily Archives : Jul 9, 2009

Best Buy, TiVo Join for Promotional Deal; Electronics Chain to Get Screen Time, DVR Service to Have Heavy In-Store Presence

National electronics retailer Best Buy has entered a promotional deal with the video recording service TiVo, the New York Times reports. As part of the deal, TiVo products will receive heavy promotion in Best Buys 1,100 stores across the U.S.,…

NATAS to Honor Barbara Walters at News and Documentary Emmys

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor Barbara Walters with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the news and documentary Emmys, scheduled for Sept. 21, Daily Variety reports. Walters served at NBC for 15 years before becoming the…

Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! Keeps Jan Out of Brady Reunion on ‘Oprah’

TV’s Marcia Brady, Maureen McCormick, said TV sister Jan, Eve Plumb, is holding out on a scheduled “The Brady Bunch” reunion on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show in September, the New York Post reports. According to McCormick, Plumb became upset after…

Comedy Central Orders Jon Heder Sitcom From Gary Sanchez Productions; Debmar-Mercury to Serve as Distributor

Comedy Central has ordered a new unnamed sitcom from Gary Sanchez Productions and Debmar-Mercury starring Jon Heder. In the show, which was picked up for an initial 10-episode run, will feature Heder as former big-city IT specialist who loses his…

Funny Story About One of TV’s All-time Great Pitchmen

Discovery is airing a tribute to the late pitchman Billy Mays tonight (Thursday, July 9th, 9 pm ET/PT), and I’m eager to see it. Mays was indeed a pitchman extraordinaire. Like many of us raised on TV, we’ve come to…

British Police Open Preliminary Investigation Into Report That Murdoch’s U.K. Papers Paid Hacking Victims to Stay Quiet

British police said they will begin a preliminary investigation into a report by The Guardian that alleged that Fox-owner Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group settled legal cases in which his journalists were accused of working with private investigators to hack…

Reality Shocker: N.J. ‘Real Housewives’ Do Series for Free, Pay Bravo 10% of Post-Show Earnings. UPDATE: Bravo Says it Pays All Housewives on Show

According to a contract given to participants, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” don’t get paid to appear on the hit Bravo show. Adding insult to injury, according to a contract signed by one cast member, participants have to pay Bravo 10% of…

HBO’s ‘Big Love’ Series in Trouble With the University of Utah

The University of Utah has sent a cease-and-desist letter to HBO, saying that the HBO series about a polygamist family in the Salt Lake City suburbs can’t use the school’s name or logo without permission, the Associated Press says. University…

’30 Rock’ Headed to Fox, Tribune Stations, as Well as Cable

NBC Universal’s sitcom “30 Rock” has been bought up by Fox and Tribune stations in major markets for a fall 2011 syndication debut, Broadcasting & Cable says. In the all-barter deal, Fox and Tribune are splitting the markets among themselves,…

Off-Net ‘Old Christine’ Sold to Lifetime

Lifetime bought the rerun rights to CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” to begin airing in Fall 2010, Variety says. The cable network paid about $350,000 per episode for the series, which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a single mom….