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Daily Archives : Mar 8, 2011

Sheen Turns His Anger Toward Former Co-Star; ‘Men’ Producers Eye Replacing Sheen With Another Actor Known to Have a Wild Streak

Charlie Sheen’s latest target is one of his former co-stars on “Two and a Half Men,” E! News reports. The recently fired actor expressed anger toward Jon Cryer for failing to reach out to Sheen. "Like I said: You’re with…

Monday Ratings: ‘House’ Rules as ‘The Event’ Returns From Hiatus to Even Fewer Viewers

Fox’s "House" was the top show in the Nielsen ratings Monday night while NBC’s “The Event” returned from hiatus with a two-hour episode that did even more poorly than the struggling show was doing before the break, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. “The…

Reality TV Star Dead at 44

A former drug addict who went into stand-up comedy and became one of the five finalists on the most recent season of NBC’s "Last Comic Standing" has died at the age of 44, the AP reported. Mike DeStefano became a…

Judge Deals Setback to Dick Clark Productions in Dispute Over Golden Globes

The dispute between the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions over the Golden Globes broadcasts appears likely to end up in court following a ruling Monday by a federal judge that struck down a motion by Clark’s company…

Spot Advertising Firm NCC Adds Millions of Customers to Local Cable TV Sales Effort Under New Brand, ‘I+’

NCC Media has expanded and formalized its local TV sales program under the brand I+, or Interconnected Plus, and the service provides TV marketers with access to millions of additional customers from satellite providers and telco systems, MediaPost reported. “The…

Food Network’s ‘Chopped All-Stars’ Draws 5.6 Million Viewers

Food Network announced that the season premiere of “Chopped All-Stars” pulled in big numbers Sunday night, contributing to the network’s highest-rated March night ever. The 9 p.m. premiere was the second-highest-rated show of the night in adults 25-54 on ad-supported…

Ad Agencies Urged to Embrace New Technologies

Bill Koenigsberg, CEO of Horizon Media, said technology is transforming the marketing world at a rapid pace and urged advertising agencies to keep up with the changes, Jon Lafayette writes in Broadcasting & Cable. "There are going to be a…

Cablevision, Group M Reveal Milestone in Move Toward Addressable Ads

Cablevision and Group M have joined forces for what the companies say is an industry first–delivering advertising simultaneously from five different marketers during a single 30-second commercial spot, MediaPost reports. The achievement involves almost 3 million homes in the New…

Winners of Fourth Annual TV Academy Honors Unveiled

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of the Fourth Annual Television Academy Honors, recognizing TV programs that have had significant impact on the viewing audience and represent “television with a conscience.” The eight shows to…

Can This Get Any More Weird? After Hearing That He Was Fired, Charlie Sheen Goes to Roof of Building, Draws Machete

After hearing that he was fired from "Two and a Half Men" yesterday, "Charlie Sheen just climbed to the top of a building in Beverly Hills, pulled out a MASSIVE machete’ … and waved it around in post-termination triumph ……