Shows like Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” are putting a spotlight on an art form with few superstars to keep it in the public eye, the Los Angeles Times reports. Winning “Dancing with the Stars,” “America’s Best Dance…
Ira Kurgan has returned to Fox as chief of broadcast operations, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Kurgan, who first joined Fox in 1987, had been at Yahoo for three years. He replaces Lee Bartlett, who moved the ITV in the U.K….
MSNBC is getting beat up by political strategists from both the Republican right and the Democratic left, the Washington Post says. While the channel appears to have taken a more liberal stance as an alternative to Fox News, its chief…
Some TiVo users will be getting the recommendations of Chicago Tribune TV critic Maureen Ryan delivered to their TV, the New York Times reports. The new service is designed to differentiate TiVo from the digital video recorders provided by cable…
NBC ordered an untitled comedy pilot from “30 Rock” writer Jonathan Pollack, Daily Variety reports. Pollack has also written for “Spin City,” “Just Shoot Me” and “Father of the Bride,” the newspaper says. —Danny King
Actor James Gandolfini plans to sell 24 outfits he wore while starring as the titular mob boss in HBO’s “The Sopranos” to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which assists soldiers hurt in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the…
A statue celebrating the Fonz from the TV sitcom “Happy Days” will be put up in downtown Milwaukee this summer, although the exact location keeps changing, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Henry Winkler, who played Arthur Fonzarelli in the series,…
The Science Channel’s new show, “Joao Magueijo’s Big Bang,” features a dreamy theoretical physicist discussing weighty issues, such as inconsistencies in the theory of relativity, the New York Times says. “Not everyone will be charmed, however, by the extent to…
Sen. Barack Obama has raised about $4 million among entertainment-industry sources, bettering Democratic opponent Sen. Hillary Clinton’s $3.4 million, Daily Variety reports, citing the Center for Responsive Politics. The gap has doubled in the past three months, the newspaper says….
CNN on Sunday will debut an international news show delving deeper into topics scarcely covered by the cable network’s regular news broadcasts, Multichannel News reports. Foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria will be featured while the executive producer will be Liza…