MTV reality star and MySpace queen Tila Tequila says the media is to blame for her breakup with the winner of the first season of her show “Shot at Love,” the Associated Press reports. She said Bobby Banhart was more…
The list of the highest rated shows during the 2007-08 broadcast TV season included six reality shows, topped of course by the two editions of “American Idol,” the New York Times reports. The top scripted show was ABC’s “Desperate Housewives.”
ABC signed “Lost” director Jack Bender to do the same for drama pilot “The Prince of Motor City,” Daily Variety reports. Mr. Bender has also directed episodes of “DirtySexyMoney,” “Carnivale” and “Alias,” the newspaper says. —Danny King
Director Brett Rather has launched a consultancy that aims to infuse pop culture into marketing campaigns, Daily Variety reports. Brett Ratner Brands’ first work appeared during the high-rated finale of “American Idol,” with two spots for Activision’s hit game Guitar…
Barry Livingston, who played Ernie Douglas on the 1960s sitcom “My Three Sons,” is starring in a new TV movie appearing on the Hallmark Channel this weekend, the Associated Press says. Mr. Livingston, now 54, plays a heroic passenger on…
Dennis Richmond’s 40-year careers at KTVU-TV in San Francisco ended Wednesday when the anchor signed off for the last time, the station reports. “Dennis is an icon,” said KTVU VP and general manager Tim McVay. “He has a presence that…
Comcast plans to divest in 46 smaller cable systems totaling about 400,000 subscribers in markets such as Maine and Kentucky, Multichannel News reports, citing people familiar with the process it didn’t identify. Comcast, which didn’t comment, reportedly hired New York…
Fuse has the three-year exclusive broadcast rights for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which takes place in Tennessee every summer, Multichannel News reports. The festival, in its seventh year, has never been broadcast on national TV. Financial terms weren’t…
A&E Network’s new version of “The Andromeda Strain” strays from the plot of the book making an already complicated story too convoluted to follow, USA Today says. Critic Robert Bianco gives points to the network for trying to blend art…
HBO’s new movie “Recount” recounts the tale of Florida’s pivotal role in the 2000 Presidential Election, where hanging chads and butterfly ballots helped George W. Bush win the White House instead of Al Gore. The film is “deliciously engrossing,” according…