Media titans John Malone and Barry Diller may have settled their legal differences last week, but their home-shopping channels are preparing to do battle in the high-definition ring in an attempt to appeal to more affluent customers. Both QVC, a…
Randi Goldklank, general manager of WHDH-TV in Boston, did not show up in court Monday, leaving her attorney to plead not guilty to charges stemming from an obscenity-packed assault on sate police at Logan Airport, the Boston Herald reports. Ms….
FSN Networks Going HD Full-Time FSN Networks, the regional sports-broadcasting unit of News Corp., said this week that its 16 channels will start broadcasting full-time in high definition by March. Fox Sports is building a 184,000-square-foot facility in Houston to…
HD programming picks for May 22-28: “Nacho Libre,” “Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano,” “Rollerball” “Nacho Libre” (Showtime). Fri., May 23, 6 p.m. Jack Black embodies courage in tights as a friar who tries to win love south of the border in…
The transaction designed to separate Time Warner from Time Warner Cable will leave the cable operator with $24 billion in debt, the Wall Street Journal says. The debt could limit its ability to do deals or roll out new services,…
Dick Sutcliffe, who co-created the religious claymation show “Davey and Goliath” about a boy and his talking dog, died in Dallas at age 90 after having complications from a stroke, Daily Variety reports. Sutcliffe was the director of a New…
Eriq La Salle and Cicely Tyson will star in “Relative Stranger,” an original Hallmark Channel movie about a father who abandons his family only to return years later, the Hollywood Reporter says. The film began production this week and will…
VH1’s tribute to the Who will feature live performances from Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam and the Flaming Lips, Multichannel News reports. The event will be taped July 12 at UCLA and will air July 17, Multichannel News says. —Danny King
MyNetworkTV has confirmed that it will run new episodes of its returning shows “Jail,” “Street Patrol” and the special-turned-series “Magic’s Biggest Secrets Revealed” for this fall. New series “Funniest Moments” (a working title for a humorous caught-on-tape series) will also…
“Scrubs” could continue for another year beyond its upcoming season on ABC, but it would return without series star Zach Braff and creator Bill Lawrence, TV Squad reports. ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson has expressed interest in continuing the show…