Hip-hop R&B singer-songwriter-producer T-Pain topped the list of BET Awards ’08 nominees, Multichannel News reports. Usher, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Lil’ Wayne and Nelly are scheduled to perform live at the ceremony, to be held June 24 in Los…
Ryan Seacrest revealed on “Larry King Live” Thursday that the rumors about him joining CNN are untrue, TVNewser reports. Seacrest was speculated to be in negotiations to replace talk show host King, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
Get a sneak peek at next season’s television shows today with TVWeek.com’s pilot preview video player. ABC, CBS, Fox and the CW are providing early looks at shows including “Fringe,” “Dollhouse,” “ Surviving the Filthy Rich,” “The Goode Family” and…
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer said it signed an affiliate agreement with Comcast that allows the nation’s biggest cable operator to carry high-definition movie channel MGM HD and offer hundreds of movies to subscribers in HD through its on-demand service. Comcast helped a Sony-led…
Fox programming and scheduling chief Preston Beckman says the 2008 ratings race will be a tight four-way struggle among the networks, a departure from his past predictions of victory for Fox. In a conversation with TelevisionWeek’s Josef Adalian, Mr. Beckman…
Three Fortress loan group lenders that financed some of Pappas Telecasting’s station purchases filed involuntary bankruptcy petitions (Chapter 7) against Harry Pappas and his wife, Stella, Mr. Pappas claimed, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Thirteen of Pappas’ 30 stations filed for…
Spanish-language channel V-me made its programming presentation at the upfronts this week, Media Daily News reports. The network will premiere “Hoobs” from the Jim Henson Co., preschool show “The Fairies” and pregnancy reality series “Tu Bebe,” the Web site says….
InterMedia Outdoors will move nine series from Outdoor Channel to the Sportsman Channel during 2008-09, Multichannel News reports. Renewal talks with Outdoor Channel broke down over rates and exclusivity issues, according to InterMedia Outdoors CEO Jeff Paro, the newspaper says….
Rob Estes will play father Harry Mills in The CW’s “90210,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Estes, who is coming off a stint on ABC’s “Women’s Murder Club,” also starred in another “Beverly Hills, 90210” spinoff, “Melrose Place,” the newspaper notes.
A study released by the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Germany revealed that Cox Communications is blocking visits to peer-to-peer sites and other bandwidth-hungry Web sites, Online Media Daily reports. Cox responded that it does manage access to…