“Talk Sex,” the call-in show in which 77-year-old Sue Johanson provides graphic advice on intimate matters, is ending its six-year run on Oxygen, the Associated Press reports. The show was the most-popular late night program on Oxygen, acquired last year…
Men with dangerous jobs, from lumberjacks to king crab fisherman, are filling up the airwaves and drawing viewers seeking higher levels of testosterone, USA Today reports. “Tough-guy TV is our bread and butter,” says History’s Nancy Dubuc, who greenlit “Ice…
Fox is working with producer NBC Universal on a spinoff from their series “House,” TV Guide says. A new male character is going to be introduced in a multi-episode arc, and if he pops, he may get his own show….
CBS News called the Indiana primary race early for Sen. Hillary Clinton Tuesday evening, the New York Times reports. Other networks waited until votes were counted and reported from Lake County, near Chicago, where Sen. Barack Obama was expected to…
Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Google are among companies that will invest in a broadband wireless service company valued at more than $12 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing analysts it didn’t identify. Sprint and Intel will also invest…
Writer David E. Kelley may no longer be a part of “Life on Mars” when the show, whose pilot has been shot, debuts on ABC, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Kelley, who helped adapt the show from a BBC drama, may…
Television comedy ratings have risen from a year ago despite a drop in overall TV ratings, Daily Variety reports. “The Office,” “Two and a Half Men” and “Family Guy” are among comedies whose ratings have increased while dramas such as…
With big media companies producing original shows for the Web, it may be getting harder for smaller players to make money with niche programs online, the Wall Street Journal reports. Online TV show “Internet Superstar” is also finding that Web…
“Jericho” producer CBS Paramount Television is shopping the show to cable networks such as Sci Fi Channel and Hallmark Channel, MediaPost reports. CBS canceled the show this January after two-plus seasons of sporadic ratings and intermittent scheduling. — Danny King
Viacom-owned Spike TV is trying to boost ratings by developing reality shows featuring men in dangerous situations, Daily Variety reports. Pilots ordered by Spike include “Tank & Cobra,” about a pair of bounty hunters, and “USA vs. the World,” featuring…