HD programming picks for May 29 to June 4: “Out of Africa,” “Dirty Dancing,” “To Die For” “Out of Africa” (HBO). Thurs., May 29, 6:15 p.m. Meryl Streep plays a Danish baroness, in a marriage of convenience, who moves to…
Discovery Channel is diving deep to find compelling programming. The network and production company JWM Productions have made an exclusive deal with Odyssey Marine Exploration, a leader in deep ocean shipwreck exploration, that will let cameras follow Odyssey’s divers for…
Blu-ray Is Really Big in Japan Blu-ray player sales last month in Japan were more than triple January sales of Blu-ray and competing HD DVD machines combined, Reuters reports, citing research firm BCN. April sales of Sony’s Blu-ray players, which…
Jane Clark, a 12-year veteran at Fox News Channel, filed a lawuit claiming she’s been diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome because of a bedbug infestation at Fox News headquarters in New York, TVNewser says. The suit names the companies…
MTV has green-lit a slate of new shows, including one fronted by rapper 50 Cent that will search for the nation’s next street-savvy mogul, Daily Variety reports. Other series include “Making the Rock Band” with Sean “Diddy” Combs and “Busted,”…
NBC Universal Sports and Olympics chairman Dick Ebersol says the Olympics have opened up China and could pave the way form big changes in the communist country, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Beijing Games have served as a lightening…
TNT had May’s highest ratings among basic-cable networks as the NBA playoffs helped boost ratings by 12% from a year earlier, Daily Variety reports. USA, which had the best ratings for every month since September, placed second, led by reruns…
Charles Gibson, whose contract with ABC’s “World News” expires shortly after the presidential election, may extend his contract with the network, the New York Times reports. Mr. Gibson, 65, has been asked to stay longer and is currently in negotiations,…
One of the characters on ABC’s “Lost” will attempt to move the island they’ve been marooned upon, showing that the show’s producers are able to bend space and time to advance the series’ plot, USA Today says. The laws of…
Gary Dourdan, the “CSI” star arrested for possession of drugs last month, pleaded guilty to two of three counts against him, but won’t do jail time, the Associated Press reports. The case against Mr. Dourdan would be dismissed if he…