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Daily Archives : Jun 3, 2008

‘Greek’ Gets Some Charisma

Charisma Carpenter will reprise her role as a national sorority representative on ABC Family’s “Greek,” TV Guide reports. She will return in the series’ season premiere this fall to help Casey with a troublesome pledge, the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman

Grayden Double Duties on ’24,’ ‘Anarchy’

Sprague Grayden (“Jericho”) will play the first daughter on the new season of “24,” TV Guide reports. Grayden also appears on FX’s upcoming new series “Sons of Anarchy,” the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman

DTV Education Gets a Hand From Churches

The National Association of Broadcasters is teaming with the National Black Church Initiative to educate people about the upcoming digital television switch, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The two groups plan to put DTV-education materials on every church bulletin, hand out…

NATPE Announces LATV Dates

The National Association of Television Program Executives has scheduled its second annual LATV Festival for July 30-Aug. 1 in Hollywood, Daily Variety reports. The event is designed to provide nonprofessionals pursuing careers in TV with networking and educational opportunities, the…

‘Rescue Me’ Unveils Minisodes

FX’s “Rescue Me” will premiere 10 five-minute minisodes on June 24, Daily Variety reports. The segments, starring Denis Leary and the rest of the regular cast, will air weekly in the show’s usual timeslot of Tuesdays at 10 p.m., the…

Stanley Cup’s Strong Ratings No Match for Reruns

Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals was a triple-overtime thriller on NBC that scored the best metered-market ratings in nearly five years for a Stanley Cup game. However, entertainment repeats on Fox and CBS kept the Pittsburgh Penguins-Detroit Red…

Pressure on SAG as Talks Resume

After rival union AFTRA reached a deal with the major studios, it will be tough for the Screen Actors Guild to get a much better agreement for its members, Daily Variety says. SAG’s current agreement expires at the end of…

Zucker Financing Deals Without GE

NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker is employing creative ways to finance deals to keep the media company growing without relying on the financial muscle of parent General Electric, the New York Post says. NBC Universal is working with private equity…

Producers Try to Spoil Spoilers

Producers of TV shows and movies are taking bigger precautions to try to slow the growth of “spoilers” that give away key plot points and surprise endings before viewers can see them, Entertainment Weekly says.

Voom Claims $1 Bln in Dish Damage

Cablevision’s Voom HD said last week in an amended complaint that Dish Network’s removal of Voom’s suite of high-definition channels cost the company more than $1 billion, Multichannel News reports. Dish, which as EchoStar signed a 15-year agreement with Voom…