“American Idol” judge Simon Cowell received the most votes for reality-show villain while colleague Paula Abdul was voted worst reality-television judge, Reuters reports, citing an AOL Television poll. About a third of those surveyed said they wanted to take part…
Celebrity chef and “Hell’s Kitchen” star Gordon Ramsay has formed a production company with U.K.-based partner Optomen Television, which has co-produced two seasons of “Kitchen Nightmares” in the U.S., Daily Variety reports. The company, called One Potato Two Potato, will…
Satellite television operators DirecTV and Dish Network aren’t likely to be allowed to merge despite pending regulatory merger approval for satellite radio companies XM Satellite and Sirius, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett. The merger-related…
Intel is sponsoring a block of CBS shows being shown in high definition on the network’s Web site, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “CSI,” “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Amazing Race” are among the shows in the sponsorship agreement,…
Autumn Reeser (“The OC”) will appear in a guest role in the season premiere of ABC’s “Pushing Daisies,” and there will be a “significant” death in the season premiere of “Dirty Sexy Money,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Meanwhile, there’s little chance…
TMZ Managing Editor Harvey Levin says he won’t use stolen documents or handed-in medical records for his show’s stories on celebrities, Web site PaidContent reports. Levin, speaking Wednesday at the EconCeleb conference, says his hardest decision was publishing Alec Baldwin’s…
Hector Jimenez, whose film credits include “Nacho Libre,” will join the cast of the hourlong Fox pilot “The Emancipation of Ernesto,” which stars Wilmer Valderrama, the Hollywood Reporter says. In other casting news, TNT has tapped Brian White for the…
Marilyn Shapiro, who helped guide actress Bonnie Franklin’s career from Broadway to her starring role on “One Day at a Time,” died earlier this week in Los Angeles at age 77, Daily Variety says. Shapiro, who started her career as…
E.W. Scripps’ second-quarter profit fell 48% as higher ad sales at its HGTV and Food Network shows failed to offset a drop in newspaper business, the Associated Press reports. Earlier this month, the company’s TV and online units were split…
Male-oriented Internet network Mania TV, which runs a sketch-comedy series created by National Lampoon, will help develop four new series for its Comedy on Demand Web channel, AdWeek reports. One of the shows is being co-developed by 3 Arts Entertainment,…