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Monthly Archives : July 2008

FCC Set to Zing Comcast on Web Traffic

The Federal Communications Commission is ready to accuse Comcast Corp. of slowing some customers’ Web traffic, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a win for consumer groups and high-tech companies, the FCC will rule Comcast deliberately prevented some customers from…

Nick at Nite Woos Parents

Kids cable network Nickelodeon is trying to produce programs that will lure in parents as well, the New York Times reports. Nick at Night has replaced older shows with newer fare like “The George Lopez Show” and the network is…

Rachael Ray Serves Up Dog Food

No stranger to creating new recipes, TV host Rachael Ray is launching her own line of dog food, E! Online reports. Ray, who has a pitbull named Isaboo, will craft two different kinds of all-natural recipes. The products will be…

‘Mad Men’ Bow Doubles Audience

The season premiere of AMC’s “Mad Men,” which won a Golden Globe for best drama, beat the cable network’s average prime-time rating by 76% and more than doubled the season-one debut, TVWeek reports. With nearly 2 million viewers, the episode…

Mario Lopez Gets ‘Extra’ Work

Mario Lopez will serve as “Extra’s” new host when the series kicks off its 15th season in September, TVWeek reports. Lopez will take over as current co-host Dayna Devon becomes a special correspondent and Mark McGrath returns to his musical…

Couric to Lead CBS Convention Coverage

CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will be the headliner for the network as it covers the Democratic and Republican conventions in this election year, Broadcasting & Cable says. “Face the Nation” anchor Bob Schieffer and senior political correspondent Jeff…

Digital TV Switch Bill: $1.5 Bil

The agency administering the program that provides coupons to help ease the cost of buying converter boxes needed to make analog TVs work after the switch to digital signals said its $1.5 billion budget should be sufficient, Broadcasting and Cable…

KNBC Studio Project Protested

KNBC-TV, Los Angeles’s NBC affiliate studio, is planning on building a new studio in North Hollywood dubbed Metro Studio@Lankershim, drawing an additional 1,900 motorists to an already traffic-congested area of the city, the Los Angeles Business Journal reports. Local advocates…

CBS Updates ‘Streets of San Francisco’

CBS is working on a remake of the 1970s cop show “The Streets of San Francisco,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project is being written by Sheldon Turner and Robert Port, and Simon West has been brought on board to…

ABC, CBC Join for Canadian Pilot

ABC is staking a claim in the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s series “18 to Life,” about two 18-year-olds who decide to get married on a dare, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project marks the first time U.S. and Canadian studios jointly…