Courtney B. Vance has been tapped to join the cast of NBC’s “ER” for its final season, Entertainment Weekly reports. Vance, who is married to Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett in real life, will portray her husband on the long-running…
Audrina Partridge, she of the insanely popular MTV reality show “The Hills,” has signed on to guest star in Fox’s upcoming Jerry O’Connell vehicle “Do Not Disturb.” The show, set at a hip New York City hotel, will have Partridge…
For the purposes of authenticity, executive Tom Rothman of Fox and Ben Silverman of NBC will be making cameos this season on HBO’s “Entourage,” reports Deadline Hollywood Daily. Film critics Richard Roeper and Michael Phillips also will appear during the…
Broadcast television ad revenues dropped 4% in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago, according to an analysis of figures from TNS Media Intelligence by the Television Bureau of Advertising. A bright spot in the quarter…
NBC’s Olympian promotional push on behalf of “The Office” moves to the next level on Friday night. The network is expected to premiere the second in what could be as many as five Olympics-themed spots created and scripted by “Office”…
A cop and a construction worker walk into a bar … and tear it apart. That’s what viewers can expect from the upcoming G4 series “Human Wrecking Balls,” starring brothers Craig and Paul Pumphrey as they take on demolition tasks…
CBS Sports and the Southeastern Conference college sports organization agreed to a 15-year contract extension that will keep SEC home football games and the conference championship on the network. CBS Sports also will continue its coverage of SEC basketball, the…
ABC is expected to pick up one comedy and one drama series this Friday, in addition to greenlighting three comedies and three dramas, the Hollywood Reporter says. Potential front-runners include ABC Studios’ “The Castle” starring Nathan Fillion, Sony TV’s dramedy…
Net revenue for Young Broadcasting fell 6.7% to $37 million during the second quarter, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Young, which owns 10 stations, plans to continue trimming costs in order to increase its value, the publication notes. —Vlada Gelman
Nielsen Co., which recently acquired IAG Research for $222 million, saw its revenue increase 12% to $1.304 billion in the second quarter, Media Daily News reports. The first quarter was strong as well, with revenue up 12% to $2.518 billion…