FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants some small cable operators exempt from dual must-carry mandates, Multichannel News reports. Under the proposed regulations, which could be decided as soon as Aug. 22, cable systems with no more than 2,500 customers that are…
Bob Saget says some of this fellow comedians went too far when taking jabs at his TV daughters Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen during a Comedy Central roast in his honor on Sunday, the New York Post reports. “Anybody who…
Oscar organizers are reportedly interested in tapping Justin Timberlake to host next year’s Academy Awards, the New York Post reports, citing unnamed sources. Timberlake recently served as host for ESPN’s ESPY Awards. —Sergio Ibarra
CBS actors Charlie Sheen and William Petersen top a recent TV Guide poll ranking the highest-paid actors in prime-time TV, Reuters reports. Sheen rakes in $825,000 per episode of “Two and a Half Men,” while Petersen gets $600,000 per episode…
Two of the four finalists of this summer’s “So You Think You Can Dance” show were rushed to the hospital over the weekend and treated for dehydration, Us Magazine reports. The two dancers, Joshua Allen and Twitch Boss, were released…
AMC has ordered a pilot for a new drama project from Jason Horwitch, the Hollywood Reporter says. The untitled pilot is about a secret society in the political sphere. Horwitch’s project follows AMC’s successful pick up of “Breaking Bad” and…
NBC’s Matt Lauer will co-host the broadcast of the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing with Bob Costas, the Hollywood Reporter says. NBC’s Andrea Joyce, Bob Neumeier, Richard Engel and Peter Alexander will join Costas and Lauer for…
Dish Network discontinued carrying GolTV after the No. 2 U.S. cable-television provider failed to renegotiate an extension with the Spanish-language soccer network, MediaWeek reports. GolTV, which reaches about 16 million subscribers, was dropped from Dish’s Latino and Top 250 packages,…
Chicago Sun-Times political columnist Robert Novak retired today after being diagnosed with a brain tumor Novak characterized as “dire,” the newspaper says. Novak’s column first appeared in the New York Herald-Tribune in 1963 and was picked up by the Sun-Times…