“Saturday Night Live” star Amy Poehler will be leaving the late night show after the presidential election in November, the Hollywood Reporter says. Poehler, who has been portraying Sen. Hillary Clinton in political sketches, plans to go on maternity leave…
The latest figures from the Nielsen Co. show that product placement was down 15% in the first half of the year. But a closer look behind the numbers indicates that advertiser demand for product integration—or the networks’ willingness to provide…
Jason Meil could have been working at Lehman Brothers now. Mr. Meil started his career at the once-venerable investment bank that just collapsed, but he decided to indulge his more creative side, moving into the media business. Earlier this month,…
There’s going to be an addition to the Oxygen family. The network plans to launch a reality series, “Coolio’s Rules,” on Oct. 28, featuring the platinum-selling rapper and his family. Coolio has four children—Artisha, 20, Brandi, 20, Artis, 18, and…
Catholic-school teacher Dan Gheesling was voted the unanimous winner of CBS’s “Big Brother 10,” the Associated Press reports. Gheesling beat out 12 other competitors in the summer reality series, with seven returning voting members all choosing him as the winner…
“Saturday Night Live” vet Cheri Oteri will be making an appearance in the final season of ABC’s “Boston Legal,” TV Guide reports. Oteri is currently filming with the series and will play a woman who seeks representation after claiming she…
Los Angeles Times owner Samuel Zell is facing a lawsuit from some former and current reporters at the newspaper, the New York Times reports. The disgruntled employees claim that Zell was “reckless” in his actions involving the purchase of parent…
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, is bringing back Stephanie Edwards to co-host the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade alongside Bob Eubanks, the Los Angeles Times reports. Edwards was removed as co-host in 2005 in favor of a younger Michaela Pereira to much…
Director John Landis and producer Kevin Burns are collaborating on an original special on cross-dressing in film for Starz. “Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen” is scheduled to premiere Dec. 16 on the pay cable channel. The special is inspired by…