VHI has reteamed with pickup master Mystery for a second season of “The Pickup Artist,” premiering Oct. 12. Mystery will guide nine “socially awkward” students in how to pick up women. The last man standing will receive $50,000. New wing-girl…
NBC is beefing up its already strong relationship with retailing giant Macy’s. The network Wednesday announced plans to air a one-hour special tied to Macy’s annual Passport fashion show, as well as Macy’s 150th anniversary. The hour will feature a…
Cox Communications has launched the Fuse music network in its Oklahoma system, Multichannel News reports. The cable company eventually will make Fuse’s high-definition on-demand videos available to all its digital cable subscribers in Nielsen’s 50 top-rated TV markets, Multichannel says….
Showtime will air the latest special from standup comic and frequent “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” guest Louis C.K. in October. “Louis C.K.: Chewed Up” premieres on the network Oct. 4 at 11 p.m. The special was filmed at Boston’s…
Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who said he is suspending his presidential campaign to focus on the economic crisis, canceled his appearance on tonight’s “Late Show With David Letterman.” A spokesperson for “Late Show” said Keith Olbermann, the liberal…
Veteran actor Ray Liotta will lend his voice to an upcoming “SpongeBob SquarePants” special scheduled to air Oct. 13 on Nickelodeon. The half-hour “WhoBob WhatPants?” will feature the Emmy-winning actor as the voice of the leader of the villainous Bubble…
The Wide World of Sports complex at Orlando’s Walt Disney World amusement park is getting a name change, the Orlando Sun-Sentinel reports. Disney hopes to capitalize on its brands by changing the name from Walt Disney World’s Wide World of…
First it was “Good Morning America” on a train, now it’s “ABC World News With Charles Gibson” on a bus. TVNewser is reporting Gibson & Co. will take the news show on the road by bus and will anchor from…
In this week’s edition of the New Media Minute, Daisy Whitney mixes it up a bit by carrying a segment from Chicago-based new-media reporter Thatcher Kamin. He attended the Chicago New Media Summit and offers a quick recap on the…