Telemundo has acquired the broadcast rights for some key Mexican soccer matches from Grupo Televisa, Dow Jones reports. The deal includes home games from six of the country’s first-division teams, playoffs and the national championships. Televisa is currently involved in…
HBO is developing a drama series “Americatown” with writer Bradford Winters and producers Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, set in the near future, follows a group of U.S. ex-pats who…
Cartoon Network will have a limited number of commercials in the premiere of its new series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” from George Lucas, TelevisionWeek reports. The first episode will have just two sponsors, EA Games and 20th Century Fox….
David Letterman will tape Friday’s episode of “The Late Show” on Friday in order to allow hm to make jokes about Thursday night’s debate featuring vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, TVBarn reports. Letterman usually tapes his Friday…
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform during next year’s Super Bowl half-time show, USA Today reports. Bob Costas confirmed the news during NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” halftime report, although speculation originally surfaced a few weeks ago. —Sergio…
“ER” alum Anthony Edwards joined with former NBC VP of comedy development Cheryl Dolins to launch Grand Central Entertainment, a new production company already signed to an overall deal with CBS Paramount Network TV, TelevisionWeek reports. Under their multiyear deal,…
The science behind Fox’s new series “Fringe” is being labeled as gross fiction by many scientists, USA Today reports. Gigi Kwik Gronvail, an immunologist, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Center for Biosecurity, says she “watched the first 10…
Financial journalists are facing a new dilemma with the increased attention on the economy and their growing audiences because of the complex nature of the credit crisis and the potential bailout of lenders, the New York Times reports. CNBC’s Jim…
TBS is billing the upcoming Major League Baseball series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels its top matchup, sending its star announcers Chip Caray and Buck Martinez to cover that divisional series, USAToday reports. The cable network…
Some TV stations have already notified cable operators and satellite distributors that they will be demanding payments for their retransmission-consent rights, Multichannel News reports. The deadline for deciding between seeking compensation or simple must-carry status without payments is Oct. 1….