Now that the U.S. government has gotten into the bailout business in a big way, is it too much to ask that Congress next consider legislation to shore up the small screen’s sorry sitcom industry? PACKING A PUNCH Syndication sales…
LIN TV pulled the signal for its local stations from Time Warner Cable systems in 11 markets after retransmission consent negotiations failed on Thursday. A Time Warner Cable spokeswoman said active talks continued Friday as the weekend approached. TV station…
ABC News Executive VP Dave Davis traveled to Washington, D.C., Friday afternoon to tell “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” staffers that Ian Cameron, the Washington senior producer for “World News” for seven years, is the new executive producer of the…
American Honda Motor Company has signed as the exclusive automotive sponsor for the Disney feature film “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” which is based on the popular Disney Channel TV movies, the Los Angeles Business Journal reports. The automaker…
CBS’ “The Ex List” is teaming up with 1-800-Flowers.com for a promotion that creates a new holiday, the Hollywood Reporter says. The partnership will launch “Ex Day” on Oct. 16, a day where people will be encouraged to reconnect with…
The loser of last night’s debate wasn’t Gov. Sarah Palin or Sen. Joe Biden: it was the news channel pundits and their low expectations, the Los Angeles Times says. The newspaper accuses the likes of CNN’s David Gergen and Newsweek’s…
Megan Mullally will make a cameo on an upcoming episode of CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The two-time Emmy winner for “Will & Grace” will play a character who’s the total opposite of her “W&G”…
Which Sarah Palin showed up to last night’s debate against Sen. Joe Biden, the Tina Fey-parodied, Katie Couric-interviewed Palin or the confident Palin we first met at the Republican National Convention? A little of both, says the New York Times….
A bill requiring the Federal Communications Commission to investigate content-blocking technologies to help parents screen out inappropriate content was passed by unanimous consent by the Senate, Broadcasting & Cable says. The Child Safe Viewing Act would direct the FCC to…
Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s agent issued a statement confirming that her client will not be leaving ABC’s “The View” for her own show on Fox News Channel, the New York Daily News reports. “While Elisabeth has a great relationship with Fox News,…