NBC Universal has teamed up with social media ad network Appssavvy, MediaPost reports. The advertising network will be the media conglomerate’s exclusive sales representative for its upcoming social initiatives including its Facebook application iCue. The application is geared toward students…
James Earl Jones will receive the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. The award will be presented to Mr. Jones at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 25. The ceremony…
Fox Reality Channel is set to begin production on the second season if its late-night original series “Battle of the Bods.” The show takes five women who rank their own body parts. The idea is to have their own score…
Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are scheduled to appear on Nickelodeon’s election mainstay, “Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Kids Pick the President.” The show, scheduled to air Oct. 12, will feature the candidates fielding questions from kids about…
NBC is bringing volatile star Rosie O’Donnell back to TV as host of a prime-time variety special on Nov. 26, the night before Thanksgiving, Daily Variety reports. “Rosie’s Variety Special” is believed to be the introduction of what might become…
The Parents Television Council filed an indecency complaint with the FCC after an accidental penis flash during the season premiere of CBS’ “Survivor: Gabon” failed to get edited out, the Washington Post reports. The incident occurred when one of the…
The Screen Actors Guild’s negotiating committee is asking the union’s national board to call a strike authorization vote of the union’s members after the studios rebuffed a request to resume bargaining, the Hollywood Reporter says. If the newly elected national…
Several potential media deals are in a state of uncertainty due to the U.S. financial crisis, Dow Jones Newswires reports. Buyers are less likely to make risky purchases, while sellers are losing leverage as the value of their assets declines,…
Fox has ordered the back-nine episodes of “Fringe,” extending the freshman series’ first season to a full 22 episodes, TelevisionWeek reports. The show has averaged a 4.2 rating/11 share among adults ages 18-49 since premiering last month. “Fringe” is the…
A New York court has thrown out a lawsuit against Heidi Klum and the creators of “Project Runway” in which a fashion designer and a fashion merchandiser claimed the hit reality competition series was based on their ideas, the Associated…