The combination of fast-moving economic-crisis news and politics provided a big lift for cable news channels, particularly Fox News Channel, which was the most-watched basic cable channel in prime time and the second-most-watched channel for total day last week. National…
Premium cable network Starz has added a host of new online distribution partners to carry the first episode of its original series “Crash” starting this week. The show, the movie network’s first original dramatic series, premieres on-air Oct. 17 and…
Discovery Communications’ Science Channel said it will focus on developing original programming designed for worldwide audiences. Science Channel announced that its first series available for international distribution is “Brink,” a show about cutting-edge breakthroughs in technology, research, inventions and discoveries…
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley, stars of CW’s “Gossip Girl,” are going political in an ad for the MoveOn Youth Vote program that supports the election of Barack Obama. In a parody of the White House’s anti-drug advertising, the 30-second…
Former NBC and Sony BMG executive Andrew Lack has been named CEO of Bloomberg L.P.’s new multimedia group. The choice of Mr. Lack, an award-winning news executive at CBS and NBC before taking on broader management roles, reflects Bloomberg’s desire…
Former “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” sidekick Andy Richter will be making a guest appearance on Fox’s “Bones,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The episode, set to air in January, will feature Richter as a circus owner-ringmaster. Booth and Brennan, played by…
Shannen Doherty has agreed to appear in two more episodes as Brenda Walsh in The CW’s teen drama “90210,” the Los Angeles Times reports. The actress has appeared on four episodes thus far and the next two appearances will be…
Reality-show judges will be eligible for Emmys, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Chairman John Schaffner said, according to the New York Post. There’s no plans to let the contestants bring home an Emmy, though, the paper reports. —Greg Baumann
When Sumner Redstone’s holding company, National Amusements, was forced to sell $233 million of Viacom and CBS Corp. shares to avoid breaching loan covenants, it showed how vulnerable he may be to market swings, the Wall Street Journal says. The…