“CSI’s” William Petersen recently shot scenes with series newcomer Laurence Fishburne that will usher in Fishburne as Petersen’s replacement on the hit show, USA Today reports. Fishburne will make his debut in the season’s ninth episode, scheduled for a December…
NBC has pushed back the debut of Ryan Seacrest’s new reality series “Momma’s Boys” by two weeks, with the new premiere scheduled for Nov. 12, TelevisionWeek reports. The move is most likely due to the network wanting more time to…
Viewers fascination with the current presidential election has been giving a huge bounce to TV shows covering it, including comedy shows, the New York Times reports. In addition to “Saturday Night Live,” with it’s popular sketches featuring Tina Fey as…
Many people who keep battery-powered portable TVs in case of emergencies may soon be cut off, as almost all of the estimated 7 million portable sets in the U.S. only receive analog signals, USA Today reports. While these sets may…
Jimmy Smits says his new stint as Assistant D.A. Miguel Prado on Showtimes “Dexter” allow him to show viewers “something different than I’ve done before on television,” the Associated Press reports. This season Smits teams up with Michael C. Hall’s…
NBC’s latest import “Kath & Kim,” based on the Australian hit comedy, could be the “worst sitcom” of the fall season, USA Today says. The show manages to “waste the talents of Molly Shannon while exposing the limits of Selma…
Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings sold its video-on-demand services Lifeskool and Sportskool, Multichannel News says. Entrepreneurs Joe Covey and Matthew Davidge acquired lifestyle VOD channel Lifeskool and will change the name to Mag Rack Entertainment, while Washington D.C.-based Grace Creek Media…
Survey: 73% of Non-HDTV Owners Plan on HDTV Purchase Within One Year In a survey conducted by Pricegrabber.com of 1,915 online consumers, 73% of non-HDTV owners said they plan on purchasing a high definition set within one year, despite the…
The Player: Dan Henry, executive in charge of production, “Entertainment Tonight” The Play: Premiering back in 1981, “Entertainment Tonight” broke ground by being the first syndicated program to be distributed by satellite. Now having entered into its 28th season, “ET”…
HD programming picks for Oct. 9-15: “Kath and Kim,” “Canadian Bacon,” “Little Britain USA” “Kath and Kim” (NBC) Thurs., Oct. 9, 8:30 p.m.: Adapted from an Australian sitcom of the same name, “Kath” follows a dysfunctional Florida mother and daughter,…