No more pet food and kitty litter as sponsors on Animal Planet, Advertising Age says. The channel has toughened up its programming and is creating customized vignettes to attract advertisers including Pizza Hut, Honda and Mattel, the paper says. —Jon…
One of E!’s “Girls Next Door” is getting married, and it isn’t to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, the Associated Press reports. Hefner announced that Kendra Wilkinson, 23, is engaged to Philadelphia Eagles receiver Hank Baskett. Last month, Hefner and “No….
The ballots had barely been counted when “South Park” took a swipe at president-elect Barack Obama, the New York Post says. The Comedy Central cartoon Thursday night made fun of the bullet-proof glass surrounding the Democrat as he gave his…
“This is one spunky show,” says the New York Times of “Whale Wars,” debuting Friday on Animal Planet. The series tracks the crew of the Sea Shepherd, a ship that tries to stop whalers from killing whales off Antarctica. These…
The crowd at the MTV Europe Music Awards cheered president-elect Barack Obama, who wasn’t there in Liverpool, and Beatle Paul McCartney, who was, the Associated Press says. “Maybe Europeans will love us again now,” said singer Katy Perry, who wore…
Critic John Leonard, who had a television column in New York magazine and served as a commentator on “CBS Sunday Morning” died of complications from lung cancer, the Huffington Post reports. Leonard was 69. —Jon Lafayette