The passage of California ballot initiative Proposition 8, which amends the state constitution to ban gay marriage, has drawn emotional responses from Ellen DeGeneres and “Star Trek” actor George Takei, both of whom got married this year, TV Guide reports….
CBS Diversity Institute and Casting is launching an initiative designed for actors of color who are at least 18 years old to gain access to the talent pool for CBS’ daytime dramas “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold…
CNN’s “American Morning” was cable news’ No. 1 morning show in total viewers on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The program averaged 1.903 million total viewers, up 16% over Fox News Channel’s 1.639 million and 96% over MSNBC’s 972,000 in the same…
Style Network’s “Split Ends” will return for a fourth season on Nov. 22. This season, one hairstylist will be sent to London to swap salon shops with a Londoner. The stylists back home also will be challenged to swap salons…
Reed Midem and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are calling for submissions for the fourth International Digital Emmy Awards. The deadline for eligible entries, which must have been created and initially distributed outside of the United States,…
Emmy nominee Joan Allen has signed on to star in the title role of Lifetime biopic “Georgia O’Keeffe.” The movie focus on the celebrated painter’s 20-year love affair with photographer Alfred Steiglitz, to be played by Emmy winner Jeremy Irons….
Cablevision Systems, the New York-area cable company, said today that it turned a third-quarter profit as it increased revenue per subscriber by boosting the number of digital video, high-speed Internet and telephone subscribers. Shares fell today as the company lost…
Barack Obama will hold his first press conference Friday afternoon as the president-elect, the Hollywood Reporter says. The conference, to be held at a yet-to-be-disclosed Chicago location, is expected to be a media frenzy, with broadcast networks expected to carry…
There is a correlation between program type and the level of digital video recorder playback a show gets, according to a new analysis by a leading media agency. Steve Sternberg, executive VP at Magna Global, said nearly all action and…
NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group and Propworx have teamed up to auction off props from Sci Fi Channel’s “Battlestar Galactica.” The props, costumes and set pieces will be auctioned live and online beginning Jan. 16 at…