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Daily Archives : Dec 5, 2008

O’Reilly Gives Up Radio Show

Fox News Channel personality Bill O’Reilly is ending his syndicated radio show next year in order to concentrate on his TV show, the New York Daily News reports. “The media business is getting more and more intense,” O’Reilly said. “We’ve…

Football in 3-D Overcomes Glitches

After a couple of satellite glitches blacked out the picture and a couple of quick camera moves had viewers pulling off their special glasses, the first 3-D broadcast of an NFL football game scored a touchdown with viewers, the Associated…

TBS Developing Vaudeville ‘Roadshow’

TBS have greenlit a vaudeville project tentatively titled “The TBS Comedy Roadshow,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project would go around the U.S. and visit regional or vaudeville theaters and showcase a variety of local talent. TBS Productions is behind…

ABC Family Offers New ‘Potter’ Clip

ABC Family’s “Harry Potter” weekend will feature a sneak peak from the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and deleted scenes from “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” USA Today reports. The cable network will be showing all…

Butterball’s Closeup on ‘Top Chef’

Looking to talk turkey with younger viewers, Butterball made a product integration deal to have its bird cooked on the Thanksgiving Day episode of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” Advertising Age reports. “It couldn’t have been better, with the right brand, with…

New Post for Comcast’s Busy Cohen

Comcast’s executive VP David Cohen was named chairman of the University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees, adding to what was already a very full schedule, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Cohen is also chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce,…

Fiennes, Cho May Go ‘Forward’ for ABC

Joseph Fiennes and John Cho are in negotiations to join the ABC drama pilot “Flash Forward,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Fiennes would star as the lead in the show about what would happen if everyone in the world blacked out…

Melrose Returning to ESPN

Barry Melrose, fired as coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning last month, is returning to ESPN as a hockey analyst, the Associated Press reports. Melrose had worked full-time at ESPN since 1996 before joining the Lightning in June. He lasted…

Fired Nolan Sues Comcast for $1.2 Mil

Former CN8 host Barry Nolan is suing Comcast for $1.2 million, claiming he was fired for criticizing Fox News Channel anchor Bill O’Reilly, the Boston Herald says. A Comcast spokesman said the company stands by its actions and intends to…

Locklear Flirts with ‘Forty’ on Lifetime

Lifetime’s movie, “Flirting With Forty,” airing Saturday, features Heather Locklear as a divorced woman looking for love and “all of the clichés that apparently speak to Lifetime’s target audience,” the New York Times says. “Ms. Locklear looks great in that…