TNT will become the latest network to broadcast sports in 3-D, showing a special production of the NBA’s “All-Star Saturday Night” in 80 movie theaters around the country on Feb. 14, USA Today reports. The TNT broadcast follows The NFL…
Some established television shows such as “House” are seeing declines in time-shifted viewing, MediaPost says, citing a report from Horizon Media. “House,” the second most time-shifted show, posted a decline of 7% in its time-shifted viewers from a year ago,…
NBC’s flagship station in New York was about to shoot its annual Chirstmas Caroling promo at the Rockefeller Center skating rink last week as the network’s parent began a round of layoffs, the New York Observer reports. Several staffers never…
As a fan of the show, new “CSI” star Laurence Fishburne knows he has a tough act to follow as the replacement for William Petersen, the Los Angeles Times says. Fishburne’s character will be introduced on Thursday’s episode of the…
ABC hired hired Sonya Walger as the female lead in its new drama “Flash Forward,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Christine Woods was also tapped for a role on the series, he Reporter says. In the drama, based on a science-fiction…
Showtime has hired Martha Plimpton and four other actors for the pilot of the comedy “The End of Steve,” which stars Matthew Perry as an egomaniacal talk-show host, says the Hollywood Reporter. Plimpton will play the show’s producer. Actors Kiele…
In an interview with the Baltimore Sun, Anderson Cooper says there’s too much yelling on cable news. “These are dangerous times. A lont of people are hurting, and I’m not interested in addingto the cacophony of chatter on cable news,”…
Perry Sook, Nexstar President and CEO, said his company will end the year with $20 to $21 million in revenue from retransmission consent, up from last year’s $17.2 million in revenue, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Sook, who spoke at the…
“American Idol” judge Paula Abdul blasted producers of the Fox singing competition for allowing her recently deceased stalker Paula Goodspeed to get closer to her during an audition for the show’s fifth season, People Magazine reports. Abdul spoke to Barbara…
“Entourage” producer and director Julian Farino is in negotiations to direct an independent comedy called “Oranges,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The script follows a man who begins a romantic relationship with a family friend’s daughter. Production is expected to begin…