ABC’s “Ugly Betty” has added a new love interest for Betty to the cast, played by Daniel Eric Gold, Entertainment Weekly reports. Gold will play Matt, a young man America Ferrera’s character meets while participating in an editor’s program, in…
Majel Barrett Roddenberry, widow of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, passed away Thursday in her home in Bel-Air, Calif., the Associated Press reports. Dubbed the “First Lady of Star Trek,” she appeared in many of the franchise’s series in some…
Investigators are looking into the death of UFC mixed martial arts fighter Justin Levens and his wife as a potential murder-suicide, with the possibility of Levens as the culprit, the Los Angeles Times reports. The athlete and his wife were…
YouTube expanded its high-definition viewing options for videos on the site today, the company announced in its blog. Now if a viewer selects “Watch in HD” for any hi-def-enabled video, the video will immediately start playing in the wide-screen HD…
David Gregory’s debut as moderator for NBC’s “Meet the Press” gave the Sunday morning news show a ratings win Dec. 14 among total viewers and in several demographics, according to Nielsen Media Research. “Press” drew 4.7 million total viewers Sunday,…
Last week’s announcement that NBC will be stripping Jay Leno in prime time at 10 p.m. helped lift the network’s late-night franchises to their biggest audiences in almost a year. “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” wrapped up the week…
Television industry revenues are expected to be down 7% this year, according to BIA Advisory Services estimates. BIA’s Investing in Television Market Report estimates that TV station revenues will be $20.1 billion in 2008, their lowest number in seven years….
Rainbow Media said it is shutting down the domestic operations of its Voom high-definition programming service. The shutdown follows Dish Network’s decision in May to drop Voom’s 15 channels. The only other major distributor of the channels is Cablevision Systems,…
Fox Business Network has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department. FBN’s lawsuit claims the Treasury Department failed to provide information on the bank bailout funds and didn’t respond to FBN’s expedited request filed under the Freedom of Information…
YouTube star Michael Buckley inked a deal with Sony to create videos for Sony’s “Minisode Network,” Mr. Buckley told TelevisionWeek. “I’ll be hosting a new show for them online starting in January and it will be an original show for…