Entertainment Weekly talks with David Chase about the release of his entire series “The Sopranos” on DVD. The series’ creator talks about the series finale, how he doesn’t watch old episodes and the music featured on the show. “When we…
Ted Turner paid a visit to “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on Tuesday, TVNewser reports. The two reminisced about the early days of CNN and the state of the economy. Turner, who was promoting his new book “Call Me Ted,” talked about…
Fox has canceled late-night sketch comedy show “MADtv,” Defamer reports. An unnamed, “highly placed” source tells the blog, “It’s true. We’re finishing out the season, then we’re done.” The show has been running on Fox for 14 seasons. —Christopher Perez
CNBC, fresh off the biggest ratings in its history due to the financial fallout, is being rewarded by parent company NBC Universal with a 10% overall budget cut, the New York Observer reports. Since CNBC has dominated competitive upstart Fox…
A&E has renewed “Intervention” for a sixth season, Daily Variety reports. The show is the cable network’s top-rated series, last season averaging 2 million total viewers, up 33% from the previous season. The show’s positive feedback led A&E to launch…
Nielsen acquired the 50% share of the North American television ratings service it didn’t already own from WPP Group in exchange for two media research units and its minority stake in a third media research firm, Nielsen said in a…
Dish Network next week will start selling what it says is the first digital-to-analog converter box that includes digital video recorder functions, as it tries to retain customers in advance of the U.S. switchover to all-digital broadcasting in February. The…
Larence K. Oaks has joined Meredith Broadcasting Group as vice president of technology. Mr. Oaks will oversee technical operations for Meredith’s 12 TV stations. Mr. Oaks comes to Meredith from LIN TV, where he was the director of engineering, special…
FX’s “Nip/Tuck” and “Damages” will return to the cable network in January. The fifth season of “Nip/Tuck” will start Jan. 6 at 10 p.m. with eight new episodes. The season will feature guest stars Sharon Gless, Portia de Rossi, AnnaLynne…