It may be the end to the presidential campaign, but Tuesday’s vote kicks off a high-stakes battle over media issues in the next Congress and administration. Broadcasting, advertising and consumer groups say that no matter who wins the presidency, there…
Tuesday may be Election Day, but at the U.S. Supreme Court the focus won’t be on Obama vs. McCain. Rather, it will be on the Federal Communications Commission’s stepped-up indecency enforcement efforts. In a case that could have a dramatic…
“The Bachelor” producer Mike Fleiss is back in business at CBS, landing a seven-episode order for a new competition-based reality show. The untitled project will feature families, all of whom live close to each other, competing for a large cash…
Sen. John McCain’s appearance last night on the final “Saturday Night Live” before the election lifted the series to its second-highest overnight rating since December 1997. Drawing a 9.0 rating/20 share overnight household rating in 56 markets, last night’s “SNL”…
NBC has decided to show some patience with low-rated new comedy “Kath & Kim,” giving the series a full-season order. The network late Friday ordered nine additional episodes of the Universal Media Studios/Reveille-produced half-hour, which stars Molly Shannon and Selma…
Media Rights Capital has canceled two of the four shows it had The CW’s Sunday night schedule, Deadline Hollywood Daily says. Previously on hiatus, “Valentine” and “Easy Money” have been canceled. Expect MRC to select a couple of replacements quickly,…
The NHL Network extended by a year its agreement to broadcast college hockey games from four conferences, Multichannel News says. As part of the deal, whose financial terms weren’t disclosed, the channel starting tonight will broadcast 19 game-of-the-week presentations through…
Maximum Adventure Network and Pursuit Channel will merge, creating a fishing and hunting channel with more than 100 content titles, Multichannel News says. The new channel will be accessible to 17 million DirecTV subscribers, Multichannel News reports. –Danny King
Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel died at his Chicago home at age 96, Associated Press reports. Winner of a 1985 Pulitzer for “The Good War,” Terkel also acted in films such as 1988’s “Eight Men Out,” the wire service says….
Ted Rogers, head of Canada’s Rogers Communications, was hospitalized to get treatment for a pre-existing heart condition, Multichannel News reports. Chairman Alan Horn will fill in for Rogers, whose stay will be determined by his medical progress, Multichannel News says,…