Roger Goodman will direct the 81st annual Academy Awards telecast, Daily Variety reports. This will mark the first time the veteran live TV director has helmed the Oscars. Goodman’s credits include various Super Bowl halftime shows, the Daytime Emmy Awards…
CNN’s John King and Fox News Channel’s Bill Hemmer aren’t the only ones invited to the “Magic Wall” party. On Thursday night’s “Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday” cast member Fred Armisen introduced the “SNL” version of the map-filled screen…
The Federal Communications Commission has been inundated with e-mails, missives, comments and other forms of communication from both sides of the “white space” issue, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Elected officials, large companies, sports leagues and other affected parties are in…
The Screen Actors Guild is reiterating its position that the Federal Communications Commission should take an in-between step on TV product placement: Heighten requirements for disclosure at each show’s beginning and end, but not every time a product is seen….
Elle Magazine profiles CNN’s Anderson Cooper for its latest issue. The periodical calls the newsman “young and smart and hot, with a jones for dangerous assignments” and “our generation’s Edward R. Murrow.” Well, if anything, the anchor of “Anderson Cooper…
Sen. Barack Obama, in an interview with Washington station WUSA-TV, admitted he isn’t the biggest fan of Fred Armisen’s impersonation of him on “Saturday Night Live,” TV Guide reports. “I’ve gotta say, compared to Tina Fey and what she’s been…
At a conference for Hispanic television, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos told attendees that the road to the White House runs through the Spanish-language network, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “If Barack Obama or John McCain want to win Florida or Nevada,…
Soccer network Gol TV has acquired the U.S. TV rights to the 2009 U-20, and U-17 CONMEBOL South American Youth Championships, Multichannel News reports. The 24th annual Juventud de America South American U-20 Youth Championship will be telecast by the…
News was actually broken on the set of CNN’s “D.L. Hughley Breaks the News” during a taped interview between Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush, and host D.L. Hughley, TVNewser reports. McClellan endorsed Democratic candidate…