Science fiction enthusiasts are starting to grow skeptical that Ron Moore’s new space/virtual reality series “Virtuality” will ever see the light of day, io9 reports. The back-door pilot set up at Fox is under review and the site says the…
Tribune’s recent filing for bankruptcy and the way the media company resolves TV station debts with studios could set a precedent for the handling of future potential debt matters with other companies, Broadcasting & Cable reports. According to the filings,…
Pappas Telecasting Companies is expected to receive the go-ahead from a Delaware bankruptcy court to sell KDBC-TV and other stations it owns, the El Paso Times reports. The station’s new owner may be a New World TV Group, a company…
Time Warner Cable and Granite Broadcasting have reached a retransmission agreement to continue providing broadcast programming in several New York state markets. The deal includes the broadcast of ABC programming in Buffalo and CBS programming in Syracuse and Binghamton. Additionally,…
CBS’ “The Mentalist” is this year’s top scripted show and top new show, Nielsen Media Research reports on its blog. “The Mentalist” ranked fifth in the data recording company’s year-end list of top 10 regularly scheduled programs, behind “American Idol”…
Fuse viewers have chosen Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” as the best music video of 2008. More than 14 million votes were cast for the honor, which was unveiled on Fuse’s “The Top 40 of 2008: The Good, the Bad and the…
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker admits that NBC has had a “disappointing fall,” but takes comfort in the critical acclaim some of the network’s shows have received, including recent Golden Globe nominations, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Zucker said in a…
“The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd said NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” needs more black cast members, the New York Daily News reports. Shepherd, who spoke with AOL for an interview posted late last week, recommended the show bring back Maya Rudolph…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is tapping a media and media association executive for a top staff post. David Krone, most recently senior VP at Comcast, will become senior adviser to the majority leader. He will oversee and coordinate…
Jack Black will be making a guest appearance on “The Office’s” post-Super Bowl episode, Entertainment Weekly reports. Details of his role on the show are yet to be revealed, though the actor will not be playing himself, the magazine reports….