HBO Latino’s Brazilian series “Alice” will debut in the U.S. on the Internet next week, a week before it first airs on HBO on Demand, Multichannel News says. Comcast’s Fancast will debut the show’s 13-episode first season Feb. 23, while…
NBC’s “ER” is tripling its price for 30-second advertising spots for the April finale of the 15-year-old medical drama, which will feature returning stars George Clooney, Anthony Edwards and Noah Wylie, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show, which has been…
Former “American Idol” contestant Clay Aiken will be a guest judge on “America’s Next Top Model” April 8, the Hollywood Reporter say. Aiken, who is leaving record label RCA, was the runner-up on the second season of “Idol,” the newspaper…
The government of Ontario, Canada, said it will make permanent the tax credits for television and movie producers that it raised last year, the Hollywood Reporter says. The move follows California’s decision to approve its own tax breaks worth as…
CBS late-night television hosts David Letterman and Craig Ferguson may gain viewers as Jimmy Fallon replaces “Late Night’s” Conan O’Brien, who replaces Jay Leno as host of “The Tonight Show” on NBC, Daily Variety reports. Letterman may overtake “The Tonight…
Last year, Jimmy Kimmel devoted his post-Oscar show to “F***king Ben Affleck.” This year, Mr. Kimmel will be chatting with Mel Gibson. Mr. Gibson, a two-time Academy Award winner, has been booked as a guest on this Sunday’s post-kudos edition…
CBS says it has the right to continuing airing NBC and Fox shows on its TV.com Web site despite Hulu.com pulling its content off of TV.com this week, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Hulu, owned by NBC and Fox’s parent companies,…
Cox Communications Vice President of Engineering Sterling Davis and Sellmeyer Engineering’s Jack Sellmeyer will be awarded for their achievements in engineering by the National Association of Broadcasters this year, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Davis has worked in television engineering for…
A U.S. District judge supported Fox Business Network’s effort to get documents from the United States Treasury Department about the use of bailout funds for banks. In a ruling earlier today, Judge Richard J. Holwell ruled in favor of the…
Network Orders Only 13 Episodes to Give Show a Finite Story Arc