Actor and author Dorothy Bridges, the wife of Lloyd Bridges and mother of Beau, Jeff and Lucinda, died Feb. 16 in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Reporter says. She was 93, the trade paper reports. She and her late husband, who…
Barack Obama’s inauguration speech generated some record setting Web-video streaming traffic for CNN and its partner Facebook, but will the public be quite as interested in the new president’s State of the Union like address to Congress? The world gets…
Australian actor Jason Clarke has been hired for the lead of CBS’ U.S. attorney pilot, a drama about a group of federal prosecutors in Manhattan, the Hollywood Reporter says. Separately, Fox’s comedy pilot “Two Dollar Beer” has tapped Jonathan Sadowski,…
The Golf Channel sprang into action when Tiger Woods announced on Thursday he would return to competitive play next week in a tournament that the network will carry live in early rounds. Golf Channel broke away from its live coverage…
Comcast and Time Warner Cable are talking to major programmers about offering a service that would makes television shows available online to cable subscribers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The operators are talking with Viacom, Time Warner and NBC Universal,…
This year, who will advertise during the Academy Awards is almost as big a mystery as who will win the Oscar, the New York Times reports. Some of last year’s sponsors are out, others are in and staying mum, and…
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, usually the underdog in the broadcast networks’ pilot season, is dominating this season’s projects while the Screen Actors Guild continues its contract negotiations with producers, the Hollywood Reporter says. AFTRA has union…
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have issued a “last, best and final offer” to the Screen Actors Guild, which the studios say contains significant concessions, TelevisionWeek reports. The AMPTP said it would give SAG 60 days to…
Watching digital television offers small rewards to one viewer who sees a mostly clearer picture and additional channels of programming, the Associated Press reports. One show available on digital is called “Get Out!” on Ion Life. It features women having…
Vermont’s television stations were swamped with calls after they switched to digital transmission, the Rutland Herald reports. The stations had set up a call center at Vermont Public Television, which received an estimated 700 inquiries and complaints on Wednesday. On…