Comcast Asks FBI to Find Porn Pranksters
Comcast has asked the FBI to help it figure out how scenes from a porno movie showed up in its feed of the Super Bowl in Tucson, the KVOA-TV reports. Comcast has called the incident was the result of an…
Monthly Archives : February 2009
WGA Strike Fallout Still Felt
A year after the Writers Guild of America strike ended, the fallout is still being felt, as conglomerates continue to cut costs and writers face reductions in post-strike script fees, Daily Variety reports. Other effects of the strike include a…
500-Plus Stations to be Digital in February
Stations in markets as big as San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Baltimore plan to change over to digital broadcasting by the original Feb. 17 deadline, TelevisionWeek says, citing reports from the Federal Communications Commission. In all, 491 stations have asked to…
FX Taps Two Dramas
FX picked up two drama pilots, “Lights Out” and a drama written by Graham Yost based on the Elmore Leonard short story “Fire in the Hole,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The pilots would be the first FX has ordered since…
L.A. Stations Keep on Car Chases
Los Angeles television stations can’t seem to give up their habit of filming police chases, with the latest stark example taking place on Monday when the local stations focused on a slow-speed chase of a white Bentley and a suspect…
‘Ugly Betty’ Close to Renewal
ABC is close to renewing “Ugly Betty” for a fourth season, as well as shows including “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” Entertainment Weekly reports. An ABC spokesperson tells EW the network isn’t ready to announce pick-ups. —Aimee Picchi
No Opinions For Fox News’ Smith
Esquire looks at Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith. Smith tells the magazine his show isn’t right wing. “There’s no place for opinion on my show,” he says. “I don’t care what Sean Hannity thinks and I don’t care what…
Hosts’ Byplay Brings Buzz to ‘Morning Joe’
The on-air relationship between Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski is intimate, combative, flirtatious, heated and bringing buzz to MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the New York Observer says. “We get frustrated on issues. We even get frustrated with each other on things,…
Chicago Anchor Makes Friends On Facebook
Mark Suppelsa, anchor at WGN-TV, Chicago, has 5,000 friends on Facebook, tops among Chicago TV news personalities, and another 2,500 people waiting, the Chicago Tribune says. Supplesa uses his Facebook page to get people who listen to him on the…
Obama Draws 49.5 Million
President Obama’s primetime press conference on Monday drew 49.5 million viewers, TelevisionWeek reports. The New York Times says Obama’s conference brought back memories of George W. Bush’s first outing in 2001. —Jon Lafayette