CBS confirmed it has ordered two more cycles of Mark Burnett’s landmark reality series “Survivor.” With the show continuing to bring in big numbers on Thursday nights, CBS on Thursday confirmed that it has given the the go-ahead to the…
CBS’s TV.com Web site unveiled an application allowing users of Apple iPhones to video-stream shows such as “CSI” and “NCIS” on their handheld devices, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Competing Web site Joost has a similar application, while Hulu has said…
“House” doctors Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) and Chase (Jesse Spencer) will get progressively larger plotlines later this season, while Dr. Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) will find his long-lost, homeless brother in a March episode, Entertainment Weekly reports. Also, the producers of…
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., in a speech at the Free State Foundation in Washington, argued against reviving the Fairness Doctrine, which would require broadcasters to air both sides of a controversial issue, saying it should be “avoided at all costs,”…
Bill Sammon has been named Fox News’ vice president of news and Washington managing editor. Also, Fox News has appointed Bryan Boughton as Washington bureau chief. Mr. Sammon, who takes over for Brit Hume as Washington managing editor, will oversee…
Univision Network has enlisted AT&T, JCPenney, State Farm and Maybelline New York and Garnier Fructis as returning sponsors for the third installment of “Nuestra Belleza Latina” (Our Latin Beauty). The title sponsors will be integrated into the beauty competition program…
Fox ordered two more seasons of the animated comedy series “The Simpsons,” extending the longest-running primetime series in history into its 22nd season. The News Corp. unit ordered 44 more episodes of the show, which debuted in January 1990 after…
Nick Mitchell, an “American Idol” candidate, got laughs from the judges when he performed in the role of an alter ego he calls Norman Gentle, the Associated Press reports. Judge Simon Cowell called the performance “atrocious” and “horrific,” the news…
After a man was shown slapping his toddler daughter in the face on a Feb. 13 episode of “Supernanny,” Florida officials are investigating possible child abuse, the New York Daily News reports. The father, Phil Davis of Deltona, Fla., was…
CNN anchor Campbell Brown, her husband and their baby have been living in a hotel since January after discovering mold in their apartment, the New York Daily News reports. Her son, now 14 months old, had developed a cold he…