With its hit “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” dealing with the sex lives of high school students, some parents are wondering if cable network ABC Family has the kind of family value parent company Walt Disney usually stands…
Analysts expect major media companies such as Walt Disney Co., Time Warner and News Corp. to report lower earnings for the quarter, Dow Jones said. They will also be looking for signs that the advertising market might recover in 2009,…
ABC’s “The View” is going to spend a week in Los Angeles, which means late night hosts Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel can be on the show, the Los Angeles Times says. Other scheduled guests include Eva Longoria Parker, Miley…
KVOA-TV in Tucson said its Super Bowl broadcast was interrupted by about 10 seconds of pornographic material, the Associated Press reports. According to the station’s Web site, the only viewers able to see the material were those watching via Comcast…
ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC are selling DVDs of their coverage of the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the New York Times reports. So far, there is little evidence that they are being bought with the same fervor that drove…
CBS has picked up a potentially controversial reality show from the producers of “Top Chef” that places singles in arranged marriages, the Hollywood Reporter says. Friends and family choose spouses for four singles, who range from 25 to 45 years…
DeadlineHollywoodDaily says that TBS will soon announced an agreement to air a talk show staring George Lopez produced by Telepictures at 11 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. Telepictures had unsuccessfully tried to sell the show in syndication, DHD says. —Jon Lafayette
Universal Cable Productions, which creates content for NBC Universal’s USA Network and Sci Fi Channel, has signed its first agreements, one with “Psych” creator Steve Franks and another with “Burn Notice” director Jace Alexander, the Hollywood Reporter says. The two-year…
Showtime has signed a multiyear agreement to keep executive vice president of original programming Gary Levine, Daily Variety reports. As one of the networks’ architects of its push into original programming, Levine has helped develop series such as “Dexter” and…
The New York Times takes a look at Gabrielle Anwar, who plays Fiona Glenanne, Jeffrey Donovan’s sidekick on USA Network’s “Burn Notice.” “Fiona is a character with no memorable precedent: a genius joke-take on girls with gun lust, the joke…