NBC Sports has renewed its broadcast deal with the National Hockey League, the Hollywood Reporter says. As part of the deal, NBC will not pay any fees for the broadcast rights, but rather split the ad revenue with the NHL….
The most outstanding nomination of the day: “The Family Guy” as most Outstanding Comedy Series. I also liked the nomination of “How I Met Your Mother” in that category. Well-deserved. I’m pissed about the overlooking of “The Shield” and “Battlestar…
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards and 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees (Alphabetical, by category) Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) American Dad • Sixteen-Hundred Candles • FOX • 20th Century Fox / Underdog / Fuzzy Door…
Chris Albrecht, the former chairman and CEO of HBO, has teamed up with another premium cable service, Starz, to develop a one-hour drama, Variety says. The show revolves around a young female photographer trying to make her way in the tough…
Cox Communications has received unsolicited inquiries regarding its Travel Channel, and has hired Goldman Sachs to sort out the options, The Hollywood Reporter says. Cox, which has owned the channel for two years, didn’t mention a sale in what the…
In an odd–but modern–way to promote a personal appearance, thousands of people in Portland, Ore., learned through text messages and Twitter that comedian Dave Chapelle was going to perform a free show in a downtown Portland square at 1 am…
Glenn Weiss directed the Tony Awards this year and now he’ll get to team up with host Neil Patrick Harris again, as he directs the Emmy Awards for the first time, The Hollywood Reporter says. Don Mischer is executive producing…