Ryan Seacrest left the William Morris Agency, his home for 10 years, and signed with CAA, just days after concluding his three-year, $45 million deal to continue hosting “American Idol,” The Hollywood Reporter says. WMA didn’t represent him in that…
Two weeks after infomercial host Billy Mays died of a possible heart attack, the Discovery Channel has decided to renew the show he starred in, “Pitchmen,” the New York Times says. For its second season, the cable channel said it…
With no other bids meeting the minimum the company was looking for, Young Broadcasting is expected to go to the company’s lenders, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The station group, which entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February, canceled a planned auction…
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller slated a hearing on children’s TV for next week, after saying that he remains concerned about TV content and kids, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The July 22 hearing is titled “Rethinking the Children’s Television…
NBC is pulling its Thursday 10 p.m. summer drama “The Listener” at the end of July, with five episodes remaining, Variety says. “Law and Order” repeats will be substituted for the Canadian co-production about a telepathic paramedic, which hasn’t caught…
Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker answered questions from Senators Wednesday during their nomination hearing for the two remaining vacancies on the Federal Communications Commission, Multichannel News reports.. Clyburn said she would be consumer- and public-interest focused, called for high-speed and affordable…