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Daily Archives : Mar 10, 2010

Report: Decision Near That This Will Be Last Season of ’24’ on Fox

As expected, it looks as if Fox will shut down "24" at the end of this season,Variety reports. [Note: Variety is behind a firewall, so you might be asked to register and/or pay to see this story.] "24" is one…

Comedy Central Shows Could Return to Hulu, if the $$ Is Right

Even as Viacom prepared to pull “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” from Hulu last night at midnight, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman was telling investors that the shows could eventually return, Multichannel News reports. Speaking at…

Cable Operators, Satellite Distributors Appeal to FCC and Congress About Retransmission Fee Negotiations and Disputes

A consortium of cable operators and satellite distributors, with Time Warner Cable in the lead, is asking the Federal Communications Commission to intervene in what they say is a broken retransmission consent system, a number of media outlets our reporting. The group has…

You’ll Never Guess Which Characters From An Award-Winning Series Will Be Memorialized in the Ken and Barbie Collection

A hit cable series is about to get one of its most unusual tributes yet: Mattel plans to bring out Barbie and Ken dolls modeled on four of its characters, the New York Times reports. The show is “Mad Men”…

March Madness: Final Four to Air in 3D in Theaters

3D fanatics can see the upcoming NCAA Men’s Final Four semifinal and national championship games live in the format, but they’ll have to trek to the theater to do so, B&C reports. CBS said it will broadcast the games in…

Keri Russell May Return to TV

Keri Russell is considering returning to TV, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The report says that Russell is negotiating to star opposite Will Arnett in Fox’s comedy pilot "Wilde Kingdom," Since her days as the lead in J.J. Abrams’ "Felicity" on The…

Kimmel Oscar Special Gets Primetime Outing, A Week Late

ABC will re-air “Jimmy Kimmel Live: After The Academy Awards” on Saturday night at 10 p.m., almost a week after its original broadcast, B&C reports. Sunday’s original broadcast drew 4.7 million viewers, enough to make it the late-night host’s third-biggest…

The Following Takes Place Between the Third Man and the Fourth Protocol: A Tribute to ’24,’ TV’s Best Thriller Ever

With word in Variety this morning that, as expected, “24” will most likely end its run on Fox at the end of this season, I wanted to say a few words about this extraordinary, landmark TV show. It took a…