Two powerful Congressmen appear to be on the side of broadcasters when it comes to the fight over spectrum and the Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan, CNET reports. According to the report, "House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-Va.)…
For years, C-SPAN has been putting cameras in places where the public has never gone before, like the U.S. Senate and Congress, and now those years of footage will be available for the public like never before, reports B&C. Starting Marcy…
NBC’s 10 p.m. hour is doing just fine without Jay Leno, the Associated Press reports. Two weeks into the return to regular series, after seven months of Leno and a couple weeks of Winter Olympics, the network’s total audience in…
The final toll of last year’s bad ad market is becoming clearer: Domestic ad spending dropped 12.3 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, according to statistics being released this morning by WPP’s Kantar Media, the New York Times reports. The…
E network reality star Kendra Wilkenson, 24, was suicidal and institutionalized when she was a teenager Wilkenson will reveal tonight (Wed. March 17th) on an edition of "E! True Hollywood Story," according to NBCConnecticut.com. The report says, "In an interview with…
Tom Selleck is getting a promotion from P.I. to NYPD chief of police, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Selleck, who starred in the long-running CBS series “Magnum, P.I.,” is close to a deal to join an untitled CBS pilot which focuses on a family…
A former NBC star compared the network to a “horrible, drug-addict mom” for the way her show was treated, New York Magazine reports. Regina King, one of the stars of “Southland,” said the show’s new home, TNT, is like “night…
Debmar-Mercury has renewed “The Wendy Williams Show” in syndication through 2012 in 80 percent of the country, the company has announced.. The renewals include 18 of the top 20 markets, and 37 of the top 40 markets. According to the Debmar-Mercury announcement, "In…
YouTube plans to go directly after rival MySpace in the music arena, the Los Angeles Times reports. Google’s online video site is unveiling a new program designed to draw independent musicians, offering individual homepages or channels and a share in…