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Daily Archives : Mar 18, 2011

‘How I Met Your Mother’ Actor Joining CBS Pilot

The son in CBS’ "How I Met Your Mother" is joining CBS’ comedy pilot "Assistants," reports Deadline.com.  David Henrie will play Mike in the pilot, who arrives in Hollywood from Pennsylvania and hopes his job as a celebrity assistant will…

Bombshell Report: Investors in The Hollywood Reporter Are Seeking to Sell Company. Besides THR, Other Pubs Owned by the Company Reportedly Up for Sale Include Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek and BackStage

Guggenheim Partners and Jimmy Finkelstein’s Pluribus Capital Management want to sell the company that publishes The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek and BackStage, reports our good friend Claire Atkinson at The New York Post. According to the article, "The…

Charlie Sheen Expands ‘Violent Torpedo’ Tour Again, Adding 12 Cities

Charlie Sheen has again expanded his "Violent Torpedo" tour, adding 12 more cities including two Canadian performances, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The new locations and show dates are listed below.  Sheen’s one-man show has sold out twice in Radio City Music…

Donald Sutherland Signs on for NBC Comedy ‘My Life as an Experiment’

Donald Sutherland has signed on for NBC’s comedy pilot "My Life as an Experiment," reports Deadline.com. The story notes that Sutherland will play the father of Stacie, the wife of a journalist who decides to make his life an experiment….

With Continuing Viewer Interest in Japan Disaster, CNN Has Rare Prime-Time Ratings Win

As viewers continue to seek out news about the disaster in Japan, CNN notched a rare prime-time ratings victory  over Fox News on Wednesday night, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. CNN’s lineup averaged 679,000 viewers between the ages of…

Some Viewers Are Finding March Madness Maddening Instead of Magical as Many Match-Ups Are Magnificent, But on Cable, Not Broadcast

Some viewers are having trouble finding March Madness games on their local television stations, the result of the landmark $10.8 billion joint deal between CBS, TruTV, TNT and TBS, reports B&C. The deal has "fallen like an off-balance, ill-advised three-point…

Donald Trump Roast on Comedy Central Becomes Top-Watched Roast with Young Men

"Roast of Donald Trump" on Comedy Central drew 3.5 million total viewers, while breaking a record with men between the ages of 18 to 24, reports Multichannel News. The story notes that the broadcast became the highest-rated Comedy Central roast…

‘120 Minutes,’ 1980s and 1990s Show Devoted to Alternative Music, Set to Return to MTV

"120 Minutes," the show that ran on MTV from 1986 to 2000 and highlighted alternative bands, is set to return, reports the New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog. Once again the show will be on MTV, and the host will be Matt Pinfield, who worked…

U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Cut Off Federal Funding of NPR

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to cut off Federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR), Bloomberg reports. . The move comes after NPR’s chief executive stepped down after a video surfaced that purported showing another NPR executive criticizing…

Whoooa Nellie! When Brands Go Horribly Wrong: Psst–Vince McMahon and the WWE Are No Longer In the Wrestling Business. Publicist Alerts the Media.

If you are a boy baby boomer of a certain age, and grew up in the Los Angeles area, like I did, one of your fondest memories of TV as a kid was watching Dick Lane and wrestling on KTLA…