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Daily Archives : Sep 9, 2014

Apple Unveils the iPhone 6 in Two Sizes, and the Apple Watch. Here are the Details

Here are highlights from USA Today’s live coverage of today’s Apple product introductions: “The iPhone 6 will have a 4.7-inch screen, while the [iPhone 6] Plus has a 5.5-inch screen. For perspective, both phones are slightly smaller than Samsung’s Galaxy…

Cable Comedy Series Canceled

A half-hour comedy series airing on cable has been canceled. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that ABC Family pulled the plug on “Mystery Girls,” which stars Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth. The show featured the former “Beverly Hills, 90210”…

‘Fox & Friends’ Under Fire for Outrageous Joke Made About Ray Rice Punching His Fiancee in an Elevator

Updated at 10:30 a.m. PT on Sept. 9, 2014, to include Brian Kilmeade’s comments from today’s show. Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” was “lambasted on Twitter” after a co-host of the show joked Monday about the lesson to be learned…

CBS Sued Over Letterman Interns

CBS and Worldwide Pants, which produces “Late Show with David Letterman,” have been hit with a class-action lawsuit by a woman who claims she is due wages and overtime for her work as an intern on the late-night program, reports…

‘Jeopardy!,’ About to Begin Its 31st Season in Syndication, Adds Major Rerun Distribution Strategy. New York, L.A. and Philly Part of New Plan

“Jeopardy!,” one of the most popular programs in the history of television, has been an early evening staple in a number of markets for decades. In at least 61 markets, viewers now will get “a double dose of game play…

Fall’s First New Show Wilts in the Ratings Over a Span of Two Hours

The first new series of the fall broadcast season has made its debut — and has already experienced a plunge in the ratings, Media Life Magazine reports. The show is Fox’s high-profile reality show “Utopia,” about building a new civilization….

CBS Launches ‘Unprecedented’ Promotional Push for Upcoming Program

In what’s being called an “unprecedented” promotional push, CBS is putting its full heft behind getting viewers to watch “Thursday Night Football,” a high-profile addition to its prime-time schedule. Variety reports that the network, which spent $275 million for the…

Shakeup at the Company That Owns ‘American Idol’ — CEO Marc Graboff Is Out, and a Team Is in Place to Try to Pump Up Ratings

In what’s being called a major shakeup, the president and chief executive of the company that owns “American Idol” is leaving the firm. According to The Hollywood Reporter, former NBC boss Marc Graboff is departing CORE Media Group. Graboff, who…

The Puzzling Question Today: Why Didn’t the NFL — or the Baltimore Ravens — See the Ray Rice Video That Was Taken Inside the Elevator Before Monday?

In a shocking revelation, TMZ Sports reports today: “The NFL NEVER contacted the casino to request video of Ray Rice brutalizing his fiancee … TMZ Sports has learned. Commissioner Roger Goodell made his disciplinary decision in the dark, which raises the question … Is that the…

TiVo Unveils New DVR That Can Hold Three Years’ Worth of TV Programming

TiVo is unveiling a new DVR that’s appropriately called TiVo Mega, as it has storage space to record 26,000 hours of programming, or three years’ worth of standard definition TV content, reports the New York Post. The cost? $5,000, the…