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Dish Tries to Woo Cord-Cutters

Dish is trying to win over people who are tired of traditional pay-TV and may have cut the cord or never even bought pay-TV service, reports Gigaom. The company will target this group with its new Internet-based TV service, said…

Nickelodeon Renews Animated Series

Nickelodeon has made the decision to bring back an animated series for another season. Variety reports that the kid-focused cable channel ordered a third season of “Sanjay and Craig." The renewal comes before the second season premieres next month, the…

Nick Lachey Re-Ups With VH1

VH1 has renewed Nick Lachey’s role on its daily morning program “Big Morning Buzz Live,” reports Deadline.com. Lachey is known for being the lead singer of the boy band 98 Degrees and for starring on the reality show "Newlyweds: Nick…

Amazon Has Begun Its Music-Streaming Service. Just One Thing Is Missing: The Latest Songs From Rihanna, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, to Name a Few

Amazon has launched a music-streaming service. "The service, available only to members of Amazon's $99-per-year Prime membership program in the U.S., offers about one million tracks from thousands of albums, the company said," reports The Wall Street Journal. [Note: the…

Where’s Spot? In the Popular Books and TV Shows the Beloved Dog Will Live Forever. But Spot’s Creator, Author Eric Hill, Has Died at Age 86

"Children's book writer Eric Hill, best known for the Spot the Dog series, has died, aged 86," reports USA Today. "Hill passed away at his home in California following a brief illness," the article notes. Don Weisberg, president of Penguin…

CBS News Tops List of Edward R. Murrow Award Winners

CBS News topped the list of honored news organizations as the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards were handed out by the RTDNA. CBS came away with eight national awards, TVNewser reports. ABC News, meanwhile, received the award for Overall Excellence….

Popular U.S. TV Series Becomes World’s Most-Watched Drama

A series that has been a big hit in the United States is now the most-watched drama series in the world. Variety reports that the CBS procedural "NCIS" has received the title. The show has been the most popular U.S….

ABC Rolls to Prime-Time Win as NBA Finals Continue to Show Strength

The NBA Championship Series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat continued to show strength in prime time Tuesday night, as ABC rolled to an easy win over its broadcast competition, based on Nielsen overnights for the key…

Starz Renews Drama Series

A Starz drama series has received an order for another season. The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed reports that the pay-cable channel picked up a second season of "Power," ordering 10 episodes. The show is from executive producer Curtis "50 Cent"…

Driver Enters Plea in Tracy Morgan Crash

The Georgia truck driver accused of causing an accident that killed one man and left comedian and actor Tracy Morgan and three others injured made his first court appearance in the case this afternoon, USA Today reports. "David Glassman, the…