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ABC is creating a marketing campaign called the “ABC House,” which features stars of shows including “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” living in the same house, Television Week reports. The spots are created to reinforce the idea that viewers’ favorite shows…
Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg is predicting the union’s members will vote down the proposed contract with the studios, Daily Variety reports. “I think there’s a good chance that of members voting this down. It’s a terrible deal that…
A study commissioned by the NBC affiliates board to look at the impact of Jay Leno moving to 10 p.m. indicates good news for broadcast stations’ local news broadcasts, Broadcasting & Cable reports. More than half of viewers in the…
Time Warner Cable in New York will drop HDNet, owned by billionaire Mark Cuban, the New York Post reports. The drop will mean HDNet will lose 1 million of its 15 million U.S. subscribers after May 31, when HDNet’s contract…
Almost 9 million viewers watched “Farrah’s Story” on NBC on Friday, giving the network its largest audience for the time slot in over a year, the New York Daily News reports. The two-hour program chronicles Farrah Fawcett’s battle against terminal…
It looks as if Verizon’s $23 billion bet in building FiOS service may be falling short, Advertising Age reports. Five years after starting, Verizon has a 27% penetration rate in the 16 states where it offers the service, short of…
The seventh season of “24” will appear on DVD on Tuesday, the day after the finale of the show’s seventh season, the New York Times reports. The quick release of the home video reflects how consumer demand is changing, yet…
Alison Pill and Sarah Treem were both precocious children, with Pill finding television work at age 10 and Treem winning a writing competition at 12, the New York Times says. After the two met at the Sundance Institute Theater Lab,…
Ricky Gervais will create an animated show for HBO, based on his “The Ricky Gervais Show” podcast, Daily Variety reports. HBO has bought 13 half-hour episodes, which feature Gervais and his collaborator Stephen Merchant and their fascination with a radio…
The story line on “Grey’s Anatomy” following Izzie’s cancer treatment has drawn criticism from doctors and cancer survivors, who say it inaccurately portrays treatment of the disease, USA Today reports. The doctors on the show decide to either treat her…