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Nickelodeon’s kids’ cartoon “Yo Gabba Gabba!” has attracted an unlikely fanbase among college students, ABC News reports. Students say the program’s mix of indie music guests like the Shins, animated shorts and live-action segments recall “The Muppets,” the Web site…
Public television innovator John Jay Iselin died from pneumonia on Tuesday in Manhattan, the New York Times reports. Iselin was the president of the nation’s largest public television station, WNET, from 1973 to 1987, the newspaper says. He was 74….
News Corp. is expected to report increased third-quarter earnings today, Bloomberg News reports. The popular “American Idol” and a record-setting Super Bowl broadcast helped the company raise advertising revenues 14% to $8.61 billion, according to the estimates of 15 analysts…
Nicollette Sheridan will return to “Desperate Housewives” next season for at least “several appearances,” Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. Sheridan is not scheduled to appear in the two-hour finale this season, the magazine notes. The article didn’t indicate whether…
Google has taken its TV ad-buying service, Google TV Ads, out of the test stage, MediaDailyNews reports. The public unveiling allows U.S. advertisers to reach 13 million Dish Network subscribers with ads purchased directly through Google AdWords, the Web site…
The American Cable Association asked the Federal Communications Commission to deny News Corp.’s attempts to escape the conditions of its DirecTV acquisition, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The FCC required that the company submit to commercial arbitration in cable-operator complaints about…
The Parents Television Council is pushing members to contact CBS-affiliated stations and ask them to preempt this Sunday’s episode of “Dexter,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The two-hour season finale of the off-Showtime show, which features a serial killer-turned-detective, is set…
Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” drew its second-largest audience for its fourth season premiere on April 29, Multichannel News reports. The program pulled in more than 3.5 million viewers and a 2.53 rating, the newspaper says. Discovery Channel said the current…
A total of 94 percent of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists membership ratified a three-year deal with the studios covering reality, syndicated dramas, soaps and other genres, Mediaweek reports. The new Network Television Code agreement increases fees…