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Fox’s “American Idol” winnowed down its field to three finalists in its eighth season, based on viewer votes, the Associated Press reports. They are 21-year-old Alexis Grace, a single mother from Memphis, Tenn.; 27-year-old Michael Sarver, an oil rig worker…
New York firefighters were called to actor Tracy Morgan’s Manhattan apartment after a faulty fish-tank light sparked a fire, the Associated Press reports. Neither fish nor humans were hurt in the incident, the news service says. —Aimee Picchi
Comcast’s lackluster HD offerings are offputting to consumers, which may explain why DirecTV had a better year, gaining 800,000 subscribers for the year, compared with a loss of 500,000 for Comcast, TVPredictions.com reports. Comcast decided to emphasize non-HD features such…
VH1’s “Sober House” has angered talent manager David Weintraub, who claims producer John Irwin has portrayed him in a negative light, the New York Post reports. Weintraub, who is also a business associate of Irwin’s, told the tabloid the show…
Jennie Garth may have broken the news that “90210” may come back for a second season on The CW, Hollyscoop.com reports. Garth told Hollyscoop, “It’s looking pretty good that we’re gonna get picked up for next year,” the Web site…
The National Football League has almost tripled spending on lobbying, including hiring its first full-time lobbyist, as its battle with Comcast heats up, Bloomberg News reports. The NFL Net blames Comcast for its lack of national distribution. The NFL Network…
In an attempt to develop an equivalent to MTV for the Web video generation, online television studio Next New Networks today debuted a network devoted to the creation of music videos, with Verizon on board as the launch sponsor. Called…
Bucking the bad economic news, online video ad network Tremor Media landed $18 million in venture funding in a round led by Meritech Capital Partners, with participation from Tremor Media’s existing investors. The cash represents the third round of funding…
GSN has given the thumbs-up to its original series “Catch 21,” greenlighting the Alfonso Ribeiro-hosted show for a second season. The network has ordered 65 additional episodes of “Catch” and has slotted the season-two premiere for April 6 at 6:30…
After slashing about 60 jobs last fall, cable network Current TV hired Paul Levine as its president of new media. He’ll be based in the San Francisco headquarters. Current TV currently reaches 58 million homes. He replaces the former Joanna…