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Winners and Losers on Time Warner Cable’s New York City System

It’s good news for the likes of FX, Oxygen and Discovery Kids, and not so good news for some of the Turner networks, as one of the most influential cable systems in the nation’s biggest city makes some channel line-up changes, Multichannel…

20th Century Fox TV Restructures Marketing, Publicity

20th Century Fox TV has moved from having a single department for marketing and publicity to one that sees marketing and research under one team, headed by Mark Pearson, senior VP brand management, and publicity and talent relations under another…

Dethroned Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean, Gets Book Deal

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who had her post taken away for what pageant officials claimed was a dereliction of her duties, has landed a book deal with Regnery Publishing, the Huffington Post says. The book will be titled…

Jerry Springer’s Next Gig–Singing on Broadway?

Jerry Springer, on hiatus from his TV show, has been wowing them on the London stage as Billy Flynn, the ethically challenged lawyer in the musical “Chicago,” and Springer is now in talks to play the part on Broadway, the…

Daniel Sunjata, Andie MacDowell to Star in Lifetime TV Movies Based on Popular Books by Patricia Cornwell

Daniel Sunjata and Andie MacDowell will be joined by Diahann Carroll, Annabeth Gish and Ashley Williams in two Lifetime made for TV movies based on books by the bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, Variety reports. The two crime movies are "At Risk" and…

Guide for TV Fans at Comic-Con

Comic-Con, which has become a must attend for many in the TV biz, officially begins Thursday in San Diego, with "previews" Wednesday night. One comic book source, the blog Robot 6, has come up with a Comic-Con guide for the…

Exclusive: Telemundo President Tells Why Huge US-Mexico World Cup Soccer Qualifying Match on mun2 and not USA; Fans Protest

By John Consoli Special to TVWeek  Rule of life: Don’t screw around with sports fans. Rule of the universe: Especially don’t screw around with fans of the world’s most popular sport, soccer. It’s a rule that is testing NBC Universal executives…

Obama Administration Wants More Women and Minority Ownership of TV and Radio Stations

The Obama administration wants to figure out how to get more women and minorities to own TV and radio stations, B&C reports. The publicaion quoted Susan Crawford, special assistant to the President for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy as saying that…

CBS Reversal: Cronkite’s Voice to Continue to Introduce Couric Newscast

CBS News has reversed its decision to stop having the voice of the late Walter Cronkite introduce the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," according to the Associated Press. CBS said that Cronkite’s family has given approval to the decision….

Sarah Jessica Parker and Bravo Team for the ‘Project Runway’ of the Art World

Bravo’s New York City auditions for its upcoming contemporary art reality series drew nearly 400 artists of variable talent over the weekend, the New York Times  reports. The show, to be produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, is vying to be…