Jon With a Date (It’s not Kate)
Jon Gosselin shows off new girlfriend, Hailey Glassman, as he travels in France, according to the Boston Herald. —Chuck Ross
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Networks Vying for First Jailhouse Interview with Madoff
ABC, CBS and NBC have confirmed that that are all trying to woo Bernie Madoff for an interview, B&C reports. Madoff was recently sentenced to prison for a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. —Chuck Ross
Showtime Lines Up New Show From Craig Wright; It’s 180 Degrees From the Show He Previously Created, ‘Dirty Sexy Money’
Showtime is developing a religion-themed drama called “Revelation,” Variety reports. The CBS TV Studios series comes from David Janollari and Craig Wright, creator of “Dirty Sexy Money." Interestingly, Wright is a former minister. Janollari used to be a partner of…
FCC Asked To Force Cablevision to Sell HD Sports Programming to Rival
Verizon Cmmmunications wants the Federal Communications Commission to force Cablevision to sell HD programming from Cablevision’s Madison Square Garden Nets to Verizon’s Fios TV service, Multichannel News reports. In addition, "Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal [has written to the FCC] arguing that an…
Numbers In: About Half the U.S. TV Viewing of Tuesday’s Michael Jackson Memorial Was on Cable TV Outlets, With CNN Leading the Way
Of the average total size of the audience of 31.1 million people who watched the Michael Jackson Memorial Service yesterday—across 19 networks—about 16 million watched it on cable TV channels, according to Nielsen Media Research. The remaining audience—just over 15…
Jackson Memorial Draws 6 Million TV Viewers in U.K., About Half the Number Who Tuned Into Tribute Shows Aired When He Died
About 6 million TV viewers watched the Michael Jackson Memorial over the five channels that carried the event in the United Kingdom last night, the British press is reporting this morning. On average about 6.3 million viewers tuned in. One of those channels, News…
Paris Jackson, Brooke Shields Bring Emotion; Jermaine Jackson Sings Brother’s Favorite Song at Michael Jackson Memorial
Paris Jackson, the 11-year-old-daughter of Michael Jackson, said near the close of today’s memorial service for him, "Ever since I was born daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine. And I just want to say I love him so much."…
Self-declared Geeks and Others Attack Tuesday’s Sci Fi Rebrand to SyFy; the SyFy Channel Responds
As the Sci-Fi channel prepares to change its name Tuesday to SyFy, the channel’s Craig Engler Twitters to answer the never-ending basic question, “why, huh, what,” according to James Hibberd’s Live Feed blog. Hibberd complies a numer of Tweets, both…
Report: HBO to Develop Cult-Fave Book into Series
HBO will develop a book that has both won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as one of her book club selections—Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides—as a series, reports Melissa Grego of B&C. Major talent is associated with…