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TiVo to Track NBA Finals Viewing

TiVo has been tapped to track viewing of the NBA Finals, as well as prime-time games during the 2009-10 season, MediaPost reports. TiVo will use its service that tracks second-by-second viewing for live viewing as well as watching through DVRs….

Fox Picks Up ‘I Married a Stranger’

Fox has picked up the pilot "I Married a Stranger," about a woman in her late 30s who allows a group of family and friends to pick a husband for her, Daily Variety reports. The show comes from A. Smith…

‘Til Death’ Creators Re-up at Sony Pictures TV

"Til Death" creators Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith have signed a new two-year, seven-figure pact with Sony Pictures TV, continuing a relationship started in 1997, the Hollywood Reporter says. All four of the duo’s scripts have been ordered to pilot,…

Sally Field Helps SAG With Vote Rally

Sally Field has taped a video, posted on the Web site for the Screen Actors Guild, urging the guild’s members to vote in support of ratifying the feature-primetime contract, Daily Variety reports. "It raises salaries immediately and raises benefits and…

Ex-NAB President Rehr Lands at Crosby-Volmer

The public relations firm Crosby-Volmer is the temporary home of former National Association of Broadcasters President David Rehr, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Company president Robert Volmer said in a statement that he offered Rehr an office at the company while…

ABC Sets Trio to Host ‘Superstars’

ESPN’s John Saunders, former NFL player Warren Sapp and TV personality Jenn Brown will host ABC’s “The Superstars,” premiering June 23. The series, which is based on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” series of the same name, features paired up…

Microsoft to Promote Bing on Hulu, TV Shows

Microsoft is advertising its new search engine Bing though a branded entertainment campaign, including integration on shows airing on NBC and MTV Networks’ cable channels, the New York Times reports. The company, which is spending between $80 million to $100…

ABC News Reassigns Correspondents Variety

ABC News reassigned several correspondents and added a former CNN reporter as one of the network’s new digital reporters, Daily Variety reports. Stephanie Sy, who had been based in Beijing, is heading back to New York, while Clarissa Ward is…

Writer Green Tapped for Sci Fi’s ‘Diamond’

Writer Zoë Green has been hired to write the Sci Fi’s "The Diamond Age," Daily Variety reports. The project is based on a 1995 novel called "The Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer" from writer Neal Stephenson, and…

‘True Blood’ Author to Cameo on Show

“True Blood” author Charlaine Harris will make a cameo on the new season of the HBO series, the New York Daily News reports. "She actually is going to come out and do a cameo probably in the last episode of the…