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Verizon’s FiOS television service this week is launching three Chinese-language television networks with Sino Television Inc., Multichannel News reports. The first of the three networks, whose programming will include news, drama and call-in shows, will start airing this week, Multichannel…
Book series “Eat This, Not That!,” written by Men’s Health editor-in-chief David Zinczenko and food and nutrition editor Matt Goulding, will be developed into a reality series by Reveille and Rodale, producers of “The Biggest Loser,” MediaBistro.com reports. The series…
Comedy Central beat out Discovery Channel and Disney Channel in a survey measuring what people considered the most entertaining cable network, Multichannel News reports. The Weather Channel topped the list of “most valuable,” while Food Network was the network most…
Bryan Cranston, star of AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” is among the celebrities who will appear in pancreatic-cancer awareness advertisements to be aired on AMC parent Cablevision, Multichannel News reports. New York Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni and New York Rangers player Scott…
IFC later this year will debut a Bollywood-influenced miniseries starring “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Chris Kattan, as well as a cooking show hosted by so-called “Punk Food Princess” Thu Tran, Multichannel News reports. The network also will air a six-part…
Tim Armstrong, the new chief of AOL, said the Internet company’s collection of platforms has gotten cluttered, although he didn’t detail specific plans for reducing them, Advertising Age reports, citing an interview with Armstrong at a 4A’s conference. Armstrong said…
Paula Abdul on Tuesday night’s “American Idol” compared contestant Adam Lambert to Olympic champion Michael Phelps, the Associated Press reports. She told the 27-year-old that listening to him sing is “like watching the Olympics and you’re our Michael Phelps,” the…
Canoe Ventures CEO David Verklin said at a 2009 Upfront Conference hosted by Media Magazine that the Internet doesn’t necessarily spell the end of the 30-second TV spot, MediaPost reports. “I get calls from Web guys about how they can…
Television comics are still searching for ways to write a good President Barack Obama joke after 100 days in office, the New York Daily News reports. While some say joke writers are being careful to avoid any racial connotations, writers…
NBC’s “Southland” has tapped Susan Blakely to play the mother of Ben Sherman, a rookie on the police drama, the New York Post reports. She recently has appeared on shows including “Nip/Tuck” and “Two and a Half Men,” the newspaper…