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Tune Into One of the Best Reality Shows You’ve Never Heard of on Sunday Night

TV Critic Ed Martin says if you tune into the reality show "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" this Sunday night you won’t be disappointed. What? It’s on BBC America, and it’s about  young women competing for the…

‘Shark Week’ Starts Sunday: One Critic Calls it Bloody but Good

Discovery Channel’s 22nd Annual Shark Week begins this Sunday, August 2. As a zap2it critic says, "[T]his year’s films are especially bloody. Yet for those who can’t get enough of sharks, it’s the place to be." —Chuck Ross

Jackson Autopsy Results Postponed Indefintely

In the lastest development surrounding the sudden death Michael Jackson over amonth ago on June 25th, the Los Angeles coroner’s office–which was expected to announce a cause of death this week–now says it cannot say when that information will be…

Finally, a ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion. The Only Catch: You’ll Have to Subscribe to HBO to See It

A "Seinfeld" reunion is in the works, but not not for NBC, which carried the original series. Instead, the reunion will appear on HBO’s "Curb Your Enthusiasm." [Note: not, of course, what we called it when we first posted this item, the "Larry…

TLC Officially on ‘Jon & Kate’: No More Joint Couch and More

Here’s what TLC President Eileen O’Neill told the press at the TV Critics Press Tour today about "Jon & Kate Plus 8", according to The Live Feed and a number of other blogs as well as Discovery press relations personnel:…

B&C, Multichannel News Back on the Sales Block

Reed Business Information has put a number of magazines, including B&C and Multichannel News, back on the sales block, Folio reports. Reed also announced that REI U.S. CEO Tad Smith has resigned, Folio said. The acting CEO will be John…

Major Cable Operators Have More Than Doubled the Number of Subscribers Who Take Their Triple Play of Video, Internet and Phone

The nation’s three biggest cable operators, Comcast, Time Warner and Cox, more than doubled the number of subscribers who take what is commonly known as the Triple Play: Video, Phone and Internet services from 2007 to 2008, B&C reports. In…

ESPN’s Erin Andrews Continues to Be Stalked, Calls 911 on Paparazzi

ESPN’s Erin Andrews called 911 to complain about paprazzi who had found her while she was staying in a home in a gated community, ABC News reports. Furthermore, an investigaion by TMZ said the nude video of Andrews that has…

Video: Jon & Kate’s Relatives (Her Brother and Sister-in-Law) Complain About TLC During Appearance on CBS’ ‘The Early Show’

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Scott Donaton, Former Entertainment Weekly and Ad Age Publisher, Named President and CEO of New IPG Branded Entertainment Unit

Scott Donaton has been named president and CEO of Ensemble, a new branded entertainment unit of IPG’s MediaBrands. Ensemble has allied with Michael Kassan’s Media Link, LLC to "help Mediabrands clients leverage a range of strategic branded entertainment opportunities," Mediabrands…