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With the rise of Twitter, Facebook and mobile news apps that spread the word about awards show winners instantaneously, NBC is giving serious consideration to scrapping tape delays and airing the Emmy Awards live across all time zones, when it…
New pay TV service Epix, which has struggled to get distribution, is being added to Charter Communications systems in May, the Los Angeles Times reports. The pick-up will give it access to an additional 16 million subscribers. –Elizabeth Jensen
Syfy has picked up basic cable rights to the first two seasons of the U.K. series "Merlin," which will join the lineup in April, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Season one aired on NBC last summer. The BBC is producing a…
Country music star Kenny Rogers has been in the music business for 50 years so he plans to celebrate by lining up his famous friends for a TV special, the Associated Press reports. Dolly Parton, Allison Krauss, Lionel Richie and…
HBO is developing a half-hour comedy series about a powerful and tough female showbiz blogger, reports The Hollywood Reporter. According to the report, "It comes at a time of booming Internet showbiz journalism as a number of veteran Hollywood print…
Joe Simpson will turn his experiences raising pop stars Jessica and Ashlee Simpson into a comedy series for Nickelodeon, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Simpson, who was a psychologist before becoming his daughters’ manager and a producer, is teamed up with…
The Super Bowl’s first advocacy ad ever—from the anti-abortion Christian group Focus on the Family—is boosting interest in all the ads that will air during Sunday’s game, The New York Times reports. Contents of the ad haven’t been disclosed, nor…
Sinclair Television Group is picking up TheCoolTV, a music network, to air on its digital multicast channels in 34 markets reaching 24 million homes, B&C reports. The new network, which airs live concerts and videos, incorporates a local element in…
Material from ABC News broadcasts is being made available online on Hulu, the network has announced. Hulu will offer long features and a variety of news content from ABC News programs including "Good Morning America," "World News With Diane Sawyer," "Nightline,"…