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Organizers said Friday night’s "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon has raised $57 million, with money continuing to come in, the Associated Press reports. The two-hour star-studded event aired on all the major broadcast networks and numerous cable channels, as well…
James H. Quello, who served on the Federal Communications Commission for 23 years as a commissioner and also interim chairman, died Sunday in Alexandria, Va., B&C reports. He was 95. While on the commission, he was known as a defender…
Next month’s Super Bowl XLIV is generating more local ad activity than usual, partly because CBS has kept the national pricing strong, reports B&C. Last year, according to Peter Gusmano, managing partner and director of client service for GroupM Matrix,…
Popular "mommyblogger" Heather Armstrong, who writes about her life at dooce.com, signed a programming development deal with HGTV, Multichannel News reports. She’ll work with network executives on programming that can run online as well as on-air, and will continue to…
ABC’s guest hosts of “The Week” as it searches for a replacement for George Stephanopoulos will include Barbara Walters, TVNewser reports. Walters, who hasn’t guest anchored the show since 1990, will host next week. The roundtable guests will include Fox…
James Mitchell, who for more than three decades played the rich patriarch Palmer Cortlandt on ABC’s "All My Children," died Friday at age 89, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Mitchell appeared on the show’s 40th anniversary episode just a couple weeks…
Neil Smit, current CEO of Charter Communications and former head man of Time Warner’s America Online Internet-access service, has been named president of Comcast Cable Communications, reports B&C. Smit’s Internet-access experience is seen as a a plus in his new role. Smit…
Imagine Entertainment will develop a pilot based on an unproduced series idea by "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The late Roddenberry concocted another sci-fi series in the early ’70s called "The Questor Tapes," telling the story of an android…
Nah, we made the Conan part up. It’s not April Fool’s Day, but it IS Conan’s last day on "The Tonight Show" and we couldn’t resist. But the first part of the headline is true. Jay Leno, the soon-to-be-returning host of NBC’s "The Tonight Show," has…