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A Colorado judge denied actor Charlie Sheen’s request to participate by telephone at a Feb. 8 hearing in Aspen related to his Christmas Day-arrest on allegations he held a knife to his wife’s neck and threatened to kill her, the…
A day before the extended deadline, Sinclair and Mediacom reached a retransmission consent deal, B&C reports. No details on the one-year deal, covering 22 TV stations in 15 markets, were released. Sinclair President David Smith said the deal includes “an…
MSNBC host Ed Schultz said he isn’t running for Sen. Byron Dorgan’s North Dakota U.S. Senate seat, TVNewser reports. Dorgan said earlier this week that he won’t run for another term, and Schultz said he had been contacted by Democratic…
The FCC defended its decision to stay a plan to partially lift the newspaper-broadcast crossownership ban because new commissioners are likely to come up with new rules, B&C reports. The FCC also says court challenges to lifting the ban should…
CBS will air Jerry Bruckheimer’s new midseason hospital drama “Miami Medical” on Friday nights at 10 p.m., starting April 2, replacing “Numbers” which will have finished its run, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, the Monday comedy "Accidentally on Purpose" will…
Showtime gave a series order to Laura Linney’s project "The Big C," in which the three-time Emmy winner plays a suburban wife and mom who is diagnosed with cancer, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The pay network ordered 13 episodes for…
Ben Silverman, the former NBC Entertainment co-chairman, lined up Yahoo to distribute shows from his new studio, Electus, which plans to specialize in programs created with advertisers, The New York Times reports. Silverman has also signed up “American Idol” host…
"The Jay Leno Show," currently airing on NBC weeknights at 10 p.m., will go on hiatus Feb. 1 and return to its old 11:30 p.m. timeslot after NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics ends, TMZ is reporting, citing unnamed "sources." According…