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Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin will again co-host CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast from Times Square, despite Griffin’s foul-mouthed comments to a heckler last year, TVNewser reports. This year, they will also be joined by Lance Bass, the former ‘N…
Iowa Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley asked the FCC to intervene to make sure his constituents can see the Orange Bowl college football game on Jan. 5, which will feature the Iowa Hawkeyes and Georgia Tech, Multichannel News reports. In a…
Far from considering pulling ads like Domino’s, one company is happy to have its commercials run in MTV’s controversial “Jersey Shore,” reports The Hollywood Reporter. MGM Worldwide will tout its movie “Hot Tub Time Machine” in an upcoming episode. Mike…
Belo Corp. Executive VP and CFO Dennis A. Williamson said he’ll retire next March, after six years in the post, B&C reports. He’ll be replaced by 17-year Belo veteran Carey P. Hendrickson, who will become senior VP and CFO. –Elizabeth…
Lifetime is developing a legal drama about a team of victim witness advocates, reports The Hollywood Reporter. It’s being written by Pam Wechsler, a former homicide prosecutor who left her legal career for a job as legal consultant on NBC’s…
Nickelodeon may have found its next teen star in a 13-year-old actor/singer/dancer, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The network signed a talent development deal with Cymphonique, which calls for developing comedy/musical or straight comedy series for her or adding her to…
Cartoon Network is developing a live-action comedy from writers Greg Coolidge (Nickelodeon’s “The Troop”) and Kirk Ward, reports The Hollywood Reporter. It’s about a teenager whose family sponsors a Japanese exchange student who is on a secret mission. –Elizabeth Jensen
Longtime CBS executive Nancy Tellem has been named senior advisor to CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves, reports B&C. The move, which had been expected, will have Tellum overseeing new domestic and international corporate options for CBS, and spending less time…
After 23 years of star-driven, award-winning commercial spots in the annual Super Bowl telecast, a major brand has decided not to advertise its beverages during 2010’s Super Bowl XLIV, reports the Wall Street Journal. Pepsi-Cola plans to market its beverages…