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The musical act during the 2011 Super Bowl’s Halftime Show will be the Black Eyed Peas, reports SportsbyBrooks.com. An NFL spokesman said the league had no comment, the article says. The group has some NFL connections, with a performance at…
A repeat of a two-part episode of "Grey’s Anatomy" was aired with a viewer warning on Thursday after a real-life shooting that day eerily mirrored the TV show, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The repeat episodes were…
Employees at WNYW-TV in New York are concerned after four reporters were treated recently for carbon-monoxide poisoning after working in the station’s remote trucks, reports the New York Daily News. The Fox-owned station’s reporters Lisa Evers, Andrea Day, Nicole Johnson…
Fox is in discussions to pick up a half-hour comedy starring "Ghost Whisperer" star Jennifer Love Hewitt, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The show is described as a female "Big Bang Theory," the story says. "Wild Hogs" director Walt Becker…
Google has hired one of the key executives behind Netflix’s popular online streaming service, signaling the search-giant’s seriousness about getting into television, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Robert Kyncl will become Google’s vice president of content partnerships,…
Call it the duel of the divas. The New York Post’s Page Six is reporting that Pussycat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger is close to signing a multimillion-dollar deal to become a judge on Simon Cowell’s "X Factor," putting her in…
Ryan Murphy, the co-creator of "Glee," and Howard Gordon, the executive producer and showrunner of "24," have created a drama project about phobias and are in negotiations for the show to land at Fox, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The…
3D television will remain a "niche product" for some time, only attracting early adopters, according to DirecTV Chief Financial Officer Patrick Doyle, reports MediaPost.com. DirecTV, which offers four 3D channels, doesn’t have data about how many customers are watching the…
Dennis Kneale is likely to leave CNBC after his current contract ends in the next several weeks, ending his "turbulent but entertaining tenure" at the cable-news network, reports Jeff Bercovici at AOL’s DailyFinance.com. "CNBC has made it clear it’s unwilling…