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RTDNA’s Paul White Award to Go to ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent

The Radio Television Digital News Association said its 2010 Paul White Award will go to “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft, TVNewser.com reports. He’ll be honored April 12 in Las Vegas during the group’s annual convention, joining such past honorees as…

ABC’s ‘The Forgotten’ Gets Extra Episodes; ‘Eastwick’ is Canceled; ‘Let’s Dance’ Won’t Debut as Planned

ABC canceled its Wednesday night drama "Eastwick,” but plans to finish production on 13 episodes and air them all, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The network meanwhile ordered five more episodes of its Tuesday night crime show “The Forgotten.” And the…

‘Real Househusbands’ In the Works?

The company behind Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Orange County” is trying to launch a male version, reports B&C. Production company Evolution Media enlisted Princess Banton-Lofters, who cast the Atlanta “Real Housewives” version, to produce and cast the new project,…

Fox Decides Against Mark Brazill Sitcom

Fox decided not to go to production on a multicamera comedy from Mark Brazill ("That ’70s Show"), reports The Hollywood Reporter. The coming-of-age project had been titled "The Rednecks & Romeos," and is now untitled; it will be shopped by…

Mutual of Omaha, Oprah Settle Lawsuit over Rights to ‘Aha Moment’

Insurance company Mutual of Omaha settled its lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions over rights to the phrase “Aha moment,” the Associated Press reports. No details were released. The two sides got in a legal tiff earlier this year when…

Defense Lawyer in Letterman Case to Ask Judge to Dismiss Charges Against His Client

Halderman has a Manhattan court date today. His attorney Gerald Shargel said he would challenge the grand jury evidence and ask for the case to be dismissed, but he didn’t discuss the details of what his argument would be. –Elizabeth…

Murdoch Threatens to Sue BBC Over Story Use if Necessary

News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch said in an interview for Sky News Australia on Monday that if BBC used stories — if it infringed copyrights by stealing material from his company’s publications around the world — he might sue, according to the…

Dunn New President of CBS Stations

CBS named Peter Dunn president of CBS Television Stations, in charge of overseeing all 29 CBS-owned stations, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dunn, who replaces the departing Tom Kane, comes from WCBS-TV in New York City, where he was president and general manager. Dunn…

Gray President Urges Stations to Unite Against Nets’ Efforts to Get Chunk of Retrans Revenues

Gray Television President Robert Prather called for station groups to form a "united front" versus the broadcast networks over retransmission revenue, according to B&C Prather, speaking during Gray’s third-quarter earnings call, said most of Gray’s affiliate agreements are in place through…

Dish Network Goes to the Slopes

The Ski Channel has inked a longterm video on demand distribution agreement with the Dish Network, reports Multichannel News. According to reps from Ski Channel, more than 21 million homes now have year-round access to the channel’s mountain sports activities, including…