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Twitter Campaign Gives ‘Big Bang’ a Boost in the Ratings

"Big Bang Theory" executive producer Bill Prady and guest star Wil Wheaton conspired to see how a Twitter message campaign could help last night’s episode of the CBS comedy, in which Wheaton appeared as himself. The answer is quite a…

Two New Dramas in the Works for Fox

Fox has a new hour-long drama in the works that is based on the 1999 British series "Daylight Robbery," about four housewives who, plagued by money woes, turn to crime, reports Variety. 20th Century Fox TV is producing. Also in the works is for the…

Byron Allen Bringing ‘Young Icons’ to Syndication

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Inc. will launch "The Young Icons" in syndication for fall 2010, according to TVNewscheck.  "The Young Icons" is an  weekly 30 minute HD series about the lives of the exceptional Americans, age 18 and younger, who are…

John Miller Named Senior VP at WE tv

WE tv and Wedding Central named John Miller, formerly executive VP at The Weinstein Company, to the post of senior VP of original productions and development, according to Multichannel News. Miller’s new duties will include developing original programming and overseeing production on WE…

Sportsman Channel Expands Into More Comcast Territory

The all-hunting, -shooting and -fishing network, Sportsman Channel, has inked a deal with Comcast to carry its programming on Comcast’s Digital Preferred service in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; Savannah, Ga.; Tucson, Ariz.; and Albuquerque, Las Cruces,and Santa Fe, N.M. With the help…

‘Knocked Up’ Scores Big on E!

For the week of Oct. 12, the premiere broadcast of the Seth Rogen/Katherine Heigl film "Knocked Out" led to E! achieving the most-watched week in the network’s history, averaging 467,000 total viewers, up 34% over the benchmark of a year ago….

‘Indestructible Man’ Comic Book Coming to TV?

"Indestructible Man" comic books may soon be coming to TV since Fox21 has partnered with Platinum Studios to develop a show based on the comic book hero, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Nick Rabel is the secret agent hero of…

‘Big Brother’ Winner Jasinski Arrested in Boston

Adam Jasinski, who last year was the winner of CBS’ reality series “Big Brother,” yesterday was in U.S. District Court in Boston charged with possession of oxycodone pills with intent to distribute, reports WFXT-TV’s MyFoxBoston.com. After flying into Boston’s Logan Airport from Delray Beach, Fla., with…

NBC’s Graboff: TV Windows Are Collapsing, So Reach Out to the Audience Anytime, Anywhere

NBC’s Entertainment Chairman Marc Graboff said that if the TV industry is to continue to turn a profit, the people in charge have to make TV viewing available anytime, anywhere, because traditional television viewing patterns are collapsing, reports the Associated…

Ex-Gov. Blago Allowed to Appear on NBC’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

In U.S. District Court yesterday, Chicago prosecutors did not ask for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to be barred from appearing as a contestant on NBC’s "Celebrity Apprentice," according to the New York Post. However, when requested, Blagojevich’s counsel agreed to…