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Funnyman Mel Brooks, jazz pianist/composer Dave Brubeck, opera singer Grace Bumbry, Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro and rock ‘n’ roll legend Bruce Springsteen have been chosen to receive the Kennedy Center Honors for 2009, according to CBS. It will be…
Janet Jackson will kick off Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards show with a special tribute to her late brother Michael, according to Popeater.com. In addition to the opening number, the VMAs are expected to highlight many of Michael’s appearances on…
The FCC logged 245,241 complaints in the first quarter, a 246% increase from the fourth quarter of 2008, with indecency complaints soaring in March, says B&C. The commission received 179,997 indecency complaints in March alone, up from a few hundred…
For a long time there didn’t seem to be a controversy about who first introduced The Beatles. It was Ed Sullivan, right? Well, no and yes. NBC News’ DailyNightly blog is taking issue with a “CBS Evening News” report in…
NBC gave a put pilot commitment to Jerry Bruckheimer and writer Jennifer Johnson (“Cold Case”) for an untitled action procedural about a team that tracks down fugitive criminals, says The Hollywood Reporter. It’s Bruckheimer’s first show at NBC since the…
TV Guide Network bought exclusive cable rights for one year to Ashton Kutcher’s “Punk’d,” says Variety. The deal is for 100 half-hour episodes, which the network will air back-to-back as an hourlong strip. –Elizabeth Jensen
ESPN wants to end NBC’s longtime Olympics franchise by grabbing the U.S. TV rights to the 2014 and 2016 Games, John Skipper, the network’s executive vice president of content, told USA Today. "We’ll be there. We’re having discussions with them,"…