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Google, which has been tracking Dish Network viewers for more than a year, hasn’t found anything groundbreaking in its data, Advertising Age reports. For instance, Google found that commercial breaks scheduled on the hour and half-hour keep fewer viewers tuned…
Fox is canceling “Talkshow With Spike Feresten” after three seasons, as the network looks to overhaul its Saturday late-night schedule, Daily Variety reports. Fox is still considering what to schedule in the “Talkshow” timeslot, although a comedy repeat is a…
Tom McCarthy has been tapped to direct HBO’s pilot “Game of Thrones,” while actor Peter Dinklage will take on a key part in the project, the Hollywood Reporter says. The pilot is based on George R.R. Martin’s best-selling “Songs of…
Bravo has renewed its development agreement with Picture This Television in a deal that covers nonscripted series and specials, Daily Variety reports. Picture This Television is the producer of “Celebrity Poker Showdown” and “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,”…
Web companies are increasing the size and quality of display ads to convince marketers of their effectiveness, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Web companies are also looking at different payment terms and measurement systems, the paper says. —Jon Lafayette
Brad Daugherty was the first choice in the NBA Draft and an all star, but now he talks NASCAR for ESPN and ESPN2, USA Today says. Though he built hat rods as a kid, the network had to talk him…
Paula Abdul tells the Ladies’ Home Journal that she’s no longer dependent on medication for the first time in 12 years. Abdul checked into the La Costa Resort and Spa, in Carlsbad, Calif., in November to kick her habit, although…
Lil’ Kim was bumped from ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” after viewers apparently voted for other dancers on the show, the New York Daily News reports. Kim’s professional dance partner, Derek Hough, is also out of the show, the newspaper…
Kiefer Sutherland headbutted a designer who cut between Sutherland and Brooke Shields as they were talking at a New York bar, the New York Daily News reports. Jack McCollough, a designer for the Proenza Schouler label, told police he had…
NBC is beginning to promote its fall series this week, five months before the start of the fall season, TelevisionWeek reports. NBC will tell advertisers it will be scheduling at least six half-hour specials based on the satirical “Weekend Update”…