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The Observer, a bald, enigmatic character from Fox’s “Fringe,” has been appearing in the network’s other shows, from “American Idol” to a NASCAR race, Daily Variety reports. Fox declined to comment on the campaign, although staff members are calling it…
Cartoon Network is working on a live-action movie featuring the retelling of the King Arthur legend, the Hollywood Reporter says. It’s part of a live-action push from Cartoon, which is working with Lionsgate president of motion picture production Alli Shearmur…
Taller nets behind the backstop at the new Yankee Stadium in New York are creating a problem for television producers because they obstruct a key view of the game, the New York Times reports. “During the exhibition game at the…
David Walton has been cast in the male lead role in NBC’s “100 Questions for Charlotte Payne,” playing one of the title character’s friends, the Hollywood Reporter says. In other casting news, ABC’s comedy pilot “This Little Piggy” has tapped…
Local stations are expanding their local news broadcasts rather than airing costly syndicated programs, and the result is often better ratings, Bloomberg News reports. After News Corp.’s WJBK-TV in Detroit decided to air local news at 11 p.m. and 4:30…
AT&T, seeking permission to enter the cable TV business in Greenville, S.C., said it expects prices to drop was it competes with incumbent provider Charter, the Greenville News reports. “I don’t think competition alone can trigger a product value decrease,”…
The judges on “American Idol” ignored voters and decided to keep Matt Giraud on the show, the Washington Post reports. —Jon Lafayette
Fox News Channel has been hyping the anti-tax tea parties being held around the country designed to protest President Obama’s economic policies, a column in the Los Angeles Times says. Meanwhile MSNBC is writing off the protests as the work…
In a review, the Washington Post says Fox’s new animated series “Sit Down, Shut Up,” inspired only one laugh and a couple of chuckles. The series, “about a group of cranky and self-pitying high school teachers, comes to us from…