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Former “American Idol” contestant Katherine McPhee will appear in an April episode of CBS’ “CSI: NY,” playing a singer, the Hollywood Reporter says. McPhee played herself in a 2007 “Ugly Betty” episode while also appearing in movies such as “The…
BlueRun Productions, which is in production with such horse-related films as “Of Kings and Cowboys,” signed a content agreement with HorseTV, Daily Variety reports. Over the next three years, BlueRun will create at least six original series for the network,…
“Taken in Broad Daylight,” the film based on a true story about a kidnapped teen who orchestrated her own rescue, attracted 1.9 million viewers during its Feb. 15 premier on Lifetime Movie Network, making the movie the second most-watched show…
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, which aired on Speed Feb. 13, boosted its audience from a year earlier by 21%, Multichannel News reports, citing Nielsen Media Research. About 1.4 million U.S. households tuned into the event, Multichannel News says….
Online television studio For Your Imagination snagged a six-figure ad deal for the upcoming Warner Bros. film “Watchmen” to sponsor FYI’s “Axis of Comedy” (axisofcomedy.tv) online network. The sponsorship launches today and will run through March 6, when the film…
Executives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have created a plan to trim the number of awards presented on air during the Emmys broadcast, Daily Variety says. Since the Emmy presentation has been criticized for its length, the…
About 25% of the country’s television stations cut their analog broadcasts Tuesday night, with some stations reporting a stream of frustrated callers and questions, the Associated Press reports. Still, some stations, such as WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Fla., have already…
The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers resumed contract talks yesterday for the first time in three months, with their discussion lasting into the evening, Daily Variety reports. While a timetable is unclear, SAG…
GSN has given the thumbs-up to its original series “Catch 21,” greenlighting the Alfonso Ribeiro-hosted show for a second season, TVWeek reports. The network has ordered 65 additional episodes of “Catch” and has slotted the season-two premiere for April 6…
California lawmakers are debating an “Ugly Betty” tax credit for television and film production, so named because the ABC show moved to New York from Los Angeles last year to tap the Big Apple’s 35% tax credit, the Wall Street…