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The Emmys are getting a little more populist this year. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday that its Board of Governors has voted to end the so-called “two-phase” selection process for choosing best comedy and drama series…
ABC has acquired the rights to never-aired CW comedy “Surviving Suburbia” and is giving the Bob Saget vehicle a plum spot behind “Dancing with the Stars” on Mondays. “Suburbia” was a victim of producer Media Rights Capital’s failed attempt to…
It’s long been said that the best way to sell television is by using television. Now the Cinema Advertising Council is saying it’s the commercials in movie theaters that have helped cable television networks get viewers to tune in to…
When Amy Ballis arrived at her new job at MediaVest, there were a lot of familiar faces there to greet her. Over the course of her career, it seems, she’d worked for many of the media agency’s top executives. Ms….
The National Geographic Channel is celebrating Charles Darwin, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the man who popularized the theory of evolution. Starting Sunday, NatGeo is running a three-part series called “Morphed,” which uses 3-D animation to bring…
Which companies get the most online visitors? According to Nielsen Online, Google was tops in December, with more than 133 million unique visitors who spent more than two hours with its sites and applications. The rest of the top 10…
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg’s request for a restraining order that would have prevented the guild from restarting contract renegotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Daily Variety…
“Life” star Sarah Shahi will have her pregnancy factored into her workload for the NBC show, E! Online reports. Showrunner Rand Ravich says Shahi’s character, Dani Reese, will join a special FBI-LAPD task force that will keep her involved with…
Pepsi sponsored this weekend’s “MacGruber” ad that aired during the Super Bowl, in addition to similar ads that aired the day before during “Saturday Night Live,” the Associated Press reports. The “SNL” episodes of the sketch aired during commercial breaks…
DirecTV has partnered with AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets for a co-branded satellite TV service, the Austin Business Journal reports. The service will replace AT&T’s previous deal with Dish Network across the company’s 22-state residential region, the site says. AT&T…