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A new study from the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Medical School suggests there is a link between the amount of TV watched by adolescents and the likelihood that they will be depressed as adults, the Los Angeles Times reports….
Ad sales executives at two major television broadcasters said they’re not alarmed over second-quarter options that advertisers have to return commercials they agreed to buy during the upfront last year. Advertisers can return as much as 50% of the ad…
CBS Interactive and Head & Shoulders have teamed to produce the original Web series “Heckle U.” Tom Arnold and Owen Benjamin star in the 10-part Web series, premiering Feb. 9 on CBS.com and TV.com. Three episodes will be released during…
MTV will launch “New Afternoons on MTV” with hosts Adrienne Bailon and MTV Tr3s VJ Carlos Santos on Feb. 16. The afternoon block, airing from 4-6 p.m., will feature new episodes of “Sex … With Mom and Dad” with Dr….
ABC will unveil the cast for the eighth season of “Dancing With the Stars” throughout its Sunday night programming on Feb. 8 in what the network is dubbing the “All Night Name Drop.” “Dancing” host Tom Bergeron will reveal one…
Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” is currently filming in a temporary studio as the show’s usual home is upgraded for full HD, TVNewser reports, citing reports from Inside Cable News. Bill O’Reilly is expected to make his full high-def…
Ad agencies have begun taking their second-quarter options as TV spending cuts are executed across the board, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing unnamed executives in the market. Some agencies are taking as much as 50% of their budget back, the…
CNBC senior VP Jonathan Wald will be leaving his post at the end of March, TVNewser reports. The announcement was made by CNBC President Mark Hoffman in an internal memo, which says agreement could not be reached on a new…
Starz will premiere new comedy “Party Down” on March 20 at 10:30 p.m. The half-hour series, created by Rob Thomas (“Veronica Mars”), follows a group of struggling actors working as cater-waiters. Starz has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which…
Walt Disney Co.’s first quarter profit fell 32%, driven down by weaker performance at its broadcast and cable holdings as the economy has slowed. “We faced a challenging first quarter with many of our businesses impacted to various degrees by…