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Verizon will shut off its analog signals in Maryland and northern Virginia beginning July 21, Multichannel News reports. The company already has eliminated analog service in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, the newspaper notes, as part of a deal…
Todd A. Porch has been named Nexstar Broadcasting Group’s senior vice president of eMedia, TVNewsday reports. He will oversee new-media operations for 28 local community Web portals and Nexstar’s eMedia teams for content, products, services and sales, the Web site…
Fox’s spinoff of “Prison Break” will not be a character spinoff as originally planned, the Hollywood Reporter says. After struggling with casting and the writers strike, Fox has decided to make a “Prison Break” brand spinoff in the vein of…
Christopher Gorham has been cast in CBS’ midseason drama “Harper’s Island,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The horror story centers around a group of friends who gather on an island for a wedding, with Gorham playing the groom-to-be, the newspaper says….
Participants in PBS’s “The Bible’s Buried Secrets,” a two-hour special airing Nov. 18, at a TCA panel promised that the program will have its share of controversy, the Los Angeles Times reports. The special, which relies on archaeological work and…
Genie Francis is reprising her role as Laura on the ABC’s daytime soap “General Hospital,” the Associated Press reports. Francis’ first appearance is set for Aug. 26, the wire service says. The wedding of Laura and Luke in 1981 attracted…
Chris Carter, creator of “The X-Files,” hopes that fans of the show and newcomers will line up for the film “The X-Files: I Want to Believe,” the New York Times reports. The movie is designed as a stand-alone, self-contained story…
Bonten Media Group Inc. is planning to buy CBS affiliate WTVF Nashville from Landmark Communications for a reported $205-$215 million, TVNewsday reports. Landmark, which sold The Weather Channel to NBC Universal for $3.5 billion last week, had previously announced that…
Jordana Brewster will join the cast of NBC’s “Chuck” for a minimum of 3 episodes, Entertainment Weekly reports. Brewster will play Jill, Chuck’s ex-girlfriend from college who broke his heart, the magazine says. Executive producer Josh Schwartz confirmed the news…
MTV New Media and Gain Enterprises are teaming up to bring comic book superhero Invincible to iTunes, mobile phones and MTV2, the New York Times reports. The first 36 issues of the comic will be transferred through a process known…