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A judge has ordered NBC Universal to provide actor Jack Klugman with access to his contract for “Quincy, M.E.,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The actor sued NBC in March, seeking a court order to access contracts after NBC claimed the…
Samir Shah, a member of the BBC’s board of directors, said U.K. broadcasters have overcompensated for a lack of minority executives by littering television programs with ethnic actors, regardless of whether they fit the cultural context of the program, the…
Sen. Barack Obama’s press secretary, Michael Ortiz, said the presidential candidate “does not support reimposing the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters,” calling it a distraction from talking about opening up airwaves to a diversity of voices, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Instead,…
A survey by Alloy Media & Marketing found 62% of college students watch TV shows online, Media Daily News reports. Students’ percentage of TV ownership fell from 82% to 79%, while laptop ownership rose from 63% to 70%, the Web…
Luke Perry will guest star on CBS’ “Criminal Minds” next season as “a baddie,” TV Guide reports. His episode will air toward the beginning of the season, the magazine notes. —Vlada Gelman
Patrick Pichette will take over as Google’s senior VP and chief financial officer on Aug. 12, Valleywag reports. He was formerly the president of operations for global communications company Bell Canada, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
The two-hour “24” prequel movie slated to air on Fox this fall will be part of the 24-hour timeline for the series next season, according to actor Robert Carlyle, Premiere magazine reports. Twenty-two episodes starting with the third hour of…
National Telecommunications and Information Administration acting head Meredith Attwell urged more stations to run a digital TV test like those in Florida, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Orlando, Fla., stations will turn off their analog signals for 10 seconds at 7:59…
Cable news networks are lumping together TV talking heads under the label of political strategists, even if they have no experience working for a politician, Politico reports. Betsy Goldman, a former booker and producer for CNN and MSNBC, claims that…
Federal antitrust regulators approved Cablevision Systems Corp.’s purchase of Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million, the Associated Press reports. The Long Island-based newspaper has 3.1 million subscribers in the New York metro area, the wire service notes. —Vlada Gelman