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Jason Priestley is in talks to direct some episodes of The CW’s “90210,” the New York Daily News reports. “I think that’s where I’ll be most beneficial,” said Priestley, who starred in the original “Beverly Hills, 90210,” the newspaper reports….
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the necessary paperwork for Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. to separate from The E.W. Scripps Co., TVNewsday reports. The two companies’ stocks will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 1, the…
The Screen Actors Guild held a town hall meeting on Wednesday, at which it distributed a fact sheet to members detailing its problems with AFTRA’s tentative deal with the media companies, the Hollywood Reporter says. SAG took issue with the…
NBC Universal is negotiating to sell some of its 30 Rockefeller Plaza property and move to an environmentally friendly headquarters for many of its New York-based operations, the New York Post reports. Some of the buildings in consideration include Worldwide…
Giants linebacker Michael Strahan is being courted by CBS, Fox and NBC for a TV hosting job, the New York Post reports. Strahan could join “Fox NFL Sunday” or “Inside the NFL,” which is moving to CBS-owned Showtime this fall,…
Charter Communications and LIN TV have reached a retransmission agreement, TVNewsday reports. Charter will continue to carry the analog, digital, and high-definition signals for 11 LIN TV-owned and/or operated local stations in Grand Rapids, Mich., Green Bay, Wis., New Haven,…
David Mitton, creator of children’s program “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends,” died on May 16 in London from a heart attack, the New York Times reports. Mitton wrote or directed more than 180 episodes of the TV series, the…
John Cusack is featured in a political ad that criticizes John McCain for keeping troops in Iraq and not supporting a G.I. bill of rights, and compares him to President Bush, the Associated Press reports. The ad was sent out…
Satellite providers, the largest category of alternative delivery systems, continue to take away from cable’s market share, reaching 28.1% of TV households in May, Multichannel News reports. The number of TV households with satellite increased to 27.7%, while cable households…
Panasonic’s tru2way interactive specification has failed CableLabs’ certification testing, Multichannel News reports. Panasonic’s tru2way TV units encountered numerous bugs during the testing process, including some that violate federal broadcasting laws, the newspaper says. The failure indicates that Panasonic will not…