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“Scrubs” is adding three new interns to its cast: Betsy Beutler (“The Black Donnellys”), Eliza Coupe (“12 Miles of Bad Road”) and Aziz Ansari (“Human Giant”), TV Guide‘s Michael Ausiello reports, citing unnamed sources. The article didn’t indicate whether the…
A&E’s “Dog the Bounty Hunter” will return this summer after being off the schedule for months, the Associated Press reports. Reruns will begin airing June 25, with unaired episodes from the fourth season to follow, the wire service says. The…
Comcast Corp. plans to acquire social networking Web site Plaxo, the Wall Street Journal reports. The cable operator is seeking to broaden the range of services for its 27 million subscribers with the contact-information and media-exchange Web site, the newspaper…
The Walt Disney Co. plans to create a lab in Austin, Texas, by the end of the year to measure the biometric reactions of viewers to advertising on new technologies, the Associated Press reports. The lab will pool 4,000 people…
Only 1% of people said they “most often” view television by downloading or streaming shows, according to a national survey commissioned by Entertainment Weekly, AdAge reports. Sixty percent of the 1,000 adults surveyed said they still watch their favorites shows…
A study conducted by advertising agency Prime Access and San Francisco-based media company PlanetOut found that Bravo, Showtime and HBO are the most gay-friendly networks, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Bravo placed first among the 5,000 people surveyed, which constituted a…
A super-speedy new character will be introduced on the new season of NBC’s “Heroes,” the Associated Press reports. Daphne, to be played by Brea Grant (“Friday Night Lights”), will be a foil for time traveler Hiro and his friend Ando,…
ABC News announced three fresh news operations positions today, TVNewsday reports. Todd Donovan joins the network as the vice president of news technology while Chris Myers has been named the executive director for newsgathering operations, the Web site says. Renu…
Low-power television stations are lobbying Congress for $450 million in aid to make the conversion to digital signals as soon as possible, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The low-power stations, which are being threatened with bankruptcy, aren’t required to make the…
ABC has renamed its “High School Musical” competition show to “High School Musical: Get in the Picture,” MediaWeek reports. The network has also revealed that the winner of the contest will appear in a music video that will play over…