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Viacom-owned gay-themed network Logo has ordered six half-hour episodes of its previously announced Rosie O’Donnell sketch comedy project.The new series, tentatively titled “The Big Gay Show,” will feature sketches, musical numbers and pop culture parodies. Ms. O’Donnell, Dan MacDonald and…
Don Fitzpatrick, a TV news talent agent who started the well-read newsletter ShopTalk and the Web site TVSpy, died Monday at his home in Alexandria, La. He was 56.George Donald Fitzpatrick Jr. was born in Pittsburgh. From 1982 to 2000…
NBC’s new week-long reality series “Celebrity Cooking Showdown” disappointed in its 9 p.m. (ET) debut Monday, dropping from its lead-in and underperforming the most recent previous time period occupant.“Cooking” scored a 2.9 preliminary national rating in adults 18 to 49,…
NBC Universal said Tuesday that it has formed a new business unit within the media giant to focus on new business opportunities in digital media, and tapped Darren Feher, the company’s chief technology officer, to run the group.Called the technology…
Brian Lewis has been promoted to executive VP of corporate communications for Fox Television Stations, which includes Twentieth Television and MyNetworkTV-the new network that will launch Sept. 5-as well as Fox News. The announcement was made Tuesday by Roger Ailes,…
Fox once again was the top network in the adults 18 to 49 demographic for the week, while CBS was victorious in total viewers.For the week ended April 16, Fox’s Tuesday edition of “American Idol” was the No. 1 show…
VH1 plans to air three episodes of its scripted comedy “So NoTORIous” on April 23 beginning at 10 p.m., the network said Tuesday. Two of the episodes will be new and the third will be a rerun. Tori Spelling stars…
Four digital stations owned by Pappas Telecasting Cos. are among the nine newly signed affiliates Fox’s MyNetworkTV announced Tuesday. The deals boost clearance for MyNetworkTV to stations in 105 markets representing 65 percent of the country. The Pappas-owned affiliates include…
MSNBC is tinkering with its lineup. Starting Monday the cable news channel will move “Scarborough Country” from 10 p.m. (ET) to 9 p.m. and will move “Rita Cosby: Live and Direct” from 9 p.m. to “Scarborough’s” old 10 p.m. slot.The…
Four stations owned or operated by LIN TV have signed on as affiliates of The CW, an addition that raises clearances for The CW to stations reaching 81 percent of the country’s TV homes.The newly signed LIN stations are: UPN…