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OWN Executive Fired After 18-Year Tenure With Oprah

[Updated Jan. 26, 2012, 12:57 p.m., to include comment from OWN spokesperson clarifying Oprah Winfrey’s role in the firing.] A key OWN officer said to be one of Oprah Winfrey’s closest and most trusted executives has been let go by…

Former Staffer Files Lawsuit Against NBC, ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’

A lawsuit has been filed against NBCUniversal and the host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" accusing the show of gender bias, TMZ.com reports. Former staffer Paul Tarascio alleges in the suit that he was dropped from his job as…

Starz Entertainment President and COO Steps Down

The president and chief operating officer of Starz Entertainment resigned from his post Wednesday, TheWrap reports. The company confirmed the exit of Bill Myers, who was with the network for 10 years. No reason was given for Myers’ departure. Myers…

Are Hard Times Over for Netflix? Stock Surges After Company Announces Customers Are Back

Netflix said it regained 610,000 U.S. customers in the fourth quarter, ending the year with 24.4 million customers, reports Bloomberg. The news sent Netflix’s shares surging 16% in extended trading Wednesday, the piece notes. The customer acquisitions signal that Chief…

Will Smith and Simon Cowell Join Forces to Launch New Competition Show

Simon Cowell’s SYCO Entertainment and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment production company are teaming up for a new, live international reality competition program to find the world’s greatest disc jockeys, reports Deadline.com. The show has already been in…

CBS Inks 10-Year Pact With Awards Show

CBS has signed a deal to keep an annual awards ceremony on the network for 10 years, Deadline.com reports. The agreement extends the network’s deal with the Academy of Country Music that has had the ACM Awards on CBS since…

Midseason Death Watch Begins — And Each of the Four Major Broadcast Nets Has at Least One Series on Life Support

With the return of fresh episodes and new shows, the midseason death watch has started and a number of shows are already at risk for an early demise, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. One of those shows is "The Finder,"…

U.S. State Department Takes a Stand on Jay Leno Controversy as Lawsuit Is Filed

The U.S. State Department has stepped into a controversy surrounding a gag Jay Leno delivered during his opening monologue on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” the BBC reports. Meanwhile, Deadline.com reported that a lawsuit has been filed against Leno and NBC in…

Major Spanish-Language Network Announces Plan That Could Send Ripples Through Broadcast Rankings

A major Spanish-language TV network has announced a move that could significantly expand its audience, the Los Angeles Times reports in its Company Town blog. Univision revealed Tuesday during the NATPE conference in Miami that it will add closed-captioned English-language…

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to Host Talk Show on Network Funded by Kremlin

Julian Assange, the controversial founder of cyber-transparency website WikiLeaks, has announced he’s launching a television show, according to media reports. The theme of the talk show will be “the world tomorrow.” The show will air on RT, a global TV…