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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Taps New Leadership for the Company’s Television Business

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has announced new leadership for the company’s television business. The company named Geoffrey Darby as general manager for TV and named Michael Morrison as executive producer of “The Martha Stewart Show.” “Martha Stewart,” an Emmy-winning daily…

NBC Getting Record Price for Super Bowl Ads

NBC is receiving a record price for Super Bowl commercial time, beating the mark set by Fox a year ago, reports Adweek. Wth five months to go until the Super Bowl is held in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, NBC is…

Top CW Executive Leaving; Unclear Whether He Will Be Replaced

A key executive at the CW is leaving the network after four years, and it is unclear whether he will be replaced, reports Deadline.com. Rich Vokulich, the network’s head of business affairs, is expected to leave this week, the story…

Rupert Murdoch Receives a Massive Pay Hike

It may seem incongruous given that most of the headlines lately about News Corp. and its chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, have cast the company and its leader in a negative light, but Murdoch has been given a huge pay…

TNT Cancels Drama Series

TNT announced that it has canceled one of its scripted dramas, reports Entertainment Weekly. The show, which made it through three seasons, is HawthoRNe, a hospital drama starring Jada Pinkett Smith. In a statement, the cable net said: “TNT truly…

Bravo Renews Reality Show

Bravo has renewed a reality show, with a new season to be filmed starting in the next couple of months for broadcast in 2012, New York Magazine reports. The show is "Pregnant in Heels," about Rosie Pope, the ultimate maternity…

What’s the Most TiVo’ed Show on Television? Here’s the Top 10

TiVo has revealed the top 10 list of the most TiVo’ed shows on television, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The company has been compiling the data since October 2007. Topping the list is the ABC drama "Grey’s Anatomy," which is…

VH1 Has Seen Enough of Reality Series, Won’t Be Bringing It Back

VH1 has confirmed that it won’t be picking up another season of one of its reality series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is Audrina Patridge’s series "Audrina," a spinoff of MTV’s “The Hills.” “Audrina” has struggled to find…

New James Gandolfini Series in Development at HBO

HBO is developing a new star vehicle for James Gandolfini, reports Deadline.com. The new project is a series called "Big Dead Place," a comedic drama based on a memoir by Nicholas Johnson about working for the U.S. Antarctic Program. The…

Court Signs Off on Comcast’s Takeover of NBCUniversal, Adds Conditions

The government’s conditions placed on NBCUniversal’s takeover by Comcast were approved by a federal judge, amounting to an approval of the deal, reports the Associated Press. The judge also tacked on two years of court oversight. U.S. District Judge Richard…