After fans spoke out about an unusual quirk in Keith Olbermann’s new Current TV “Countdown’ show, the controversial host has announced that he is making a small but important change to the show, reports The Huffington Post. The show, which…
A group of Tea Partiers has created its own television show, which its backer says is a remedy to the group’s belief that Hollywood portrays "conservatives, traditionalists and people of faith as half-wits," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show…
Serbians are urging a boycott of Chelsea Handler and advertisers on her E! show "Chelsea Lately" after the comedian made comments that implied the country is a "disappointment," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Handler made the comments on a June…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has joined Facebook’s board of directors, giving the social networking company expertise in digital entertainment, reports Bloomberg. Hastings becomes the sixth director at Facebook, which has existing directors including Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald Graham…
Noting that the "economic recovery continues to be unevenly felt across our markets," a group that owns 18 network-affiliated stations says it is placing its employees on furlough, reports Poynter.org’s Jim Romenesko. Media General is implementing 15 days of furlough…
Fox is putting a big promotional push behind "Terra Nova," the time-traveling drama about a family that is transported to prehistoric Earth, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Steven Spielberg and former News Corp. President Peter Chernin are…
On the heels of its successful “Teen Mom” reality show, MTV is working on a project with a similar approach–focused again on a mistake many young people make. This time the subject is high school dropouts, and the network hopes…
In a 5-4 ruling that limits the power of federal bankruptcy judges, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued its decision in a case involving the estate of Anna Nicole Smith. The estate will receive nothing from the $1.6 billion fortune…
Lindsay Lohan appeared in court today after reportedly failing an alcohol test, and was ordered by the judge to stop throwing parties at her house while she’s under house arrest, People magazine reported. Lohan used “extremely poor judgment” by hosting…
The average price subscribers to multichannel video are paying for their TV privileges is up a sizable 3% from a year ago, according to a report by Multichannel News citing a survey by Leichtman Research Group. The average subscriber now…