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Don’t Expect Gingrich or Santorum Back on Fox News Anytime Soon

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum aren’t likely to be offering their opinions on the Fox News Channel in the near future, as the channel has terminated their contracts, reports Politico.com. The move comes after…

Couric Appears Close to Deal With ABC for $20 Million for Talk Show–and Another Soap Opera May Get the Ax to Make Room

Katie Couric is reported to be in the final stages of working out a $20 million deal with ABC that would give the outgoing “CBS Evening News” anchor her own talk show along wtih work doing specials for ABC News…

E! Renews Comedy/Reality Series

E! announced that it is bringing back a comedy/reality show for a second season, Deadline.com reports. The show, which goes behind the scenes of another E! show, is “After Lately,” a mockumentary/improv take on “Chelsea Lately.” “After Lately” was a…

Relativity Launches Television Sales and Digital Distribution Unit

Relativity Media announced today that it has launched a TV sales and digital distribution unit, headed by David Spiegelman. The unit has negotiated contracts with digital and VOD platforms nationwide and has begun licensing Relativity’s film releases. “On the free…

‘Idol’ Gives Fox Another Easy Win in Wednesday Ratings

With a 90-minute “American Idol” leading the charge, Fox scored an easy win in the Wednesday night ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox finished with an average rating of 5.4 for the night in the 18-49 demo, well ahead of CBS (2.8…

3D TV Shipments Projected to Grow Fivefold in 2011

A research firm is projecting that shipments of 3D TVs in the U.S. and Canada will rise dramatically this year, Multichannel News reports. With greater availability of content and lower set prices cited as the two biggest factors, the firm…

Emails to Katie Couric May Have Got NBC Exec Fired

Another NBC executive is out of a job, and this time it appears to be over emails he allegedly sent to outgoing “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric. Kevin Goldman abruptly left his job as communications vice president last week…

Why Did Talks Break Down Between Couric and CBS? Two Sides Have Differing Opinions

The two sides are offering different versions of why negotiations appear to have broken down between Katie Couric and CBS Television Distribution in efforts to create a syndicated talk show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Couric allegedly had too much…

‘X Factor’ Judge Confirmed

Simon Cowell has confirmed–after months of speculation–one of the judges for his upcoming singing competition show “The X Factor,” The Guardian reports. The job is going to the person who was widely expected to get it: Cheryl Cole, a singer…

Netflix Chief Fears Company Will Get Too Big, Face ‘Armageddon’ With Cable Nets

Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said he’s worried that getting too big will create an "Armageddon" with cable networks, reports CNNMoney.com. Netflix has had a "niche" philosophy of being neither too big nor too small, according to the story, which…