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Harvard Picks Well-Known TV Host as Hasty Pudding Man of the Year

Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding theatrical troupe has crowned a television personality who has had an interesting year in 2010 as its 2011 Man of the Year, Entertainment Weekly reports in its PopWatch blog. Jay Leno is the honoree, and he…

Showtime Clobbers HBO in Fight Over TV Rights to Huge Bout

Showtime appears to have delivered a knockout blow to pay-TV giant HBO in the scuffle over rights to televise the hotly anticipated pay-per-view fight between Manny Pacquiao and “Sugar” Shane Mosley, reports SportsNewser.com. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum reportedly has…

David E. Kelley’s Comic Book Heroine Finds a TV Home

Despite reports that David E. Kelley’s new incarnation of "Wonder Woman" was grounded, one of the major broadcast networks has now given the thumbs up to Kelley’s pilot for the comic book heroine, reports Deadline.com. The network is NBC, and…

Super Bowl Locks In Beer Sponsor Through 2014

If you watch the Super Bowl and expect to be tantalized by the sight of bottles of Coors or Sam Adams, forget about it. The lone beer company that will be advertising during Super Bowl XLV will be Anheuser-Busch, reports…

Ratings Go Through the Roof for NFL Playoff Broadcast on CBS

CBS’s prime-time broadcast of the AFC Championship Game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets was a ratings blockbuster, the highest-rated conference championship game since 1987, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. With the usual disclaimer that the numbers could change significantly due…

Why Fox News Should Hire Keith Olbermann. What? Huh?

Don’t laugh … though you can snicker, sneer and approach a mild, muffled guffaw. TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross presents the case for Keith Olbermann joining Fox News. What, you thought there was no case to be made for…

Olbermann’s Departure Comes After Years of Tension and Near Terminations

While many viewers were shocked that last Friday, January 21, 2011 MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann announced on-air that that night’s show was the last for the network, the decision came after years of tension and near terminations, reports The New York Times’…

Kiefer Sutherland Breaks News About ’24’ Movie

Recent reports about a possible “24” movie have focused on obstacles standing in the way of the project, including the rejection of the script by Fox, as we reported earlier this month. But now the star of “24,” Kiefer Sutherland,…

CBS Orders De Niro Crime Drama

The collaboration between Robert De Niro and crime novelist Richard Price, a cop drama dealing with six New York City rookie cops who are learning on the job and trying to live their normal lives, has been ordered as a…

GE’s Immelt Joins Obama White House, Takes On Role in Rebuilding U.S. Competitiveness

General Electric Co. President Jeffrey Immelt, who has put in considerable time as a key player in media and television as part of the team running the company that owned NBC, has been named by President Obama to head the…