Fox has announced that Ellen DeGeneres will not return as a judge on "American Idol." In a statement DeGeneres said, "A couple months ago, I let Fox and the ‘American Idol’ producers know that this didn’t feel like the right…
The Wednesday night Nielsens reflected the smaller summer audiences, but reality TV continued to thrive, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m. CBS’s "Big Brother" beat out Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance," scoring a 2.2 rating to a 2.0…
Salary negotiations are "still nowhere" with the main cast of CBS’ "The Big Bang Theory," just one week before the show is slated to begin production on its fourth season, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Producing studio Warner Bros. TV…
Motorola is using Apple’s iPhone 4 design flaw to its own benefit, running an advertisement that points out the iPhone’s reception problem while drawing attention to its new Droid X on Verizon, reports Advertising Age. A full-page print ad that…
NBC’s flagship TV station in Los Angeles, KNBC, is getting a new executive to take over the day-to-day operations of its news department, reports TVNewsCheck. The executive is Vickie Burns, who has been named KNBC’s vice president of news. "She…
Launching the Television Critics Association conference in Beverly Hills, CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler told an executive session Wednesday that stability has been a winning strategy for her network but added that CBS remains “paranoid” about the future of broadcast…
Chris Albrecht, who was extraordinarily successful as a programmer at HBO, is betting $1 billion that he can repeat his magic at Starz Called Operation Turbo, Starz has a plan to raise the $1 billion in off-balance-sheet financing to build…
One of Scripps’ top executives, who was vice president of brand creative at the Food Network–where she also helped launch the Cooking Channel–has left to go to another cable network. Patalia Tate has been named senior vice president, marketing, creative and brand strategy for…
Julia Roberts and Goldie Hawn have agreed to to produce documentaries for the upcoming Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), the New York Daily News reports. Roberts will create and narrate a film called "Extraordinary Moms," which examines mothers who have tried to…
Bruce Campbell and Lee Bartlett have received appointments with the Discovery Channel. Campbell, who has been president of Digital Media and Corporate Development for Discovery, is moving up to chief development officer and general counsel. Campbell will report to President…