Bloomberg’s fight with Comcast over channel placement has drawn the interest of another party, reports Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The interested party is Current TV. Current has the goal of becoming a news channel…
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ proposed television deal with Fox Sports was rejected by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, a move that Bloomberg says may lead to the sale of the team. "It is my conclusion that this proposed transaction…
A popular TV character apparently has friends in the halls of academia along with his fan base among the school-age set, as a newly discovered species of mushroom has been named after SpongeBob SquarePants, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Dennis…
Sarah Michelle Gellar’s return to television will help kick off The CW’s fall schedule, reports B&C. “Ringer” is set to premiere Tuesday, Sept. 13, following the season debut of “90210.” "H8R," a new reality show hosted by Mario Lopez, will…
With Netflix’s recent problems — including a website outage and a contract dispute leading to Sony films being pulled from streaming — some observers are wondering whether these problems are a sign of more to come, writes CNET’s Larry Dignan….
Film critic Roger Ebert was criticized as being insensitive for a tweet sent after news broke of "Jackass" performer Ryan Dunn’s fatal car crash, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ebert implied that Dunn’s car crash was the result of drunken…
"Fox and Nexstar Broadcasting are parting ways in Springfield, Mo., and Fort Wayne, Ind.," reports Michael Malone at B&C. As previously reported, in May Fox and Nexstar said that WTVW in Evansville, Indiana, will no longer be a Fox affiliate. According…
A star of MTV reality shows and a series of feature films was killed early Monday in a fiery auto collision, reportedly just hours after he tweeted a picture of himself drinking. Ryan Dunn, 34, a member of the Jackass…
"Rescue Me" star Denis Leary is plotting his next television project, an adaptation of the British action comedy "Sirens" for USA Network, reports Deadline.com. Leary and Bob Fisher will collaborate on the half-hour comedy about a group of paramedics. It…
A decision has been reached in a 2008 lawsuit concerning the authorship of the NBC sitcom "My Name Is Earl,” according to The Hollywood Reporter, with the ruling going in favor of NBC. Mark Gable’s suit, which claimed that his…