A new name has surfaced as a contender to join Simon Cowell’s "The X Factor," which will debut on Fox in the fall, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The new contender is Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie….
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Board of Governors pulled off a surprise Thursday night, naming an outsider as CEO, the L.A. Times reported. The job went to Dawn Hudson, former head of Film Independent. Longtime Academy exec…
Three top television station groups are working together to offer a syndicated, interactive daily news show that will air this fall, reports TVNewsCheck. The program, "RightThisMinute," will use social media, citizen journalism, the Internet and mobile technology, the story says….
Showtime has announced that it is giving pickups to two shows–one drama and one comedy, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The shows are the hourlong drama "Homeland" and the half-hour comedy "House of Lies.” Claire Danes stars in "Homeland"…
Watching people save money at the grocery store is a hit for TLC, whose new reality show "Extreme Couponing" debuted with an average of 2.3 million viewers in back-to-back episodes Wednesday, reports TheWrap.com. The series was the top-ranked ad-supported cable…
CBS’s "How I Met Your Mother" will be shared in syndication by two networks, as FX will start airing the program in September while Lifetime, which signed a syndication deal for the show in 2008, will also air the program,…
CNN’s ratings have fallen along with a slowdown in breaking news from around the world, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The network’s prime-time numbers have settled back into third place, behind Fox News and…
MTV has greenlighted two spinoffs from its hit reality show “Jersey Shore,” with three of the show’s popular stars to be featured, Deadline.com reports. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWoww” Farley will share the spotlight in one show, while Paul…
An executive known for working primarily in high-profile media positions most of her career has lost her latest gig, reports Crain’s New York Business. Cathie Black, well-known in media circles as the former chairman of Hearst Magazines and, earlier in her career,…
New York authorities have arrested two suspects in the shooting death of DJ Megatron, the New York Daily News reported. William Williams, 21, and Richard Cromwell, 20, were reportedly ID’d by video surveillance equipment at the scene of the killing…