Dish Network has snatched bankrupt Blockbuster away from an investor group led by Carl Icahn, lodging the winning bid of $320 million in the early-morning hours Wednesday, TheStreet.com reported. Icahn’s group had temporarily been the frontrunner with a bid of…
With several cast members yet to sign contracts for the next season of MTV’s "Jersey Shore," the program’s planned trip to film in Italy has been delayed by a month, reports RadarOnline.com. Producers are also having difficulty signing on venues…
A show aimed at young viewers got a huge audience and wound up beating everything else on cable last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards were watched by 7.3 million viewers, making…
HLN received a time period boost with the debut of "Dr. Drew," the new prime-time series from Dr. Drew Pinsky, reports B&C. The series debut drew 401,000 viewers for its April 4 premiere, the article notes. That represents a 24%…
Sony Pictures Television has signed a three-year overall deal with "The Shield" creator Shawn Ryan, reports Deadline.com. The deal will begin June 1, when his current contract with 20th Century Fox TV expires, the article notes. Ryan is finishing two…
George R.R. Martin, the author of "Game of Thrones," has apparently inadvertently become embroiled in a war of words with "Lost" showrunner Damon Lindelof, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Martin, in an interview with The New Yorker magazine, said he…
Hyro-gliff, a company linked to Charlie Sheen, has filed applications to trademark 22 catchphrases uttered by the former "Two and a Half Men" star during his media campaign last month, reports RadarOnline.com. The phrases include "Duh, Winning," "Tiger Blood," and…
Efforts to find a replacement for Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men" may be dead, and co-star Jon Cryer may be looking for a new job, reports AOL’s PopEater, in its Naughty but Nice blog. Cryer is currently…
Last week Univision attracted more prime-time viewers than NBC, marking the second time in four weeks that the Spanish-language network beat one of the top English-speaking broadcast networks, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The results may reflect…
In a first-ever, milestone deal, Netflix has bought the syndication rights to the AMC cult/critical favorite "Mad Men," reports the Los Angeles Times Company Town blog. The series has also won multiple Emmys, including Best Drama. According to the article,…