Billionaire Carl Icahn is among the bidders interested in the auction for bankrupt movie-rental chain Blockbuster, with his auction bid attracting a second group of liquidators, reports Bloomberg. Icahn’s offer has been joined by Great American Group and Tiger Capital…
Ticket prices for Charlie Sheen’s performances at Radio City Music Hall in New York have taken a nose dive, dropping to new lows between $24 and $31, far below the tickets’ original face value of $126, reports the New York…
The reality of the tragedy in Japan has affected the airing of the final season of Fox’s "24" on TV Tokyo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The plot involves the fear of radiation and that’s just too close to the…
Charlie Sheen took time out after his triumphant concert Sunday night in Chicago to critique the first two shows of his "My Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour–including the much publicized disaster the night before in Detroit, E! Online reported. "There’s…
NBC Broadcasting Chairman Ted Harbert has appointed Valari Dobson Staab, president and GM of KGO-TV, the ABC O&O station in San Francisco, to take over the leadership of NBC’s station group, NBC Local Media, Deadline.com reported. Starting in June, as…
VH1 has a new reality show in the works, a takeoff on "Basketball Wives" set in the world of professional wrestling, reports TMZ.com. "Wrestler Wives" will feature the women involved with WWE pros and center on the Booker T wrestling…
CBS easily won the Sunday night ratings, getting a strong performance from the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” TVbytheNumbers.com reported. CBS averaged a 2.9 rating for the night in the 18-49 demo, topping ABC (2.2 average), NBC (2.1) and Fox…
Women in Cable Telecommunications has announced that applications for the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute’s Classes XXIV and XXV are being accepted through May 13, 2011. The institute is named in honor of Betsy Magness, who helped build TCI into a…
Saturday’s CBS coverage of the two semifinal games in the “March Madness” NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament attracted about the same viewership as last year’s games, TV Guide reported. The two games averaged 15.4 million total viewers. Mike Aresco, CBS Sports…
Charlie Sheen’s “Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour got off to a disastrous start Saturday night in Detroit, where the former “Two and a Half Men” star was heckled and loudly booed virtually from start to finish, according to The Detroit…