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Sunday Ratings: CBS’s NCAA Overrun Shakes Things Up

Overnight ratings for Sunday night were impacted by CBS’s coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament, which ran 19 minutes into the network’s prime-time schedule and offset the network’s programming for the rest of the night. But it appears that CBS…

CBS to Broadcast the 2011 Daytime Emmys

The Daytime Emmys will air on CBS this summer, reports Deadline.com. CBS picked up the awards ceremony telecast last year after the show’s producers spent some time hunting for a network outlet. The awards wound up on The CW in…

Women in Cable Telecommunications Announces 2011 Touchstone Partners–Comcast, Rainbow Media, Time Warner and Turner Top the List

Women in Cable Telecommunications has announced its 2011 Touchstone Partners, and at the top level the list is made up of WICT’s Strategic Touchstone Partners Comcast, Rainbow Media/WE tv, Time Warner Cable and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. The organization said…

NFL Filmmaker Steve Sabol Has Brain Tumor

One of the most familiar faces on the NFL Network, the president of NFL Films, Steve Sabol, is about to begin chemotherapy and radiation treatment for a brain tumor, reports NFL.com. Sabol, 68, had a seizure two weeks ago in…

Friendly $65,000 Loan Lands MSNBC Anchor in Court

Alex Witt, one of MSNBC’s weekend anchors, is being sued by a friend who claims Witt has failed to repay a $65,000 loan, reports the New York Post. Stephanie Jones, now Witt’s former best friend, claimed in court documents filed…

ESPN NBA Analyst Tries to Clear the Air After ‘Uncle Tom’ Comment Sparks Anger

After a war of words over race in sports broke out in the wake of ESPN’s airing of the documentary “The Fab Five,” ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose is attempting to clarify comments he made in the film and apparently…

What’s Behind AT&T’s $39 Billion Purchase of T-Mobile? It May Be All About iPhone 4G

AT&T’s game-changing $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile, creating the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., may be all about plans for the iPhone 4G in 2012, according to the Fast Company website. The deal combining the country’s second-largest and…

Fox Drama Notches Its Lowest Ratings Ever

It’s bad news for a bubble show: A Fox drama that has struggled to find viewers in its Friday night slot slumped to its lowest ratings ever last week, reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. The show is “Fringe,” which fell 13%…

‘Private Practice’ to Add ‘Law & Order’ Veteran as Cast Regular

ABC’s "Private Practice" has tapped a "Law & Order" veteran as a cast regular, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Details about the role are being kept quiet, but Benjamin Bratt will appear in the season finale and join the series…

‘All My Children’ at Risk as ABC Appears Poised to Trim Its Lineup of Daytime Dramas

ABC appears ready to join CBS and NBC in cutting its number of daytime dramas, and "All My Children" may be the soap that’s the most vulnerable to getting bumped off the air, reports Deadline.com. The story points out that…