Cable

‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Finds a Home on Cable

The onetime Fox sci-fi series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” has a new home on cable, according to Entertainment Weekly’s Inside TV blog. The show’s 31 episodes have been picked up by Syfy, marking the series’ first off-broadcast run, the…

Elisabeth Murdoch to Join News Corp. Board After Purchase of Her TV Production Company Shine

Elisabeth Murdoch will join her brothers, James and Lachlan, on the News Corp. board once her father’s company completes its $673.5 million purchase of her U.K.-based production company, Shine, reports the New York Post. It marks a return of Elisabeth…

Kiefer Sutherland Closes Deal to Return to TV; Separately, Minnie Driver Signs for a CBS Pilot

Kiefer Sutherland, who became a major TV star during the run of "24," "has closed a deal to star in the Fox drama pilot ‘Touch,’ from ‘Heroes’ creator Tim Kring," Deadline.com reports. The pilot is produced by 20th Century Fox TV and Chernin…

Bankrupt Blockbuster, the Movie Rental Chain, Agrees to Be Bought for $290 Million

"Blockbuster Inc., the bankrupt movie rental chain, agreed to be bought by a group of debt holders for as much as $290 million as part of a bankruptcy auction," Bloomberg reports. The report continues, "The Dallas-based company said the bid…

Report: Apple’s New iPad Version May Be Delayed

Apple’s new version of its iPad tablet computer may be delayed, reports Bloomberg. Instead of being ready in April, the new tablet may become a June bride, the report says. Citing a report from analysts at Yuanta Securities Co., the…

Popcorn Rage: Argument in Movie Theater Leads to Man Getting Shot to Death

A 43 year-old-man attending a showing of "The Black Swan" in Latvia was shot and killed on Saturday after asking "a particularly loud popcorn-munching member of the audience to keep it down," the New York Daily News reports. According to…

Actor Who Plays Lucius Malfoy Signs on for NBC Pilot

After receiving more than a half-dozen offers, actor Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" movies, has signed on for the lead role in an NBC drama pilot, reports Deadline.com. Isaacs will also serve as a producer…

Unusual Job Listing Fuels More Speculation That Apple Will Get Into the TV Set Business

An unusual job listing on Apple’s Website again raises the question of whether the company is getting into the television manufacturing business, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The job listing, for an "AC/DC power supply design engineer," says that the…

Olbermann’s Exit Results in Ratings Decline at MSNBC

After Keith Olbermann left MSNBC and was replaced by "Lawrence O’Donnell’s The Last Word," the network’s ratings are down about 10% from the same time a year earlier, reports the Hollywood Reporter. O’Donnell’s ratings are down 22% from Olbermann’s ratings in…

Will 1 + 1 Equal 3? CNN Hopes So. Larry King Left CNN as His Ratings Went South. Replacement Piers Morgan Is Struggling in Ratings As Well. And Now Morgan Will Have King as Guest on His Show

Days after Larry King complained on London’s Radio 4 that Piers Morgan, who replaced King on CNN, might have been "oversold" and is "not that dangerous," King will appear on "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Wednesday, reports the New York Post…