Verizon Wireless is hoping to convince customers who just bought a new phone over the holidays to switch to the iPhone next month by giving them a gift card worth up to $200, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog….
The day after a Toyota ad aired on Monday Night Football that showed a helmet-to-helmet tackle, the National Football League called the automaker with a request that the part of the ad showing the tackle be changed, reports Reuters. Toyota…
The "Bones" spinoff proposed by Fox has taken a step forward with its first casting–an Academy Award-nominated actor, reports Deadline.com. Michael Clarke Duncan, who is probably best known for his breakout Oscar-nominated performance as John Coffey in "The Green Mile," has been cast…
Before Steve Carell’s character on “The Office,” Michael Scott, leaves the show he will have an encounter with his counterpart from the U.K. version of the show, David Brent, played by Ricky Gervais, New York Magazine reports in its Vulture…
ESPN will launch a new network in September, the all-sports company has announced. The new network–yet to be named–will be a year-round, 24-hour-a-day channel dedicated to more than 200 sporting and other events involving the University of Texas. It is…
The National Association of Television Program Executives/Content First has revealed the election of new chairs and its board of directors. The association’s newly elected 2011 co-chairs are Chris Grant, president, Shine International, and Jordan Levin, CEO, Generate. According to the announcement,…
CNN announced that its new prime-time talk show “Piers Morgan Tonight” beat its main competition, Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” in Nielsen Fast Nationals for Tuesday in the key 25-54 demo. The program also improved on its Monday night premiere numbers…
Under investigation by legal authorities in Utah, the stars of TLC’s reality show "Sister Wives," about the polygamist family of Kody Brown, have moved to Nevada, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. Kody, his wives, Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn, and…
CNN has unveiled the latest in a series of lineup adjustments as it scrambles to try to reverse its recent ratings woes. Ken Jautz, executive vice president of CNN/U.S., announced today that CNN White House reporter Suzanne Malveaux will leave…
An acclaimed television and movie actress who is in the running for an Oscar nomination has been selected by Harvard University as its Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, USA Today reports. Julianne Moore, a likely Academy Award nominee for…