There’s good news and bad news on the advertising front, with ad sales expected to rise next year, albeit at a slower rate than in 2010, reports Advertising Age. Marketers in 2011 will increase their U.S. ad spending by 2.8%,…
After most of his co-stars received substantial raises, the last of the original stars of CBS’s "The Big Bang Theory," Kunal Nayyar, has received a major salary bump, reports Deadline.com. Nayyar, who plays Raj, will reportedly go from making about…
The next arc of the CBS/Mark Burnett mainstay "Survivor" premieres Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2011, and it contains a twist, according to EW.com’s Inside TV. The arc, titled "Survivor: Redemption Island," will give an extra chance to some of those voted…
Retirement Living TV has picked a well-known cable veteran to be its new president and COO. It’s Paul FitzPatrick, who has been at a number of cable entities serving in that same capacity. He’s a former president and COO at…
Under a new partnership with Starcom MediaVest, DirecTV may be soon rolling out advertisements specifically targeting households based on their demographics, reports the Wall Street Journal. (Please note that the Journal is behind a pay wall and may want to…
Anderson Cooper’s new syndicated talk show is receiving an enthusiastic response from television stations, with at least 80 of them across the country signing up to air the fall-debuting show, reports The Hollywood Reporter. About 40 stations have signed on…
Shonda Rhimes’ project about a crisis management guru has received a pilot order from ABC, marking the network’s first pilot order for the development season, reports Deadline.com. The untitled project is based on the career of crisis management consultant Judy…
The options of the cast of "Mad Men" are set to expire at month’s end, but Lionsgate intends to exercise the actors’ options before the deadline,reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Her article points out that indicates the drama will return…
The office of Los Angeles Congresswoman Maxine Waters has released this statement about the pending Comcast-NBC Universal deal: Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) [has written a] letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski today, which she asked to be included in…
With the Federal Communications Commissioon expected to finally tackle net neutrality tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, here’s what to expect regarding Internet traffic rules. "The rules would ban high-speed Internet providers like Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications from blocking lawful…