After police arrested a WABC-TV weather reporter who allegedly falsely reported that a man had tried to rape her in Central Park, the station has suspended her pending an investigation, the New York Post reports. As previously reported, Heidi Jones,…
The 3D channel that’s slated to debut in early 2011 as a joint venture between Sony, Discovery Communications and Imax is adding six series, including three original programs and three acquisitions, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The three original series have…
Multiple syndicators are talking with Katie Couric about creating a daytime show, Page Albiniak is reporting for B&C. As Couric’s $15 million annual contract with CBS News expires in May, she’s considering her options, the article notes. While daytime couldn’t…
The former "Baywatch" star Donna D’Errico has been hospitalized with a MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), a very serious staph infection that’s highly resistant to antibiotics, reports TMZ.com. D’Errico played Donna Marco on the series from 1996 to 1998. D’Errico, who…
To see ALL of the nominees, movies followed by TV, please click here. PRIMETIME TELEVISION Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or MiniseriesJOHN GOODMAN / “You Don’t Know Jack”Total nominations in this category: 1Previous Actors®: 0Total…
Television broadcasters and cable operators have one year to comply with the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (or CALM), after President Barack Obama signed the act into law, reports B&C. The law directs the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the…
The proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger has received support from five Asian-American organizations after Comcast agreed to expand Asian-American programming in a 16-page memorandum of understanding, reports Mediaweek. The groups include the Asian American Justice Center, Organization of Chinese Americans, Japanese…
Google’s YouTube is in talks to buy a video production company, The New York Times reports. The company YouTube is targeting is Next New Networks, a web video production house, the article says. The proposed price wasn’t disclosed and the companies…
How much are 140 characters worth? In the case of Twitter, which received a new round of funding led by venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, it’s now valued at $3.7 billion, Bloomberg News reports. The social-networking service,…