No more commercial spots are available for Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLV, B&C reports. Two spots were still open earlier this week, but Fox has revealed that all the ad space is gone. Typically a few spots remain available…
What to make of the latest l’affaire Charlie? TVWeek Open Mike blogger Chuck Ross has an idea, in his blog entry titled "Reality Check: Life is Not Fair. No Where is that More True Than in Hollywood, Where Values Depend…
In a speech this week Oprah Winfrey said that her new cable network will be "fun and entertaining without tearing people down and calling them bitches. Imagine that. Imagine," according to the New York Post. Oprah made the remarks during…
"Exporting Raymond," a documentary film about trying to export the hit television show "Everybody Loves Raymond" to Russia, has been acquired for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films and will open in major cities in 2011, reports the Hollywood Reporter. The…
President Barack Obama got grilled with tough questions during his visit to Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show," reports the Los Angeles Times. Stewart asked the president about "timid legislation" to reform the country’s healthcare system, its economic recovery and financial…
Apple had been taking online pre-orders for a white iPhone 4, but now the phone has been delayed until spring, if it hasn’t been killed entirely, reports IntoMobile. Says the article, "Yesterday, Apple admitted that they’ve delayed the white iPhone…
Mark Roberts, the creator of the new CBS hit comedy "Mike & Molly," tells the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog that a recent Marie Claire blog post that slammed his characters for being fat "just makes me sad." According…
Talk shows in particular seem to be on syndicators’ minds for fall 2011. So says Kevin Downy at TVNewsCheck: "The first-run broadcast syndication market for fall 2011 is taking shape with a handful of shows emerging as frontrunners in the…
Maria Shriver, the outgoing first lady of California, hinted that she may return to television after her husband’s term ends, reports the New York Post. During an interview with "Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer to promote the California Women’s Conference, Lauer…
Under one scenario, News Corp.doesn’t plan on replacing retiring Fox Broadcasting ad sales president Jon Nesvig, and instead will ask the group’s current second-in-commands to oversee their units without an overall sales chief, reports John Consoli in Mediaweek. The two…