The longtime chief of ad sales at a major broadcast network is stepping down, reports The Hollywood Reporter. After a 40-year career, Jon Nesvig, who is president of Fox’s ad sales unit, is retiring at the end of the year….
A female cast member of MTV’s hit "Jersey Shore" has turned down $400,000 to pose nude, the New York Post reports. Jenni "J-Woww" Farley said during a radio interview that she’s turned down an offer to pose nude in Playboy…
[Update 1:40 PM, PT, Oct 21, 2010: If you want to see a video of Juan Williams back on Fox News responding to his firinig, please click here.] Juan Williams has been fired as a news analyst by NPR for…
A man who was mocked on an episode of "Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory" is suing MTV and Dickhouse Productions, claiming his publicity rights were violated and that he suffered from emotional distress, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq. blog. Martin…
Three veterans of the Joss Whedon shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" are working on two projects for The CW that feature supernatural female protagonists, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. The first project features Elizabeth Craft and Sarah…
Patton Oswalt, who ended his run playing Spence Olchin on "King of Queens" three years ago, may find his way back to network television with a comedy project in development at Fox, reports our good friend and former TVWeek.com editor…
CBS has bought a new crime drama from "CSI" showrunner Carol Mendelsohn, reports the Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The project, as yet untitled, will adapt a series of suspense novels from writer Thomas Perry, the story notes. The…
Bob Guccione, the founder of Penthouse magazine, has died, reports the Associated Press. He was 79 and had been suffering from cancer.. Guccione took a more lurid approach than Hugh Hefner’s Playboy, opting to publishing more explicit nudes and more…
Wall Street analysts say two distributors especially are likely to pick up customers who cancel their Cablevision service as the dispute between the MSO and Fox drags on, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The two are Verizon’s FiOS and DirecTV. Both…
"According to new research being released today by Knowledge Networks, one-in-five U.S. consumers already are using game systems to watch TV or movie content at least once a month," writes out good friend Joe Mandese in MediaDailyNews. The game cousoles…