President Barack Obama will appear on the Discovery show "Mythbusters" in a walk-on role later this year, reports the New York Post. Obama will quiz the show’s hosts about the myth that ancient Greek scientists, including Archimedes, set fire to…
Asked when he will start thinking about the fifth season of AMC’s "Mad Men," creator Matthew Weiner tells the New York Times that the show hasn’t officially been renewed, although he’s assuming it will be. He added that he wants…
Fox and Cablevision Systems are set to resume negotiations over carriage fees today after Fox pulled its New York and Philadelphia-area televisions stations from the cable operator, leading a blackout for 3 million customers, reports Bloomberg News. Talks ended on…
A spec script from veteran comedian Carol Leifer is taking an unusual approach, notes Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Rather than pitching the project to the networks, Leifer is staging a live table read on Nov. 1 for network and studio buyers…
Microsoft will be tapping a half-billion dollar marketing budget to roll out a competitor to the Wii, reports Claire Atkinson in the New York Post. The software giant will be using soda cans to cereal boxes to promote Kinect, a…