Here’s another good reason to stay at home and watch television: bed bugs are coming to a movie theater near you — at least if you live in Manhattan, reports Nikki Finke at Deadline.com. In the latest manifestaion of the bed…
[AUGUST 27, 2010, 06:38 AM, PT: UPDATED with Hallmark’s response to AT&T’s resonse; AUGUST 26, 2010, 12:20 PM, PT: UPDATED with AT&T’s response] As we approach another month’s end we have the seemingly never ending confrontation between a program distributor–this…
"Mad Men’s" Christina Hendricks–who plays Joan Holloway on the series–has closed a deal to be the star of the latest ad campaign from apparel maker London Fog, reports U.K. publication DailyMail Online. According to the article, "London Fog featured in the opening…
The animated show "Futurama" has been sold in broadcast weekend syndication to Tribune’s stations for a debut in the fall of 2011, Twentieth Television has announced. The show, which first aired on Fox and now is shown in originals on…
The top four broadcasters kept their ratings stable over the summer months although struggled to find viewers for new scripted shows, while cable networks debuted scripted hits such as "Covert Affairs" on USA and "Rizzoli & Isles" on TNT, reports…
DirecTV is reaching out to football fans who want to watch NFL games on their computers, smart phones, and other PDA’s such as the iPad, reports the New York Post. The company will charge $350 for its Sunday Ticket To Go…
Spike TV has ordered eight half-hour episodes of the trash-to-treasure show "Auction Hunters," reports Multichannel News. The unscripted show will track public auction prospectors who bid on unclaimed storage units, of which the network says there are 10,000 per day…
Elin Nordegren talked openly about her divorce from Tiger Woods, made final this week, and the circumstances leading to the dissolution of their marriage in an interview with People magazine, AOL Sports reports on its Fanhouse Web page. She said…
Fox News White House reporter Major Garrett is leaving the network to take a position with the National Review, Mediaite.com reports. Effective Sept. 3, Garrett will be gone. Garrett’s addition to National Review is seen as a way for the…
An NFL player who many observers already think is overexposed is about to get even more exposure, TMZ.com reports. The player is Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, who currently stars in VH1’s "Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch." Ochocinco has committed…