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‘Nip/Tuck’ Sold by Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution to Logo for October Debut

"Nip/Tuck," the FX drama series, has been sold by Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution to the gay and lesbian-centered cable network Logo in an off-cable syndication deal, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com.  The deal includes the show’s 100 episodes, with…

‘Mad Men’ Fans Can Rejoice: AT&T and Rainbow Media Sign New Carriage Deal, Saving Season 4 Debut for 2.3 Million AT&T U-verse Subscribers

Fans of "Mad Men" who also happen to count among the 2.3 million customers of AT&T’s U-verse service won’t miss the July 25 fourth-season debut of the popular AMC show after all, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. …

News and Documentary Emmy Nominations Announced; PBS Leads Pack. We Have Full List of Nominees

PBS leads the pack in nominations for the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. PBS received a total of 37 nods, and CBS, with 31 nominations, was the…

Just In the Nick of Time: ‘CSI’ Star Who Complained of Being Underpaid Will Return to Show

One of the mainstays of CBS’s "CSI" has come to terms with the producers and will return to the show next season, reports TV Guide. George Eads has played Nick Stokes for 10 years on "CSI," and had been contemplating…

Waaaaaahhhh! Heirs Battle Over Lucille Ball’s Estate

Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, the actress/singer daughter of TV icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, will go to court later this week to stop the auction of part of her mother’s estate orchestrated by the Heritage Auction Galleries for Susie Morton,…

Sci Fi Wire Being Renamed by Syfy Network

The Syfy network has renamed  the Sci Fi Wire, the net’s popular blog, in Syfy’s latest rebranding effort, reports TVNewser. Instead of being called Sci Fi Wire, the blog has been renamed blastr.com. The new name, which launched yesterday, July 14, 2010,…

Updated Numbers Show MLB All-Star Game Viewing Even Lower

The Nielsen ratings for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Fox were even worse than first reported, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. The game was reported previously to have been off by 15% from last year. That number has now risen to…

Steven Seagal Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Dismissed

According to court papers from Los Angeles, a $1 million sexual harrassment suit brought against TV and film star Steven Seagal has been dismissed, reports the AP. Kayden Nguyen claimed that the star of "Steven Seagal: Lawman" had kept her…

PBS Edits Out Paul McCartney’s Dig at Bush

When Paul McCartney’s White House concert performance airs on PBS, his dig at former President George W. Bush–he told the group that with Obama, “It’s great to have a president who knows what a library is”–will be edited out, according…

Reality Shows Shine Brightly for Broadcast Nets

On a relatively slow night in the Nielsen ratings, Wednesday’s airings of CBS’s "Big Brother," Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" and NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" were the shining stars for the networks, according to TVbytheNumbers.com. At 8 p.m….