"Love Bites" won’t be on NBC’s fall schedule after Cindy Chupack, the executive producer, is stepping back for personal reasons. Thus the program searches for a new show runner, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The program, which had…
The Dish Network has filed suit in Las Vegas against the Federal Communications Commission, asking a court to block an order that requires Dish to offer high-definition broadcasting of public television stations around the U.S., the Las Vegas Sun reports….
The previously unseen mother of Sam (Jennette McCurdy) in "iCarly" shows up in the premiere episode of season three. And it’ll be none other than Jane Lynch, who plays ruthless Sue Sylvester on "Glee," reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. The…
The tough economy has proved to have a silver lining for some in the television business. Pay-television networks are booming as consumers look for lower-cost forms of entertainment, reports the Hollywood Reporter. "It’s a cheap form of entertainment, a lot…
Microsoft is working on Windows 8, and from documents it’s seen, CNET says, "One thing that is made abundantly clear is that Microsoft has been paying attention to Apple." CNET says it’s seen a slide show Microsoft put together for…
Blockbuster said it expects to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange after the troubled money-losing video-rental chain failed to get a reverse-split plan approved by shareholders, Bloomberg News reports. The company had asked shareholders to approve a plan…
After protests from media agencies and marketers, Nielsen said it will reverse its decision to eliminate live program ratings and will include them again in its local market reports, according to a story in Mediaweek. The company said it will include…
Walt Disney Co. has bought the iPhone game developer Tapulous, which is the creator of the popular Tap Tap Revenge series of games, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The purchase is the first for Disney of a…
Two legendary failed television shows will return to television on the IFC Network. The network announced that it has picked up all the reruns of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," both created by Judd Apatow. The reruns of "Freaks and Geeks,"…
CNN’s other King–John King–has his own ratings problems, but the cable news network hasn’t yet widely discussed it because executives have been swamped handling other issues, reports the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Among those other issues is Larry…