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Here’s a Novel Way Syfy Is Dealing with Viewer Complaints: Let Fans Create Their Own Saturday Night Creature-Feature

Fans are constantly emailing Syfy with complaints, questions and compliments about its movies, and so the network has come up with a new way for directing those ideas from viewers: let them create their own Saturday night creature-feature, reports The…

Disney Channel Readies Major Marketing Push for Hit Animated Series, And Perhaps a Spinoff as Well

Disney Channel is gearing up for a major merchandising push for one of its hit animated shows, the New York Times is reporting.  The show follows the adventures of two stepbrothers and their pet platypus and is very popular with the young set: ""Phineas…

Rose Bowl Loses Longtime Sponsor

Citing issues surrounding the takeover of the Rose Bowl college football broadcast by ESPN, the game’s prime sponsor for seven years is bowing out, reports Sports Business Journal. Citi, which has decided not to renew its agreement with the BCS…

Rare Medical Procedure to Air on ABC’s ‘Boston Med’

In a case of being at the right place at the right time, ABC’s summer documentary series "Boston Med" captured one of the rarest procedures of all, the AP reported. In the course of shooting months and months of footage…

Oscar-Winning Actress Set for FX Pilot

FX has cast an Oscar-winning actress to star in the cable network’s new drama pilot "Outlaw Country," reports Deadline.com. The thriller, which is set in the country music world, will star Mary Steenburgen as an overprotective mother and a Nashville…

Conservative Columnist Is Top Candidate for Prime-Time Co-Host Spot on CNN

A conservative syndicated columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group is said to be the leading candidate to co-host a show that would pair her with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, reports the New York Post. Kathleen Parker has…

HBO Orders 12 Episodes for Fourth Season of Hit Series

Saying that the new season is "off to a terrific start, as enthusiasm for this unique show continues to build among both subscribers and critics," HBO Programming President Michael Lombardo announced that the cable network is ordering 12 new episodes…

NASCAR to Air Race in 3D

NASCAR will jump into 3D programming with the July 3 broadcast of the Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola on TNT at 7:30 p.m. ET. The 3D production will be a collaboration between NASCAR Media Group and Turner Sports. It…

Exclusive: Henry Schleiff, President of ID Network, Is Injured; Discovers It’s Really an Animal Planet After All, and a Dangerous One at That

Quite a harrowing Friday for the President and General Manager of Investigation Discovery (ID), Henry Schleiff. Last Friday, June 18, as part of Discovery Communications’ 25th Anniversary Celebration, employees took part in "Discover Your  Impact Day," where they volunteered  to…

Former Nickelodeon Star Amanda Bynes Announces ‘Retirement’ — at 24 Years Old

Former Nickelodeon television star Amanda Bynes announced on Twitter early Saturday morning that she’s retiring from acting at the ripe age of 24 years old, reports the New York Post.  Bynes got her start on Nickelodeon’s "Figure It Out" when…