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‘NCIS’ Actor Staying with Show, Signs Multi-Year Deal; Leaves One Major Cast Member Still in Negotiations

When you’ve got a popular TV show, such as "NCIS" on CBS, it’s not always easy to keep all of the talent happy. But recent negotiations with Michael Weatherly, who plays Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on "NCIS," have ended positively EW.com’s The…

Steve Jobs Revolutionized Cell Phones and PDAs with the iPhone; Can the New Apple Mini Finally Begin His Assault on the Living Room and TV?

In an article it posted this morning, PCWorld pulls no punches. The headline on the piece reads: "New Mac Mini Guns For Your Living Room." And here’s the beginning of the article: "Apple on Tuesday [June 15, 2010] introduced an…

Sailor Girl’s Dad Says He’s No Longer Dealing with Company Making Reality Show: ‘They were assuming Abigail was going to die out there…so we cut the ties.’

Laurence Sunderland, the father of the 16-year old girl from Thousand Oaks, Calif. who recently aborted her attempt to sail solo around the world, said that he has broken all ties with Magnetic Entertainment, which had planned to do a…

Study: TV Stations to See 2010 Ad Revenue Reach $19.8 Billion, 14% Jump from 2009

Ad revenue at television stations will rise 14% to reach $19.8 billion this year from $17.3 billion recorded in 2009, reports B&C, citing a study from SNL Kagan. With retransmission fees, TV station revenue should reach $20.9 billion this year….

Report: CNN Close to Prime-time Overhaul, with Spitzer Show Followed by Piers Morgan in Larry King’s Slot

CNN is nearing deals to overhaul its prime-time line-up, with an 8 p.m. show hosted by former Governor Eliot Spitzer followed by a 9 p.m. show with "America’s Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan, who would be taking over Larry King’s…

ESPN3 Will Stream Sports Through the XBox 360

 Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will feature content from Walt Disney Co.’s broadband channel ESPN3, marking the first time the network’s content will be accessible through a device that connects to a television, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. That…

NBC Research Guru Alan Wurtzel: The More One Works with Set-Top Data, The More One Realizes Its Limitations

Alan Wurtzel, president of research and media development at NBC, and one of the key movers behind the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), says the more one works with set-top data the more one realizes its limitations, according to…

Moonwalking Game Featuring Michael Jackson Will Be One of the First Games for XBox and Playstaion with Their New Motion Sensor Controls

One of the first games to for Kinect, the motion-detecting camera systems for Microsoft’s XBox 360, will be a dancing-and-singing game featuring images of the late pop star, reports the Associated Press. The game, from game developer Ubisoft, will come…

ABC: Love the Script, Cast Not so Much

The ABC pilot from Warner Bros., "Edgar Floats," has been revamped by getting rid of almost every cast member, including Tom Cavanagh and co-stars Alicia Witt and Derek Webster, EW.com’s The Ausiello Files reports.  The only cast member left standing…

Report: Fox Loses ‘Dr Oz’ in LA, KABC Gets; In Philly, CBS Loses ‘Dr. Oz,’ Fox Gets

Some musical chairs in the renewals for Sony’s ‘Dr. Oz,’ through the 2013-2014 season, B&C reports. According to the report, "Fox renewed the show on WNYW New York and WFLD Chicago, and grabbed the show from CBS-owned KYW for its…