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At Disney, TV, Cable Segments Fail Fall Short of Some Earnings Expectations

Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal second-quarter profit jumped 55%, helped by a strong performance from its film studio ("Alice in Wonderland"), Bloomberg News reports, but results from its cable and television units disappointed some analysts, who had been expecting higher profits….

Roberts: Comcast Has No Plans to Make Over NBCU

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said the cable giant doesn’t intend to reinvent NBC Universal when it acquires the entertainment conglomerate, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Speaking today at during a newsmaker brunch with producer Peter Chernin on opening day of Cable Show at…

Burt Reynolds to Guest on USA’s ‘Burn Notice’

Burt Reynolds will appear on an upcoming episode of USA Network’s hit spy series, "Burn Notice," reports TV Guide. Matt Nix, the executive producer of "Burn Notice," told the publication that Florida resident Reynolds was the first choice for the…

Verizon FiOS Will Show YES 3D Game Broadcasts

Verizon announced today that it will carry the YES network’s 3D broadcasts of two New York Yankees games — versus the Seattle Mariners on July 10 and 11 — reports B&C. This will be the first terrestrial multichannel operator to…

Dennis Quaid Feared He Would ‘Suck’ as Bill Clinton

In the upcoming HBO TV movie, "The Special Relationship," actor Dennis Quaid will be portraying President Bill Clinton, but the actor has no idea why the producers chose him for the role, reports ChannelGuideMag.com. The actor feared that he would…

Highest Paid Young Actors: Stars of ‘Two and a Half Men,’ ‘iCarly,’ and ‘Wizard of Wavery Place”

Two 16-year-olds and a 17 year-old are the three highest paid young actors their ages on TV, the New York Post reports. Angus T. Jones, 16, who plays the nephew of Charlie Sheen’s character on CBS’ "Two and a Half…

Virginity-Selling Australian Reality TV Show Moves to Nevada After Legal Threats

An Australian filmmaker is moving a reality show that will auction off the virginity of three people to Nevada after being threatened with legal action in his home country of Australia, reports the New York Post. The program will sell…

Confirmed: Apple’s Original Exclusive Deal with AT&T for the iPhone Was Through 2012; the Question is Has That Been Renegotiated to Let Verizon Get in the Picture Earlier?

"The original iPhone exclusivity deal that AT&T and Apple forged back in 2007 was for a term of five years, according to court documents Apple filed in 2008 in response to a class action lawsuit in California," ChannelWeb reports. The article goes…

Report: ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Wants Betty White

"Dancing with the Stars" is pursuing 88-year-old Betty White after her ratings-inducing turn on "Saturday Night Live," reports Rob Shuter at Popeater.com. "Sources tell me Betty hasn’t agreed to anything yet and is worried about how she would keep up with…

CBS May Hold Back Commercial Time in Upfronts if Pricing Doesn’t Materialize

CBS may decide to hold back commercial time in the upfront market if it doesn’t get the price increases it wants, the Hollywood Reporter reports. That’s according to Chief Financial Officer Joe Ianniello, who spoke at an investment conference on…