Steven Seagal, who was recently sued for for sexual assault and trafficking women for sex (which shut down the shooting of his A&E TV show, "Lawman"), was accused by Jenny McCarthy of unprofessional conduct during an audition a number of years ago….
ABC refused to air a lingerie ad featuring a plus-sized model, causing the ad’s creator, Lane Bryant, to accuse the network of discrimination against larger women, the New York Post reports. ABC and Fox say that’s baloney, according to FoxNews.com….
It’s not just early-adopter gear heads who are snapping up Apple iPads. A Georgia television station has replaced its newscasts’ paper scripts with six entry-level iPads, which cost $499 each, TVNewsCheck reports. "By using the iPad, we’re saving hundreds of…
Procter & Gamble has pledged $100 million in advertising spending for the yet-to-be-debuted Oprah Winfrey Network, Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age reports. The three-year deal also includes the ability for P&G to buy product integration into OWN programs. While the…
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Country Music Television has placed four pilot presentation orders for scripted comedies, Deadline.com reports. It’s a new direction for the network following its hiring last year of comedy executive Brad Johnson, who is CMT’s senior vice president of comedy development,…
Comedy Central’s response to the "South Park"-Mohammad controversy creates both dangerous precedents and free-speech issues, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times. According to the article, "UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said that although he sympathizes with the…
Netflix shares jumped over $100 for the first time since the company sold stock to the public eight years ago, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The shares jumped 15% to $100.25 on Wednesday after investors responded to a "solid" earnings report…
Syfy is casting actors from "CSI:NY" and Babylon 5" in two separate movies for its Saturday Night lineup, the Hollywood Reporter reports. Bruce Boxleitner of Babylon 5" will star in the original TV film "51," which tracks reporters coping…
It’s a story worthy of a movie of the week. Jeff Alan, a former news director at KOIN in Portland, Oregon has been arrested by Federal agents, according to The Oregonian. According to the article, "A federal grand jury indictment…