A national service to reach 150 million U.S. residents with mobile TV content that will include "live and on-demand video, local and national news from print and electronic sources, as well as sports and entertainment programming," has been announced. In the story…
Despite a plunge in weekday primetime ratings, CNN executives said they don’t have imminent plans to change its programming line-up. Instead, CNN will try to boost the audiences for its current shows, the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. According…
Sophia Bush, a co-star of "One Tree Hill," has snagged a role in the ABC family comedy pilot "Southern Discomfort," theHollywood Reporter reports. She’ll play a recent Harvard graduate who returns home to Texas to spark things up again with…
High profile Rickey Minor, musical director of "American Idol," will be leaving the show at the end of the season to take the place of departing "Tonight Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks, TMZ reports. NBC later confirmed the news, TMZ said….
When they were both cub reporters at a TV station in Nashville, former "Entertainment Tonight" hostJohn Tesh and daytime queen Oprah Winfrey were dating, reports the New York Daily News. The story of their romantic relationship is one of the…
[Update: As is noted in a comment to this story, the source material for this item specifically says that there is no network yet attached to this possible show. Initially we had written that MTV was involved; we have revised the story…
HBO likes what it’s seen and likes the critical reaction, so after just one airing on Sunday night, HBO has announced today that "is has been renewed for a second season, "Treme," reports Entertainment Weekly. The David Simon show, about…
William Shatner has a new reality series that is scheduled for the Discovery Channel, Variety reports. [Variety is behind a firewall and you might be asked to pay to see this story. A free version is available at EW’s Popwatch.] According…
‘Friday Night SmackDown’ is moving from MyNetworkTV to cable’s Syfy next season. The start date is Oct. 1. Also in October "WWE NXT," which debuted on Syfy in February, will end its run on the network. To make room for "SmackDown," Syfy…
USA’s "Burn Notice" is expected to help light up the primetime schedule of Fox-owned MyNetworkTV this fall, B&C reports, citing industry sources. A spokesman for the network said it has nothing to announce, the report says. "Burn Notice," the top…