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Report: What Vivendi’s Board Did Yesterday About Selling Its Stake in NBC Universal

In what was clearly the most-watched board of director’s meeting by media watchers in quite some time, the board of director’s of Vivendi met yesterday, with observers hoping it would decide whether or not to sell its 20 percent stake…

Fox Reality Channel Will Go Out of Business Next Year; New Venture to Take Its Place

News Corp.’s Fox Reality Channel will sign off sometime next year after a four-year run, reports our good friend (and former TVWeek TV guru) Joe Adalian in his column for TheWrap. Adalian writes that he got a hold of Fox…

Showtime’s Blank and Time Warner’s Britt to Co-Chair The Cable Show in 2010 (Guess Which City Will Host the Show–Hard To Believe it Hasn’t Been in this City in 13 Years!)

Showtime Networks Inc. chairman and CEO Matt Blank will co-chair next year’s annual Cable Show with Time Warner Cable chairman, president and CEO Glenn Britt, reports Multichannel News. The show is produced by the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. Answer to…

Report: Redstone’s National Amusements Selling $1 Billion in Viacom and CBS Shares

Despite summer denials to the contrary, Sumner Redstone’s National Amusements plans to sell nearly $1 billion worth of shares in Viacom and CBS to pay down debt, the New York Times reports. Some $500 million in debt is due at…

Sartorial Alert: Brooks Brothers to Carry Don Draper Suits

“Mad Men” mania has extended to the clothier Brooks Brothers, which is selling a limited edition “Mad Men”-inspired suit for the next few weeks, reports the New York Post. The suit, inspired by the clothes worn by the character Don Draper,…

Is TLC Ready to Pull the Plug on ‘Jon & Kate’?

Has TLC had enough of the off-screen shenanigans of the Gosselins that it’s ready to pull the plug on their reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" or "Kate Plus 8" as it was renamed. The network promos are stating…

Ving Rhames, Rachel Hunter, Others Sign on to New Cable Dramedy

Four cast members, including Ving Rhames and Rachel Hunter, have signed up for a new cable dramedy, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The new show, Gravity, will be on Starz. The show is about an outpatient program of suicide survivors, the report says.. The…

Tori and Dean Return for Season Five … on the Road

The reality series "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" has been greenlighted for a fifth season by Oxygen Media, according to Multichannel News. The new angle for the show will be to get the couple and their two children out…

‘Cleveland Show’ Will Get Full Second Season

‘The Cleveland Show’ Gets a Second Season Variety  Fox gave a full second season order to the "Family Guy" spinoff, "The Cleveland Show," which will take the show through mid-2011, given the long lead-time for animation, Variety reports.   The…

Jon Bon Jovi Teaming With NBCU for Mass Promotion

In a creative marketing move, singer Jon Bon Jovi is putting all his eggs in the NBCU basket to promote his new album, "The Circle," according to the New York Times.  In the next two months, Bon Jovi will circle…