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MTV Greenlights New Shows From Ashton Kutcher, Rob Hoffman, Johnny Pemberton, Renews Others

MTV FLIPS THE ‘SCRIPT’ WITH A MIX OF NEW PROGRAMMING INCLUDING SCRIPTED, REALITY AND COMEDY SERIES WHICH TAP INTO INTERESTS OF TODAY’S MTV GENERATION [This is a Press Announcement From MTV About its New Shows and Renewals] New York, NY…

Joan Rivers Roast a Raucous, Un-PC Show

Open Mike blogger Hillary Atkin gives us a front-row seat at Comedy Central’s roast of Joan Rivers, hosted by Kathy Griffin. With an all-star line-up of comics who think PC is a type of computer, the roast isn’t for the faint-of-heart,…

Analysts Were Predicting Dish Net Would Lose Subs; Instead the Satellite Op Gained Subs; Stock Soars 6%

Dish Network gained a net of just 26,000 subs in the second quarter, yet its stock gained 6% ($1.19) Monday. The reason: Analysts were actually expecting Dish to lose a net of more than 100,000 subs. According to Dish EVP Tim…

Public-Interest Doc Channel Relaunched as a Commercial Network

The four-year-old Documentary Channel, which started life as a public-interest network supported with underwriting, has relaunched as a commercial service, reports Multichannel News. The Nashville-based network, which has about 21 million subscribers, signed a multiyear carriage deal with Dish Network…

Some Common Sense Advice if Someone’s Trying to Publicly Release Nude Pics or a Sex Tape That You Consented to in a Moment of Indiscretion

It seems as if a weekly basis some celebrity is fighting the public release of nude pictures or a sex tape that they had, at one point, consented to make. Wallet Pop blogger Jason Cochran recounts the ultimate such case, a seemingly neverending battle being…

Nurse ‘Hawthorne’ Will be Back in 2010 TNT Says

TNT has ordered an additional 10 episodes of "Hawthorne," starring Jada Pinkett Smith, to be seen in 2010, Multichannel News reports. In its time slot, the series is up 90% in adults 25-54. The show also does well in DVR…

Report: Cable Upfront Marketplace Expected to Come in at $6.9 Billion to $7.3 Billion, Down from $7.7 Billion Last Year

WIth the broadcast upfront marketplace practically done, cable is rolling along and should be finished sometime around the end of the month or the first week in September. Claire Atkinson over at B&C usually has excellent sources on Madison Ave.,…

NewsPro: National Association of Black Journalists Convention

Stories for August 2009:        Twitter Makes Serious News: In the modern news world, the idea that the respected news professionals at ABC’s “Nightline” are involved with a program with the unlikely name of “Twittercast” seems perfectly normal. But it would…

She Said, He Said: Jon Gosselin to Respond to Kate’s ‘Today’ Interview Tonight on E!

Jon Gosselin, whose estranged wife Kate appeared on NBC’s "Today" show this morning in her first interview since the reality-TV couple announced they were parting ways last month, is scheduled tape a reply for E! that will air tonight, the New York Post reports….

Popular Show About Taboos in Saudi Arabia—That Airs In Saudi Arabia—May Have Gone Too Far; Man Bragging About His Sex Life on TV Gets Channel Shut Down and Himself Arrested

A man who was shown on TV bragging about his sex life violated media policy and thus the station that showed the footage was taken off the air. Furthermore, the man has been arrested and some are calling for the…