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Battlestar Galactica Showrunner Takes Emmy Voters to Task

Ron Moore, the showrunner on "Battlestar Galactica,’ told a crowd at Comic-Con today that it was a "fraking crime" that the cast of the show was never recognized with any Emmys, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog reports. —Chuck Ross

‘Sunny’ News But Still TMI: Danny DeVito to Be Mostly Nude in an Upcoming Episode

Danny DeVito, star of FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” said the plot line of an upcoming episode calls for him to be nude, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor told MTV News at Comic Con. "In one episode, you’ll…

NFL Confirms Its 2010 Draft Will Start in Primetime

The National Football League confirmed earlier reports that its 2010 draft will kick off in primetime on Thursday April 22, and will expand to three days, B&C reports. In recent years it had been held on weekends. It will continue to…

Former Brillstein-Grey TV Exec Susie Fitzgerald To Oversee Development at AMC

Cable network AMC, home of “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad,” has hired Susie Fitzgerald to oversee development, The Hollywood Reporter reports, citing sources. Her title is still being worked out. Fitzgerald was previously co-topper of Brillstein-Grey TV, and most recently…

HBO has Money Riding on the Success of ABC’s ‘FlashForward’ This Fall

In a deal not uncommon in Hollywood, HBO, which passed on "FlashForward," but doesn’t want to be embarrassed–financially speaking–if it’s a hit on ABC, will be getting paid to avoid any embarrassment, Los Angeles Times Company Town blogger Joe Flint…

OMG: 18 TV Related Panels at Comic-Con Today

So, you don’t think Comic-Con is THE place to be this week if you’re in the TV biz. Well, check this out…..Today alone there are 18 TV-related panels at the show…Here’s a list of the TV programs that will be discussed today, in…

Showtime Creating ‘Dexter’ Prequel as Animated Webisodes

Showtime is creating 12 animated webisodes that will be a prequel to "Dexter," according to James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. Michael C. Hall, who plays the title character on the series, will do his character’s voice…

AT&T U-verse Now 10th Largest Subscriber TV Provider in U.S.

AT&T’s U-verse TV service added just under 250,000 subscribers in the second quarter, making it the 10th largest subscriber TV provider in the U.S. after the six biggest cable operators, DirecTV, Dish and Verizon’s Fios, Multichannel News reports. In addition,…

Cox Cable New VOD Scheme Increases Viewership of Turner Shows by 10% and Ads Were Included in the Shows

Eight shows from Turner Broadcasting’s TNT, TBS and Cartoon networks saw boosts of almost 10% in a test on Cox’s My Primetime video-on-demand service, Multichannel News reports. Significantly, "Our work with Turner demonstrates that consumers will view on-demand content, with…

Time Magazine Poll Finds Faux Newscaster Jon Stewart is America’s Most Trusted Newscaster, Post-Cronkite

Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, won a match-up against Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson in a Time Magazine online poll for “America’s Most Trusted Newscaster” now that Walter Cronkite has died, the Huffington…