The new Miss California, Tami Farrell—like the person she’s just replaced, Carrie Prejean, who was fired—is against gay marriage, advocate.com reports. In a television interview Farrell said she is not a supporter of marriage equality, but "I don’t think I…
A potentially major conflict between two of the world’s most powerful media giants, Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlisconi, over the future of pay-TV in Italy is getting personal between the two men, the New York Times reports. In the latest…
MTV Networks executive Brian Graden will step down from his post as president of entertainment for MTV Networks Music Group at the end of this year, Variety reports. Graden, who is also president of sister network Logo, will exit once…
Mutual of Omaha will be the first sponsor in a new Hallmark Channel ad format that allows a single advertiser in a commercial pod, Variety says. Called “Fast Break,” the pods, designed to break through ad clutter, give a single…
Watching the latest installment of the train wreck that was once the compelling and illuminating “Jon and Kate Plus 8” reminds those of us who are baby boomers that we’ve seen this show before. It was one of the first…
“The Beast,” A&E’s police drama starring Patrick Swayze, is not coming back after ending its first season, the Associated Press reported. The show, which continued first-season production even as its star battled cancer, premiered in January to mixed reviews. –Elizabeth…
"The Daily Show’s" Jason Jones will report from Iran next week, TVGuide.com reports. The "Jason Jones in Iran: Access of Evil" episodes will air June 22 through June 25 on Comedy Central. As part of the report, Jones will talk…
VH1 has picked up an untitled, unscripted series about people with obsessive compulsive disorder, says Variety. The show, from 3 Ball Prods. (NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”) will follow people with the disease as they live together in a treatment facility…