CNN’s Anderson Cooper will visit five U.S. cities to broadcast recession-related segments on a weeklong package called “Road to the Rescue: A CNN Survival Guide,” Daily Variety reports. The coverage begins Monday and will air on the cable network’s international…
Granada America is working on one-hour television dramas based on country-music songs from Sony/ATV Music Publishing and other publishers, Billboard reports. “We have a list of songs, which are more episodes than we are making. But we’d rather keep the…
Fox News Host Glenn Beck tells Motortrend about the cars he drives and the future of the American auto industry. Hydrogen cars? “I don’t hold out a lot of hope for that because environmentalists will say we’re using too much…
CNN’s Jack Cafferty talks about battling alcoholism in a new book, “Now or Never,” which is excerpted on CNN.com. “I was forty-five years old when I decided to turn my life around. I had watched my parents grow old with…
After four seasons, Sci Fi channel’s “Battlestar Galactica” starts its three-hour series finale Friday night with both humans and their Cylon enemies near extinction, USA Today says. “Battlestar” will live on with a feature film in development, a TV movie…
HBO’s vampire program “True Blood” has tapped Valerie Cruz to play an elegant Hispanic vampire, the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, Fox’s “24” has hired Tim Guinee for a recurring role as a news reporter with a link to the president’s…
Nickelodeon will set up a “SpongeBob SquarePants” store in Walmarts nationwide and on Walmart.com to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the cartoon. “The Happy Place” shop will feature SpongeBob-branded apparel, backpacks, accessories, DVDs, music, toys, books and electronics. A direct-to-DVD…
Nickelodeon said it has made a two-year deal with Nick Cannon to star in, create, produce and direct original programming for its network aimed at teenagers. Mr. Cannon also will be dubbed honorary chairman of TEENick, the new name for…
Chris Brown, accused of beating his girlfriend Rihanna, has withdrawn from consideration in the upcoming Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The controversy surrounding the incident last month has shifted the focus from the music to…
Investor Carl Icahn’s talks with Lionsgate Entertainment have ended, Dow Jones reports. Icahn, who owns 15% of the studio, was seeking seat on the board. The company wanted a standstill agreement barring Icahn from buying more shares, the news service…