ESPN will televise the 2010 Pro Bowl, putting the game back on cable for the first time since 2006, the Hollywood Reporter says. Terms of the agreement with the NFL weren’t disclosed, although it’s believed to be a one-year deal…
Cable operator Charter Communications and Spanish-language media company Univision Communications are among those businesses drawing investor concerns as media companies struggle with debt and advertising declines, the Hollywood Reporter says. Some ratings agencies have said Charter may need to consider…
The changes Fox is making to the next season of “American Idol” may signal the program is less invincible, Daily Variety reports. ABC and CBS are prepping counterprogramming that those networks hope will help them compete against the next season…
Fox News, CNN and MSNBC garnered big ratings increases in 2008, largely because of coverage of the U.S. presidential race, although viewership declined after the election last month, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fox, the most-watched cable-news network for a…
Even with SpongeBob SquarePants in its corner, this is a tough time for Viacom to be picking a fight with one of its biggest distributors, Time Warner Cable. Unless an agreement is reached, Viacom tomorrow will pull its networks, including…
Michael Pitt is in negotiations to join the pilot of Martin Scorsese’s HBO drama pilot “Boardwalk Empire,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Pitt would star opposite Steve Buscemi, who plays a businessman who runs a liquor-distribution operation at the start of…
“The Hills” spinoff “The City” had a slow start, drawing 1.6 million total viewers at 10 p.m. Monday, compared the 2.6 million viewers who watched “The Hills” fourth-season finale last week, the Hollywood Reporter says. Still, “The City’s” numbers beat…
Speed Channel has licensed 10 episodes of Spike TV’s 2007 show “Bullrun,” Multichannel News reports. The show, based on an international car rally, will start Feb. 19 and be hosted by former pro wrestler Bill Goldberg. —Aimee Picchi
Kyra Sedgwick and husband Kevin Bacon are among the victims of Bernard Madoff, whose investment firm was revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, the Associated Press reports. Allen Eichhorn, Bacon’s publicist, wouldn’t disclose how much the actors might have lost….
Miley Cyrus will stage a New Year’s Eve concert at Beckman High School in Irvine, Calif., after student Alison Kaprielian won an MTV-sponsored contest for her work on breast-cancer awareness, E! reports. MTV gave away tickets to the school’s students,…