Anthony Pellicano’s wife is creating a reality show starring herself and her three daughters as they navigate life without her husband, who was convicted of racketeering and conspiracy and will be sentenced on Dec. 15, Daily Variety reports. The show…
ESPN has declined to comment on reports that the Arena Football League will not be returning for a 2009 season, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The cable sports network has a minor financial interest in the company, the trade says. Other…
Anderson Cooper had to doublecheck with CNN president Jon Klein before diving with sharks without a cage, the Hollywood Reporter says. Cooper was introduced to the idea of diving with the sea predators while doing research for the next installment…
David Zaslav, Discovery Communications’ CEO, said there is a strong team behind the new Oprah Winfrey Network and the channel should be ready to launch by the end of 2009, the Hollywood Reporter says. Zaslav spoke at the UBS conference…
Saturday night’s pay-per-view fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao drew 1.25 million purchases and $70 million in PPV revenue for HBO Sports, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The event, in which Pacquiao defeated De La Hoya, was the…
The Producer Guild of America announced nominees for its annual awards, Daily Variety reports. In the TV categories, HBO, Bravo and NBC led the networks in nominees with four each, the trade says. Best comedy series nominees are Showtime’s “Weeds,”…
Television viewing has been up this year, but the big broadcast networks have registered record declines, according to the chief research officer at Turner Broadcasting. Things will only get tougher for the broadcasters, says Turner’s Jack Wakshlag. He thinks the…
Negotiations between KPHO CBS 5 in Phoenix and Cable One have stalled, the station announced today. It is possible that Cable One will pull the signal of KPHO CBS 5, which would result in the loss of CBS programming and…
Hallmark Channel announced that it has become the first cable network to license the NielsenConnections Brand Target Audience Products, which track how many viewers are buying particular products. Hallmark also is the first to buy cross-platform measurement from Nielsen that…
DirecTV’s The 101 Network will air the critically acclaimed and controversial series “Wonderland” in its entirety beginning Jan. 14. The series about the lives of doctors at a New York psychiatric hospital aired for two episodes on ABC in 2000….