Showtime’s “Brotherhood,” whose third season opens Sunday, “is an ambitious show that focuses on what it means to be human and ambitious, and the contradictions in the human spirit,” creator and executive producer Blake Masters tells USA Today. The series,…
When CNN Headline News’ “Nancy Grace” is on, viewers are bombarded by a dizzying number of graphics and imagaes, the New York Daily News says. Other newscasts suffer from the graphic overload as well. The paper took a poll of…
The FCC has expressed concern of the rising costs of cable TV and the effect it will have on consumers, the Associated Press reports. “Companies are charging consumers more but consumers are receiving less,” said FCC spokeswoman Mary Diamond. “This…
Rogers Communications and Bell Canada are among Canadian cable operators that today started carrying Movie Central and the Movie Network, which are licensees of HBO shows, the Hollywood Reporter says. Shows from HBO, which is barred from authorized carriage in…
Bravo announced a slew of projects in development at the network, in addition to the pickup of new fashion competition series “The Fashion Show.” Shows in development include the topical “Fashionality,” featuring some of New York’s biggest “tastemakers” as they…
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” correspondent Aasif Mandvi will host the 18th annual Gotham Awards on Dec. 2, Daily Variety reports. Patricia Clarkson, Ethan Hawke and Amy Adams are among the show’s award presenters, the newspaper says. —Danny King
TNT’s opening-night broadcasts for the NBA season Oct. 28, a double-header featuring the Boston Celtics in the first game and the Los Angeles Lakers in the second, had a 28% larger audience than last season’s first broadcasts, Multichannel News says,…
Discovery Channel will air “JFK: Inside the Target Car” on Nov. 16 to mark the 45th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The special employs cutting-edge forensics and film archives to prove that the only bullets fired…
ESPN Deportes next week will debut a sports commentary show similar to “Around the Horn,” including reporters from Spanish-language newspapers talking about sports topics, Multichannel News says. “Juego Cruzado,” which will be broadcast each weekday and will run 30 minutes,…
David Tennant will step away from playing the title role in Sci Fi’s “Doctor Who” in 2010 after five years on the job, the London Times reports. Tennant, the 10th person to play the role since the U.K. show started…