A New York court has thrown out a lawsuit against Heidi Klum and the creators of “Project Runway” in which a fashion designer and a fashion merchandiser claimed the hit reality competition series was based on their ideas, the Associated…
Fox News Channel wrapped up the third quarter as the top-rated cable news network, as coverage of the presidential election and the economic crisis has brought more eyes to TV news, TelevisionWeek reports. Nielsen Media Research data says Fox News…
In all the real-time coverage of the stock market rollercoaster and the vote in the House, television news channels appeared to favor a bailout rather than analyzing whether the $700 billion plan was necessary, the Los Angeles Times says. TV…
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has purchased airtime on an entire channel on Dish Network, Politico reports. The satellite provider’s channel 73 is now labeled “Obama” and features a two-minute ad playing on an endless loop. Dish Network responded to…
Paris Hilton has debuted her newest reality show on MTV, “My New BFF,” a competition to see who will become the hotel heiress’ new “best friend forever,” the Washington Post says. The cast features 18 hopefuls willing to endure obscure…
The wild rides of the campaign for president and the economic turmoil boosted Fox News Channel’s prime-time block to fourth among all cable channels for the third quarter, extending its streak as the highest-rated cable news network to 27 consecutive…
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” is now on afternoons, TVNewser reports. The “Morning Joe Election Extra” will air during the 2 p.m. EDT hour with morning team Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski anchoring. Today’s first show had MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan…
Peter Gaffney has been upped to senior vice president of programming strategy, scheduling and acquisitions for History and History International. Mr. Gaffney has been VP of scheduling and acquisitions for History since 2002. He was responsible for developing and implementing…
Vanessa Marcil has been tapped to host Lifetime’s reality competition series “Blush: The Search for the Next Makeup Artist,” Daily Variety reports. Marcil joins make-up mentor Charlie Green and judges Hal Rubenstein and Joanna Schlip. The six episode series, which…
Varlerie Bertinelli’s still-untitled TBS sitcom pilot has added three to its cast, the Hollywood Reporter says. Nadia Dajani, Kevin G. Schmidt and Dean Collins are to play Bertinelli’s next-door neighbor, son and son’s best friend on the Dave Caplan-helmed comedy,…