ESPN will launch its promo campaign for “Monday Night Football” on Friday with two new spots designed to show that, no matter how bad Monday starts, there’s something to look forward to at the end of the day. One of…
Fox News, CNN and MSNBC will cover Saturday’s Saddleback Forum featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, according to TVNewser. The forum will be the first public meeting between the two senators since they became the presumptive nominees. The…
For the purposes of authenticity, executive Tom Rothman of Fox and Ben Silverman of NBC will be making cameos this season on HBO’s “Entourage,” reports Deadline Hollywood Daily. Film critics Richard Roeper and Michael Phillips also will appear during the…
A cop and a construction worker walk into a bar … and tear it apart. That’s what viewers can expect from the upcoming G4 series “Human Wrecking Balls,” starring brothers Craig and Paul Pumphrey as they take on demolition tasks…
Dish Network and the cable industry are joining forces to oppose the start date of the NAB’s proposed retransmission-consent “quiet period” around the digital TV transition, Multichannel News reports. Dish and cable operators are concerned about the Feb. 4 start…
Verizon will exclusively premiere Disney Channel’s movie “The Cheetah Girls One World” on Aug. 19, Media Daily News reports. The movie will be available on Verizon’s FiOS service as a VOD stream at no extra charge, the Web site says….
Hedge Fund manager Harbinger Capital said it acquired 11.45 million shares of Cablevision Systems during the second quarter, making it the fifth-largest outside shareholder in the cable operator. Analyst Richard Greenfield said he believes that the Harbinger investment may be…
Katherine Fugate, who created Lifetime’s top-rated series “Army Wives,” has been discharged by the network and ABC Studios, which produces the show, Entertainment Weekly reports. “With the show such an established hit, now seems like a logical time for me…
During three days of meetings with major shareholders, Cablevision Systems said it doesn’t plan any more major acquisitions, the Wall Street Journal reports. The recent purchases of Sundance Channel and Newsday had depressed Cablevision’s stock, but in management’s first meeting…
Fox News Channel will be airing one-hour documentaries about presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, the Hollywood Reporter says. While both shows interviewed their respected subjects, they are being described as a look into what each candidate does with…