MTV has greenlit a second season of “A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila,” the bisexual dating show. In the first season, which drew an average of 6 million viewers, Ms. Tequila picked Bobby Banhart. The finale was shot in…
The 11th annual “A Christmas Story” marathon brought TBS its best ratings ever. For the marathon’s entire 24 hours, from Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. to Dec. 25 at 8 p.m., TBS was the top ad-supported cable network among total…
Music network Fuse TV is kicking off the new year by offering free downloads of 50 songs on its Web site, Fuse.tv, Jan. 2-14. The music network is running its Web promotion “Dozen Days of Downloads” in partnership with major…
It may by the Fighting Illini versus the Trojans nationally, but the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl matchup is turning into a different kind of fight in Iowa. With the state’s presidential caucus Thursday, every local spot in ABC’s telecast…
Cable network Current TV will carry a special performance on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day by one of the year’s most talked-about bands, Radiohead, the network announced today. Radiohead will perform all the songs from its new album…
Time Warner Cable’s former top programming buyer Fred Dressler died December 24 at the age of 66. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. Mr. Dressler retired in 2006 as executive VP of programming at Time Warner Cable. He’d been…
With Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old star of Nickelodeon’s series “Zoey 101,” announcing she’s pregnant, the kids network is considering airing a special on love and sex from Linda Ellerbee. Ms. Ellerbee has done Nick News specials on other sensitive…
Comedy Central said “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” will resume production Jan. 7. Both shows will return to the air that night without their union writing staffs. Late-night shows on the broadcast networks also will…
Writers Strike Damages Reaching Millions (or Billions) No matter who you ask, the writers strike is racking up heavy financial costs to writers and to the city of Los Angeles, with low-end estimates around $380 million and upwards of $2.5…
The NFL on Thursday proposed binding arbitration as a way to make the NFL Network available to Time Warner Cable subscribers, but the cable operator didn’t seem to be buying. In a letter to Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt,…