With the upcoming broadcast of the U.S. Open, the Tennis Channel will be available to a much broader range of homes than its usual reach, reports Multichannel News. Partnerships with DirecTV, Dish Network and AT&T U-verse will boost the penetration…
The family of a reality show contestant — including her 8-year-old daughter — has received death threats after an especially heated episode of the show aired Thursday night, TMZ.com reports. Shelly Moore, a houseguest on CBS’s “Big Brother,” played a…
Actor Brad Pitt became a real-life hero during a film shoot in Scotland last week, The Scottish Sun reports, rescuing a woman from being trampled. The incident took place Thursday on the set of “World War Z,” when more than…
A former Disney Channel star was paid $100,000 in severance for not starring in a movie that she was cut from after revealing her pregnancy, reports TMZ.com. As previously reported, Hilary Duff was dropped from “Bonnie and Clyde” because her…
Ray Romano and Mike Royce say they’re giving up on trying to find a new home for the show they created, which was canceled recently by TNT, Deadline.com reports. Romano and Royce have been shopping “Men of a Certain Age.”…
Our good friend Marc Berman, who wrote the Programming Insider for Mediaweek for years — and continued writing it when Mediaweek was folded into Adweek, has moved on. Marc has emailed us that he’s editor-in-chief of a new publication called TV…
The annual shockfest known as the Video Music Awards left viewers with just enough reason to believe MTV still cares about music, according to an analysis by Tim Molloy on TheWrap.com. While the show may have been “more packed wih…
Even downgraded to a tropical storm, the Event Formerly Known as Hurricane Irene took a bite out of the entertainment business as it breezed across the East Coast over the weekend. The storm’s toll on weekend box office was estimated…
After receiving a second-season renewal, a USA Network show will also receive a new showrunner, reports Deadline.com. “Suits” creator Aaron Korsh is being promoted from co-executive producer to executive producer and showrunner. He replaces Sean Jablonski, who was the show’s…
A PBS newsmagazine is losing the second of its original co-anchors, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Alison Stewart will leave "Need to Know" when the show moves to a half-hour format Sept. 16. She…