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CBS, YouTube Team Up for March Madness

NCAA March Madness comes to YouTube as a “channel” that offers game clips uploaded in near real time.Pontiac sponsors the CBS Sports NCAA Tournament Channel (www.youtube.com/cbsncaatourney) starts with today’s opening rounds of the quest for the college basketball championship. The…

Exclusive Podcast: ‘Idol’ Producer Hints at Drama

With the show now entering the final 12, “American Idol” Showrunner and Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe hints that the drama is just getting started.“There’s always surprises on ‘American Idol’ and none more so than tonight,” Mr. Lythgoe said.For the full…

Democrats Give FCC Ultimatum

The Federal Communications Commission drew an ultimatum from the House Energy and Commerce Committee telecom panel: Return to your traditional role of consumer protection or else.“When the FCC loses sight of its proper role, consumers suffer,” said Rep. John Dingell,…

Good Hair for a Song

Garnier Expands CMT Awards Sponsorship

MacLean Checks In at PHD

Exec Aims to Make Registers Ring for Safeway

Nick Makes ‘Fiends’ and More

Three New Animated Series Coming Next Season

‘Live’ Enters New Emmy Category

“Live With Regis and Kelly” was nowhere on the list of daytime Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, but it wasn’t because of any disrespect for the syndicated hit.Instead, “Live” opted to compete in a new Emmy contest for morning shows. That…

‘Idol’ Wins Against Repeats

Against a repeat-strewn schedule, Fox’s “American Idol” dominated last night for another Tuesday win. The two-hour “Idol” earned an 11.5 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to preliminary Nielsens. That’s up 6 percent from last week. The only other…

NBCU Answers Call of Mobile TV

NBC Universal struck its first deal for full-length programming on an on-demand basis to cell phones today, signing on with mobile TV service MobiTV. Under the agreement, NBCU will offer NBC series “Heroes,” “Friday Night Lights” and “The Office” as…

CBS Leads Daytime Emmy Nominations

CBS racked up 57 nominations—including 33 for its soaps “Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns”—to top the list of daytime programs vying for honors at the “34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” presented by the National Academy of Television Arts…