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Mel Gibson Set as Post-Oscars Guest on ‘Kimmel’

Last year, Jimmy Kimmel devoted his post-Oscar show to “F***king Ben Affleck.” This year, Mr. Kimmel will be chatting with Mel Gibson. Mr. Gibson, a two-time Academy Award winner, has been booked as a guest on this Sunday’s post-kudos edition…

Judge Rules in Favor of FBN in Treasury Suit

A U.S. District judge supported Fox Business Network’s effort to get documents from the United States Treasury Department about the use of bailout funds for banks. In a ruling earlier today, Judge Richard J. Holwell ruled in favor of the…

Is CBS’s ‘Harper’s Island’ a New Broadcast Model?

Network Orders Only 13 Episodes to Give Show a Finite Story Arc

Bad News for Oscars—and Advertisers?

Nominees’ Low Box-Office Haul Could Mean Another Year of Low Ratings for Telecast

CNN, Facebook to Team on State of the Union

Barack Obama’s inauguration speech generated some record setting Web-video streaming traffic for CNN and its partner Facebook, but will the public be quite as interested in the new president’s State of the Union like address to Congress? The world gets…

Golf Channel Leaps on Tiger’s Return

The Golf Channel sprang into action when Tiger Woods announced on Thursday he would return to competitive play next week in a tournament that the network will carry live in early rounds. Golf Channel broke away from its live coverage…

Producers Issue ‘Final Offer’ to SAG

After three days of talks with the Screen Actors Guild, Hollywood’s producers have issued a “last, best and final offer” to actors that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers says contains significant concessions. “The AMPTP made these enhancements…

DTV Switch: Okla. City Hit With Surge of Help Calls

John Rossi, general manager of CW-affiliate KOCB and Fox affiliate KOKH in Oklahoma City, said he was feeling tired today after his station fielded nearly 900 calls over the past two days regarding his stations’ switch to digital TV signals….

‘Ross the Intern’ Moves to TheInsider.com

Ross Mathews has come onboard as a celebrity interviewer for TheInsider.com. Mr. Mathews got his break on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” where he filmed segments and did celebrity interviews for seven years as “Ross the Intern.” Mr. Mathews…

DTV Switch: Help Calls to FCC Decreasing

The Federal Communications Commission said calls to its digital-TV transition help lines decreased Wednesday, the day after 417 stations switched away from analog signals. The decline may suggest that more viewers were concerned about the prospect of the DTV transition…