Jack Black will host Spike TV’s 2008 Video Game Awards, airing Dec. 14. The live HD broadcast will feature previews of games coming out in 2009, including the world premiere of Brütal Legend gameplay from designer Tim Schafer and Double…
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At the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 6th Annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting, awards went to news divisions including CBS News and ABC News, as well as TV news stalwarts including Brian Ross and David…
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Timothy Kuryak and Jill Dickerson as vice presidents of programming. The duo will oversee nonscripted programming, working with producers, writers, agents and distributors, in addition to editorial management with outside production. Mr. Kuryak…
ABC will be rolling out three new dramas in the spring: “Castle,” “Cupid” and “The Unusuals.” “Castle,” from ABC Studios, stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, a mystery novelist who teams up with an NYPD detective investigating homicides copied from…
Disney Channel has ordered additional episodes for the third season of “Hannah Montana” in addition to ordering a second season of its new series “The Suite Life on Deck.” “Montana,” starring teen sensation Miley Cyrus, is the top basic-cable series…
Technology company Cell Journalist launched an iPhone application today that lets citizen journalists share news, information and events with local media outlets, the company announced today. The iPhone capability links into the existing Cell Journalist technology that is used by…
Original programming returns to Saturdays on CBS starting Jan. 3, with “Game Show in My Head” set to air at 8 and 8:30 p.m., the network announced today. “Head,” which has Ashton Kutcher as one of its executive producers, involves…
YouTube has started cracking down on sexually explicit content on its site, the company announced today on its blog. The world’s most popular video-sharing site said it has started implementing stricter standards for mature content. “While videos featuring pornographic images…