“90210” and “Privileged” are shrinking for election night, as episodes that will air on Nov. 4 will be one minute shorter to allow election updates from CW affiliates. Ninety percent of CW affiliates are planning to take advantage of the…
Sen. John McCain’s recent cancellation, and subsequent make-up visit, to the set of CBS’ “The Late Show With David Letterman,” has spurred interest in all things McCain from the show. The recent McCain drama led to a spike in all…
Just in time for the holidays, Litton Entertainment and the editors of Good Housekeeping magazine are offering “Good Housekeeping: Stress-Less Holidays,” a special to help ordinary folks with new ideas for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah. The special will feature segments…
Showtime has renewed “Dexter” for two more seasons. The fourth and fifth seasons of the drama, which is currently in its third season, will consist of 12 episodes each. Production on season four will begin next spring in Los Angeles….
Paul Ryan and Nancy Kramer have been promoted to senior producers of “48 Hours Mystery.” They were previously producers of the CBS News program. Mr. Ryan started at the program in 1999 as a producer. He worked at Sports Illustrated…
Former GSN digital executive John P. Roberts is back in the gaming business. This time he has created a topical game about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. In the game “Palinisms: Ask Sarah Anything!” Internet users can ask any question they…
Joe the Plumber stole the spotlight during the final presidential debate, and now he is evidently winning the viral video hearts of America. Online video measurement service Visible Measures reported today that more than 130 separate viral videos about Joe…
Online video service blip.tv landed a second round of funding, this one led by Bain Capital Ventures, the companies announced today. Blip.tv did not disclose the amount but said Bain joins investors from blip.tv’s first round of funding last year,…
LG Electronics, the world’s third-largest television maker, said today that its TV-making operation turned its third consecutive quarterly operating profit on a continued increase in demand for its flat-screen TVs. The South Korea-based company’s digital-display unit’s operating profit was $15…
CBS has signed an affiliation agreement with WENY-DT in Elmira (Corning), N.Y., with a sign-on date effective Jan. 1, 2009. Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania owns WENY-DT, in addition to Erie, Pa.’s WSEE-TV, another CBS affiliate. “This marks the first time…