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Holiday Special Delivers Record Ratings for BBC America

BBC America hit an all-time ratings high in adults 25 to 54 with a special holiday telecast. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel’s Christmas "Doctor Who" special set a record with a 0.95 rating in the…

Lights Out for ‘That Doggie in the Window’ — Popular ’50s Singer Patti Page Dead at 85. Biggest Hit Was ‘Tennessee Waltz’

"Patti Page, the apple-cheeked, honey-voiced alto whose sentimental, soothing, sometimes silly hits like ‘Tennessee Waltz,’ ‘Old Cape Cod’ and ‘(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window’ made her one of the most successful pop singers of the 1950s, died…

Blast From the Past: ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ — Which Hasn’t Aired a Fresh Episode in a Year and a Half — Goes Up Against ‘Modern’ Sitcoms on ABC, CBS, NBC and FX for Producers Guild Comedy Award; We Have the Full List of TV and Film Nominees

In an odd twist based on the Producers Guild of America’s decision to follow the same schedule as the Primetime Emmys — even though the PGAs play out six months later — a show that hasn’t been on the air…

Director of ‘Iron Man’ to Helm Episode of NBC’s ‘The Office’

The man behind the feature film "Iron Man" will direct an episode of "The Office" before the show goes off the air, reports TVLine.com. It’s not yet clear which episode of the NBC sitcom Jon Favreau will direct, the story…

Conan O’Brien Producing Medical Comedy for Fox

Late-night host Conan O’Brien is producing a medical comedy for Fox, which has the scripted show in development, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The show is called "Bob’s New Heart Show," a pun on the classic comedy "The…

Jim Murray, Agent Who Worked With George Burns and Phyllis Diller, Dies at 85

Jim Murray, an agent who ran ICM’s offices in Las Vegas and represented stars such as George Burns and Phyllis Diller, has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 85. Murray helped bring stars to Las Vegas, including Tony…

Lifetime’s ‘Dance Moms’ Premieres to Series High

Lifetime’s "Dance Moms" premiered its third season to a series high in total viewers, reports Deadline.com. The show’s 2.8 million viewers represented a 33% increase from its summer 2012 season premiere, the story notes. After "Dance Moms," Lifetime aired a…

Al Jazeera Buys Al Gore’s Current TV for $500 Million; Time Warner Cable Immediately Drops Service

"Current TV, the network co-founded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, was sold for about $500 million to Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based cable-news channel, according to two people with knowledge of the deal," reports Bloomberg. The story also says,…

2012 Was a Good Year for Media Stocks — So Which Big Media Conglomerate Did the Best?

Media stocks performed well during 2012, with most of them beating the upswing in the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 index, Deadline.com reports. The S&P was up 13.4% during the year, the piece notes, but pacing the big media conglomerates…

C-SPAN Apologizes for ‘Unfortunate Posting of Content Some Might Find Offensive’

Two incidents during C-SPAN’s coverage of the fiscal cliff maneuvering on Capitol Hill caused some observers to think the network had been hacked — and led to an apology from the network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Both incidents involved…