Time Warner Cable is telling small networks that they have a choice: Get dropped, or get no fee in return for continued carriage on the cable service, reports the New York Post. That tactic has been used in negotiations with…
A new list from Forbes magazine reveals the most bankable stars in Hollywood, and the actress who tops the list — as Hollywood’s best actor for the buck — is Natalie Portman. The success of Portman’s movie “Black Swan,” produced…
NBC was told by Washington, D.C., police not to show a high-capacity gun magazine on air, according to a statement Wednesday from the police, reports Politico.com. “NBC contacted [the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department] inquiring if they could utilize a high…
Disney has settled a lawsuit over claims by a woman who said the warmup staffer for "Good Luck Charlie" slapped her on the rear and kissed her on the mouth in front of her children, reports TMZ.com. Kellie Rodriguez filed…
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has thrown out a $20 million lawsuit filed by former "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez that alleged her former driver was trying to blackmail her, reports TheWrap.com. Lopez had filed suit against her former…
Netflix’s blackout on Christmas Eve, which we reported earlier, is an illustration of the challenges of the cloud, with Amazon.com’s cloud computing service blamed for the problems, reports The New York Times. Amazon, which provides computing power and storage for…
James Mooney, who served as president and chief executive of what is now the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, has died, reports Multichannel News. He was 69. Mooney served as president and CEO of NCTA, then called the National Cable…
Actor Larry Hagman, who died in November, will appear on a CBS reality show posthumously, reports EW.com’s Inside TV. Hagman, known for playing J.R. Ewing on “Dallas” and for starring years earlier in “I Dream of Jeannie,” will appear on…
Former President George H.W. Bush has been placed in a hospital intensive care unit and is in "guarded condition," reports NBCNews.com. The former president is battling an elevated fever, the story notes. He has been in the Houston hospital since…
"The Office" will still air a planted pilot designed to introduce the spinoff called "The Farm," which was passed over by NBC, reports TVLine.com. The episode was meant to serve as the launch episode for “The Farm” — a spinoff…