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Fox Has Top 13 Cable News Shows

In January overall, Fox was third most watched cable channel

(Newser) - "Fair and balanced" might be cause for lively debate, but Fox News' status as the top dog in cable news isn't—the network scored the top 13 programs in total viewership and the key 25-54 demographic through January. Bill O’Reilly’s show tops the rankings, with Sean Hanitty...

Sold: All CBS' Super Bowl Ad Spots
 Sold: All CBS' 
 Super Bowl 
 Ad Spots 
AT UP TO $3M A POP
Feb 3, 2010 12:31 PM CST

Sold: All CBS' Super Bowl Ad Spots

62 slots are filled at $2.5 to $3M apiece, with a payday of around $200M

(Newser) - CBS has already sold all of the in-game ad slots for the Super Bowl, quite a feat considering networks often scramble for ad buyers well into the week preceding the game even when the economy is up. The network claims to have sold only the 62 formatted spots, but an...

Ricky Gervais: Stop Having 'Useless' Kids

Comedian's not apologizing for the Globes, or anything else

(Newser) - Look out, New York: Ricky Gervais is coming. The comedian, whose divisive Golden Globe hosting gig included jokes about masturbation and onstage drinking—“which Jane Fonda didn’t appreciate apparently”—says he already has digs in the Big Apple, where he's moving with his partner of 25 years,...

Jon Hamm Returns to SNL, Goes Shirtless

'Saturday Night Live' guest host can't live up to debut but fits in well

(Newser) - Jon Hamm's Saturday Night Live debut was an instant classic, which meant hopes were high—perhaps unrealistically so—for last night's second effort. The Mad Men star has no trouble taking off his shirt and "obviously enjoys doing comedy, and so was game for a few silly bits,"...

Food Industry's Loveliest Ladies

Padma Lakshmi tops list; Food Network faves score

(Newser) - Of a piece with the site’s list of the hottest men in food , Slashfood presents its top women:
  • Padma Lakshmi: “Calm, collected, and poised, the host of Bravo’s Top Chef is possibly the hottest woman on television,” John Devore writes.
  • Giada De Laurentiis: The Food Network
...

Jersey Shore Cast Gets Second Season

MTV bringing pack Pauly D. and crew in a new locale

(Newser) - It seems the lovable confused Guidos from Jersey Shore have been invited to return for a second season. MTV's hit reality show will have the lovable/hatable cast returning to TV in a new and as yet undisclosed location, reports People . For those who need a recap, MTV will air all...

CBS KOs Gay Super Bowl Ad
 CBS KOs Gay Super Bowl Ad 
Jan 29, 2010 4:20 PM CST

CBS KOs Gay Super Bowl Ad

Network declares gay dating site's spot unfit for broadcast

(Newser) - Is CBS using Super Bowl advertising to pursue a political agenda? The network is facing controversy after turning down an ad for gay dating site ManCrunch.com but approving an anti-abortion spot featuring University of Florida star quarterback Tim Tebow. CBS rejected ManCrunch's ad, which features two men making out...

Jimmy Kimmel: Jay Leno Is a 'Tattletale'


 Jimmy Kimmel: 
 Jay Leno Is 
 a 'Tattletale' 
watch out, oprah
Jan 29, 2010 12:22 PM CST

Jimmy Kimmel: Jay Leno Is a 'Tattletale'

Kimmel rebuts Jay Leno's Oprah Winfrey interview

(Newser) - After “ratting out” Jimmy Kimmel during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno seems to have no friends left in late night. Kimmel responded to yesterday's sit-down with the queen of all media—in which Leno claimed he felt “sucker punched” when Kimmel reamed him on the Jay ...

NBC Buys Pilot From Conan O'Brien
NBC Buys Pilot From Conan O'Brien
Jan 27, 2010 8:07 AM CST

NBC Buys Pilot From Conan O'Brien

Picks up new hour-long legal show, ironically named Justice

(Newser) - NBC and Conan O’Brien are already doing business again; the network has picked up the pilot for Justice, an hour-long legal drama from O’Brien’s production company, Conaco. O’Brien will serve as executive producer, along with Jeff Ross and pilot writer John Eisendrath. The show, which follows...

Fox Preps Conan Late-Night Offer

Network is quizzing affiliates about freeing up 11pm slot

(Newser) - Fox has taken a keen interest in the newly available Conan O’Brien and is looking to move fast on a deal. Talks with Conan's reps could start as early as this week, and the network has already begun polling affiliates about the possibility of clearing an 11pm spot—now...

Let the Conan Backlash Begin

Face it, O'Brien's ratings weren't great

(Newser) - Conan O’Brien joins the ranks of the unemployed today, so the ousted Tonight Show host now has plenty of time to track the backlash and second-guessing about the TV shell game. Jay Leno remains the villain of the piece, but the hard truth is that O’Brien never drew...

Palins, Oprah Discuss Bristol's Sex Life

Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin talk abstinence

(Newser) - American's most famous teen mom and her famous mom, Sarah Palin, talked abstinence with Oprah today. Bristol Palin plans to hold to her vow not to have sex until she's married, even though the queen of all media offered her an out: "It's nobody's business when you chose to...

NBC Complains to White House About ABC's Access

Source says NBC wants more Obama interviews; network denies it

(Newser) - NBC has filed a formal complaint with the White House, saying ABC is getting a disproportionate number of interviews with President Obama. The network cites recent sit-downs with George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson, and alleges that Stephanopoulos’ friendship with Rahm Emanuel is helping the network land the face time, according...

Conan Seals $44M Exit Deal


 Conan Seals 
 $44M Exit Deal 
Jan 21, 2010 6:40 AM CST

Conan Seals $44M Exit Deal

Agreement includes $32M for him, rest for staff

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien and NBC have finally made it official. The late-night host signed an exit agreement that includes $32 million for O'Brien and $12 million for his staff. The deal is also believed to bar both sides from publicly disparaging each other, and to temporarily ban O'Brien from appearing on...

Shame on Showtime for Ditching Gay Shows

 Shame on Showtime 
 for Ditching Gay Shows 
OPINION
Jan 20, 2010 11:38 AM CST

Shame on Showtime for Ditching Gay Shows

Once out-and-proud network is now just an HBO wannabe

(Newser) - Showtime, which has an openly gay president and used to be the home of “the two most sexually explicit gay dramas ever,” has failed its queer audience completely, Aymar Jean Christian writes. Sure, networks in general have backed off gay-centric programming after realizing “they could get a...

Sarah Palin Is Giving Glenn Beck Fits at Fox

She's a hit with the bosses, and he thinks she's eying his slot

(Newser) - Sarah Palin, “the new flavor of the month at Fox,” is gunning for Glenn Beck’s coveted 5pm slot. At least that’s what he seems to think, insiders tell Rob Shuter at PopEater . “All the bosses love her,” one source spills. “She's an incredibly...

Late-Night Mess Is Our Fault

 Late-Night 
 Mess Is 
 Our Fault 
DAVID CARR
Jan 18, 2010 10:38 AM CST

Late-Night Mess Is Our Fault

When you can Google what's going on, why watch Tonight Show ?

(Newser) - It’s fun to point fingers, but the “late-night fratricide” at NBC isn't Jeff Zucker's fault, Leno's, or Conan's: It's ours. The real culprit is our own disaffection with traditional TV, writes David Carr, who's been following the fracas closely—on his computer. We're so bombarded by news that...

Streep, Bullock, Hangover, Avatar Clean Up

Jeff Bridges, Mo'Nique, 'Mad Men,' 'Glee' also among winners

(Newser) - Avatar and The Hangover captured the top film awards, Meryl Streep and Drew Barrymore charmed with stream-of-consciousness acceptance speeches, and host Ricky Gervais generally behaved at tonight's Golden Globes ceremony. Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock established themselves as Academy Award favorites with victories in the leading dramatic role categories, as...

10 Ways the Golden Globes Beat the Oscars

Food, drink, and fashion flubs start awards season off right

(Newser) - Awards season unofficially begins with tonight's Golden Globes ceremony, an alcohol-addled free-for-all that makes the Oscar telecast feel like a prayer meeting. Breeanna Hare of CNN runs down 10 reasons the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's shindig beats the Academy Awards:
  • Booze: "The Globes would not be the Globes if
...

Heidi Montag, Before and After
 Heidi Montag, 
 Before and After 
she may be a cyborg
Jan 15, 2010 10:00 AM CST

Heidi Montag, Before and After

Is reality star technically still a human? It's up for debate.

(Newser) - Photos from Heidi Montag’s People exclusive are out, and you can see for yourself how different the reality star looks after her 10 plastic surgery procedures. She got DDD breasts, a brow lift, a nose job, liposuction, a butt augmentation, and more, the Huffington Post reports. “She’s...

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