Net says'I do'to'Bridezillas'Reality TV: WE renews reality show for third season — WE: Women's Entertainment has said"I do"to"Bridezillas."Boosted by ratings success, the network won't be jilting its signature series, having inked a deal for a third season to preem in March.SurvivorReality TV: Who wants to be a millionaire? Sixteen people who abandoned their jobs, families […]

Survivor: The Australian Outback (Survivor II)Reality TV: Die-hard fans might miss Richard, Rudy and the queen of tapioca, but there are plenty of greedy and paranoid players on the prowl for $1 million in"Survivor: The Australian Outback."CBS shrewdly scheduled its money train right after the Super Bowl, and the show that earned the year's most […]

NGC Ships Final AstroMesh Reflector To EADS Astrium For Last I-4 Satellite (SpaceDaily)The last AstroMesh reflector built by Northrop Grumman for the third and final satellite in the Inmarsat Limited I-4 series has been shipped for launch integration this fall.XM Satellite Radio will be on DirecTV (BizJournals)XM Satellite Radio's is getting into TV. DirecTV says […]

Turning First Responder Cell Phones Into First Priority Satellite Phones (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)The Vice-Chairman and CEO of Mobile Satellite Ventures praised the Senate Commerce Committee today for holding a hearing on first responder communications problems. Alexander H. Good said part of the solution could be cell phones that will be able to seamlessly […]

NBC matches good vs. evil in sitcom pilot (Reuters)Reuters - NBC has ordered a sitcompilot about a twentysomething average Joe whose world is turnedupside down when he realizes that his life is being driven bysupernatural forces representing good and evil.Carson Desk to Head for Auction Block (AP)AP - The rosewood desk Johnny Carson sat behind […]

Gervais Lurks in Background for'Extras'(AP)AP - Ricky Gervais is fascinated by how a camera can skew the flow of ordinary life.Kimmel Makes Amends with Motown (E! Online)E! Online - The late-nighthost, who made incendiary comments about the Motor City during the 2004NBA Finals, is set to broadcast his Jimmy Kimmel Live fromDetroit the entire week […]

Venezuela to Check U.S. Satellite Photo (WINK TV Southwest Florida)CARACAS, Venezuela Venezuela will investigate whether there is any coca planted in several areas along the Colombian border after obtaining a satellite image taken by U.S. authorities purportedly showing the illegal crop, the justice minister said Wednesday.In Wake Of Hurricanes, Inmarsat Pitches New Satellite Service (TechWeb […]

Venezuela to Check U.S. Satellite Photo (AP via Yahoo! News)Venezuela will investigate whether there is any coca planted in several areas along the Colombian border after obtaining a satellite image taken by U.S. authorities purportedly showing the illegal crop, the justice minister said Wednesday.Southern Pines, N.C.-Based Satellite-TV Seller Files for Bankruptcy (RedNova)By David Ranii, The […]

XM Satellite Radio Surpasses 5 Million Subscribers (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)XM Satellite Radio has topped 5 million subscribers, and is on track to add a million more by the end of the year.NHL Games on XM Satellite Radio to Begin Airing October 5 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading provider of […]

Playing Trump cardReality TV: WGA tweaks ad placement — Sparks flew at a gathering of ad execs in Gotham when WGA members protested increased product placement in reality shows such as"The Apprentice"and"Survivor."A&E hot for'Boy'Reality TV: Cabler revs up reality with'Aspen,''Lives'– A&E is teaming with World of Wonder Prods. for"The Fabulous Bakker Boy,"a reality series that […]

'Idol'contender success rings trueReality TV: World Brief — Grundy Television has cleared"Australian Idol"contestant Laura Gissara of accusations of phone vote-rigging.ABC shops for weekend bargainsReality TV: Alphabet gets real about Saturday night — ABC is getting real about bringing viewers back to Saturday night. After joining the other nets in all but abandoning the idea of […]

Temptation IslandReality TV: A knock-off of"Survivor,"Fox's"Temptation Island"is merely a lightweight libido experiment. The network behind"Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire"continues to churn out copies, and this one is nothing but a trip into the shallow thought processes of unstable dudes and dudettes.SurvivorReality TV: Who wants to be a millionaire? Sixteen people who abandoned their jobs, […]

China to use satellite to peep on panda sex (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Chinese scientists will use satellite technology to peep on the sexual antics of China's highly endangered giant pandas, Xinhua news agency said.Board OKs building, satellite dish construction (Wapakoneta Daily News)A proposed office building with a satellite dish will be able to be constructed […]

Kimmel Makes Amends with Motown (E! Online)E! Online - The late-nighthost, who made incendiary comments about the Motor City during the 2004NBA Finals, is set to broadcast his Jimmy Kimmel Live fromDetroit the entire week before the Super Bowl.Prime-Time Nielsen Ratings (AP)AP - Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Sept. 19-25. Top […]

XM Satellite tops 5 million subscribers (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)XM Satellite Radio says it has passed 5 million subscribers and expects to add another million before the end of the year.Pioneer AirWare XM Satellite Radio Receiver (PC Magazine)This handheld satellite radio looks a bit like a fat cell phone, but it works just as well […]

Temptation IslandReality TV: A knock-off of"Survivor,"Fox's"Temptation Island"is merely a lightweight libido experiment. The network behind"Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire"continues to churn out copies, and this one is nothing but a trip into the shallow thought processes of unstable dudes and dudettes.WGA admonishes on adsReality TV: Guild ad libs reality fight — Sparks flew at […]

Temptation IslandReality TV: A knock-off of"Survivor,"Fox's"Temptation Island"is merely a lightweight libido experiment. The network behind"Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire"continues to churn out copies, and this one is nothing but a trip into the shallow thought processes of unstable dudes and dudettes.Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then […]

Lockheed Martin Launches Modernized GPS Satellite (TechWeb)The first modernized Global Positioning System satellite was launched by a Delta II rocket at Cape Canaveral.First Modernized GPS Satellite Successfully Launched (SpaceDaily)The U.S. Air Force has launched, and safely inserted into orbit, the first modernized Global Positioning System satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, aboard a Delta II rocket […]

"Chris"Rocks (E! Online)E! Online - EverybodyHates Chris, comic Chris Rock's sitcom take on growing up in a diceyBrooklyn neighborhood, moved in on the supposed must-see competition,topping all comers in its premiere, save CBS' Survivor:Guatemala.Network's Role May Be Key in Lawsuit (AP)AP - The judge hearing an age discrimination claim filed by a former reporter asked […]

Bands on the RunReality TV: If video did indeed kill the radio star, then made-for-reality TV bands have their weapons drawn for the gussied-up video stars who fill what's left of musicvideo in music television. VH1 updates"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"for a trio of scruffy rock bands, adds an element of the entrepreneur […]