Low necklines, halter tops rule at Emmys (AP)AP - TV's top stars showed off their assets in a big, bare way as low-cut V-necks and halter tops dominated the red carpet at Sunday's 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.Dempsey draws big cheers at Emmys […]

De Mol digs in at Dutch webReality TV: Talpa misses first year aud targets — Dutch reality TV tycoon John de Mol's first broadcasting venture, Talpa, has just turned one-year-old but birthday festivities were low-key as the web struggles to meet its audience targets.Divided the standReality TV: CBS''Survivor'divides critics along with race — Debate continues […]

Miss America Can't Walk Away from Vegas (E! Online)E! Online - Miss America is down, but she's not cashing in her chips.Sanz, Parnell Not Long for"SNL"? (E! Online)E! Online - If speculation is true, you've seen the last"Lazy Sunday"moment on Saturday Night Live.NYC No Fan […]

Dressed-down actors rehearse Emmys lines (AP)AP - Carrying an acoustic guitar, Conan O'Brien took the stage at the Shrine Auditorium and faced an audience filled with television's most famous faces. But except for a few headset-wearing workers, the theater was nearly empty. The famous faces were on white seat-saving placards: […]

Seven hours of 9/11 on National Geographic Channel (Reuters)Reuters - You have seven snappy hours to get up to date on matters September 11 on the National Geographic Channel. It's almost as if the channel has commandeered the franchise on that deadly day. It is mostly […]

Surf's up for MTV skeinsReality TV: Reality duo set on islands — MTV has greenlit a pair of unscripted series set on the island of Maui. Cabler has ordered eight half-hour episodes each of the docudramas"Island Fever"and"Living Lahaina"for premiere in first quarter 2007.New Line's wedding vowReality TV: Studio, Katalyst set to crash TV — New […]

Sanz, Parnell Not Long for"SNL"? (E! Online)E! Online - If speculation is true, you've seen the last"Lazy Sunday"moment on Saturday Night Live."Grey's Anatomy"favored over"West Wing"at Emmys (Reuters)Reuters - ABC's hit medical drama"Grey's Anatomy"is favored to sew up the top award at Sunday's Emmy […]

Reporters say Katrina an open-ended story (Reuters)Reuters - A year ago, television journalists were plunged into unimaginable hell, telling the story of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath that devastated one of America's great cities, killed 2,000 people on the Gulf Coast and forced hundreds of thousands […]

Rookies face harsh realityReality TV:'Book Club,''Guy'fail to find audiences — ABC and CBS took some chances in June by launching a pair of unscripted skeins that departed from the all-too-familiar conventions of the genre. Both bombed — big time.A&E reality guru expands her realmReality TV: Dubuc promoted to senior veep of nonfiction — A&E senior […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures Appoints Wade Alt Vice President of Services Distribution and Management (SYS-CON Media)Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), at the forefront of developing the first hybrid satellite-terrestrial communications network, announced today that Wade Alt has joined the company as Vice President of Services Distribution and Management. Mr. Alt will report to Jack Dziak, Senior Vice […]

New Line's wedding vowReality TV: Studio, Katalyst set to crash TV — New Line is bringing"Wedding Crashers"to television, walking down the aisle with"Punk'd"producer Katalyst Films to create a hidden-camera reality take on the comedy feature.Net signs'Shocking'seriesReality TV: Nash to produce reality skein for cabler — Court TV has signed Nash Entertainment to produce 13 hourlong […]

Hot Questions for Summertime Emmys (E! Online)E! Online - The last time the Emmys were held in August, Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a nominee and Gilmore Girls wasn't. So much for shakeups…

New Line's wedding vowReality TV: Studio, Katalyst set to crash TV — New Line is bringing"Wedding Crashers"to television, walking down the aisle with"Punk'd"producer Katalyst Films to create a hidden-camera reality take on the comedy feature.Net signs'Shocking'seriesReality TV: Nash to produce reality skein for cabler — Court TV has signed Nash Entertainment to produce 13 hourlong […]

New Line's wedding vowReality TV: Studio, Katalyst set to crash TV — New Line is bringing"Wedding Crashers"to television, walking down the aisle with"Punk'd"producer Katalyst Films to create a hidden-camera reality take on the comedy feature.Net signs'Shocking'seriesReality TV: Nash to produce reality skein for cabler — Court TV has signed Nash Entertainment to produce 13 hourlong […]

Scam in South Africa uses Oprah's name (AP)AP - Police questioned eight people Friday after discovering an investment scam that used Oprah Winfrey's name days after she interviewed prospective pupils in South Africa for her new all-girls school.Reporters say Katrina an open-ended story (Reuters)Reuters - […]

Televisa Deploys High Quality MPEG-4 Systems From Envivio for Digital Satellite News Gathering (Broadcast Newsroom)SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO , Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Envivio Inc. announced that Grupo Televisa, S.A. ("Televisa"; NYSE: TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) selected its standard definition encoders and decoders for Televisa's digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) operations.

Net signs'Shocking'seriesReality TV: Nash to produce reality skein for cabler — Court TV has signed Nash Entertainment to produce 13 hourlong episodes of"Most Shocking,"a reality series focusing on videos of actual crimes.Endemol sells China packageReality TV:'Deal,''1 vs. 100'part of pact — Reality format giant Endemol has clinched its first deals in Hong Kong and parts […]

N.Y. businessman charged with terrorism for providing Hezbollah satellite TV (CNews)NEW YORK (AP) - A New York businessman was charged with providing satellite broadcasts of a Hezbollah television station to customers, authorities said Thursday.Boeing-Built, On-Orbit Commercial Satellite Proves Technology Proposed for Future Military Satellite System (SpaceRef)Boeing [NYSE: BA], in conjunction with Hughes Network Systems, LLC […]

"ER"pages Whitaker, Philipps (Reuters)Reuters - Forest Whitaker has replaced Andre Braugher in a guest role on"ER,"while Busy Philipps has signed on for at least four episodes of the NBC medical drama.Rice hopes to catch on with reality TV (AP)AP - Once again, […]

Supernova tour is setReality TV:'Rock'band will play 27 cities nationwide — Supernova, the new rock band selecting its lead singer via the CBS talent competition"Rock Star,"has set its first tour, running Dec. 31-Feb. 27.Endemol sells China packageReality TV:'Deal,''1 vs. 100'part of pact — Reality format giant Endemol has clinched its first deals in Hong Kong […]