Entertainment

July 19, 2008 -- The CW Network announced its Fall premiere dates for the 2008-2009 season today at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. The CW unveils its new primetime schedule beginning on Monday, Sept. 1, well in advance of the start of the traditional broadcast season. Every drama and comedy on The CW's schedule will be broadcast in high definition.    » read more »

$57,100 Bid For Mike and Mike To Broadcast From A Listener’s Home and Hospital Officials Match Bid

July 22, 2008 -- The fourth annual ESPN Radio “Don’t Give Up ESPYs V Foundation Auction” set a record by raising $1,130,314 for The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a 323% increase from the inaugural event’s total of $201,000 in 2005. The event has raised more money each year ($435,770 in 2006 and $851,036 last year). More than 200 items and experiences were auctioned off either online or as part of an on-air radiothon Wednesday, July 16.    » read more »

ESPN Honored for SportsCenter Feature Series Titled, “Sobrevivientes”

July 21, 2008 -- ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-language 24-hour sports network in the U.S., has been honored for its excellence in journalism with the prestigious 2008 Edward R. Murrow Award presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). The network received the prestigious award in the "Outstanding News Series” category for a three-part SportsCenter feature series titled “Sobrevivientes” (Still Alive), about the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in Argentina’s Andres Mountain on October 13, 1972.    » read more »

Free Fantasy Football Returns; Free Live Scoring, New Auction Draft Option,
Mobile Alerts and Management; Emmy-Winning Live Online Sunday Show Fantasy Football Now; Unprecedented Multimedia Initiative: TV, Radio, Digital Video, Podcasts, Magazine

July 21, 2008 -- ESPN kicks off the 2008 Fantasy Football season with an unprecedented multimedia initiative, highlighted by the return of free ESPN Fantasy Football presented by GEICO and GMC on ESPN.com.    » read more »

New Section to Cover Both PRCA and PBR Tours

July 17, 2008 -- ESPN.com has launched a new section providing complete coverage of rodeo and professional bull riding. The new section provides news, video, stats, standings, schedules, rider profiles, blogs, and more across all major rodeo and bull-riding events – an industry first.

“Rodeo and Bull Riding have one of the most passionate fan bases of any sport in the country,” said Alexandra Roman, director of ESPN Outdoors & Digital Partnerships, ESPN Digital Media. “It takes a special kind of athlete to willingly climb on top of a two-ton bull or a bucking bronco. This section will capture the excitement and provide a 24/7 one-stop window into two of the country’s fastest growing extreme sports.”    » read more »

New Season To Premiere Weekend Of September 6, 2008

Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 - Television's most popular and respected movie review program, "At The Movies," today announced that two new charismatic co-hosts, Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, will co-host the next generation of the series when its new season begins the weekend of September 6, 2008. Both of these critics will bring their unique personalities and extensive qualifications to the series, and the show will also be adding several new exciting segments. This follows the announcement that famed Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert and his co-host Richard Roeper have bid farewell to the weekly television series.    » read more »

Nickelodeon's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Hits All-Time Series High

NEW YORK, July 22, 2008 -- Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender ended its third season with a "b-Aang," scoring the series' highest ratings ever, and earning the number-one spot on broadcast and basic cable television for the week with kids and tweens.

The two-hour season-three finale, Sozin's Comet (Sat., July 19, 8 p.m. ET/PT), wrapped up a week of new, half-hour Avatar episodes (Mon-Tues., Thurs.-Fri., 8 p.m. ET/PT), including a one-hour TV movie mid-week, Avatar: Boiling Rock (Wed. July 16, 8 p.m. ET/PT).

Ratings highlights for Nick's Avatar week include:    » read more »

Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Nick Nolte And Robert Downey, Jr. Star In "Tropic Thunder" Which Opens In Theaters Nationwide August 15

NEW YORK, July 21 -- COMEDY CENTRAL(R) is doing some Method acting in "Reel Comedy: Tropic Thunder." The half-hour special premieres on Monday, August 11 at midnight.    » read more »

'An Exploration of Online Casual Gaming' Finds Strong Emotional and Physical Engagement with Online Games Across Nearly Every Age Group

NEW YORK, July 22 -- Online casual gaming holds an exclusive place in the lives of gamers' of nearly all ages because it is both emotionally and physically engaging, according to MTV Networks' new study: "An Exploration of Online Casual Gaming."    » read more »

MTV Viewers are Taking Over the '2008 Video Music Awards'Set to Air Live From Paramount Pictures on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 9pm

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 21 -- MTV is letting fans participate in the 2008 Video Music Awards by giving them the opportunity to help decide this year's nominees, creating a kickass awards show with the music they want to hear and see. Coming off a heart-stopping performance on "FNMTV (hmtv.com/ontv/fn-mtv/) Premieres," MTV's new Friday night music series, current pop culture sensation the Jonas Brothers (mtv.com/music/artist/jonas_brothers/artist.jhtml) are set to make their first live VMA performance.    » read more »

July 18, 2008 -- Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Warner Premiere announced today a new way for graphic novel fans to connect with their favorite characters and the stories they know and love through short-form digital content. "Warner Premiere's Motion Comics" draw on a massive amount of source material to bring a visually engaging experience to life through the use of subtle movements, voice-overs, sweeping music scores and stunning comic book artwork. The highly anticipated debut episode of DC Comics Watchmen is now available exclusively as a free iTunes download for the next two weeks via Entertainment Weekly's website (ew.com/watchmen). Beginning August 2, the debut Watchmen Motion Comic will be available on the iTunes Store for purchase and download for $1.99.    » read more »

>h3>Legacy Characters Jagger Cates and Robert Scorpio Will Be an Integral Part of Show’s Second Season; Actors Billy Dee Williams, Kimberly Mccullough, Jason Thompson and Sonya Eddy Return; Other Key Roles Cast

June 30, 2008 -- Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney ABC Television Group, today announced that two award-winning actors, Antonio Sabato, Jr. and Tristan Rogers, will reprise the roles they created for “General Hospital” of Jagger Cates and Robert Scorpio, respectively, for the second season of “General Hospital: Night Shift.” The SOAPnet series, which is the network’s most-watched of all time, follows the lives of doctors, nurses and patients as they embark on journeys of self discovery, love and heartache.    » read more »

Real Life Boy Band Varsity Fanclub Guest Stars

Burbank, CA, June 30, 2008 – The Middleman and Wendy learn that there is more than just good looks and marginal talent behind a boy-band in “The Boy-Band Superfan Interrogation,” an all-new episode of “The Middleman,” Monday, July 21 (10:00 – 11:00 PM ET/PT).    » read more »

Network to feature “The Middleman,” “Samurai Girl” and “Kyle XY”

Burbank, CA, June 30, 2008 – For the third consecutive year ABC Family will have a presence at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego to promote three projects, “The Middleman,” “Samurai Girl” and “Kyle XY.” From July 23rd – 27th, ABC Family will be in the thick of things at booth #3913 with premium give-aways, Q&A panel sessions with talent and producers, and autograph sessions after each panel.

Here is a run-down of ABC Family’s panel schedules:

Thursday, July 24th
2:00 – 3:00 PM The Middleman Q&A panel with star Matt Keeslar and show creator and executive producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach in room 5AB.
3:30 – 4:30 PM The Middleman autograph session in booth 3913.    » read more »

June 30, 2008 -- Academy Award nominee Michael Clarke Duncan guest stars on a new episode of "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," SATURDAY, JULY 19 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT).

In the episode "Benchwarmers," Zack tries out for the high school basketball team but realizes there's some stiff competition, the kind he didn't face in middle school, and worse yet, a giant, in-your-face coach (Duncan). Meanwhile, when they're rejected as cheerleaders, Cody and London form their own cheerleading squad with the help of Mr. Moseby.

Starring are Cole Sprouse as Cody Martin, Dylan Sprouse as Zack Martin, Ashley Tisdale as Maddie Fitzpatrick, Brenda Song as London Tipton, Phill Lewis as Mr. Moseby and Kim Rhodes as Carey Martin.

Source: Disney Channel