About half of DVR owners sit through the commercials
Turns out DVRs aren't killing television. As Nielsen reports, 46% of network viewers 18-49 sit through the ads because, as one media analyst points out, TV is "still a passive activity." So hitting the fast-forward button is too much of a hassle. Or as a The Atlantic points out, "In a sense, many people's laziness outweighs their hatred for ads."
It's official: TNT agrees to burn off "Southland"
Starting Jan. 12, TNT will begin airing the six episodes NBC shot for Season 2, as well as Season 1. It remains to be seen if TNT will make its own "Southland" episodes.
Katee Sackhoff originally rejected "The Big Bang Theory"
The "Battlestar" babe turned down the role last season that eventually went to Summer Glau. But thanks to Sackhoff accompanying Tricia Helfer to her cameo on "Two and a Half Men," Chuck Lorre was able to snag Sackhoff for another "Big Bang" role.
Leno: I'd be willing to return to 11:35; I wouldn't trade with Dave
"If it were offered to me, would I take it? If that's what they wanted to do, sure," says Leno. "That would be fine if they wanted to." As for Letterman, Leno says, "I wouldn't trade places with Dave now for anything! I don't think he's getting a free pass."
Is Conan copying Leno's comedy correspondents?
Conan O'Brien did something rare on Friday's show — he sent a comedian in his place to do a comedy bit. Comic Deon Cole was tasked with finding the funny in Universal Studios' Halloween Horror show.
"Family Guy's" live special lands "Sherlock Holmes" as a sponsor
The Warner Bros. movie will replace Microsoft.
