tv So, They Know They Can Dance – Fox has ordered a third season of the hit cha-cha series So You Think You Can Dance? after a hugely successful summer run along with another helping of Hell’s Kitchen. Please Take My FauxVo, I’ve Got iTunes Now – This week sees the...

tv TV Guide Gets Into the TV Business: Adding to the ever growing list of net TV programming stunts, TV Guide Spot – a video on demand feature online at TV Guide.com – will serve up the new Showtime original series Sleeper Cell for 24 hours beginning at 10pm 12/4. The show follows...

tv More freshman updates: Arrested Development and Kitchen Confidential have officially been canceled by Fox. Unable to find a good thing in ratings land, NBC has canceled The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, which will run through December and picked e-Ring for a full season. ABC picked up...

tv Excuse Me, What Is This Thing You Call a TV Schedule: NBC Universal and CBS both announced separate deals that will make their top primetime programming available On Demand for $.99. CBS has partnered with Comcast to bring shows like CSI and Survivor to viewers through Comcast’s...

music Music 101: Those in the music industry know the name Bob Ludwig to be synonymous with some of the most sonically stunning music of the past two decades. But who is he? Ludwig is one of the pre-eminent mastering engineers in the business who can take a good mix and make it sound not...

Sweeps (v.) to revamp programming and make it look really, really good so advertisers have to pay lots of money for spots during said revamped programming when it goes back to normal or repeats. Revamping includes bringing back dead characters, guest stars, crossover episodes, finally having a storyline move forward and most importantly - no repeats. Sweeps happen four times a year during February, May, July and November.

tv Lost – The Plot Thickens: Some may remember the short-lived 1990-91 cult ABC series, Twin Peaks and the fictional book “The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer,” based on a deceased character’s personal journal. Well, it looks like the alphabet network is about to do the...

tv All Brian Williams All the Time: Doesn’t it feel like Brian Williams is the only newscaster on NBC these days? I’m not sure the man ever goes home. Well, beginning Monday, November 7th, if you’re not getting enough of him on TV, you can catch NBC Nightly News with Brian...