Come on down! Former The Price Is Right host Bob Barker is making his third appearance on CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful, and he’ll pack a few punches, Happy Gilmore style. Barker wallops a character who insults animal lovers…but not before urging him to get his pets spayed or neutered on Thursday, August […]
Cable channel Pivot will begin to air segments from Rainn Wilson’s Soul Pancake channel on YouTube. In an exclusive arrangement, the Mixtape by SoulPancake web series will be repackaged into six 15-minute clips for the TV show, airing every Monday at 8:30p ET. In each ep, Wilson takes guest stars into his 1970s van to […]
Facebook developed a physical “mentions box” for stars to use at the Emmys to connect with fans throughout tonight’s ceremony on NBC. With Access Hollywood, fans will submit questions for their favorite stars on the show’s FB page, and then the celebs will grab the box and answer questions in recorded videos, which will then […]
After reeling in the likes of writers Howard Beck, Kevin Ding, Mike Freeman, Jason Cole and Jason King, Bleacher Report saw dividends last week when it announced a new site record with more than 41.6 million unique visitors in July, according to comScore. That marks its second consecutive month of record-setting delivery for the Turner […]
Major League Baseball appears set to pull back on its blackout restrictions for its MLB.tv streaming platform, according to the AP, starting next season. MLBAM chief Bob Bowman said he is optimistic that a deal could be reached soon with various cable operators and channels to make it happen, although, in addition to an MLB.TV […]
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WE tv gave the series greenlight for Sex Box, part of a makeover announced in June to broaden the net’s audience. Adapted from the UK series, the “extreme therapy” reality show has couples discuss their issues with experts, then enter a camera-free box on the set to have sex. After the deed, they discuss the […]
Promising “a season unlike any in recent history,” ABC is touting a new studio and social media station for The View that will allow its hosts – Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell so far – to interact with viewers. The weekday talk show will also be branded with a new color scheme and logo, starting […]
People are spending the majority of their time on apps while using mobile devices, according to comScore’s latest U.S. Mobile App Report. As of June, apps account for seven of every eight minutes a user spends on mobile media, a 52 percent growth over last year and a 24 percent increase in time spent on […]
Get ready iTunes, Spotify and Pandora: SoundCloud will now incorporate advertising and let artists and labels collect royalties. The New York Times reports the six-year start-up has more than 175 million people on its platform each month around the world – four times the Spotify user base. The company will allow some record labels to […]