The Disney Channel and ABC have become the latest TV services to join forces with FLO TV, the nation’s primary provider of hand-held, portable television. FLO TV has expanded its content distribution agreement with The Walt Disney Company to add content from the ABC Television Network and Disney Channel to its lineup to bring shows [...]

Barbara Walters’ “The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009″ highlights some of the year’s most prominent names in entertainment, sports, politics, and pop culture. Hosted by Barbara Walters, the ABC special includes: “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ mother Kate Gosselin, singer Adam Lambert, pop star Lady GaGa, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, star NFL [...]

ABC’s “Betty” is moving to Wednesdays at 10 p.m., most likely when it returns from its holiday hiatus in January. It will be taking over the slot most recently held by “Eastwick.” Back in 2006, ABC shifted “Betty” from a planned Friday night series debut to high-profile Thursdays after critics loved the pilot. The network [...]

TNT has canceled the legal drama “Raising the Bar.” The ratings-challenged show, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and produced by Steven Bochco, premiered in 2008 to a strong start (7.7 million). The cable network renewed it for a 15-episode second season in June, but only debuted to 3.6 million people and was unable to sustain its audience. [...]

MTV and Facebook are teaming up to host a live webcast for filmmaker James Cameron’s epic adventure Avatar. “Avatar Live” will stream in HD simultaneously on MTV.com and Facebook on December 3, 2009 at 3:00pm ET and followed by an all-new “Behind the Screen” Avatar-themed episode on MTV in December. The three-hour event will present [...]

Fox has released a ton of show photos to promote Season Eight of 24, including a first look at Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze, Jr, Anil Kapoor of Slumdog Millionaire fame. While I have watched 24 since the awful 4th season I wouldn’t mind getting back into to see where things have ended up. [...]

Production on Courteney Cox’s latest try at a sitcom, Cougar Town, has halted due to Cox dealing with a “family matter”. According to an ABC rep, via People, “We can confirm production on Cougar Town has been temporarily shut down in order for Courteney to deal with a private family matter.” While I am sure [...]

MTV Networks has purchased the exclusive TV rights to the Michael Jackson documentary “This Is It” from Sony Pictures. The deal will make the movie available to MTV and its sister networks starting in 2011 for a six-year window. The pact allows for the title to run the gamut of MTV Networks’ music channels, including [...]