NBC will air original episodes of its reality shows, including “American Gladiators” and “America’s Got Talent,” throughout the summer, when networks traditionally show reruns, TV Week reports, citing NBC Entertainment Co-Chairman Ben Silverman. New NBC shows such as “Fear Itself”…
Leaders of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists sent Screen Actors Guild heads a letter saying they have until March 10 to decide whether SAG will start negotiations with studios by the end of the month, Daily Variety…
Charles “Chic” Eglee, a former producer of “The Shield,” will replace Daniel Cerone as executive producer of Showtime’s “Dexter,” Daily Variety reports. The show will also be developed into a video game for Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360…
CBS will begin airing “Swingtown,” a drama about sexually experimental couples in 1970s Chicago, this summer, the Hollywood Reporter says. Originally scheduled to air mid-season, the show only completed production on two episodes before the Writers Guild of America strike…
TLC is teaming up with Real Simple magazine to produce multimedia content. The cable network has ordered 15 episodes of a prime-time television series, to launch in August, aimed at working women who want to make their lives easier. The…
Drama and comedy belong to the ATAS, according to the New York Supreme Court. The court on Wednesday denied the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ petition to reinstate the academy’s new-media Emmy plans, which were ended in December…
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., is making good on his threat to try overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s new media ownership rules if Chairman Kevin Martin pushed forward with them. Ripping the FCC’s Dec. 18 approval of the new rules as…
NBC says research has found that advertising in its programs streamed online is better liked and more recalled than advertising on TV. According to a survey conducted in the fourth quarter, NBC Rewind viewers said ads streamed online with full-length…
Country superstar Naomi Judd, vocal coach Brett Manning and songwriter Aimee Mayo were named as judges on the new CMT country-music competition series “Can You Duet.” “Can You Duet” is set to premiere April 14 on CMT, Viacom’s country music…
NBC Will Stay Original During Rerun Season (TV Week) NBC will air original episodes of its reality shows, including “American Gladiators” and “America’s Got Talent,” throughout the summer, when networks traditionally show reruns, TV Week reports, citing NBC Entertainment Co-Chairman…