Maybe the Internet isn’t that different than television. Maybe this crazy little viral YouTube revolution isn’t all that revolutionary. Because it turns out our Internet video diet looks a lot like our traditional TV diet. That’s the conclusion of a…
The Monte Carlo Television Festival will present its Honorary Gold Nymph Award to “Law & Order” creator and executive producer Dick Wolf for his work and leadership in the television industry. Running June 8-12, the festival, in its 48th year,…
British comedian Russell Brand (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”) has been signed to host his own U.S. talk show in which he will interview A-list actors, the Sunday Mirror reports, citing unnamed sources. U.K.-based production company Box TV snapped up the comedian…
Brad Garrett will appear in the season premiere of USA’s “Monk” on July 18, TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello reports. He will play a handyman doing some home renovations for Monk, the magazine says. Additionally, Dan Rather will return as himself…
TBS will join with Def Jam Records and R&B singer Chrisette Michele to promote Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne,” Media Daily News reports. The partnership will include a new song by Michele to be featured on-air and in ancillary promos,…
Senior ABC News producer Bill Arp is leaving the network, TVNewser reports, citing an internal ABC e-mail. Arp has been a producer for more than 30 years on “World News Now” and “America This Morning,” the Web site says. —Vlada…
G4, the entertainment and lifestyle cable network aimed at young men, is offering some of its original content for download through Xbox Live, the online component of Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The deal marks the first time G4 has released its…
Turner Broadcasting System will launch its fourth pay TV channel in Germany with a roster of American series, Daily Variety reports. The shows expected to air on TNT Serie beginning in January include “ER,” “Smallville,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Monk,” “King…
Composer Earle H. Hagen died of natural causes on May 26 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Daily Variety reports. Hagen composed music for more than 3,000 individual shows and wrote the theme songs for “The Andy Griffith Show,” “The Dick Van…
Emmy Award-winning writer-producer David E. Kelley signed an exclusive three-year development and production deal with Warner Bros. Television, Peter Roth, president of Warner Bros. Television, announced today. Kelley will develop new drama and comedy television programming, as well as potential…