Platt Exits ABC Studios
Jodie Platt is leaving her post as ABC Studios’ head of comedy after two years, the Hollywood Reporter says. She will be replaced by ABC’s VP of Current Comedy Kevin Plunkett, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Daily Archives : Aug 1, 2008
Billy Dee Williams Comes to ‘Practice’
Billy Dee Williams will guest star on ABC’s “Private Practice” next season, TV Guide reports. Williams will play a patient of Taye Diggs’ character in “a very moving role,” the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman
Trejo, Pastore Join Soaps
Danny Trejo has been cast on “The Young and the Restless” as a bartender who lends Victor his ear, TV Guide reports. His first episode airs Aug. 11, the magazine notes. Meanwhile, “The Sopranos’” Vincent Pastore will play a mobster…
Forster Joins ‘Heroes’ as Petrelli Patriarch
Robert Forster has been cast as the father of Nathan and Peter Petrelli on NBC’s “Heroes,” Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. It is unknown if Forster will portray Arthur Petrelli in flashbacks, the present or future scenes, the magazine…
Dish Drops Citadel Stations
Dish Network has dropped carriage of four Midwestern TV stations owned by Citadel Communications, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The two companies could not negotiate an extension to their retransmission-consent agreement, the newspaper says. The affected stations are ABC affiliate WOI-TV…
Bonet Cast as ‘Mars’ Girlfriend
Lisa Bonet has joined the cast of ABC’s remake of “Life on Mars,” Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. She will play the present-day girlfriend of Jason O’Mara’s character, the magazine says. The article didn’t indicate whether producers had been…
Hearst-Argyle TV Revenue Down
Revenue for Hearst-Argyle Television fell 5.6% to $182.1 million in the second quarter due to weak local advertising and softness at its bigger TV stations, Broadcasting & Cable reports. TV advertising slipped 10% when not counting political advertising, the newspaper…
Sweat + Inspiration = ‘Eureka’ Degree Promo
The Sci Fi Channel has developed an integrated marketing campaign for Unilever’s Degree deodorant in the show “Eureka,” AdAge reports. The third season depicts the program’s characters conducting experiments in the consumer-products lab, leading to the creation of a next-generation…
Comcast Slates Convention Coverage
CN8, The Comcast Network, will cover the Democratic and Republican National Conventions on-site nightly, Multichannel News reports. CN8 political director Lynn Doyle will host the in-studio coverage alongside guest political experts, the newspaper says. Robert Traynham, the network’s Washington, D.C.,…