A major advertising agency is giving ABC and Fox a major vote of confidence going into the fall season. In its just-released fall prime-time preview, Carat says the two networks will finish in a tie for first place among adults…
Former HBO chief Chris Albrecht is leaving IMG, less than a year after he joined the management and production company. In a statement, IMG said that Mr. Albrecht “acknowledges that IMG has world-class media production and distribution businesses in both…
Broadway Video Entertainment has launched “The Line,” its first broadband series, created by and starring talent from “Saturday Night Live,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series had a soft launch on Crackle.com and will be added to Hulu, Heavy.com and…
“Larry King Live” will pay tribute to Bernie Mac on today’s show, Multichannel News reports. Ashton Kutcher, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, Camille Winbush and Dee Dee Davis will appear on the program, the newspaper says. Mac died…
Kim Dickens (“Deadwood”) has been cast as Matt’s mother on “Friday Night Lights,” TV Guide reports. She first appears in the second episode of season three, which premieres Oct. 1 on DirecTV, the magazine notes. —Vlada Gelman
Colin Hanks will guest star in three episodes of AMC’s “Mad Men,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Hanks will play a young priest beginning with the Aug. 17 episode, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Ellen Burstyn will guest star on “Law & Order: SVU,” Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. Burstyn will play the mother of Christopher Meloni’s character, the magazine says. The article didn’t indicate whether the producers had been contacted to confirm…
NBC responded to charges that some of the fireworks during the Beijing Olympics’ Opening Ceremony were computer-generated by pointing out that commentators Matt Lauer and Bob Costas called the fireworks a “cinematic device,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The network also…
NBC is considering airing Saturday’s prime-time Olympics coverage live in all time zones, TVNewser reports, citing an anonymous tip. The change is because Michael Phelps could win his eighth gold medal then, the Web site says. Thus far, West Coast…
Ben Lyons will host Nickelodeon’s “My Family’s Got GUTS,” an update of the network’s ’90s extreme-sports competition show “GUTS,” the New York Daily News reports. Lyons, an E! Network film critic and entertainment correspondent, recently was named the new co-host…