Fox is high on “Pineapple Express” director David Gordon Green. The network has greenlit a pilot presentation for “Good Vibes,” a half-hour animated comedy written by Mr. Green. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, is described as a coming-of-age…
By making a night of it, ABC came out a winner Friday, drawing 11.04 million viewers for the first of three presidential debates between Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain. The network led all broadcast and cable…
NBC Universal’s 2008 Beijing Olympic Games coverage on the NBC Olympics Mobile Web site attracted 6.5 million unique visitors and 36 million page views, according to Omniture. The mobile Web site also garnered 826,000 mobile video views and 300,000 total…
The Screen Actors Guild is asking the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers’ Nick Counter, Fox President Peter Chernin and Disney President Bob Iger to return to the bargaining table for the first time since June 30, the Hollywood…
To help out your Monday Wall Street hangover, CNN’s “American Morning” will run a special series tomorrow through Thursday to be hosted by Gerri Willis, TVNewser reports. Tuesday tackles 401Ks while the next two installments deal with loans and banking….
Beginning Feb. 1, AT&T will sell DirecTV as a co-branded satellite TV service, MediaPost reports. The satellite company will be enveloped into the AT&T Advanced TV video portfolio and join AT&T U once the telecommunications giant’s deal with Dish Network…
ABC doesn’t care which platform you use to watch entertainment, as long as it’s ABC content you’re watching, CNET reports. With ABC shows already on Facebook, AOL and Veoh, the network and its “Open ABC” initiative aims at allowing its…
Media companies didn’t come out of today’s Wall Street nosedive unscathed, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The worst one-day drop in history brought News Corp.’s shares down from $12.07 to $1.18 per share. Shares for Time Warner Cable and Disney were…
Jonathan Dolgen has resigned from his position on Charter Communications’ board of directors, effective today. Mr. Dolgen is leaving the company due to personal reasons and to make time available to pursue other interests. “I have enjoyed having an opportunity…
Sci Fi Channel has given a six-episode order to “RelicQuest.” The investigative adventure series will be hosted by documentary filmmaker Bruce Burgess, who will travel the world to uncover objects believed to have hidden powers and mystical significance. Mr. Burgess…