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Daily Archives : Nov 19, 2008

Lifetime Seeks to Unfreeze ‘Project Runway’

Lifetime filed a new lawsuit in federal court as it seeks to unfreeze “Project Runway,” a series it acquired but is now enjoined from airing by a state court order. “This is the next step in our dispute with NBCU…

WGA Files for Arbitration, Claims Producers Aren’t Paying New-Media Residuals

The Writers Guild of America is filing arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers for allegedly failing to comply with the new contract negotiated out of the 100-day strike that shut down Hollywood during the winter of…

‘Batman’ Enters Brave New World With Interactive Web Site

Warner Bros. Animation has launched a new interactive Web site for fans of its Cartoon Network series “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” which debuted Friday. The site, www.braveandthebold.com, is an interactive, ad-supported destination for fans of all ages. Among…

Silverman’s Future at NBC Again Questioned

The Daily Beast recaps co-chairman of NBC Entertainment Ben Silverman’s meteoric rise up the ranks and repeats oft-heard speculation about his downfall, with NBC last among the Big Four networks in ratings. The blog touches upon Silverman’s reported predilection for…

Comcast Digitally Adding Product Placement

Comcast Networks has enlisted the U.K.’s MirriAd to digitally insert product logos into existing video content, Mediaweek reports. MirriAd’s work includes digitally adding virtual containers of Rice Krispies cereal and Maxwell House coffee to the 2007 feature film “Welcome to…

Twentieth TV Remembers Rodriguez on Nov. 21

Twentieth Television will host a memorial service Nov. 21 for executive Matthew Rodriguez, who died Nov. 14 in Los Angeles of cancer. The service for the Twentieth TV and MyNetworkTV senior vice president of marketing and creative will be held…

Election Coverage Shows CNN’s Buying Power

CNN’s awe-inspiring buying power is examined today in the New York Observer. CNN’s plethora of political pundits, its CNN Grills and those old chestnuts—the “Magic Wall” and those Election Night holograms—are used as exhibits A, B, C and D as…

Mr. and Miss J Working on ‘Fabulous’

The Los Angeles Times profiles Miss J. Alexander and Mr. Jay Manuel, Tyra Banks’ two sidekicks on “America’s Next Top Model,” as they prepare for their “Top Model” spinoff, “Operation Fabulous.” If picked up by The CW, the series will…

‘60 Minutes’ Winning Unopposed

The New York Times looks into the recent success of newsmagazine “60 Minutes.” Viewers’ hunger for important information in these hard times and exclusive interviews like last week’s with Barack and Michelle Obama are part of it, but so is…

Soap Veterans Latest Recession Casualties

The recession is showing that it knows no bounds with today’s firing of “Days of Our Lives” veterans Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn, who play Dr. Marlena Evans and John Black on the daytime drama, TV Guide reports. The cuts…