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Daily Archives : Jan 18, 2010

AMC Developing Mini About Teapot Dome Scandal, From ‘John Adams’ Writer

AMC is developing a miniseries, "Black Gold: The Teapot Dome Scandal,” about the 1920s Teapot Dome scandal, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Kirk Ellis (HBO’s “John Adams”) is adapting the project from Laton McCartney’s non-fiction book about the political scandal, in…

Children of Former Talk Show Host Say Their Father All But Abandoned Them

His TV talk show focused on family and social responsibility but in his personal life, Montel Williams is “like a stranger,” Williams’ children charged in an interview with the New York Daily News. Williams and his ex-wife have been battling…

Zucker Takes Responsibility for Leno’s 10 p.m. Failure; Fred Silverman, a Former NBC Programming Chief, Calls In-Fighting ‘A Corporate Embarrassment’

NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker said he takes responsibility for the failure of Jay Leno’s prime time program, The New York Times reports. “At the end of the day Jay at 10 o’clock didn’t work,” Mr. Zucker told The Times,…

Deal Set for Conan and His Staff to Leave NBC with $40 Million

The basic outlines of Conan O’Brien’s exit from NBC were set Sunday night, Jan. 17th,  The New York Times reports. The settlement includes a payment of about $40 million, a portion of which will go to the comedian’s staff members….

VIDEO: More Must See TV: On Friday Night, Leno and Conan Traded Barbs. Sample Line: Conan–‘NBC Thinks I’m Such an Idiot They Now Want Me to Run The Network.’ Hi-Yoooo!

Video from TMZ

Golden Globes: ‘Glee,’ ‘Mad Men’ Best Shows; Lots of Zingers Directed at NBC Late Night Situation

As "Glee" and "Mad Men" took the Best Comedy/Musical TV Series and Best Drama TV Series awards at the Golden Globe awards Sunday night, NBC, which broadcast the show, was the subject of a number of barbs. The list of…

Being Allowed to Fail May be Behind the Success of Animal Planet

We continue our series of interviews with the top executives of Discovery Communicaions, TVWeek’s "Cable TV Programmer of the Decade." Today we speak with Marjorie Kaplan, who’s been with Discovery for 13 years, the last three overseeing a major transformation…

Attention Hollywood Talent: If You’ve Got a Good TV Idea, Starz’ Chris Albrecht Wants to Hear It

New Starz chief Chris Albrecht, who had an award-winning run putting great TV shows on-air at HBO for a number of years, has put out call for talent to bring projects to Starz, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Albrecht told THR, "I…

Book ‘Em, Danno: CBS Picks Up ‘Hawaii Five-O’

CBS picked up a remake of the classic cop show "Hawaii Five-O," reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series will be some major talent behind it: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and "CSI: NY" executive producer Peter Lenkov. Says the article,…

Copy of Conan’s ‘Tonight Show’ For Sale Ad on Craig’s List

Last week Conan O’Brien announced that he’d put the the "Tonight Show" for sale on Craig’s list. Here’s the ad, cound by the folks at Mashable.com: email this posting to a friend los angeles craigslist > SF valley > for…