WGN on Acquisition Spree; Picks Up Hot Broadcast and Cable Comedies to Air Next Fall Variety

Bankruptcy hasn’t stopped Tribune Co. from quietly going on a spending spree, acquiring reruns of “How I Met Your Mother,” “Entourage,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” for its WGN America cable superstation, Variety reports.

The lineup, which will be part of a rebranding of the network as a home for contemporary comedy, will start airing next fall. Reruns of “30 Rock” will join the schedule in fall 2011.

--Elizabeth Jensen