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HBO will replace Carolyn Strauss as president of entertainment, though Strauss is likely to stay with the network, Daily Variety reports. No successor has been chosen by HBO, whose recent series such as “John From Cincinnati” and “In Treatment” failed…
CBS will air a summer edition of its “Big Brother” reality series upon the conclusion of the current winter edition despite lower ratings than those of previous years, the Hollywood Reporter says. CBS hasn’t set a premier date for the…
General Electric’s Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo and Mexico-based Televisa will announce a content-sharing agreement as early as today, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing industry executives it didn’t identify. Financial terms of the agreement, which will entail Televisa airing Telemundo entertainment…
Sci Fi Channel will say at its upfront presentation this week that it’s working with Virgin Comics to develop comic-book project “The Stranded” into a TV series, Television Week reports. Sci Fi, which is attempting to create ancillary revenue from…
The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists disagree on whether basic-cable conditions should be included in studio negotiations scheduled to start April 1, Daily Variety says. SAG has insisted basic-cable conditions be addressed while…
Fox’s Bernie Mac series “Starting Under” will include Ken Davitian of “Borat” nude-wrestling fame, the Hollywood Reporter says. Davitian’s more recent credits include “Get Smart” and “Meet the Spartans,” the newspaper reports.
Carl Franklin, who directed the pilot of FX’s “The Riches,” will do the same for HBO police-drama pilot “Last of the Ninth,” Daily Variety reports. Allen Coulter, who has directed episodes of HBO’s “The Sopranos” and “Six Feet Under,” will…
The History Channel will re-edit episodes of its “Modern Marvels” series and insert three-minute documentaries within show breaks as part of an advertising agreement with Cisco Systems, Television Week reports. For an episode on sports stadiums, new segments on Oakland…
Marvel Studios presold cable rights of “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man” and three other yet-to-be determined series to FX, Daily Variety reports. Under such agreements, cable companies pay license fees equal to about 11% of a movie’s domestic gross for…