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Daily Archives : Mar 21, 2008

Garth, Woodley to Play Female Pilot Leads

Jennie Garth, who appeared last year on “Dancing With the Stars,” will play the female lead on the CBS pilot “My Best Friend’s Girl,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, Shailene Woodley, whose credits include “The O.C.,” will play the lead…

HBO’s ‘Conchords’ Beats ‘Betty’ at RTS

HBO comedy “Flight of the Conchords” won the international prize at the Royal Television Society’s program awards in London, Daily Variety reports. The show, which airs on BBC4 in the U.K., beat “Ugly Betty” and “Heroes,” the newspaper says.

Mr. Show Duo to Create New HBO Pilot

“Mr. Show” creators Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are producing a new comedy pilot for HBO that will star Cross, the Hollywood Reporter says. The pilot of “David’s Situation” will be directed by Odenkirk and will start filming in May,…

Canada’s Groupe TVA Buys Canal Indigo

Groupe TVA, Canada’s largest French-language broadcaster, acquired the 80% of French pay-per-view network Canal Indigo it didn’t already own, Daily Variety reports. Groupe TVA bought out stakes owned by Viewers Choice Canada, TQS and Cogeco Radio-Television for financial terms that…

Daytime TV Writer Goldstone Dies at 88

Raymond Goldstone, who wrote for daytime-television series such as “Days of Our Lives” and “General Hospital,” died last week of a heart attack in Van Nuys, CA., at age 88, Daily Variety reports. Goldstone, who was on the staff that…

Intelsat to Shoot Off More Satellites

Intelsat, the largest operator of television satellites, will launch its Galaxy-18 satellite in May, Multichannel News reports. The company will launch its Galaxy-19 in the third quarter and Intelsat 16, which will support high-definition television in Latin America, next year,…