The Daytime Emmys for the first time this year will have a special category for court shows, Daily Variety reports. Series such as “Judge Judy” until now were eligible only for the “special class series” category, the newspaper says. Daytime…
The Hallmark Channel will finish seventh in ratings among ad-supported cable channels, Television Week reports, citing Henry Schleiff, CEO of Hallmark parent Crown Media. Hallmark, which will produce 30 original movies this year, also acquired rights to “The Golden Girls,”…
“Grey’s Anatomy” producers have brought on actress Amy Madigan to play a psychiatrist in a recurring role for the rest of this season on the high-rated medical drama, the Hollywood Reporter says. Ms. Madigan recently appeared in the movie “Gone…
USA Network programming chief Jeff Wachtel said the cable-ratings leader wants more shows with “high-concept characters,” and is planning to order at least three pilots by the summer, Daily Variety reports. By adding more original programming, the NBC Universal-owned channel…
ABC ordered two pilots, including an hour-long comedy about a family of criminals created by Rob Thomas and “Five Year Plan” from Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Port and Mr. Wiseman have worked on “The Office”…
Dish Network’s $711 million purchase of airwaves in a government auction may be insufficient to cover on-demand services for the entire U.S., the Wall Street Journal reports. To use the spectrum to compete with on-demand services offered by cable operators,…
ABC News named Jeremy Hubbard co-anchor of “World News Now” and “America This Morning,” Daily Variety reports. Mr. Hubbard was a Chicago-based correspondent for ABC affiliate news service NewsOne before joining the parent network in July, the newspaper says. —…
MTV ordered eight episodes of a reality show produced by Donald Trump’s production company and RDF USA that features young women being given a bunch of challenges after being sent to boarding school, Daily Variety reports. The untitled series is…
USA Network renamed its gaming Web site “Character Arcade,” which will feature 20 new games that reference characters from the network’s shows, Multichannel News reports. USA will use the site, which attracts 30 million page views a month, to boost…
Comedy Central and “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker launched a Web site that will allow users to legally download episodes from all 12 seasons of the animated series, Multichannel News reports. The site will also have behind-the-scenes…