Fox will move the Julianna Margulies-starring courtroom drama “Canterbury’s Law” back to Friday nights, where it was originally scheduled before the Writers Guild of America strike changed the network’s plans, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Through two broadcasts, the show, which…
EchoStar and Cox Communications were among winning bidders in a Federal Communications Commission auction of governmental airwaves that raised $19.6 billion, Multichannel News reports. EchoStar and Cox, which will pay a combined $1 billion, helped the FCC raise almost double…
Cablevision Systems is considering a bid on Long Island newspaper Newsday, which may be put up for sale by Tribune Co., the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people it didn’t identify. Sam Zell, who took Tribune private three months ago,…
HBO next month will start its eighth year of Bob Costas’ “Costas Now” next month by airing the show live, Multichannel News reports. Meanwhile, NBC later this month will broadcast MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” to mark that show’s fifth…
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 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” 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,…
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…
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, 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,…