CBS signed “CSI” star William Petersen to a contract that will keep him on the crime drama through next season, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Petersen, who will get time off for non-TV projects, makes about $600,000 an episode, the newspaper…
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s nonprofit Alliance for Climate Protection this week will start airing television commercials as part of a three-year, $300 million campaign to push laws that will cut greenhouse-gas emissions, the New York Times reports. Mr….
Movie and television studios are likely to meet with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists before talking to the larger Screen Actors Guild because previous informal discussions with SAG were unproductive, Daily Variety reports. AFTRA, which ended its…
CBS signed former “Grey’s Anatomy” guest actress Elizabeth Reaser for the lead role in the new series “Mythological X,” Daily Variety reports. Meanwhile, Dustin Milligan, who appeared in CW’s “The Runaway” last year, will play the supporting role of Ethan…
Sony is starting a Web video channel that will feature comedy shows such as Penn Jillette’s “Penn Says” and Kevin Pollack’s “The Writer’s Room,” TelevisionWeek reports. C-Spot, which will launch with a 13-week programming run, will be ad supported, the…
Jay Leno rejected NBC’s offer for him to host a U.S. version of U.K. auto series “Top Gear,” Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing an article Mr. Leno wrote for the U.K.’s Sunday Times. Mr. Leno wrote that it would be…
CBS signed “Sleeper Cell” creators Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff as executive producers and showrunners for the Jerry Bruckheimer pilot “Eleventh Hour,” the Hollywood Reporter says. CBS ordered the pilot, based on U.K. sci-fi series, in September, the newspaper reports….
Paul Telegdy, BBC Worldwide America’s executive VP of content and production, will also oversee television sales as the network streamlines operations, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Telegdy oversaw the U.S. adaptations of shows such as ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and…
Judy Kenny was named executive VP for ad sales at MyNetworkTV, Mediaweek reports. Ms. Kenny joins the News Corp.-owned broadcast network from Univision. Before working at Univision she was at ABC.
Comcast executive VP David Cohen said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last week that he was “disappointed” with and “perplexed” at FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s comments about a Comcast agreement with peer-to-peer service BitTorrent, Multichannel News reports….