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Daily Archives : May 1, 2008

TV Land On Prowl with ‘Cougar’

TV Land ordered an untitled, so-called “cougar” reality show, in which young men compete for an older woman, Daily Variety reports. The show, scheduled to debut early next year, will be executive produced by Mike Fleiss, who runs TV Land’s…

Warner Films Go On Demand Earlier

Time Warner unit Warner Bros. will release more of its films for video-on-demand the same day as DVD releases, the New York Times says. The studio will be able to cut manufacturing and distribution costs by moving video-on-demand titles to…

Puppets Promote Movies on Cartoon

Cartoon Network will help promote certain films by featuring two puppets interviewing movie stars on the set of their films, the Hollywood Reporter says. The first promotion by the puppets, dubbed Jib and Crash, will be for “Speed Racer” this…

Editors Canceled at TV Guide

TV Guide editor Ian Birch and managing editors Lois Draegin and Steve Sonsky will be leaving the company as new Gemstar-TV Guide owner Macrovision cuts staff from the money-losing publication, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. Macrovision may either try to sell…