The Onion News Network, “Hometown Baghdad” and “You Suck at Photoshop” cleaned up in the 12th annual Webby Awards competition, which honors excellence on the Web. The winners were announced today in several categories and will be honored at a…
The Sundance Channel has added documentary film “Crazy Love” to its planned lineup of “high-profile programming” set to coincide with the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. “Crazy Love,” directed by Dan Klores, was in the running for the festival’s Grand Jury…
Dan Rather will cover today’s North Carolina and Indiana presidential primaries for HDNet, the Hollywood Reporter says. The live coverage, which is set to air tonight from 7-9 p.m. EDT, will be conducted from Washington, D.C., before an audience, the…
Canadian broadcaster CanWest has acquired NBC’s new original series “Knight Rider,” “My Own Worst Enemy,” “Kath and Kim” and “The Office” spinoff in advance of the upcoming L.A. Screenings, the Hollywood Reporter says. The broadcaster also renewed NBC Universal’s returning…
Microsoft has begun offering TV downloads for its Zune mp3 player, Daily Variety reports. More than 800 hours are available, including programming from NBC Universal, MTV Networks and Turner, the newspaper says. In December, NBC Universal pulled its programs from…
NBC will ask for $3 million for 30-second commercial during the 2009 Super Bowl, the Wall Street Journal reports. NBC will boost rates about 10% from last year, or about double the usual rate increase, after Fox’s broadcast in February…
Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay, who worked together on films such as “The Rock” and “Bad Boys,” may partner on a Warner Bros. television series to be produced for HBO, Daily Variety reports. Based on the 2006 documentary “Cocaine Cowboys,”…
NBC will remove USA Network shows “Monk” and “Psych” from its Sunday night lineup and replace them with reruns of “The Office,” Daily Variety reports. The shows had the fourth-highest audiences among 18-49 year olds last Sunday, the newspaper says….
The U.K. precursor to ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was rejected repeatedly by prospective U.S. partners when BBC executives pitched the show in 2004, Daily Variety reports. Once ABC ordered the show, many aspects of “Strictly Come Dancing” were replicated…