Disney Channel executives said they will be involved with all of 15-year-old “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus’s interactions with the media, though won’t change any scheduling of programming or public appearances, Multichannel News reports. Ms. Cyrus has received attention for…
Nielsen Media Research said yesterday it will move its sweeps to March from February next year to allow for viewer disruptions likely to be caused by the switchover to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17, the Hollywood Reporter says. About 9%…
ABC signed Damon Wayans to star in and executive produce its comedy pilot “Never Better,” Daily Variety reports. The show, based on a BBC2 series in the U.K., is about a recovering alcoholic trying to be a good father and…
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…
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…
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…
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…