Beau Bridges and Meagen Fay have been cast in ABC’s untitled Kristin Newman pilot, the Hollywood Reporter says. They will costar in the Alyssa Milano-starring comedy as her divorced father and his new fiancée, the newspaper says. Meanwhile, Jay Harrington…
Eric Lively, Gil Bellows and Tony Todd have been added to the cast of Fox’s “24” prequel telefilm, the Hollywood Reporter says. Lively will play the president’s son, while Bellows will play a State Department officer, the newspaper says. Todd’s…
Time Warner and a partnership between NBC Universal and Blackstone Group are expected to submit the highest offers for the Weather Channel and Weather.com with bids due today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bids are expected to be between $3…
USA Network ordered an eighth season of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” TelevisionWeek reports. The 16-episode season, which moved to USA from sister network NBC last season, will also air on NBC, the magazine says. —Danny King
Fox Television is developing an animated series whose main character is based on Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Daily Variety reports. “The Life and Times of Jimmy Jaxx,” whose title character is voiced by Mr. Lee, features a rock star…
Ron Perlman will star as the head of a motorcycle gang in FX’s new original series “Sons of Anarchy,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Perlman is starring in the upcoming film “Hellboy II: The Golden Army.”
NBC Universal plans to cross-promote its film “The Incredible Hulk” with a special episode of “American Gladiators,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The June 9 episode will be co-hosted by Lou Ferrigno, who played the Hulk on TV, and Hulk Hogan,…
The TV season that concluded this week left viewers unhappy with how shows performed after the writers strike, but equally unhappy that those runs were so short, USA Today says. Some series, including ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost”…
Teens are signing up to get messages from advertisers on their cell phones, the Los Angeles Times reports. Kids don’t mind receiving messages and are twice as likely than adults to trust and respond to advertising pitches made via mobile…
Fox’s TV station in Chicago, WFLD-TV, plans to add a third hour to its morning newscast, “Good Day Chicago,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The station, which has been expanding its news programming, would bump the syndicated “The Morning Show with…