Tony DiSanto, head programmer at MTV, is denying rumors that he is replacing Dawn Ostroff, president of The CW, the struggling “Gossip Girl” network, according to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily. Ms. Finke says she’d heard Ms. Ostroff was out…
Dealmaker John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, is being criticized for provisions of his compensation package, the New York Post says. Proxy Governance is urging shareholders to votes against the re-election of two directors to protest the pact, under which…
With other Hollywood unions having come to terms with the studio, the Screen Actors Guild appears to have little room for getting a better deal for its member, the Hollywood Reporter says. As it turns out, the American Federation of…
Harvey Korman, a comic mainstay on the long-running “The Carol Burnett Show,” died Thursday in Los Angeles from complications of an aortic aneurysm suffered fourth months ago, the Associated Press reports. He was 81. Mr. Korman also appeared on “The…
Ads for the “Sex and the City” movie have run during television shows that have teens as a substantial portion of their audience, despite being an R-rated film, the Wall Street Journal reports. About 10% of the audience for the…
MyNetworkTV is nearing a deal to order sketch-comedy series “The Tony Rock Project,” featuring Chris Rock’s brother, Daily Variety reports. Langley Productions, which produces “Cops,” would do the same for the new show, the newspaper says. —Danny King
The increasing number of full episodes of cable network program being made available over the Web is displeasing some cable operators, the New York Times says. Cable operators pay big fees to carry cable networks and they aren’t keen on…
Twentieth Century Fox Television signed a two-year, seven-figure contract extension with “How I Met Your Mother” executive producer Greg Malins, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Malins will continue to run “Mother” while developing other shows, the newspaper says. Additionally, Fox signed…
Comcast subscribers were denied access to the cable operator’s web portal when it was taken over by hackers, the Associated Press reports. Comcast.net went down at about 11 p.m. ET Wednesday and was back up by morning. Comcast told the…
DirecTV Chief Executive Officer Chase Carey called the U.S. satellite leader a “centerpiece” to major shareholder Liberty Media’s strategy, Multichannel News reports. Liberty, which swapped for News Corp.’s 41% stake in DirecTV, has fewer conflicts of interest than News Corp.,…