CBS released fall pilot preview videos and TVWeek.com is hosting the clips. For sneak peeks at: “The Eleventh Hour,” a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama about a paranormal investigator; “The Ex-List,” a dramedy about a woman trying to choose a husband from…
Reality-show impresario Mark Burnett will produce the third season of “Toughest Cowboy,” which features tests of rodeo competitors’ endurance, Daily Variety reports. The show’s first two seasons were on Fox Sports Net, though it hasn’t been determined if the series…
“Superbad” star Jonah Hill is in talks to develop a film version of “21 Jump Street,” the late-80’s television series starring Johnny Depp, Daily Variety reports. Hill would help create the screenplay and may star in the film, the newspaper…
FreemantleMedia acquired the rights to four BermanBraun-produced reality shows to be shown on NBC next summer, including “America’s Toughest Jobs” and “Shark Taggers,” Daily Variety reports. No premier dates have been set for the other two shows, the newspaper says….
Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts said at a shareholders meeting yesterday that the cable company’s decision to focus on product bundling in mid-2007 paved the way for a strong first quarter, Multichannel News reports. Comcast’s first-quarter revenue rose 14%,…
Fox’s “American Idol” had Tuesday night’s highest ratings, up from No. 2 a week earlier, while “Hell’s Kitchen” matched its record ratings, the Hollywood Reporter says. ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” which won the previous Tuesday, came in second while…
MTV’ Networks’ Logo cable channel, which specializes in programming for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual audiences, ordered six episodes of RuPaul’s reality series, the Hollywood Reporter says. “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” featuring a drag-queen competition, will debut in early 2009, the…
Warren Cowan, whose public-relations clients during a six-decade career included Merv Griffin and Elizabeth Taylor, died in Los Angeles at age 87 after battling cancer, Daily Variety reports. His Rogers & Cowan firm became the world’s largest entertainment publicist before…
“As the World Turns” is the only daytime drama to have gained 18-to-34-year-old viewers in the past seven months because of a relationship between two gay characters, the New York Times reports. A video clip of the characters’ first kiss,…
Film executives and analysts have reached little consensus on how the “Sex and the City” movie will do at the box office because it appeals almost exclusively to women over 30, the Los Angeles Times reports. The film, which opens…