Blu-ray Gets The Violent Treatment in September Blood will be a little redder in the fall as “L.A. Confidential” and both volumes of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films will be released on Blu-ray in September. “Confidential,” the 1997 neo-noir thriller…
FX will begin showing five-minute “minisodes” of “Rescue Me” for fans waiting for the series to return from its break, made longer by the Writers Guild of America strike, USA Today says. The clips, which will begin airing next week…
HD programming picks for June 19-25: “The Sting,” “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” “Risk Takers: Polar Bear Alert Specialists” “The Sting” (HDNet Movies). Thurs., June 19, 2:30 p.m. ET. Con-man caper starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford won a…
Fox has ordered a pilot for Wilmer Valderrama’s “The Emancipation of Ernesto,” the Hollywood Reporter says. If Fox picks up the series, which follows Ernesto’s journey in Los Angeles to find his father, it would be the first in a…
“All My Children’s” Leven Ramblin is making the leap to prime time, joining “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” as a regular cast member in the series’ second season, TV Guide reports. Ramblin is set to play John Connor’s school friend…
The Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association Tour is increasing visibility for its fresh and familiar faces through a new $15 million branding effort aimed partly at raising TV ratings for its events, the New York Times says. Stalwart Serena and…
Michael Badalucco, best known from “The Practice,” is set to make a guest appearance in Fox’s “Bones,” TV Guide reports. Badalucco will play an older graduate student for at least one episode a few weeks into the series’ fourth season,…
Nicole Yorkin and Dawn Prestwich will serve as consulting producers on the pilot of ABC’s series “Captain Cook’s Extraordinary Atlas,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The duo also acts as executive producers and showrunners for FX’s “The Riches.” —Sergio Ibarra
MyNetworkTV is expected to close its upfront ad sales higher than last year, with an estimated price increase of 9-11%, Mediaweek reports. The network has offered some clients product integration as part of their packages, contributing to the larger take,…
Australia’s Parliament is becoming stricter on TV language after a recent series featuring chef Gordon Ramsey included him saying over 80 profanities in 40 minutes, Reuters reports. The country’s Senate has suggested warnings accompany the Ramsey’s show, Reuters says. —Sergio…