Showtime’s “Weeds” is among successful shows that are trying to improve quality to attract a new audience by altering some of the shows’ basic characteristics, USA Today reports. For the fourth season of “Weeds,” which starts this week, the main…
“Grey’s Anatomy” actress Katherine Heigl’s remarks about the reasons she pulled her name off the Emmys supporting actress ballot triggered speculation among the ABC show’s writers and producers that she may leave the series to further pursue a movie career,…
Writers Guild of America writers and producers who walked off the set of new Fox animated series ”Sit Down, Shut Up!” received breach of contract letters over the weekend, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily reports. The writers left the set after finding…
Lifetime signed Angie Harmon, Bernadette Peters and Amanda Bynes, among other actresses, to play in original movie “Living Proof,” about a doctor who developed the breast cancer drug Herceptin, the Hollywood Reporter says. Swoosie Kurtz and Regina King will also…
“Guiding Light” executive producer Ellen Wheeler, a former star of soap operas “All My Children” and “Another World,” is trying to boost viewership for the 56-year-old program, the Los Angeles Times reports. She’s experimenting with using hand-held cameras instead of…
SAG pushed a message of unity on Friday, while AFTRA unleashed its “Vote Yes” campaign, the Hollywood Reporter says. The campaign features pictures of members Sally Field, Jane Curtin and James Cromwell with the text “We’re voting yes on the…
ABC is offering makegoods for TV advertising time on its online video player, Media Daily News reports. Mike Shaw, president of advertising sales for ABC, claimed that the online ad inventory is more valuable than linear programming ad spots because…
NBC is beginning production on “Top Gear,” the latest series imported from Britain. The gearhead reality show, from BBC Worldwide America, premiered in the U.K. in 1977. It follows hosts as they test-drive expensive cars, take road trips and try…
Online video advertising ad network YuMe inked a deal with software giant Microsoft to sell the unsold inventory across Microsoft’s online properties, the companies announced today. Under the deal, YuMe will sell Microsoft’s excess online video ads as part of…
Tribune Co., which has been building up its library of programming, is considering launching a broadcast network if the struggling CW doesn’t return to the air for the 2009-10 season, TelevisionWeek reports. Tribune executives said the hope the CW returns….