With a new round of bidding for The Weather Channel and its Weather.com Web site due today, Time Warner’s CFO told investors the company will be “extremely price disciplined and price sensitive,” according to the
Fox Television extended its agreement with “Saving Grace” creator Nancy Miller, Daily Variety reports. Ms. Miller, a one-time co-executive producer of TNT’s “The Closer,” will continue to run “Grace” while developing other projects, the newspaper says. —Danny King
Dennis Rodman and Danny Bonaduce will be among the participants in CMT’s “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The eight-episode series, scheduled to debut in the fall, will also include Todd Bridges, Dustin “Screech” Diamond and former…
Former “Friends” star David Schwimmer is directing the Los Angeles segments of HBO’s “Little Britain USA,” Daily Variety reports. Mr. Schwimmer, who directed some episodes of “Friends,” has guest stars such as Sting and Rosie O’Donnell in his segments, the…
The surprise hit drama of an otherwise drab TV season were the presidential primaries, according to Entertainment Weekly. The long running series had drama, comedy, a large cast of characters supporting the big stars and a big ending, both working…
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, star of the Fox reality show “Hell’s Kitchen,” opened his restaurant in West Hollywood, Calif., Wednesday night, the Associated Press reports. Guests included Eric McCormack from “Will & Grace,” “Survivor” host Jeff Probst and soccer star…
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann may owe New York State almost $2,300 in unpaid business taxes, leading one blog to call him a “deadbeat,” the Associated Press reports, citing a tax warrant. MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said the debt was taken care…
Univision’s upfront presentation was judged the most effective of all the networks, JackMyers.com reports, citing a poll of advertising executives. Univision, whose presentation included Shakira and the cast of “In the Heights,” placed ahead of runner-up Fox and No. 3…
Animal Planet’s “Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation” is “lighter and funnier,” with music that is “younger and hipper,” the producer of the series tells the Los Angeles Times. The show’s third season finished as a tear jerker when meerkat matriarch…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association re-elected Jorge Camara to a seventh term as the organization’s president, Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. Mr. Camara, whose coverage includes Mexico and Latin America, has been with the organization for 43 years, the Web site…