FremantleMedia North America is developing a weekly variety show starring Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, TelevisionWeek reports. The project is yet to be picked up but has been presented to several broadcast networks who appear receptive, TVWeek says, citing unnamed sources….
George Clooney, saying that bickering between the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA is counter-productive, declined to take sides between the unions as production on movies and TV shows grinds to a halt because of a looming strike by actors, Daily…
Rupert Murdoch is looking to get News Corp. into the European pay-TV game, the Wall Street Journal reports. News Corp. is considering making offers to purchase Germany’s Premiere AG and Spain’s Digital+, a move analysts say would cost about $6.3…
A digital TV test at 12 Orlando, Fla. stations showed audiences if they are ready for next February’s switch to digital transmissions, TelevisionWeek says. Stations shut off their analog signal for 60 seconds, and only 501 customers out of 365,000…
Stephen Colbert is jokingly staging a crusade against “face violence,” after appearing on this Comedy Central show with an injury on his forehead, the Associated Press reports. Although Colbert and his camp refuse to say how his injury occurred, Colbert’s…
Spike TV will debut its first original comedy series, “Factory,” on Sunday at 10 p.m.,
Jay Leno will be out of his job as host of NBC’s “Tonight” show next year, but the comedian has several options in late night, says the Hollywood Reporter, playing Carnac the Magnificent. Most likely is Leno moving into ABC’s…
Showtime is working with Rod Lurie on a drama about a woman who works as a vice cop in Los Angeles during the week and as a prostitute in Las Vegas over the weekend, the Hollywood Reporter says. Lurie took…
Comedian Katt Williams is finalizing a deal with Comedy Central that includes a pilot for a series and a special, Daily Variety reports. Williams’ “It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’” concert tour is among the top live comedy acts of the year, generating…
USA Network has agreed to pay about $15 million to be the first ad supported channel to show the film “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” on TV, Daily Variety reports. Disney ABC Domestic TV sold the original “Narnia” film…