Further bickering between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers continues to make the entertainment industry uneasy, as SAG’s chief negotiator Doug Allen flatly said the producers’ June 30 contract proposal is “not a…
NBC Entertainment Co-Chairmen Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff said they decided to focus less on programming and ratings last year and more on squeezing out additional profit from the margins, the New York Post reports. NBC Entertainment has instituted cost-cutting…
Media General’s broadcasting profits dipped 17% to $14.9 million for the second quarter, with broadcast revenues and advertising sales falling 5.7% and 5%, respectively, Media Daily News reports. Although national and local ad spot dollars were low, the company pointed…
Natassia Malthe has been cast in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries “Mirabilis,” which has been given the green light, the Hollywood Reporter says. Malthe will play the love interest of David James Elliott’s character in the four-hour miniseries, which centers…
Director Paul Feig has left NBC’s “Kath & Kim,” which has been the subject of rumors that it is being revamped, Entertainment Weekly reports. NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios Co-Chairman Ben Silverman told the magazine that while Feig has…
Viral video makers JibJab’s latest parody, “Time for Some Campaignin’,” debuted July 16 to more than a million views in its first 24 hours on the Internet, MediaWeek reports. The majority of the views came from MSN Video, which signed…
It took reporters at the Television Critics Association all of two seconds to ask Katie Couric about the rumors of her imminent departure from “The CBS Evening News.” While today’s TCA session is supposed to be about the election, Ms….
The Washington Post Co. is buying Miami’s WTVJ-TV from NBC Universal. Post-Newsweek Stations, which already owns ABC-affiliated WPLJ-TV in Miami, will operate WTVJ as an NBC affiliate, part of a duopoly in the market. No terms were disclosed, but previous…
Forget about Katherine Heigl exiting “Grey’s Anatomy.” One of the Walkers on ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters” may be in trouble. In an exclusive video interview, executive producer Greg Berlanti said he is talking to ABC about airing a commercial-free episode…