“Samantha Who?” co-creator and executive producer Don Todd has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios, Daily Variety reports. Todd will develop future projects and series for the studio while still serving as showrunner on “Samantha,” the trade paper…
“Saved by the Bell” alum Elizabeth Berkley and husband Greg Lauren are developing a reality series with MTV based on her self-esteem and image workshops for girls, “Ask Elizabeth,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The series is being developed by the…
Comedian Kevin Hart will serve as the new host of “Comic View” for BET, Daily Variety reports. His addition comes as the show changes its focus to rising comics. Hart has also completed a reality pilot for the network called…
“Napoleon Dynamite” Jon Heder is set to produce and star in a new online series, “Woke Up Dead,” about a college student who believes he has died, the Hollywood Reporter says. Electric Farm, the same production company behind NBC Universal’s…
Season two of AMC’s “Mad Men” has enough “chilling brilliance” to justify the wave of publicity and praise the series has been receiving, USA Today says. “Catch ‘Mad Men’ now, and you have the happy experience of jumping into a…
Discovery Channel is prepping for the start of its 21st annual Shark Week, which begins Sunday night, USA Today says. The annual shark fest brings in big ratings for the network—last year’s kick-off special was watched by 4.2 million viewers,…
Pamela Anderson, who shot a new reality show for E!, says she insisted her kids with rock star Tommy Lee not be included in the program, “Pam: Girl on the Loose.” She also told the Associated Press she hopes she…
AT&T says customers of its U-verse fiber-optic television service will be able to record two high-definition programs simultaneously by October, Web site TVPredictions.com says. The service, slated to reach more than 1 million subscribers by the end of the year,…
Lucia Ballas-Traynor, who has been running MTV’s Latino-themed network Tr3s, is leaving her post to become publisher of Time’s People en Espanol, Multichannel News reports. Ms. Ballas-Traynor had been running the network since 2005, the year before it was rebranded…
MTV’s first political advertisement, purchased by conservative group Let Freedom Ring, slams presidential candidate Barack Obama, calling him “Both Ways Barack” and “worse than a flip-flopper,” the New York Post reported. The ad says Obama has taken opposing positions on…