Nickelodeon will add several shows from the 1990s and early 2000s to the iTunes store as part of Nick Rewind, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The shows, which include “Rugrats,” “Clarissa Explains It All,” “Doug,” “Hey Dude” and “Rocko’s Modern Life,”…
Gretchen Mol is in final negotiations to join the cast of ABC’s “Life on Mars” as Annie, E! Online reports, citing unnamed sources. The ABC pilot has gone through major recasting, keeping only Jason O’ Mara as its lead. The…
Thirty-second ads for advocacy group MoveOn.org will begin airing on MTV and Comedy Central on Tuesday, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The pro-Obama ads cost a reported $150,000 and push back at the “Both Ways Barack” pro-McCain ads on MTV, the…
Thomas Moody has been upped to senior VP of programming, planning and acquisition at A&E and Biography Channel, the Hollywood Reporter says. Moody is crediting with co-creating and producing “Find & Design,” “Private Sessions,” “Watching the Detectives” and “The Chris…
Plans to build a Disneyland park in Shanghai could include a media deal that would give the Walt Disney Co. unrivaled access to the market, according to documents obtained by Reuters. The agreement would allow Disney to bypass foreign film…
Walon Green and Robert Nathan will replace Warren Leight as executive producers on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. Dick Wolf plans to break the 16-episode season into halves, with Green producing eight episodes starring Vincent D’Onofrio…
Some viewers had no audio during the beginning of CBS Evening News’ first HD broadcast on Monday night, TVNewser reports. Many stations switched to a standard feed to resolve the sound difficulties, but the HD was restored eight minutes into…
Former DirecTV chief Eddy Hartenstein is being considered to replace David Hiller as the Los Angeles Times’ new publisher, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. Hartenstein served as DirecTV’s CEO, chairman, vice chairman and president from the company’s creation in 1990 until…
A study conducted by Integrated Media Measurement Inc. found that about half of those viewers who consume TV programs online are using the Internet as a substitute for watching shows on TV, AdAge reports. The other 50% use the Web…