Networks with NFL broadcasting rights have been smiling ever since it was announced future Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre would be returning to the league after a quick retirement, The Hollywood Reporter says. Despite the slumping economy, sales have…
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch’s salary, bonus and stock payout in the last fiscal year rose 9% to $27.1 million, but a change in accounting that cut the value of his retirement savings diminished his total compensation 14%, the Wall…
NBC Universal sold an additional $15 million in advertising it had held back during the Olympic Games, creating a windfall out of inventory it has kept off the market in case it had to do make-good deals had ratings not…
Talent agency ICM agreed to settle age discrimination claims brought by television writers who claimed they were discriminated against on the basis of their age, the Los Angeles Times reports. The agency and insurers agreed to put $4.5 million into…
Valerie Bertinelli has signed on to star in a still-untitled TBS sitcom pilot, Daily Variety reports. The series, produced by Sony Pictures Television, will feature Bertinelli as a single mother of two who must take over the family’s lumber business….
Fox has decided to tack on a preview of its upcoming game show “Hole in the Wall” after the series premiere of J.J. Abrams’ “Fringe” on Sept. 9, TVWeek reports. “Hole” is adapted from the popular “human tetris” Japanese game…
ABC is working on a spinoff for “Supernanny” for the fall featuring a male counterpart taking charge in dysfunctional families, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network will air an episode of “Supermanny” as a backdoor pilot during one of “Supernanny’s”…
Ed McMahon, whose Beverly Hills house was headed for foreclosure, is now entertaining purchase offers from parties other than Donald Trump, who was first to say he’d help the former Johnny Carson sidekick, the Los Angeles Times says. Trump had…
MGM Domestic Television Distribution is eyeing Factory Publishing’s “The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore,” the popular online comic, and may possibly develop the franchise into a TV series, TelevisionWeek reports. The title is about an alternate world where the British…
IMG Sports Media’s Slamball contests are set to broadcast on Versus and CBS, Daily Variety reports. The sport is described as “team action sport” that incorporates elements from other traditional events. Versus will air eight matchups beginning Aug. 31 leading…