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…
FX will air the series finale of its critically acclaimed program “The Shield” on Nov. 25, Daily Variety reports. The network has already taped additional material and discussions based on the show in order to build up anticipation for the…
FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz said the failure of companies to do the right thing by not marketing food inappropriately to children could bring more regulation when the next Congress and next president take over, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr….
Presidential candidate Barack Obama has initiated a television advertising campaign in key states that paint his Republican opponent John McCain as out of touch with the economic struggles of the middle class, the New York Times says. The spots he’s…
With the new television season about to begin, at least one media agency has publicly issued projections for which networks will be winners and losers. Carat last week released its prime-time preview report, which sees Fox and ABC as the…
So far this year, Deborah Thomas has a new job and a new car. Ms. Thomas, who joined Initiative as senior VP on the Hyundai Motors of America account in May, now is getting around California in a Hyundai Santa…