NBC is developing “Mogulettes,” a half-hour comedy about successful twentysomething women, Daily Variety reports. The project comes from producer Charlie Corwin and “Bergdorf Blondes” author Plum Sykes, who will write the pilot with Amy Harris, the newspaper says. Universal Media…
Privately funded production company American Saga Prods. has ordered a pilot for “Station House,” an hourlong reality series about firefighters, Daily Variety reports. Also, the patriotically oriented production house has hired “24” co-creator Robert Cochran to develop a four-hour miniseries…
Fox Reality Channel’s “Gimme My Reality Show” has tapped Daily Variety TV editor Michael Schneider, producer Scott Sternberg and “America’s Next Top Model” winner Adrianne Curry as its judges, Daily Variety reports. The winner of the series, which features small-time…
A telephone poll conducted by Beta Research Corp. found that Fox Movie Channel and Crime & Investigation Network are the top-ranked emerging networks among viewers, Multichannel News reports. Sixty-five percent of those polled were interested in seeing Fox Movie Channel,…
NBC said it plans to release the 50-episode Web series “Gemini Division” starting Aug. 18 on NBC.com, SciFi.com and GeminiDivision.com. Set five minutes in the future, the series stars Rosario Dawson as a New York City homicide detective. The Web…
Starz is shutting down its broadband video movie subscription service by the end of September, the company announced in a post on its site (www.vongo.com) this morning. The cable channel stopped accepting new customers as of Aug. 1 and said…
MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel MHD will change its name to Palladia effective Sept. 1. “It’s a bigger, more distinct name for a channel that has grown in size as well as satisfaction among music HD fans,” said Tom Calderone,…
Cable network ad revenues will grow just 4.7% in 2009, according to a new report by SNL Kagan. Kagan said ad revenue will rise 10.4% in 2008, including slower growth in the second half of the year. But the industry…
Aggressive plans for expanding CNN’s newsgathering presence to 10 additional U.S. cities were announced Tuesday by Nancy Lane, senior VP of newsgathering for CNN/U.S. A mix of general-assignment reporters, show-based correspondents attached to CNN’s daytime and prime-time programs, and newly…
CBS is turning to “Criminal Minds’” executive producer and showrunner Ed Bernero to write an update of the 1970s series “Hawaii Five-O,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The series is expected to focus on Chris McGarrett, son of Steve and head…