Some members from the Set Free Soldiers, a Christian motorcycle gang at the center of an A&E reality pilot, “Saint and Sinners,” were arrested earlier this week, suspected of attempted murder, the Hollywood Reporter says. A&E says that the pilot…
“24” co-executive producer Carlos Coto is working with Brett Ratner on an hour-long drama project for Fox, Daily Variety reports. The show, “Wild Boys,” will follow a group for Iraq war vets who move to Washington, D.C. to become suburban…
Having already laid Time Warner low, AOL is threatening to affect the earnings of search leader Google, the Associated Press reports. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Google said it might have to recognize a loss on its 5%…
Crack open a cold one because he NCCA has turned down new restrictions on alcoholic beverage ads during college sports broadcasts, TelevisionWeek reports. The NCAA feels its current policy, banning products that are more than 12 proof, is strict enough.
ABC wants to give its series “Wanna Bet” a boost, so its moving it into the timeslot behind its Summer hit “Wipeout,” TelevisionWeek reports. “Bet” replaces “I Survived a Japanese Game Show.” It had been following the floundering “High School…
NBC has a lot to manage as it begins its coverage of the Beijing Olympics. Fortunately, USA Today has a few tips on how to build audiences and make sure viewers understand what they’re watching. The paper also provides a…
Sundance Channel has picked up Peacock Productions’ “Eco-Trip: The Real Cost of Living,” Daily Variety reports. The series, from NBC’s nonfiction division, will follow everyday objects from creation to disposal and their impact on the planet and environment, the trade…
Valerie Bertinelli, who shot to fame as a teen on the sitcom “One Day at a Time,” plays the down-to-earth Midwestern woman who looks after a post-rehab Lindsay Lohan-type starlet in the Lifetime movie “True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet,”…
Long-time New York TV reporter Pablo Guzman returned to WCBS-TV this week following a heart attack he suffered in July, the New York Daily News reports. After the heart attack, Guzman was also injured in a car accident, making the…
Staffers who attended a birthday lunch for Joe Ahern, general manager at CBS-owned WBBM-TV in Chicago, got billed for the meal after an attempt to expense it got rejected, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. WBBM’s controller went to department heads seeking…