Fox TV Studios is teaming up with Academy Award-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie for a series titled “Persons Unknown,” says the Hollywood Reporter. The show centers around seven strangers who wake up in a deserted town only to find out they’re…
Outdoor Channel extended its DirecTV carriage deal Thursday, a day after renewing its deal with Comcast’s Media Center’s all-digital platform HITS Quantum, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Details of the extension were not disclosed. —Christopher Perez
USA Network has promoted Jackie de Crinis to VP of original scripted programming, Daily Variety reports. De Crinis has been with the network since 2000. During her tenure, which saw a 29% advantage in total viewers over its closest rival,…
TheWB.com is partnering with Verizon Wireless to distribute its new programs to subscribers of the wireless company’s VCast network, MediaPost reports. The first show to debut on the platform, “Sorority Forever,” will be available for eight weeks in the “pictures…
TiVo and Research in Motion have inked a deal allowing users of RIM’s BlackBerry PDAs to browse TV listings and to schedule recordings, Multichannel News reports. The software application is expected to be available later this year. Future projects between…
An Emmy-themed fundraiser for the Motion Picture & Television Fund is scheduled for Sept. 20 in Century Park behind the CAA building in Century City, says the Hollywood Reporter. The second annual Evening Before event, held on the eve of…
As competition between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama for voters heats up this fall, broadcast networks and cable news network will also go up against each other for viewers, the Los Angeles Times reports. While cable news channels have…
ABC News will spread out its release of Charles Gibson’s interviews with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin throughout its schedule, the Associated Press reports. The interviews, the first TV sit-downs with Palin since she was announced as John McCain’s…
YouTube has removed a Web video ad from Sen. John McCain’s campaign after CBS complained about the unauthorized use of Katie Couric, TelevisionWeek reports. McCain’s ad was released after Sen. Barack Obama made his “lipstick on a pig” comment and…
Fox claimed that Tuesday’s “Fringe” debut gave the network its best drama premiere ratings in two years and the Washington Post points out that technically that’s true. The premiere of “Standoff,” a police negotiator drama, opened just four days over…