Executives from General Motors, Qwest Communications and Domino’s Pizza are saying Wall Street’s meltdown and the credit crunch it instigated are affecting all aspects of the U.S. economy, Bloomberg.com reports. The crisis involving Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch’s takeover by…
Nielsen, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, MTV Networks and Buena Vista Home Entertainment are among the major content companies that have secured exhibition space at the 2009 International CES, the Consumer Electronics Association announced today. CEA had been pursuing major programmers,…
In this week’s Backlot Talk for the HBO series “Entourage,” series creator and showrunner Doug Ellin talks about the importance of a scene in episode two between Ari (Jeremy Piven) and Mark Wahlberg. Ellin also tells why a quiet confrontation…
Fans of CBS’ “Moonlight,” your wait is almost over. TV Guide is reporting a DVD release date of the canceled series about vampire detective is on the verge of being announced. The U.S. DVD release mostly likely won’t occur until…
HBO announced today it will renew its freshman series “True Blood” for a second season. Production of new episodes will begin early next year in Los Angeles, with the second season scheduled to debut next summer. “True Blood,” about vampires…
The New York Observer goes behind-the-scenes of business network cable network CNBC on what must have been the network’s busiest, most eventful day. Monday’s Wall Street shakeup not only saw record ratings for the network, but drew NBC News’ Brian…
USA has ordered a pilot for “Operation Instructions,” a new show from Universal Cable Prods. and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco, says the Hollywood Reporter. The project, USA’s third pickup of the year, is about a trauma surgeon who returns home from…
HBO Sports is bringing back its Emmy-winning reality series “24/7” in time for its Nov. 8 Joe Calzaghe/Roy Jones Jr. pay-per-view fight, Multichannel News reports. The series will be aired in three parts and will go behind the scenes as…
No surface is too big or unusual when CBS scouts for locations to promote its fall lineup, Daily Variety reports. The network has painted a giant black and yellow ad for “The Amazing Race” near Los Angeles International Airport, big…
Comedian Zach Galifianakis, host of VH1’s short-lived “Late World With Zach,” has scored the lead in HBO’s pilot “Bored to Death,” says the Hollywood Reporter. Galifianakis will play a struggling comic book artist and best friend to Jason Schwartzman’s Jonathan,…