Investor Mario Gabelli says his company may nominate potential directors for Cablevision Systems Corp. and Media General Inc., Dow Jones reports. Gabelli, whose Gamco Investors owns 8.5% of Cablevision, wants the company to buy back stock and sell assets to…
TNT is working on two cop procedural dramas, one from Jerry Bruckheimer and Danny Cannon and the other from Jon Avnet and Donnie Wahlberg, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network is in final negotiations on a pilot order for the…
David Letterman continued on Thursday to crack jokes about Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who backed out of a scheduled appearance on the “Late Show” Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Letterman said he felt like an “ugly date” after finding…
Fox is working with “Aliens in America” writers Moses Port and David Guarascio on developing a new comedy, Daily Variety reports. The untitled project will follow a depressed young man who begins working at a pharmaceutical company under a female…
Mike Huckabee will unveil his new Fox News Channel show, “Huckabee,” this Saturday and Sunday night, the Associated Press reports. The former Republican presidential hopeful, who dropped out of the race in March, joined the network in June to serve…
Oxygen will get its chance to work the runway, having purchased the off-network rights for repeats of “America’s Next Top Model,” TelevisionWeek reports. Oxygen, which also airs reruns of “The Tyra Banks Show,” acquired the rights from CBS TV Distribution…
“Alias” vet Melissa George is in final negotiations for a role on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” Entertainment Weekly reports. George will play a love interest for Callie or Erica, creating a possible love triangle among the show’s new bisexuals. “Grey’s” recently…
Fox is working with Salma Hayek on a new multi- and single-camera project “The New McToms,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The network has already committed to a script from writers Boyce Bugliari and Jamie McLaughlin. Hayek, Bugliari, McLaughlin and Pepe…
David Blaine’s latest stunt failed to dazzle in the ratings, pulling in the lowest audience ever for one of his televised specials, the Washington Post reports. For his latest trick, Blaine hung upside down in New York’s Central Park for…
Sketch comedy fans can prepare to sing praises for HBO’s “Little Britain USA,” premiering on the premium cable channel Sunday night, USA Today says. The newspaper describes the show, inspired by the British series, as “‘Monty Python’ with fewer people,…