Varlerie Bertinelli’s still-untitled TBS sitcom pilot has added three to its cast, the Hollywood Reporter says. Nadia Dajani, Kevin G. Schmidt and Dean Collins are to play Bertinelli’s next-door neighbor, son and son’s best friend on the Dave Caplan-helmed comedy,…
Children’s entertainment company Wildbrain has named Lisa Ullmann its VP of development, Daily Variety reports. Ullmann joins Wildbrain from Spike TV where she served as its director of original series working on shows including “Blade” and “Factory.” At Wildbrain, Ullmann…
Meredith Broadcasting has filled the top posts at its stations in Las Vegas and Portland, Ore., MediaWeek reports. Patrick McCreery was named VP and general manager of Portland’s Fox and MyNetworkTV affiliates KPTV and KPDX-TV. Darrin McDonald fills the same…
With the economic downturn, media sales organizations are competing even more fiercely for a dwindling number of media slots being planned by advertising executives, MediaPost says. A study performed by Advertiser Perceptions Inc. found the number of media brands being…
The CW has ordered a pilot for a new series based on Batman’s sidekick Robin, TVWeek reports. The project, “The Graysons,” will follow young Dick Grayson before the days of Robin, much like the current “Smallville” does for Clark Kent…
HBO is developing a new series with legendary TV producer Norman Lear for a drama about a family that runs a professional wrestling franchise, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, tentatively called “Everybody Hurts,” is written by former World Championship…
The Screen Actors Guild could get closer to a strike as the union’s negotiating committee is expected to approve a measure seeking “the rank and file’s approval for a work stoppage” on Wednesday, the Hollywood Reporter says. Although the recent…
Major movie studios sued RealNetworks over a new program that lets consumers copy DVDs onto computers, the Wall Street Journal reports. DVDs are an increasingly important stream of revenue from television shows as well as movies. The studios allege that…
The New York Times previews Thursday’s vice-presidential debate between Democrat Joseph Biden and Republican Sarah Palin, contrasting their styles. Palin’s debate style is confident but vague, the paper says. Biden has a tendency to go too far and that may…
Warner Bros., CBS Corp. and Comcast Corp.’s E! cable channel are teaming with Slide Inc., a social-networking software company, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Slide video service will let social networking users view clips from shows such as NBC’s…