Colin Callender is joining “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City” among the big Emmy winners no longer with HBO, TelevisionWeek reports. Mr. Callender, who racked up 84 Emmys, 26 Golden Globes and a basketful of other awards at HBO,…
VH1 is relaunching its popular weekly pop-culture themed show as “Best Week Ever With Paul F. Tompkins,” ushering in a new format with one host instead of a slew of comedians, the New York Times reports. According to VH1 the…
Budgets for campaigns using new advertising technologies are the first to be cut as the economic crisis hits Madison Avenue, the Wall Street Journal reports. Chrysler, for example, slashed the portion of its budget earmarked for experimental ad buys to…
NBC is developing a new green-screen drama based on “Jason and the Argonauts” with Media Rights Capital, Daily Variety reports. The project, executive produced by Josh and Jonas Pate, has received a put pilot order after NBC won a bidding…
Comedienne Amy Sedaris has signed with 20th Century Fox TV to develop and star in a comedy series project for the studio, the Hollywood Reporter says. Sedaris will write the project with her writing partner Paul Dinello, who will also…
Joe Ahern is out at perennially underachieving WBBM-TV, the CBS owned station in Chicago, TelevisionWeek reports. Replacing him is Bruno Cohen, who has been running CBS’ Sacramento stations KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV. CBS Stations boss Tom Kane called Cohen “one of…
CNN has tapped comedian D.L. Hughley to host his own show on the news network, Daily Variety reports. The series, scheduled to air Saturdays at 10 p.m. beginning Oct. 25, will feature Hughley and guests discussing politics, sports, entertainment and…
The Redstone family feud is surviving a plunging stock market, according to the New York Times. After Sumner Redstone was forced to sell $233 million worth of non-voting stock in Viacom and CBS because the drop in their value caused…
Jon Feltheimer has extended his contract as co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate through 2014, the Los Angeles Times reports. The re-signing comes three years before his current contract was set to expire. Since joining Lionsgate in 2000 Feltheimer has helped…
ABC has placed an additional four-episode order for its sophomore series “Eli Stone,” which had its season debut Tuesday, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series originally debuted as a mid-season replacement last season and did not have as long a…