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Monthly Archives : October 2008

Kelley Legal Script Making the Rounds

Warner Bros. TV is shopping around a spec script for a new series from David E. Kelly, the Hollywood Reporter says. CBS and NBC are reported to be the top contenders for the project, a legal series, with any deal…

Rather Missed Out on $4 Mil Job

A lawyer for Dan Rather in his ongoing breach-of-contract lawsuit with CBS says Rather lost out on a $4 million per year job because the network did not properly let him go, the Associated Press reports. Rather faced controversy when…

SAG Election Winners Get No Seats

Recently elected Screen Actors Guild national board members from the Unite for Strength faction were shut out of seats on the union’s national executive committee during a meeting Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Eleven Hollywood national board seats went…

No More Mojo HD

In Demand, a company owned by several major cable companies, says it will shut down its high definition service Mojo HD, TelevisionWeek reports. Mojo was intended to bring high-def programming to cable subscribers, but now that many channels have begun…

ABC’s Second Shot at ‘Mars’

After a tumultuous pilot production period that included removing David E. Kelley from the project and scrapping most of its original cast, ABC’s “Life on Mars” will finally premiere Thursday, USA Today reports. “Mars” is based on the British series…

Baseball Playoffs Can’t Beat Football

Major League Baseball post-season games are no match for regular season National Football League matches as far as local market ratings are concerned, the New York Times reports. Sunday night’s Game 4 of the Phillies-Brewers divisional playoff series scored a…

Honda Makes Big Sony Online Deal

Honda has made a half-million dollar deal with Sony Pictures Television to take over all of the media company’s online and mobile ad space for a week beginning Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. The scope of the deal reflects…

Marvel Preps Animated ‘Avengers’

Marvel is gearing up for its new animated series “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Marvel Animation is beginning production on the project, produced by Film Roman, and aims to have it ready for broadcast in 2011….

‘SNL’ Sketch Back Online

NBC has reposted a controversial skit from this past weekend’s edition of “Saturday Night Live” after the network fixed some elements it said “didn’t meet our standards,” the Los Angeles Times reports. The skit lampooned President Bush, House Democrats and…

Speed ‘Whips’ Cars Into Shape for Stars

Auto network Speed is tuning up three special episodes of its series “Unique Whips” featuring stars and their cars. “Unique Whips” features Will Castro, whose New York auto shop Unique Autosports customizes cars for celebrities and other motor vehicle enthusiasts….