NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” has added to new female comedians to its cast, Daily Variety reports. One is Abby Elliott, daughter of comedian Chris Elliott and a former member of the Upright Citizens Brigade. The other is Michaela Watkins, who…
Showtime is working with “The Simpsons” writer and executive producer Tim Long on a new comedy “Kevin and the Chart of Destiny,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project is about a market researcher and his elaborate dating system aimed at…
CBS “NCIS” vet Sasha Alexander will star in the network’s pilot “The Karenskys,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Alexander will play a woman who returns to her hometown after her husband is relocated for work. The project comes from “Malcolm in…
Comedy Central is developing a new animated project “Ugly Americans” and the live-action comedy “Evan and Gareth Are Trying to Get Laid,” Daily Variety reports. “Americans” is based on a spinoff of the network’s “5-On” online series, while “Evan and…
MGM and AT&T have signed a carriage deal placing MGM’s high-definition linear network, MGM HD, on the AT&T U-verse TV system, MGM announced Monday. The network will be offered on U-verse’s HD Premium package, a new tier of the service…
On-demand providers Verizon FiOS TV and Vudu have beefed up their high-definition offerings. Verizon this week said it crossed the 1,000-title threshold, while Vudu claimed the largest HD library in existence with 1,100 titles. Aggressively adding HD content during the…
Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy Done in by the struggling economy, electronics retailer Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, making it the largest retailer to do so in the current slowing market, Bloomberg reports. Suppliers, concerned…
HD programming picks for Nov. 13-19: “Law & Order,” “Bad Boys,” “Rush Hour 3” “Law & Order” (NBC) Wed., Nov. 19, 10 p.m.: Lt. Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) and detectives Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Bernard (Anthony Anderson) square off…