The Weather Channel has already cut about 60-80 jobs as the channel continues its transition to new owner NBC Universal, the Hollywood Reporter says. Although the current economic crisis has been leading to layoffs throughout the industry, NBC Universal “expected…
Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Films production banner is currently developing two reality TV projects for The CW, Daily Variety reports. Katalyst, which currently has an overall deal for scripted content with CBS Paramount Network TV, is working on “The Beautiful Life,”…
CBS is developing a new comedy “Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30” from Barry Sonnenfeld, Sony Pictures TV and the Tannenbaum Company, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, inspired by David Katz’s book, will follow a man who…
Ashley Pharoah, co-creator of the original British version of “Life on Mars,” says the American adaptation of his show on ABC is “marvelous,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The British version was named best drama by the International Emmy Awards for…
President-Elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle are sitting down for an interview with Barbara Walters, the Hollywood Reporter says. The interview will air Wednesday on ABC as a one-hour special, with parts of it also airing during “Good Morning America,”…
TV viewing has hit a record high even as content consumption online and through mobile devices continues to grow, a new Nielsen Co. report finds, TelevisionWeek reports. The average U.S. home watched TV 8 hours and 18 minutes per day…
Reveille is producing the upcoming NBC reality project with Tony Robbins, TelevisionWeek reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation. The project was first announced earlier this week though Reveille’s attachment remained unknown at the time. Howard T. Owens, Mark…
NBC’s new Tony Robbins reality project is being produced by Reveille, people familiar with the matter said Monday. The network has been keeping a tight lid on details surrounding the potential series, which was first reported by TVWeek Sunday. Its…
Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg said he felt that the union had no choice but to call for a strike authorization vote because the AMPTP “have not moved one iota in our direction,” KTLA reports. Rosenberg, who appeared on…
A National Labor Relations Board Judge ruled that CNN America violated the rights of more than 250 employees at CNN’s Washington, D.C., and New York bureaus. Arthur Amchan, the board’s administrative law judge, found that CNN violated the National Labor…