Tricia Helfer, known to most as Number Six on “Battlestar Galactica,” has been added to the cast of NBC’s “Chuck,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The actress will play Special Agent Alex Forrest in the series. Other guest stars to look out…
Despite changing its logo from blue to green this week in solidarity with parent company NBC Universal’s “Green Is Universal” environment initiative, the Weather Channel is cutting its entire environmental unit, TVNewser reports. This means its weekend program, “Forecast Earth,”…
The broadcast-Internet hybrid TV service Sezmi has laid off 20% of its 100-person workforce, Multichannel News reports. Sezmi is a venture-funded startup founded two years ago, counting Morgenthaler Ventures, Omni Capital Group, Index Ventures, TD Fund and Legend Ventures as…
MillerCoors has awarded its $400 million-plus media account to Interpublic’s Initiative and DraftFCB and WPP Group’s Kinetic, which will handle the business in new unit MC Media, Advertising Age reports. Kinetic and Interpublic defeated Publicis Group agencies including Starcom USA…
Esteemed screenwriter Robert McKee says the best writing is on TV, not in the movies, Breitbart reports. “The best writers are creating TV series. It’s all in TV,” McKee said. A ticket for one of McKee’s lectures on screenwriting can…
ABC is seriously considering slotting new 20th Century Fox TV-produced comedy “Better Off Ted” Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m., pairing the show with “Scrubs.” That’s the word from a person with knowledge of the matter, who cautioned that no final decision…
NBC is tweaking its weekend schedule a bit, shifting “Lipstick Jungle” to an earlier Friday night timeslot and moving desert island drama “Crusoe” to Saturdays. Starting Friday, Dec. 5, “Jungle” will move to 9 p.m. Fridays, airing an hour earlier…
ABC’s owned-and-operated New York City station, WABC-TV, is getting creative with its afternoon newscasts, the New York Daily News reports. The station has so far aired four live half-hour specials at 5:30 in which it sent reporters to different parts…
Actress Polly Bergen is returning to ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” TV Guide reports. Bergen will reprise her role as the deadbeat mom of Lynette, played by Felicity Huffman. The last time Bergen appeared, Lynette had sent her character packing to live…
Former Republican presidential candidate and U.S. senator Fred Thompson plans to return to acting, the Associated Press reports. Thompson had been expected to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee, but he decided to stick with acting. “He seriously…