A nightclub fire will threaten the lives of characters on “Desperate Housewives,” the Associated Press reports. The sweeps stunt was shot on the back lot of Universal Studios, away from the show’s usual Wisteria Lane street set. The fire is…
IM Global is working with Platinum Studios to develop a live-action series based on D.J. Coffman’s “Hero by Night,” the Hollywood Reporter says. “Hero” is Platinum’s 2006 Comic Book Challenge contest winner and is based on a landlord who discovers…
Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb, the two executive producers recently fired from NBC’s “Heroes,” will still attend a Screenwriting Expo panel Saturday, Daily Variety reports. Creator and fellow executive producer Tim Kring, however, has said he will not be participating…
Television networks’ online video destinations are girding for the economic slowdown by focusing on advertising metrics and proven programming, executives at sites including Hulu.com and ABC.com said at the NewTeeVee conference in San Francisco today. Advertiser interest in ABC.com remains…
TV station owner Acme Communications announced revenue for its six stations is up $7.6 million, a percentage point higher than in the same period a year ago, TVNewsday reports. Total operating costs for the quarter were down this year from…
The nonexistent Martin Eisenstadt—who somehow hoaxed the Los Angeles Times, the New Republic and most recently MSNBC—is actually a character created by filmmakers Eitan Gorlin and Dan Mirvish to help them pitch a TV show based on the character, the…
Online video destination Metacafe set a traffic record in October, drawing more than 9 million unique visitors in the United States, the company said Wednesday, citing comScore numbers. That’s a 30% rise since January and a 10% bump over September,…
ESPN has signed a multiyear deal with the R&A, organizer of golf’s Open Championship, that takes effect in 2010. ESPN will televise 34 live hours of the British Open’s four rounds and also will produce six hours of encore highlights…
President-elect Barack Obama will give his first interview since the election to CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Daily Variety reports. Steve Croft will interview Obama and future First Lady Michelle Obama tomorrow in Chicago, to air on the newsmagazine on Sunday. This…
Thanks to the election, ABC’s “Nightline” beat CBS’ “The Late Show With David Letterman” and NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” both in total viewers and in the 25-54 demographic, TVNewser reports. The 10.96 million viewers on Election Night…