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Monthly Archives : November 2008

TV Land Orders Hidden-Camera Show

TV Land has ordered six episodes of a new hidden-camera series “Make My Day,” Daily Variety reports. The project, from Michael Davies and Sony Pictures TV and based on a British series, will feature unsuspecting subjects faced with outlandish events…

Chase Mum on ‘Sopranos’ Ending

With a boxed set of “The Sopranos” coming out this week, David Chase has little to say about the series’ controversial ending, the Los Angeles Times says. “Every time I say anything about the ending, I just make things worse,”…

YouTube Adds MGM Films to Dancing Cats

YouTube, which was known for making short video clips popular on line, is now going to show some complete films and television shows from financially troubled MGM, the New York Times reports. With the popularity of Hulu showing that full-length…

Spike TV, FremantleMedia Sign Funding Deal

Spike TV has partnered with FremantleMedia Enterprises for the global financing, distribution and marketing for three of the network’s upcoming series “Jesse James Is Dead,” “Deadliest Warrior” and “Surviving Disaster,” Daily Variety reports. All three shows are expected to debut…

Sagal Shifts Gears as Motorcycle Mama

Katey Sagal has moved from being the vulgar Peggy Bundy on the Fox sitcom “Married…With Children” to the brutal yet vulnerable Gemma Teller on FX’s “Sons of Anarchy,” the New York Times says. “I wanted to do something different, to…

Fox’s Slate Shuffle a Long-Term Strategy for Beckman

Short-Term Changes Target Future Growth

Fox Seems Keen on ‘Cleveland’

Fox has ordered nine more episodes of “The Cleveland Show,” giving the “Family Guy” spinoff a big boost even as the network decided to make viewers wait a little longer to see the animated series. In addition, Huffington Post owner…

TV Execs See Pain Coming

Economy: General Motors Gives Fright

CBS News Boss McManus Plots Resurgence

McManus on Quality, Katie, ‘Early Show’

TV Watches Obama

Industry Awaits President-elect’s Media Mandates