The Golden Globe nominations announced Thursday left out many of TV’s most watched and most acclaimed shows, the Los Angeles Times says. On the snub list: “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Two and a Half Men,” “The Wire,” “The Shield,” “Boston Legal,”…
Cable film network ReelzChannel canceled its flagship show “Dailies” and fired more than 40 people, the Los Angeles Times reports. The channel decided to depend solely on advertising, a move that’s backfiring as the economy tanks, the paper says. —Jon…
NBC is in discussions to extend programmer Ben Silverman’s contract for at least another year, the New York Post says. NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker wants to give him another 12 months to work with the network’s programming. NBC recently…
The new premium cable channel being launched by Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM will be called Epix, Media Post says. Studio 3 Partners, the company that operates the network, filed multiple trademark applications for the name, the Web site says. Viacom…
Washington’s CBS affiliate WUSA-TV will replace traditional news crews with individuals who both report and shoot stories, the Washington Post says. While the change comes at a time when stations are looking to cut costs, general manager Allan Horlick says…
After failing to renew their retransmission agreement, Dish Network dropped Young Broadcasting’s 11 television stations from its lineup, TelevisionWeek reports. That means Dish subscribers in cities such as San Francisco and Lansing, Mich., won’t have access to Young’s stations in…
Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild says the expect to accept the deal offered five months ago by the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers if members do not vote to authorize a strike, Daily Variety reports. SAG President…
ABC has given a production commitment to a comedy starring Lauren Graham of “Gilmore Girls,” Daily Variety reports. The program, about a self-help guru who struggles when her boyfriend leaves her, is Graham’s first major television role since “Gilmore Girls”…
Fox seems close to picking up the half-hour comedy “Boldly Going Nowhere” and the hour-long musical comedy “Glee,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Both shows can enter production quickly because the network asked for additional scripts with the pilot order. —Aimee…
Spike’s coverage fo the Video Games Awards on Sunday will feature 10 trailers offering sneak peaks at new games, the New York Times says. The network treats the trailers as editorial content and picks which ones will air during the…