‘The Bachelor’ creator Mike Fleiss has signed an exclusive, eight-figure agreement with Warner Bros. TV and its Warner Horizon television division, Daily Variety reports. The deal makes him one of the highest paid reality producers. Fleiss has eight projects at…
Oxygen has ordered eight hour-long episodes of “Addicted to Beauty,” a drama set in an “medi-spa” where customers come for Botox and other cosmetic treatments, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network is also developing four other programs, from one that…
Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes was named chairman of the media company, effective Jan. 1, Dow Jones reports. Bewkes succeeds Richard Parsons, chairman since 2003. —Jon Lafayette
CMT has renewed “My Big Redneck Wedding” for a third season and doubled the number of episodes to 16, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, hosted by Tom Arnold, will begin its new season on Jan. 9. —Aimee Picchi
A bill that would extend analog television broadcasts for 30 days beyond the Feb. 17 transition to all-digital deadline was sent to President Bush on Wednesday, Multichannel News reports. A spokeswoman couldn’t confirm whether Bush would sign the bill. Separately,…
If Oscar De La Hoya retires, the pay-per-view boxing business will lose its biggest attraction ever, the New York Times reports. De La Hoya’s PPV bouts totaled $696.4 million in gross revenues. “Even when dominant figures retire, the sports don’t…
The future of NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle,” which hasn’t yet been renewed or canceled, depends on the viewership of its next three original episodes, the New York Post says. Since cancellation rumors began last month, the show gained DVR viewers, especially…
NBC Entertainment has hired independent agency Naked Communications for a “strategic branding exercise,” Advertising Age reports. NBC declined to comment on details or the amount it will spend on the branding work. The agreement won’t change NBC’s current ad-agency relationships….
John McCain joked around Thursday with David Letterman, who mocked the presidential candidate constantly during the campaign for canceling an appearance on his late night show during the campaign, the Associated Press reports. “I don’t want to talk about the…