Discovery Communications is digging through its archived footage to sell science and nature programming to schools around the country, BusinessWeek reports. While the original subscription service failed to take off with parents and schools, Discovery Education then opened up its…
His cabinet now full, President-elect Barack Obama is readying to appoint other top administration posts, making the choice of a new Federal Communications Commission chairman imminent. While the Obama transition team declined comment, sources close to Congress said they expect…
Sumner Redstone’s daughter voted against her father’s plan to renegotiate the family company’s $800 million in debt due to expire Friday, the New York Times says. The rift might change plans to have Shari Redstone succeed her father as chairman…
Michael Chiklis of “The Shield” is developing a TV series based on his experience as a victim of a Ponzi scheme, the Associated Press says. He’s gathering information from other victims of financial frauds like the one perpetrated by Bernard…
TV networks have a ton of big shows ready for go, making midseason feel more like the launch of the fall season, USA Today says. Coming in January are “Lost,” “24” and “American Idol.” Cable networks also have big ticket…
NBC’s decision to air a new Jay Leno show weeknights at 10 p.m. is “as inevitable as it is sad,” says Newark Star-Ledger TV critic Alan Sepinwall in an op-ed piece in the New York Times. Once home to great…
Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg on Thursday indicated he still expects the union’s members to vote in favor of a strike, despite opposition from such well-known actors as George Clooney, Russell Crowe and Tom Hanks, Daily Variety says. Some…
MyNetworkTV, which tanked when it launched with cheap telenovelas in prime time, is doing better now, thanks largely to its Friday night pro wrestling show, the Los Angeles Times says. Whether the network can continue to grow is a question…
Kristin Chenoweth has been cast to co-star in the new NBC drama from David E. Kelley called “Legally Mad,” the Hollywood Reporter says. She’ll play the always upbeat Skippy Pylon, who goes to work at her father’s law firm, and…
GSN has ordered 40 half-hour episodes of “The Newlywed Game,” reviving the program with a modern take, the Hollywood Reporter says. The program will air weekdays, likely in the spring. Executive producer Michael Davies said he’ll also be looking for…