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…
‘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