Audi of America on Wednesday announced it bought a 60-second spot during the Super Bowl, the New York Times reports. While domestic automakers are struggling, several import models are buying spots from NBC which will carry the big game. —Jon…
Chris Carlisle has been named president of Fox 21, which produces lower-cost series including “Sons of Anarchy” and “Beauty and the Geek,” TelevisionWeek reports. Carlisle had previously been with FX and New Line, and will report to 20ht Century Fox…
HBO is planning a live telecast of Will Ferrell’s Broadway show “You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush” in the spring, Daily Variety reports. The show begins previews at the Cort Theater on Jan. 20 – Inauguration…
Showtime has ordered a pilot for a series about gay people coming out to their friends and family, the Hollywood Reporter says. Titled “Way Out,” the project is part of the network’s efforts to increase its unscripted offerings. Former journalist…
Former “Pushing Daisies” executive producer Bryan Fuller, who returns to NBC as a consultant, talks to Entertainment Weekly about fixing the faltering NBC hit. “People will die. And some will return,” he tells the magazine. “We’re also going to tell…
“Scrubs” co-star Sarah Chalke has been tapped to star in Lifetime’s miniseries “Maneater,” based on the book by Gigi Levangie Grazer, the Hollywood Reporter says. Timothy Busfield has signed on to direct the Sony Pictures Television-produced four-hour miniseries, about a…
CBS plans to simulcast its coverage of 11 Southeastern Conference college basketball games on CBSSports.com this year, starting with Saturday’s Indiana-Kentucky grudge match, USA Today says. The site had SEC football games online, and tens of thousands of users watched,…
HD programming picks for Dec. 11-17: “Heroes,” “Spider-Man 3” and “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” “Heroes” (NBC) Mon., Dec. 15, 9 p.m.: The third volume of “Heroes” comes to a close Monday, as the Petrelli brothers face off while Ando, Matt and…
Blu-ray Player Sales Triple During Black Friday Week Sales of stand-alone Blu-ray players tripled during the week of Black Friday from the previous week, Video Business reports. Machines dropped below $200 during that week to spur post-Thanksgiving sales. Nearly one…
Netflix continues to roll onto media platforms in high definition as the movie rental giant makes HD streaming available via TiVo DVRs, the companies announced Monday. Netflix and TiVo subscribers using a TiVo Series3, TiVo HD or TiVo HD XL…