VH1 has ordered eight episodes of a new reality series “Tough Love” from Nancy Juvonen and Drew Barrymore’s production company Flower Films, Daily Variety reports. The series will follow a group of women picked to live in a house as…
Jonathan Miller, former head of AOL and USA Broadcasting, is talking to investors about raising money to buy all or part of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. Miller, now with the investment company Velocity International, would need between $28…
WNBC-TV, NBC’s flagship station in New York, will undergo a series of technological upgrades in order to boost its content offerings, Daily Variety reports. The station is eyeing providing more news content to Web sites, taxi cabs, grocery stores and…
Getting paid for work on programming created for and appearing on the Web is a key point for the Screen Actors Guild in its labor dispute with the studios and networks. The Los Angeles Times takes a look at this…
The CW plans to add horror-themed reality series “13—Fear Is Real” to its lineup on Wednesday beginning Jan. 6, TelevisionWeek says. The new series from Sam Raimi spells “America’s Top Model” and is one of relatively few changes The CW…
Several industry organizations have yet to sign TV deals to air their annual award ceremonies, some by choice rather than circumstance, Daily Variety reports. Smaller organizations, such as the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America, would…
“Party of Five” alum Neve Campbell will co-star in NBC’s upcoming midseason drama “The Philanthropist,” the Hollywood Reporter says. In the show she’ll play the wife of the title character’s business partner, played by Jesse Martin. Meanwhile, Craig T. Nelson…
Tony Award winning actress Christine Ebersole will guest star on ABC’s “Samantha Who?” in an upcoming episode, TV Guide reports. Ebersole will play a forgotten sister of Jean Smart’s character on the show. —Jon Lafayette
Marco Pennette, a writer on ABC’s “Samantha Who?”, is currently developing three more projects, Daily Variety reports. Among them is “The Romeos,” which will follow a group of guys in the 1960s before they become huge rock stars. He is…
Responding to tabloid reports he might die soon from pancreatic cancer, Patrick Swayze, star of A&E’s new series “The Beast,” says he’s winning his fight against the disease, the Associated Press says. “They’re reporting that I’m on my last legs…