The legal fight between Bravo, Lifetime and producer the Weinstein Company over which cable network will get to air “Project Runway’s” sixth season may keep the fashion-design contest off the air for several months, the New York Times says. Bravo…
MTV is currently in talks to air six episodes of a new season of “Beauty and the Geek,” the former reality series on The CW, TelevisionWeek reports. The new edition is being dubbed “Beauty and the Geek: Celebrity” and will…
Former “The Office” cast member Rashida Jones will be joining NBC’s upcoming project from Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, TelevisionWeek reports. The project, starring “Saturday Night Live” vet Amy Poehler, was rumored to be a spinoff of “The Office.” The…
A DTV “nightlight” bill that would allow broadcasters to keep analog signals on for some time past the switch to digital television could go to a vote in the Senate as soon as Wednesday, Broadcasting & Cable reports. If approved…
CBS Television Digital Media Group President Jonathan Leess said he would step down from his post by the end of the year, TelevisionWeek reports. Leess has served in the role since 2004 and led efforts in online video and digital…
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is currently entertaining Daytime Emmy Awards broadcast offers from two broadcast networks and two cable networks, the Hollywood Reporter says. Both ABC and CBS have opted out of the telecast, but a…
Four more actors have been cast in “Georgia O’Keeffe,” a Lifetime original biopic, the Hollywood Reporter says. New additions Ed Begley Jr., Linda Emond, Tyne Daly and Henry Simmons will join previously announced stars Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in…
Hallmark Channel has greenlit two new original movies from executive producer Larry Levinson due in late 2009, the Hollywood Reporter says. Peter Strauss and Jonathan Silverman will star in “The Wilderness Family,” about a family that inherits a cabin in…
ABC has greenlit “The Middle,” a comedy pilot, after landing Patricia Heaton for the lead, the Hollywood Reporter says. Julie Anne Robinson will direct the pilot, after also entering a blind commitment to direct another pilot during the current development…
FX is developing new drama “AR2” from Paul Scheuring, creator and executive producer on “Prison Break,” and Thomas Schlamme, a director and executive producer of “The West Wing,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Scheuring describes the project as “’Les Miserables’ in…