Adult Swim, along with fast-food chain Burger King, is kicking off a nationwide casting call Nov. 3 to help find a Carl look-a-like for an upcoming live-action “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” special episode, Multichannel News reports. Carl, whose animated version…
MTV today launched its new music video-only Web site, MTVmusic.com, Silicon Alley Insider reports. The site allows users to embed the music videos to their blog, MySpace or Facebook profile and Tumblr, among other avenues. Visitors to the site can…
Andrew Young, former U.N. ambassador and an advocate for peace around the world, has partnered with rapper T.I., who earlier this year pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges, for a documentary about the rapper and gun violence, the Associated Press…
Internet television network Revision3 has made layoffs, canceled some of its original shows and discontinued its two new distribution agreements, NewTeeVee.com reports. “Pixel Perfect,” “PopSiren” and “Internet Superstar” have been axed while “Epic Fu” and “Wine Library” will no longer…
The Weinstein Co., which produces the Bravo reality show “Project Runway,” has accused the NBC Universal cable network of attempting to diminish the show’s value by failing to promote its fifth and final season on Bravo before it moved to…
ABC Family said it has greenlit production of a pilot for the drama “Perfect 10.” The network previously announced it was making pilots for “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Ruby and the Rockits.” “Perfect 10” is a one-hour…
The second season finale of “Mad Men” on AMC drew 1.75 million viewers, up 20% from its season average, according to fast national figures from Nielsen Media Research. The Emmy Award-winning drama was up 75% from last season’s average. Over…
A federal jury today found former Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. Ted Stevens guilty of making false statements on Senate disclosure forms, a verdict likely to devastate the Republican’s already difficult re-election hopes. Sen. Stevens, 84, remains the ranking Republican…
Freddy P. James has been named HGTV’s senior VP of program development and production. Mr. James previously was the network’s VP and Web site director for HGTV.com. Jillian St. Charles, site director at FineLiving.com, will step into James’ previous position,…
Fast-food chain Sonic has upped its advertising spending to $200 million for the next fiscal year, MediaPost reports. Half of that should be going to national cable advertising for the fast-growing chain. The new figure is a 5% increase from…