CBS Interactive is expanding its original Web production with the scripted show “Novel Adventures,” slated to launch online in early November, the network announced today. Automaker Saturn will sponsor the series from creator Jonathan Prince, whose credits include “The Cleaner”…
News Corp. President-Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin is unleashing a broad defense of broadcasters against FCC indecency enforcement and warning starkly about the danger that a Supreme Court case could pose to First Amendment freedoms. Honored Tuesday night at the…
ABC has picked up sophomore drama “Private Practice” for a full season. The network ordered nine more episodes of the “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff Tuesday, according to sources familiar with the order. The move doesn’t come as a surprise given the…
YouTube’s audience jumped in September to nearly 82 million unique viewers watching more than 5.3 billion streams, according to the latest figures from Nielsen Online. That’s a huge boost from August, when the site’s 77 million unique visitors checked out…
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Robert Tercek its president of digital media. Mr. Tercek will oversee all multimedia ventures for the network beginning Nov. 3. Mr. Tercek will be responsible for creating and marketing multiplatform opportunities for OWN…
Embattled search giant Yahoo plans to slash about 10% of its work force, or 1,500 jobs, to reduce costs, the company said today. The layoffs occur amidst the broader economic downturn as well as the specific slowdown that has plagued…
Entertainment Weekly talks with “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels about how he managed to get Gov. Sarah Palin on last week’s episode, what happened when Palin met doppelganger Tina Fey and the post-election future of “SNL.” “She had her…
USA Network has given the greenlight to the pilot “White Collar.” The series stars Matthew Bomer and Tim DeKay as a con artist and an FBI agent, respectively, who have been playing cat-and-mouse for years. Bronwen Hughes (USA’s “Burn Notice,”…
Entertainment and media company ProElite, as well as its mixed martial arts promotional brand EliteXC, are out of business, Sports Illustrated reports. Despite forming a partnership with Showtime and parent company CBS, which brought EliteXC events to a prime-time network…
“The Skinny: Fat-Free News,” Fox Television Studios’ first digital series, has launched, Daily Variety reports. The series features comics Nadine Rajabi and Natasha Leggero talking about the latest in Hollywood gossip and trends. FTVS will produce 13 episodes and can…