CBS was sued by a shareholder claiming the company and its executives made false and misleading statements before taking a $14 billion charge against fourth-quarter earnings, Dow Jones reports. The law firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP filed…
Mark Schwahn, the creator of “One Tree Hill,” is in negotiations to write the script for a new take on “Melrose Place,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The CW and CBS Paramount TV said in late October they would create a…
Spike will debut the Mark Burnett-produced rodeo reality program called “Toughest Cowboy” on Jan. 29, Daily Variety reports. The program will award a Wyoming ranch to the winner of contests such as bare-back and bull riding. —Aimee Picchi
ABC has hired writer Dave Hemingson to write an hourlong legal pilot, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network had previously considered another pilot written by Hemingson about a law firm, but it wasn’t picked up as a series. —Aimee Picchi
Eric Braden has been playing Machiavellian businessman Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless” for 28 years, the New York Times says. “Victor Newman follows his own path,” Braden tells the paper. “He never takes…
RHI Entertainment CEO Robert A. Halmi Jr. is slated to receive an annual salary of $2.07 million, Dow Jones reports. The company went public in June at $14 a share. It closed Friday at less than $5 a share. —Jon…
Robert Carlyle, the actor who starred in “The Full Monty,” will take the lead in Sci Fi Channel’s new series “Stargate Universe,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The program is the third series in the “Stargate” franchise, and will begin next…
Whoopi Goldberg will star in and executive produce a science-fiction minseries for Fearnet.com, DailyVariety says. Beginning Jan. 15, the program, called “Stream,” will air six five-minute weekly segments. —Aimee Picchi
Football analysts on the Sunday morning pre-game shows ripped Dallas Cowboy wide receiver Terrell Owens, who complained that quarterback Tony Romo wasn’t throwing him enough passes, USA Today says. Fox’s Terry Bradshaw said the comments “destroy whatever hope the Cowboy…
John Malone’s Liberty Media authorized a plan to split off a unit that controls DirecTV, the Wall Street Journal says. The new unit, Liberty Entertainment, would own a 52% stake in DirecTV and three regional sports networks under the proposal….