AMC and Sony are debuting online Webisodes for the series “Breaking Bad,” part of a plan to promote the start of the show’s second season, the Hollywood Reporter says. The companies will premiere five stand-alone shorts, between three to five…
Michael Vartan has been hired to co-star with Jada Pinkett Smith in TNT’s new series “Time Heals,” which is set to debut later this year, the Hollywood Reporter says. In the the show, produced by Sony TV, Vartan will play…
The ABC drama pilot “Happy Town,” a “Twin Peaks”-like show set in a small town dealing with a murder, has tapped Geoff Stults to play the lead with the part of the sheriff solving the case, the Hollywood Reporter says….
The Hallmark Channel has signed an agreement with Sony Pictures TV to buy the miniseries “Comanche Moon,” two “Stone Cold” telefilms and 18 classic musicals, the Hollywood Reporter says. The musicals, which include “Bye Bye Birdie” (1963) and “Funny Lady”…
Disney XD, its rebranded cable channel targeting young boys, got off to a solid start on Friday, drawing 6.5 million viewers and 2.6 million children between 6 to 14 on its first day, the Hollywood Reporter says. Its first original…
Sunday’s All-Star Game on TNT gained 8% compared with a year earlier, averaging 6.8 million viewers, the Hollywood Reporter reports, citing Nielsen Media Research. TNT’s telecast jumped in demographics, as well, with a 10% gain in adults 18-34 and 6%…
“Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” set to debut in less than a month, has hired A.D. Miles as its head writer, Daily Variety reports. Miles wrote, produced and starred in Comedy Central’s “Dog Bites Man” and recently appeared in the…
Cartoon Network is turning to Marvel Entertainment for a show called the “Marvel Super Hero Squad,” ordering 26 episodes of the show devoted to Captain America, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Wolverine and Iron Man fighting crime, Daily Variety reports. The half-hour…
L’Oreal is the latest advertiser to say it’s skipping this year’s Academy Awards on ABC, after tying with Coke as last year’s biggest television advertiser on the broadcast, the New York Post reports. American Express, a longtime sponsor, will air…
Sam Donaldson will retire from full-time work next week after 41 years at ABC News, saying he wants to leave without feeling he’d stayed too long, the Washington Post reports. “Some people leave the business bitter, feeling they’ve been cast…