NBC, ABC and CBS have each given a green light to a comedy project, with NBC ordering an untitled family comedy about adult siblings from writer Justin Adler, the Hollywood Reporter says. ABC has tapped an untitled couples comedy from…
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann apologized for reporting that Rupert Murdoch had said that Fox News Channel owner News Corp. has “never been a company that tolerates facts,” based on an erroneous transcript of an earnings call, the Huffington Post reports. Murdoch…
Time magazine has Scripps Networks exec Burton Jablin on its list of 25 people responsible for the economic crisis because of his role in putting programs like “House Hunters” on HGTV. “His shows pumped air into the real estate froth…
Fox ordered a pilot of the single-camera comedy “Cop House,” set at a halfway house for troubled policemen, the Hollywood Reporter says. The pilot comes from writer Adam Resnick, of “The Larry Sanders Show,” who will executive produce with Marty…
The new top executives at the Screen Actors Guild in charge of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are taking a low-key approach to the contract talks, telling SAG members in a plain-spoken message that the…
Following President Obama’s inauguration, Internet users expect to find live video of major events when they’re online, the Associated Press reports. During Sunday’s Grammy Awards, updates were provided on several sites, but users complained the ceremony wasn’t being streamed. —Jon…
The National Basketball Association and TNT will be showing 3D broadcasts of All Star Saturday night in theaters, USA Today reports. “You have to produce it differently,” Steve Hellmuth, executive VP at NBA Entertainment tells the paper. “You want to…
E! has ordered a show called “Hot Girls in Scary Places,” which features three University of Southern California cheer squad friends taking a dare to spend the night in a supposedly haunted, out-of-use hospital, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show,…
Bravo is working on a reality-show series about New York City’s private-school children, which is expected to debut later this year, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show is described as a real-life “Gossip Girl,” although it won’t feature any of…
Max Goldenson, daughter of ABC network founder Leonard Goldenson, has created digital production company MWG Entertainment and will launch with the Web series “My Two Fans,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The 16-episode Web series and musical will debut March 9…