A “horrendous economy” is being blamed for the layoffs of eight Seattle-based employes at Belo’s Northwest Cable News, the Seattle Times reports. Three other staffers were let go as the channel’s Portland bureau was closed, but two of them were…
Apple is planning to update its Apple TV set-top box with DVR capabilities by year’s end and introduce a networked TV sometime after that, AppleInsider says, citing a report from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. The new system would allow…
After watching coverage of college football’s signing day—when prep players decide where they’re going to school—on ESPNU, CBS College Sports, the Big Ten Network and NFL Network, USA Today declares that there needs to be one big TV show where…
Television production is shutting down in New York because a state tax credit program has run out of money, Crain’s New York Business reports. NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said that 19 pilots were shot in New York last year,…
Loretta Devine has been hired for David E. Kelley’s “Legally Mad,” an NBC pilot about a young woman who takes a job at her father”s law firm, the Hollywood Reporter says. Devine will play the part of Jeanette, an attorney…
Actor Cheyenne Jackson, from the Broadway show “Xanadu,” will guest star on “Ugly Betty” as a gay father, Daily Variety reports. The actor recently guest starred on ABC’s “Life on Mars,” the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
Producer Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has built a digital film facility in a modest two-story building that allows him to do post-production in house, the Associated Press reports. “We do believe this is the future, Devlin tells the wire service….
Online video advertising network Tremor Media is expanding the range of metrics it offers its advertisers via a deal with comScore that allows Tremor to offer an online equivalent for TV ratings, the company announced today. Tremor will provide advertisers…
Christina Wayne has left her position as senior VP for scripted series and miniseries at AMC, the Televisionary blog reports, citing unnamed sources at the network. In a statement sent to TVWeek, AMC confirmed the departure. Wayne joined the network…
The CW is once again teaming with “Gossip Girl” publisher Alloy Entertainment, greenlighting a one-hour drama pilot based on the company’s novel series “The Vampire Diaries.” “Scream” scribe Kevin Williamson is on board to write and executive produce “Vampire,” teaming…