NBC’s Ben Silverman is on a headhunter’s shortlist of names of executives who could take over as CEO of the U.K.’s struggling ITV, Variety says. Silverman, who previously worked in the U.K. office of William Morris Agency, declined to comment….
Nickelodeon is celebrating the 10th anniversary of “SpongeBob SquarePants” with the “Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash Weekend” on July 17-19. The weekend marathon hosted by Patchy the Pirate will feature 50 hours of “SpongeBob” programming, including 11 brand-new “SpongeBob” premieres and a…
Time Warner and Comcast Corp. will go public today [Wed.] with their “TV Everywhere” initiative to make more cable programs available for online viewing, Variety says. The initiative would make shows available on a password-protected basis only to consumers who…
Martin Lawrence’s production company Runteldat has script commitments for an animated comedy at Fox and a single-camera family show at Starz, The Hollywood Reporter says. The Fox show is being written by Rodney Barnes and is based on his coming-of-age…
British actor Callum Blue will play General Zod on The CW’s "Smallville" next season, The Hollywood Reporter says. Blue’s credits include "Dead Like Me," "The Tudors" and "Secret Diary of a Call Girl." –Vlada Gelman
Meghan Markle has been cast in a recurring role on Fox’s "Fringe," The Hollywood Reporter says. Markle will play "an attractive, brash and quick-witted junior FBI agent." Meanwhile, "Friday Night Lights’" Adrianne Palicki will reprise her role as Jessica on…
John Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media, settled on Tuesday with the U.S. Dept. of Justice, which accused him of improper notification when he acquired voting shares in Discovery Holding Co., Multichannel News says. Under the settlement, Malone agreed to…
“The View” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck has been accused of plagiarism in her book “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide,” in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Massachusetts, the Associated Press says. The suit charges that Hasselbeck copied “word…
Donald Trump didn’t really buy USA Network’s “Monday Night Raw” from World Wrestling Entertainment, but viewers liked the storyline anyway, Variety says. The show’s first-ever ad-free broadcast on Monday, which featured the Trump “ownership,” brought in 6.8 million viewers, the…