Comcast, the top cable provider, is in discussions with Charter about a deal to buy parts of Time Warner Cable, with interest in a pact to provide Comcast with its New York market and parts of New England, reports Reuters….
A comedy at Fox from Tina Fey and Matt Hubbard has added a popular comedian to the cast. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the untitled project cast Emmy nominee Margaret Cho as the president of a women’s college…
20th Century Fox Television has signed Imagine Television to a new two-year deal, keeping one of the TV industry’s longest production relationships in place, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Imagine has been with 20th Century Fox TV for the past…
Sumner Redstone, the 90-year-old controlling shareholder of Viacom who “rarely makes it into the office these days,” received a 50% pay increase from his 2012 compensation, reports Meg James on the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Redstone’s 2013 pay…
Starz has ordered a drama series from a writer and executive producer on "Breaking Bad" — although the subject matter for the new project would seem to be a long way from the gritty world of meth depicted in the…
With Elizabeth Vargas’ return as co-anchor of “20/20” after treatment for alcohol addiction, the ABC News magazine hit a four-year high, reports TVNewser. The show drew 8.3 million viewers Friday evening, its biggest audience in almost four years, the story…
ABC has given pilot orders to four dramas. Deadline.com reports that the network ordered “The Astronaut Wives Club," "Warriors," "Agatha" and an untitled project from Richard LaGravenese. “The Astronaut Wives Club” comes from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire…
BBC America has cast an Academy Award-winning actress as the female lead in an original series. Deadline.com reports that Mira Sorvino will play the lead in “Intruders,” an eight-episode series. The drama, based on a 2007 novel by Michael Marshall…
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"It was a ‘Lucky’ night for Daft Punk," reports CNN. The story continues: "The robot-headed duo won record of the year for the hit ‘Get Lucky’ and album of the year for ‘Random Access Memories’ at the 56th Annual Grammy…