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By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age GroupM is striking agreements with broadcasters to do business on a C7 basis for its clients during upfronts, according to multiple people familiar with the talks. Actual commitments for ad time aren't the focus; instead…
In what the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker calls a “surprise move,” a late-night show has been canceled. The newspaper reports that CBS Television Distribution has canceled Arsenio Hall’s talk show. The cancellation comes as “The Arsenio Hall Show” was…
An actress known for her work on a fondly remembered children's television series of the 1970s has died. The New York Times reports that Lee Chamberlin, one of the original cast members of PBS's “The Electric Company,” died May 25…
Justin Bieber is apologizing after video footage surfaced of the pop singer making a racist joke, People magazine reports. In the footage from three years ago, when Bieber was 17, he repeatedly uses a derogatory slur, the story reports. In…
Endemol production company Darlow Smithson Productions has signed an exclusive agreement to track and follow the selection and training of astronauts enrolled in the Mars One program, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Netherlands-based project aims to establish a human…
Television's annual upfront advertising sales process is getting off to a slow start, reports Meg James in the Los Angeles Times. "Things are a little slower than in years past," Jason Maltby, an executive director of Mindshare USA, said Friday….
A project that has been in development at AMC has lost its director. Reporting on Deadline.com, Nellie Andreeva reports that director David Mackenzie exited the pilot "Galyntine" over creative differences. He will be replaced by Greg Nicotero, the pilot’s executive…
In what Variety’s Brian Steinberg calls a “whopping sum that could represent a new record for pricing,” NBC is asking about $4.5 million for a 30-second spot in the Super Bowl XLIX broadcast. That’s about 12.5% higher than the pricing…
Singer and actor Kris Kristofferson is set to play a U.S. president in an upcoming project for History. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Kristofferson will play Andrew Jackson in the eight-hour miniseries “Texas Rising." The project is from…
“Bonnie & Clyde” executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are working on a new four-hour miniseries for History, reports Deadline.com. History has bought a script for the project, which will look at the beginnings of the medieval Christian order…