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Two HBO series are hitting the chopping block. EW.com’s Inside TV reports that the pay-cable channel opted out of giving new seasons to the comedies “Hello Ladies” and “Family Tree.” Both shows received positive reviews, “but failed to capture the…
“Saturday Night Live” has named a new co-anchor for its “Weekend Update” segment. The Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker reports that the job is going to the show’s head writer, Colin Jost. Jost will join Cecily Strong in the coveted…
A correspondent who has been with NBC News for more than 30 years is leaving the network. TVNewser reports that political and investigative correspondent Lisa Myers announced she’s headed out. “I have had more than 30 fascinating years at NBC…
A "legendary sports and entertainment attorney died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, of natural causes after a long illness at his home in Beverly Hills," reports the Hollywood Reporter. He was Ed Hookstratten, known as "Hook." He was 83. Henry Bushkin,…
Here’s the tease in the current January/February issue of The Atlantic magazine for an article, by Taylor Clark, titled "The Dark Lord of the Internet": "He may be the most financially successful 20-something you’ve never heard of, a bizarro Mark…
One of the top executives at CNBC is reportedly headed out the door. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that the cable channel opted not to renew the contract of Susan Krakower, senior vice president of strategic programming and…
With the Super Bowl slated for the open-air MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Feb. 2, Fox Sports said it’s prepared to broadcast the game if it has to be shifted to another day because of bad weather, according to…
How fitting that with the international marketplace of syndication — NATPE — starting Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Miami Beach, word came this week that Ellen DeGeneres’ daytime talk show has been sold to China. Writes George Winslow in B&C,…
Fox is expanding its comedy lineup, placing a series order for one show and ordering three comedy pilots. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the network placed an order for a six-episode run of “Weird Loners.” The series is…
ABC has placed a cast-contingent pilot order for a semi-autobiographical multicamera comedy from stand-up comedian Kevin Hart, The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. The project comes from former “Community” executive producers Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, and is about a…