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FX has bought the network rights to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” Daily Variety reports. It was part of an eight-movie agreement that could be worth at least $80 million and includes the rights to the films “Taken” and “Marley and Me,”…
WBBM-TV and WGN-TV have agreed to join the content-sharing service started by Fox and NBC in Chicago, Broadcasting & Cable reports. CBS-owned WBBM and Tribune’s WGN will join the Local News Service starting May 11, the trade paper says. The…
Hearst-Argyle Television called an increased tender offer “fair” and advised shareholders accept the offer from Hearst Corp., which is seeking the one-third of the TV station owner it doesn’t yet own, Dow Jones reports. Hearst had said it expected the…
MTV’s comedy pilot “Hard Times” has hired Paul Iacono for the lead, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, which is produced and directed by Jeffrey Katzenberg’s son David, follows a well-equipped geek who gains social status in his high school…
ABC has agreed to back up CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” assuring a full-season order to the comedy if CBS decides to skip on renewing the show, the Hollywood Reporter says. Still, chances are CBS will renew the…
Disney XD has tapped the live-action show “Aaron Stone” for a second season and has bought “Viper Slap,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The comedy “Viper Slap” follows a teenager played by Logan Miller who gets to be the new lead…
Hollywood’s Walk of Fame will be the focus of several shows created by Mark Burnett’s production company, the Hollywood Reporter says. The company will first create a special looking at the 50th anniversary of the Walk of Fame, which is…
Lee Carosi Dunn tells Broadcasting & Cable that she still wants the Republican nomination to the FCC, after several sources had said she’d taken her name out of the running. Carosi Dunn, a communications adviser to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,…
The sports show “Joe Buck Live” will debut on HBO on June 15, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The program is produced by HBO Sports’ production department, and the first episode will look at the intersection of sports and celebrity, the…
“America’s Got Talent,” which is gearing up for its next season on NBC on June 23, will stick with host David Hasselhoff, the New York Post reports. According to RadarOnline.com, Hasselhoff visited a hospital after an episode on Saturday. “David…