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Time Warner, NBC Universal and private equity firm Blackstone Group appear to be the only remaining bidders for Landmark Communications’ Weather Channel, the Hollywood Reporter says. The high asking price, a lack of synergy and different corporate priorities are said…
“Six Feet Under” creator Alan Ball is developing an American remake of the British prison drama “Bad Girls” for HBO, extending his partnership with the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. Nancy Oliver (“Lars and the Real Girl”) and Raelle Tucker…
SoapNet has ordered a second season of “General Hospital: Night Shift,” Multichannel News reports. Production on the 13 episodes will begin next month, with the premiere set for July 22 at 11 p.m., the newspaper says. “Night Shift’s” debut on…
CMT will repurpose NBC’s “Nashville Star,” which joins the network June 9 after five seasons on USA Network, Daily Variety reports. Each episode will air on CMT Friday at 8 p.m., four days after its premiere on NBC, the newspaper…
Kelsey Grammer is set to join the cast of ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot “Roman’s Empire,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The show follows a dumped man trying to get out from under the grip of his ex-girlfriend’s family, the newspaper says….
Betsy Alexander has been named the senior producer for CBS’ “The Early Show,” TVNewser reports. Alexander previously was vice president of iVillage and a senior producer on NBC’s “Today” show for eight years, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
DirecTV is launching GameSearch, a new receiver feature that searches for local blacked-out games, Multichannel News reports. GameSearch will automatically search to see if a game is being broadcast on another channel and will alert the viewer if the receiver…
Time Warner Cable’s Navic Networks interactive TV platform for advanced advertising will relaunch in Los Angeles, Multichannel News reports. The timeline for the relaunch has not been set yet, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
TV and film writer Zekial Marko died from complications related to emphysema on May 9, http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986356.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 says. Marko wrote episodes of “The Rockford Files,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “Toma.” He was 74. —Vlada Gelman
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that the cable news channels have devoted more coverage to the ongoing political campaign than to the earthquake in China despite viewer interest in the natural disaster, the Hollywood…