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There’s a big debate going on in the U.K. over the funding of the BBC, Variety reports. Currently all homes with TV sets pay a license fee to fund the BBC. At least one influential politician–who is also a former…
FX has picked up “Archer,” an animated comedy about the intrigue among employees of an international spy agency, The Hollywood Reporter says. The show, the network’s first animated series in a decade, will premiere in the fall. It was created…
Producer Kate Edelman Johnson is working on a feature film version of “The Big Valley,” the 1960s TV series co-created by her father, producer Louis F. Edelman, and writer A.I. Bezzerides, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The Western, set in the…
In a piece entitled “Chasing Terrorists (and TV Ratings)," New York Times reporter Brian Stelter talks about a forthcoming series from NBC News called “The Wanted,” that some are already derisively calling “To Catch a Terrorist,” a reference to "Dateline…
The MTV Video Music Awards are moving back to New York, where they will be presented on Sept. 13th at Radio City Music Hall, MTV announced. Reprising his hosting duties at last year’s raucous Video Music Awards event will be…
The essential charge is that ABC News paid $200,000 for video footage shown during the interview, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing a TV Newser blog. ABC says paying for the footage “has nothing to do with the exclusive interview,”…
Citing weak auto advertising and the downgrading of its debt, Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 58 TV stations in 35 markets, said it may be forced into bankruptcy, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Sinclair, the nation’s 12th-largest TV station group, has…
“Survivor” winner Richard Hatch’s request to leave home confinement early to take part in a 10th anniversary edition of the show has been denied by a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Associated Press says. Hatch was recently released from several years…
TV reality show personality Jon Gosselin, who has eight kids, will co-design a line of children’s clothing with French designer Christian Audigier, says the Chicago Sun Times. Meanwhile, Jon’s new girlfriend has had a wild past, according to Popeater.com. —Chuck…
The idea is that the filing would allow the team to clean up its books for its eventual sale, the Associated Press reports.. The team’s owner, the Tribune Co., is already in bankruptcy. —Chuck Ross