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Morgan Freeman is working with the Science Channel on a space exploration show called “Through the Worm Hole,” the Associated Press reports. The show is likely to air in early 2010 and will explore topics such as the possibility of…
A new bill called the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act was introduced Wednesday that would ask the State Department to report annually on the state of press freedom worldwide, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The bill, introduced by Reps….
HBO is working with Paramount Pictures and Robert Evans on a six-hour miniseries about Sidney Korshak, a Chicago attorney who came to Hollywood and became a fixer, Daily Variety says. The network bought the rights to the Vanity Fair article…
CBS Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel is alleging in a lawsuit that a television producer tricked him into appearing on Internet informercials, the Associated Press reports. Filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, the suit alleges Encore Television Group…
“ER” is ending its 15-year run seeped in its creators’ worries about the show’s oblivion, the New York Times reports. The show hasn’t received an Emmy since 2005 and has been surpassed in the ratings by other hospital dramas such…
FX’s “Damages,” which ended its second season on Wednesday, has transformed Glenn Close’s character by allowing her to show her fear and vulnerability, the New York Times reports. Still, with her goal of bringing down the evil Ultima National Resources,…
Disney has purchased family-oriented Web sites from Kaboose for $18.4 million, Mediaweek reports. The sites—Kaboose.com, Funschool.com, Zeeks.com, Babyzone.com and AmazingMoms.com—together reach more than 5 million monthly users, according to comScore. —Aimee Picchi
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently used its funds to influence a storyline in the “ER” episode with George Clooney’s return, part of a strategy of delivering its messages on health topics such as HIV prevention, the New York…
Diane Farr is joining the third season of Showtime’s “Californication,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The actress, who has been on “Rescue Me” and “Numb3rs,” will play a sex-crazed grad student, the publication reports. It’s her first role since giving birth to…
Disney CEO Bob Iger said he’s “open to exploring” running entire cable networks online if it was possible to authenticate that users were subscribers. Speaking at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show in Washington Thursday morning, Mr. Iger…