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The death of polygamist patriarch Roman Grant on the season finale of HBO’s “Big Love” was required to allow the show’s other characters to grow, co-creator Will Scheffer tells the Los Angeles Times. The death scene was kept secret by…
The 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards distributed its first batch of prizes Saturday night in New York. Among the honorees were talk show hosts Tyra Banks, Suze Orman and Phil Donahue. Ms. Banks received the previously announced Excellence in Media…
Nickelodeon delivered a one-two rating punch over the weekend, as its telecast of the 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards drew the show’s biggest audience ever and “The Penguins of Madagascar” ranked as the most-watched series premiere for the network. Saturday’s telecast…
Disney Media Networks has signed a deal with Google’s YouTube that will bring short-from content from various Disney properties to the Web video giant. As part of the deal, clips from the Disney-ABC Television Group and ESPN will begin to…
Producer David Stanley and the Gurin Co. are looking to revive “Shop ‘til You Drop” as an international formal, pitching the show at this week’s Mip TV market in Cannes. “Shop,” a game show format set in a fake mall,…
Residents in the San Francisco Bay area got a glimpse of Hollywood magic as a tanker-trailer explosion drew eager spectators, SFGate.com reports. The explosion was filmed for the NBC pilot “Trauma,” described as an “edgier” version of “ER,” the site…
Nielsen Co. says it will cut 1,600 jobs this year as part of the company’s restructuring, Advertising Age reports. The company made the announcement to investors and analysts last week, although Nielsen chief financial officer Brian West did not disclose…
New York may add $350 million to its existing television and film production tax credit program under a budget agreement that’s set for a vote by Wednesday, the Hollywood Reporter says. Still, the new funding will likely run out in…
CBS’ pilot “Waiting to Die” has cast T.J. Miller and Nick Thune in the two lead roles in the comedy about two guys who are happy with their lives even when things appear bad, the Hollywood Reporter says. NBC’s untitled…
The negotiations between the advertising industry and the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists are coming close to Tuesday’s contract expiration date, Daily Variety reports. Negotiators were working over the weekend in New York,…