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Discovery Communications has hired former Fox programming executive Peter Liguori as the company’s chief operating officer, the Los Angeles Times reports. Liguori, who left News Corp. earlier this year, will be charged with raising the profile of the Discovery channels,…
G.E. said in a regulatory filing that it plans to buy at least $345 million in ads on NBC over the next five years once Comcast takes control of the NBC Univeral joint venture, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The deal…
MTV’s “Jersey Shore” lost an advertiser, TVGuide.com reports. Domino’s decided it didn’t need to have its spots run in the reality program, which has been criticized by an Italian-American group for promoting stereotypes. Domino’s’ vice president of communications, Tim McIntyre,…
Adam Lambert will finally get to make an appearance on an ABC show, after being bumped from three others in the wake of his controversial “American Music Awards” performance, the Associated Press reports. Lambert will appear and perform on "The…
Comedy Central has four projects in development that started on the Web in some form, B&C reports. Programming president Lauren Corrao says by starting shows on the Web the network can see whether potential talent “can write, act or direct….
CBS is developing James Patterson’s upcoming novel "Private” into a drama, Variety reports. The book, co-written with Maxine Paetro and to be released June 28, is about a former CIA agent who goes into the family detective and security business….
The midseason order for NBC’s online-dating comedy “100 Questions” has been cut from 13 episodes to six, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The network said it didn’t need as many episodes after it gave full-season pickups to “Community” and “Parks and…