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20th Century Fox TV has signed “Reaper” creators Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters to a two-year, seven-figure agreement, the Hollywood Reporter says. The deal calls for the two to leave the ABC Studios-produced “Reaper’ and develop projects for 20th Century…
NY1 News anchor Pat Kiernan, who does the morning “In the Papers” segment on the cable channel, is starting a national version online, the New York Times says. PatsPapers.com is designed to “cut through the clutter,” Kiernan tells the paper,…
NBC has tapped Jason Katims of “Friday Night Lights” to oversee a new version of “The Wizard of Oz” story called “Dorothy Gale,” Daily Variety reports. The project, written by Bridget Carpenter, follows Dorothy as she arrives in Manhattan and…
The Chicago Tribune takes a look at TV’s numbers game. The paper points out that while “Guiding Light’s” 2.17 million viewers dooms it to cancellation, Glenn Beck’s 2.3 million viewers on Fox News Channel makes it a hot item in…
Peter Bart will take a new role at Variety as VP and editorial director of the publication, Daily Variety reports. Tim Gray will become editor of the trade paper, the publication says. Bart will continue his weekly column and blog…
Producer Craig Piligian tells the New York Daily News that TV networks are seeking uplifting programs given the depressing news about the economy. “They’re looking for more uplifting, happier, self-help, aspirational,” says Piligian, who has his “American Chopper” returning to…
The era of star anchors who show up to read the news without doing any original reporting is over, Broadcasting & Cable reports. With ad revenue sliding at television stations, anchors need to prove their worth or else face getting…
After the cancellation of the long-running soap opera “Guiding Light” by CBS, Procter & Gamble Productions will be focusing on digital media and Web sites to push its products to consumers, Dow Jones reports. P&G is also look at ways…
Laura Leighton will reprise her role as Sydney Andrews on the new version of “Melrose Place,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Despite being mowed down by a car on her wedding day in the fifth-season finale of the show in 1997,…
A new HBO documentary on the “Thrilla in Manila” heavyweight bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier focuses on Frazier as the moral victor of the fight, the New York Times says. Frazier was mocked for five years by Ali…