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U.S. production companies bought remake rights at MIP TV for several hits from Nordisk, one of Scandinavia’s largest producers and distributors, the Hollywood Reporter says. Reveille bought U.S. rights for its dating show “Don’t Date Him Girl,” while Renegade picked…
Amy Poehler tells the New York Times her character in NBC’s new sitcom “Parks and Recreation” has all the qualities she loves to play. “She’s naïve and narcissistic, completely deluded and completely out of touch with reality,” she says. The…
Mary Steenburgen has been cast in CBS’ comedy pilot “Happiness Isn’t Everything,” also starring Richard Dreyfuss and Jason Biggs, the Hollywood Reporter says. Steenburgen and Dreyfuss will play the show’s parents, who are overly involved in their family members’ lives,…
The Chicago Tribune says that its unlikely that NBC, or any other network, will ever have another drama like “ER,” which in its heyday generated audiences of almost 50 million a week. Expense is one reason, the paper says. NBC…
E!Online reports that NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle,” on life support for months, has officially been cancelled. “We just were officially told it’s finally not coming back,” star Brooke Shields tells E! “I think a lot of people were really sad, but…
Bill O’Reilly, whose “The O’Reilly Factor” is marking its 100th consecutive month as the top-rated cable news program, says in an interview with Broadcasting & Cable that he wants President Barack Obama to succeed. “We want to persuade him that…
Univision Communications is at an impasse with retransmission-consent negotiations with Dish Network, which could lead to the Spanish-language network dropped from the satellite distributor on April 2, Multichannel News reports. Univision reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable, whose carriage…
Dylan Ratigan may be going to ABC, where the former CNBC anchor hopes to sign a talk show, the New York Post reports. Ratigan has had “preliminary talks” with ABC and is likely to move to the network after his…
ABC is taking a second shot on “Cupid,” a new version of a show that lasted only 14 episodes back in 1998-99, the Associated Press reports. The do-over is a TV rarity. “A lot of people feel like there must…
Actor Wendell Pierce is at home in New Orleans, where he’s starring in the HBO pilot “Treme,” which looks how the city is coping after Hurricane Katrina, the New York Times reports. Pierce is a community leader in New Orleans,…