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“What I Like About You” vet Amanda Bynes has been tapped to star in the ABC pilot “Canned,” Daily Variety reports. The project focuses on group of friends fired from their jobs on the same day, the trade says. Bynes…
Kyra Sedgwick will be the face for Tropicana’s new product, Trop50, the Hollywood Reporter says. Sedgwick will represent the company’s new light orange juice in what it says is Tropicana’s first multimillion-dollar campaign in its history, the trade publication says….
President Barack Obama’s appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” showed a balance between being humorous and being presidential, the New York Times reports. The appearance demonstrates how American culture has changed, with Obama’s visit to the show marking…
While President Barack Obama taped his segment on Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show,” about 100 Screen Actors Guild actors picketed outside the NBC Burbank studios, Daily Variety reports. The protest was organized with the goal of drawing Obama’s attention to…
CBS is going all the way with “Kid Nation” alum Scott Einziger and Endemol USA, TVWeek reports. The network has greenlit a pilot for “The Whole 19 Yards,” a one-hour action-oriented game show to be executive produced by Mr. Einziger….
Thomas H. Lee Partners managing director Richard Bressler said his company’s portfolio of businesses, which include Univision and Nielsen Co., have seen some stabilization in the last month, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “For the last month or so, it hasn’t…
The Canadian government is drawing up plans to help its major broadcasters cope with an advertising slump through regulatory and tax changes, the Hollywood Reporter says. “We have always been mindful of the difficulties that have hit the broadcasting industry,…
The BBC is freezing executive pay and cutting talent fees in a bid to save $583 million over the next three years, Daily Variety says. BBC director general Mark Thompson said the broadcaster needs to trim spending or risk exceeding…
News Corp. named Jan Koeppen, who headed Boston Consulting Group’s media practice, as a new top aide for James Murdoch, the Wall Street Journal reports. Koeppen was tapped as chief operating officer of News Corp.’s Europe and Asia operations, which…
HBO is taking an unusual direction for the pay-cable service known for mobsters and “Sex and the City” with its new show, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,” which focuses on an optimistic African private eye named Precious, the Wall…