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Audrina Patridge will leave “The Hills” after its fifth season for an agreement with Mark Burnett Prods., the Hollywood Reporter says. Burnett’s proposing a new series that will follow Patridge’s life, both personal and professional, which will be pitched to…
Kelsey Grammer’s ABC comedy pilot has tapped Melinda McGraw to play the wife of Grammer’s character, a Wall Street bigwig who is forced to spend time with his family after getting laid off, the Hollywood Reporter says. Among other casting…
HBO’s “You’re Welcome America—A Final Night With George W Bush” on Saturday drew 2.3 million viewers, the biggest audience for an HBO comedy special since 2004’s “Chris Rock: Never Scared,” Daily Variety reports. —Aimee Picchi
Less than one month after Hulu pulled its content from the web-to-TV service, Boxee has started fighting back with a pair of new deals for content and distribution. SXSW Blog: Trial & Error . . . More » Content Creators…
Advertising spending fell in 2008, with only Hispanic cable TV and cable TV showing gains, the Nielsen Co. said Friday. Broadcast network television was down 3.5%, syndication was down 0.8%, spot TV in the top 100 markets was down 0.3%,…
Rupert Murdoch has tapped Fox Searchlight movie whiz Peter Rice to run Fox Broadcasting—a left-field choice that is already prompting speculation that Mr. Murdoch may be grooming Mr. Rice for an even bigger job in the long-term. In the short…
ABC has told the producers of “Life on Mars” that it won’t be ordering another season of the show, Television Week reports. That will allow the writers to create a definite ending to the show, the publication says. “We felt…
Sharon Osbourne is being sued by a former contestant on her “Rock of Love Charm School,” the Associated Press reports. Megan Hauserman’s filed suit on Monday in Los Angeles claiming battery, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress over a…
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said Monday that MTV’s ratings challenges can be blamed in part on the weak performance of reality show repeats, MediaPost reports. Dauman told investors that the company will change the programming mix to air shows that…
Dish reported its biggest quarterly loss of subscribers in the fourth quarter, posting a loss of 102,000 subscribers, the Hollywood Reporter says. Dish reported profit of $217 million, a jump of 24% from a year earlier, while sales rose 1%…