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News Corp. units Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox Television will create an animation department along with an initiative called Fox Inkubation, TelevisionWeek reports. The companies will focus on developing animation projects through short films and eventually entire series, the…
Sci Fi Channel signed Eric Stoltz for its “Battlestar Galactica” prequel “Caprica,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Stoltz will star opposite Esai Morales, the newspaper reports. –Danny King
This year’s upfronts will feature fewer pilot presentations as well as fewer lavish parties as television networks recover from the affects of the Writers Guild of America strike earlier this year, the New York Times reports. Networks will also be…
Pappas Telecasting, the largest U.S. privately owned commercial-broadcasting operator, filed for Chapter 11, largely blaming the CW’s low ratings for its financial challenges, MarketWatch reports, citing Dow Jones Newswires. Pappas, which owns CW affiliates among its 30 TV stations, has…
Former Republican advisor Karl Rove is joining Fox News as a pundit, making him the latest political figure to become a TV fixture for the 2008 elections, the New York Times reports. Barack Obama press secretary Bill Burton scoffed at…
The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are planning to meet April 15 to discuss a new labor contract, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The movement toward negotiations comes after SAG and AFTRA decided to…
National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow said Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin will remain an adversary to the cable industry for the rest of his term, Multichannel News reports. The industry is building relationships with the other…
Fans of CBS drama “Moonlight” are helping to organize a Red Cross blood drive to try to ensure the show isn’t canceled before its second season, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show will air the first of four remaining episodes…
Endemol USA acquired a 51% stake in 51 Minds Entertainment, which produces reality shows such as “Flavor of Love” and “I Love New York,” Daily Variety reports. The potential value of the transaction, depending on 51 Minds hitting certain financial…
NBC signed “The Fast and the Furious” writer Gary Scott Thompson as showrunner and executive producer for the network’s updated version of “Knight Rider,” Daily Variety reports. Thompson also worked on “Las Vegas,” which NBC canceled after the Writers Guild…