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John Goodman signed on to co-star in “The Station,” a comedy series pilot for Fox, The Hollywood Reporter says. The “Roseanne” alum will play a CIA veteran who mentors a covert CIA operative on a mission in Central America to…
Cartoon Network played an important role when Turner Sports recently extended its deal for TV rights to the PGA of America, The Hollywood Reporter says. Some observers thought Turner was in jeopardy of losing the golf rights, having also recently…
Kids TV veteran Margaret Loesch was named president and CEO of the new Discovery-Hasbro children’s channel, Broadcasting & Cable says. The network is taking over the Discovery Kids channel spot in the fall of 2010. Loesch previously ran Marvel Productions…
NBC picked up “Persons Unknown,” an international co-production from Fox TV Studios about strangers held prisoner in a ghost town, Variety says. Italy’s RAI and Mexico’s Televisa are partners in the series, which was developed at Fox and later Sci…
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour is always seen on camera in no-nonsense attire, and often in modest Muslim dress, but not so in the August Harper’s Bazaar, the Huffington Post notes. To accompany a story written by Rita Wilson, the correspondent posed…
Chris Albrecht, the former chairman and CEO of HBO, has teamed up with another premium cable service, Starz, to develop a one-hour drama, Variety says. The show revolves around a young female photographer trying to make her way in the tough…
Cox Communications has received unsolicited inquiries regarding its Travel Channel, and has hired Goldman Sachs to sort out the options, The Hollywood Reporter says. Cox, which has owned the channel for two years, didn’t mention a sale in what the…
Glenn Weiss directed the Tony Awards this year and now he’ll get to team up with host Neil Patrick Harris again, as he directs the Emmy Awards for the first time, The Hollywood Reporter says. Don Mischer is executive producing…
Ryan Seacrest left the William Morris Agency, his home for 10 years, and signed with CAA, just days after concluding his three-year, $45 million deal to continue hosting “American Idol,” The Hollywood Reporter says. WMA didn’t represent him in that…
Two weeks after infomercial host Billy Mays died of a possible heart attack, the Discovery Channel has decided to renew the show he starred in, “Pitchmen,” the New York Times says. For its second season, the cable channel said it…