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Lifetime bought the rerun rights to CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” to begin airing in Fall 2010, Variety says. The cable network paid about $350,000 per episode for the series, which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a single mom….
“CSI” creator Anthony Zuiker set up a two-year, first-look production deal for his Dare to Pass company at CBS Television Studios, and will develop both scripted and reality shows, Variety says. With president of production Matthew Weinberg, he’ll be looking…
Comedian Robin Williams has booked his first solo standup show on HBO since 2002 for December, Variety says. The show will be taped in Washington, D.C. during his upcoming tour, “Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction.” –Elizabeth Jensen
“How I Met Your Mother” executive producer Greg Malins and best-selling mystery novelist Harlan Coben have teamed up for a one-hour comedic drama about an uninhibited private-eye-turned-college-professor, The Hollywood Reporter says. The series has a script commitment at Fox. –Elizabeth…
Terry Kinney (“Oz,” “The Unusuals”) is joining CBS’ “The Mentalist” in a recurring role, The Hollywood Reporter says. He’ll play the head of the California Bureau of Investigation’s Serial Crimes Unit, helping track down the serial killer responsible for the…
Alec Baldwin is eyeing a possible run for office once his “30 Rock” stint is over in 2012, he tells Playboy. “The desire is there,” he tells the magazine, before going on to analyze a myriad of New York political…
The U.S. Olympic Committee is finally ready to unveil details of its two-years-in-the-making cable network devoted to Olympic sports, the Associated Press says. Citing an unnamed source, the AP says the network, to be launched in partnership with Comcast, will…
Michael Jackson’s memorial service didn’t break Web viewing records set during President Obama’s January inauguration, but it did bring in a huge audience. It was CNN.com’s second-largest live video streaming day, with 81 million pageviews and 9.7 million live video…