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Lionsgate and Disney-ABC have partnered to distribute titles from the ABC library, beginning with “According to Jim: Season One” on Oct. 21, Media Daily News reports. The agreement also includes DVD releases for “Hope & Faith,” “8 Simple Rules ……
Max von Sydow will join the cast of Showtime’s “The Tudors” as Cardinal Von Waldburg, Daily Variety reports. He will appear in four episodes during the upcoming third season of the drama, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Alex Hardcastle will direct Comedy Central’s “Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire,” Daily Variety reports. Hardcastle will helm all six episodes of the Middle Ages-set comedy, which is being eyed for an early 2009 debut, the newspaper says….
Media Rights Capital has tapped Hunter Ellis to host its upcoming reality show “In Harm’s Way,” which will air on The CW, Daily Variety reports. The company also has added the Canadian series “4Real” to its Sunday night block on…
Jodie Platt is leaving her post as ABC Studios’ head of comedy after two years, the Hollywood Reporter says. She will be replaced by ABC’s VP of Current Comedy Kevin Plunkett, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Billy Dee Williams will guest star on ABC’s “Private Practice” next season, TV Guide reports. Williams will play a patient of Taye Diggs’ character in “a very moving role,” the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman
Danny Trejo has been cast on “The Young and the Restless” as a bartender who lends Victor his ear, TV Guide reports. His first episode airs Aug. 11, the magazine notes. Meanwhile, “The Sopranos’” Vincent Pastore will play a mobster…
Robert Forster has been cast as the father of Nathan and Peter Petrelli on NBC’s “Heroes,” Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. It is unknown if Forster will portray Arthur Petrelli in flashbacks, the present or future scenes, the magazine…
Dish Network has dropped carriage of four Midwestern TV stations owned by Citadel Communications, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The two companies could not negotiate an extension to their retransmission-consent agreement, the newspaper says. The affected stations are ABC affiliate WOI-TV…