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Comedy Central has given Bobby Lee’s half-hour comedy a pilot order, the Hollywood Reporter says. Troy Miller, executive producer on HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords,” will direct and produce the program about Lee’s experiences living in a multicultural world, the…
MTV is planning a spinoff of “The Hills” starring Whitney Port, US Weekly reports, citing an unnamed source. The series will follow Port as she becomes a bicoastal employee for PR firm People’s Revolution, the magazine says. The article did…
Federal Communications Commission staffers will visit Best Buy, Circuit City and RadioShack stories in Wilmington, N.C. on May 31, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The staffers will inform customers of what equipment they need for the test market’s upcoming switch to…
Oxygen’s “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” may feature behind-the-scenes footage of Tori Spelling reprising her role as Donna Martin on The CW’s “90210,” the New York Daily News reports. Spelling points out that there could be overlap between the…
NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” may continue despite a claim from NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker that the soap opera was unlikely to be extended beyond 2009, Entertainment Weekly reports. Insiders confirm that NBC may be closing a new deal…
The cast of “The Office” may have been the last to know about the upcoming “Office” spinoff, Entertainment Weekly reports. Actress Jenna Fischer claims she learned the news through a fan site and is not aware of any details about…
CBS President-CEO Leslie Moonves expressed faith in the strength and stability of broadcast television at the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on Thursday, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Moonves, who touted CBS’ “Worst Week” as the best comedy pilot he’s…
Peter Horton will direct and executive produce the pilot for NBC’s “The Philanthropist,” Daily Variety reports. Horton joins the project as David Eick takes over as showrunner and executive producer after Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson’s departure, the newspaper says….
Ray Winstone and Jonah Lotan have joined the cast of David Milch’s HBO pilot “Last of the Ninth,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The drama centers around the New York Police Department in 1972, the newspaper says. Winstone will play a…