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Lifetime has ordered a pilot for a spinoff of its veteran medical drama “Strong Medicine,” sources said. “Strong Medicine: First Response” is billed as a more edgy and younger-skewing version of the original. Lifetime recently ordered a sixth season of…
Alleging that Fox’s WDCA-TV and Paxson Communications’ WPXW-TV in Washington have failed to meet their children’s television obligations, watchdog groups today petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to deny license renewals for the stations. Under the FCC’s children’s TV rules, stations…
ESPN said today it plans to produce special editions of “SportsCenter” originating in front of American troops in the Middle East for a week starting Sept. 12. “We want to give something back to the men and women who are…
Golden Globe-nominee Bitty Schram has left the USA Network series “Monk,” the network said Tuesday. Ms. Schram has been with the series since it debuted in 2002, portraying “Sharona,” an assistant to lead actor Tony Shalhoub. “Bitty Schram and USA…
Charles Tremayne has been promoted to executive VP of Granada America, it was announced Tuesday by Granada CEO Paul Jackson and President Stephen Davis. Mr. Tremayne, formerly senior VP of Granada Factual USA, has overseen the expansion of the New…
Following the lead of ABC’s wireless video convention and campaign coverage, NBC’s new NBC Mobile service is delivering daily news packages for cellphone users from the Republican National Convention this week, including updates from Andrea Mitchell and Tom Brokaw.In addition…
DreamWorks teamed with Anime Network’s 24-hour cable channel and video-on-demand service in an ad commitment that entails the full airing of the 75-second trailer for the new anime film “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.” Anime said the ad buy…
Entertainment, comedy and reality producer John Irwin has formed Irwin Entertainment, his own company.Mr. Irwin, most recently VP, development and production for Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, will continue to develop with Mr. Michaels, in addition to actively producing and developing…
Fox News Channel reasserted itself in a big way by dominating the first night of Republican National Convention coverage with more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined, according to data from Nielsen Media Research.From 8-11 p.m. Monday, Fox averaged 3.717…
The spoof of “Saturday Night Live’s” opening credits with which Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie opened his party’s national convention proceedings Monday night provoked much appreciative applause in Madison Square Garden and positive reviews in the coverage of the…