McDonald’s is starting its own channel, a digital network that will be available for people eating at its chain of fast-food restaurants, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company has tapped Mark Burnett’s digital production company and BBC America to…
Even though tech critics weren’t impressed with the iPhone 4S, Apple shares hit a new high Friday as consumers rushed to get their hands on the new device, reports Deadline.com. Apple shares rose 3.3% to $422, a new high, the…
The creator of "Grey’s Anatomy" has made her first sale outside of ABC, Deadline.com reports. Shondaland, the ABC Studios-based company of Shonda Rhimes, sold a put pilot commitment for "Wildwood" to Fox, the story reports. The dramedy project is set…
HBO has shuttered its in-house casting department, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pay cable network has decided to rely on outside casting directors, the story says. Senior Vice President Carrie Frazier and Vice President Amy Jo Berman have left…
ABC has given a put pilot commitment to a firehouse comedy from Peter Tolan, who co-created the firefighter drama "Rescue Me" with Denis Leary, reports Deadline.com. The project, called "Angela’s Bachelors," will be set at a Boston firehouse and is…
In the long-running rivalry between late-night hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno, the numbers appear to be shifting in the young fall season. Letterman, whose CBS talker “Late Show with David Letterman” has typically wound up second to Leno’s NBC…
Lady Gaga won an injunction against an animated character known as Lady Goo Goo, blocking the release of a single that parodies Gaga’s music, CBS News reports. Today’s decision by London’s High Court stops the release of “The Moshi Dance”…
BBC America recorded its best-ever quarter in the third quarter in prime time (up 18%) and total day (up 23%), according to Nielsen figures. The iconic science fiction series “Doctor Who” and the worldwide hit car show “Top Gear” were…
The Content Development department at ESPN, which has been headed up by Keith Clinkscales, is being shut down, Multichannel News reports. Clinkscales is exiting the channel to become an independent producer, the story reports. The 20 to 25 positions in…
Two new fall shows got good news from their network boss, and a sophomore show on the same network received an order for six more scripts, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. In ABC Chief Paul Lee’s…