ABC has revealed plans to adapt some familiar material, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network has projects in the works to bring versions of the novel “The Nanny Diaries” and the movie “The Lincoln Lawyer” to the small screen….
Now that Charlie Sheen is no longer on “Two and a Half Men” — where he was widely known to be the highest-paid actor on TV — there’s a new top dog when it comes to sitcom salaries, TVGuide.com reports….
Syfy has changed its plans for one of its shows, Deadline.com reports. The channel had previously said it would run a final six-episode season of “Eureka,” but now Syfy is backing away from that plan and has decided to cancel…
A cable channel that is a joint venture of Comcast, Lionsgate and Sony Pictures announced that it has greenlighted its first original scripted series, B&C reports. FEARnet gave the go-ahead to “Holliston,” a show about two friends who want to…
Carolyn Chambers, a pioneering cable executive and the founder and chairwoman of Chambers Communications, died Monday of cancer, Multichannel News reports. She was 79. The story reports: “Chambers, who among many accomplishments served on the boards of the National Cable…
CBS is in negotiations to buy a one-hour crime drama script from "True Blood" writer Chris Offutt, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is described as "House" meets "Walker, Texas Ranger.” The drama focuses on a Texas Ranger who…
After a series of delays marked by difficult contract talks, production finally got under way Monday on the fifth season of AMC’s “Mad Men,” reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Little is known about any possible directions the…
As News Corp. seeks to regain investor confidence amid a high-profile phone-hacking probe, the company is considering raising its quarterly dividend by 20% when it reports quarterly earnings, according to Bloomberg. The dividend may rise to 9 cents a share…
Media stocks were not spared Monday as the stock market suffered a steep decline. U.S. stocks had their worst one-day drop since December 2008, Bloomberg reported, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average off 633 points on news of Standard &…
Current TV announced that it has named a veteran cable and broadcast executive as the new network president. The position will be filled by David Bohrman, whose career as a journalist and news executive has included stops at CNN, ABC…