The U.K. import "Merlin" has been picked up for a third season by Syfy, which plans to air the show in early 2011, reports TVGuide.com The first season of the show aired last summer on NBC with mediocre ratings, at…
During a table read for the pilot of the "Army Wives" spinoff, producer Mark Gordon used the word "nigger’ twice, prompting Lifetime to notify ABC Studios that the situation needed to be dealt with, reports Nikki Finke of Deadline.com. Gordon,…
VH1 said it’s sticking with the Sept. 19 second-season debut of Fantasia Barrino’s reality show, "Fantasia for Real," despite the "American Idol" winner’s overdose this week, reports the New York Post. A representative for the network said that it’s too…
AMC has placed a full-series order for the pilot that was formerly known as "The Killing," and which now is untitled, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. The series is based on a popular Danish television crime series…
Cox Communications will integrate its video-on-demand service in TiVo’s digital video recorders, allowing viewers to tap both services without dealing with two separate devices, reports the Los Angeles Times. Without this arrangement, viewers would need a cable set-top box for…
Syfy has cinched a deal with "Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller to adapt a popular science-fiction novel called "The Lotus Caves" for television, reports EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. In the 1969 book by John Christopher, two rebellious boys living on…
DirecTV has signed a deal with Google for the Internet company to sell ads across 11 networks airing on the satellite operator, reports Multichannel News. The deal will allow Google TV Ads to sell inventory across all dayparts on local…