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Report: ‘Jersey Shore’ 3rd Season to Replace Entire Cast
In a profile of casting director Doron Ofir, Blackbook magazine reports he’s currently looking for entirely fresh faces for the third season of "Jersey Shore." According to the report, Ofir is the much sought-after "casting director and president of Popular Productions. Since…
Keri Russell Series Green Lit; Pick-Ups Coming Fast and Furious as Upfront Presentations Loom
With the broadcasters readying for their upfront presentations next week, the pick-ups are coming fast and furious, B&C reports. NBC said it’s picking up "Perfect Couples," the sixth scripted series to get an order from the network. The show will…
HBO, ‘Entourage’ Producers Close to Deal for Female-Focused Comedy
The producers of "Entourage" are close to a deal with HBO to create a female-focused series about a group of woman friends who live and work in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Reporter reports. "Entourage" executive producers Mark Wahlberg and Stephen…
Haim Saban Takes Back Control of ‘Power Rangers’ from Disney, Shifts Show to Nickelodeon
Haim Saban has reacquired the rights to his best-known franchise, the Power Rangers, from the Walt Disney Co. and has licensed the program to Nickelodeon in a bid to refresh the children’s program, the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog…
‘Sopranos’ James Gandolfini Back Acting on Another HBO Program; Tim Robbins Joins Cast as Well
James Gandolfini, star of HBO’s "The Sopranos" will be back acting on another HBO program, along with Tim Robbiins, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The program, from HBO Films, is "Cinema Verite," the story of the making of the 1970s ground-breaking PBS series "An American…
While ‘Idol’ Ratings Recover, CBS Wins Tuesday Night
While Fox’s "American Idol" showed improvement on Tuesday night after falling to an eight-year low last week, CBS won the night, the New York Times reports. A movie-themed "Idol" episode drew 18.7 million viewers at 8 p.m., compared with 17.5…
With Nation’s Largerst Cable Operator Adding ESPN 3D, 3-D Television Gets Boost; Plus, a 3-D Warning from the Nation’s Second Largest Cable Operator
ESPN has signed a deal with the nation’s largest cable operator to air ESPN 3D, a cable network that will carry 3-D coverage of sporting events starting with the World Cup next month, Advertising Age reports. Comcast will introduce the channel…
FCC Unlikely to Regulate Retransmission Consent Issues
It’s unlikely the Federal Communications Commission will step in to regulate disputes over retransmission consent issues between cable operators and broadcasters, theLos Angeles Times’ Company Town blog reports. Speaking at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s convention on Wednesday, top…
Verizon’s FiOS to Launch TV Everywhere So Subs Can Get TNT and TBS Shows Over the Internet
Verizon’s FiOS has made a deal twth Time Warner so its susbscribers can see TNT and TBS shows on the Internet, the companies announced at the annual convention of the National Cable and Telecommunicaions Association in Los Angeles on Wednesday,…