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Writers’ Huge Age Discrimination Suit vs. Studios, Networks Settled

Settlement has been reached in a massive age discrimination lawsuit against Hollywood studios, the TV networks and talent agencies, The Wrap reports. The suit, which involved 19 long-standing cases filed against 17 major networks and studios and seven talent agencies…

Smit Named Head of Comcast Cable

Neil Smit, current CEO of Charter Communications and former head man of Time Warner’s America Online Internet-access service, has been named president of Comcast Cable Communications, reports B&C. Smit’s Internet-access experience is seen as a a plus in his new role. Smit…

Imagine Plans Pilot Based on Series Idea by ‘Star Trek’ Creator

Imagine Entertainment will develop a pilot based on an unproduced series idea by "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The late Roddenberry concocted another sci-fi series in the early ’70s called "The Questor Tapes," telling the story of an android…

Here’s What Joe Abruzzese, Ad Sales Executive Extraordinaire, Did That Changed the Ad Game

In 2002, Joe Abruzzese, then the top ad sales executive at the Tiffany Network, CBS, did a most extraordinary thing. He jumped to cable, taking the helm for ad sales at Discovery Communications. As one top media agency person told…

TNT Adding More Original Series

TNT will launch three new original scripted series over the next two years, bringing its total number of originals to 10, Multichannel News reports. The three, which will start with 10 episodes each, are a light drama, “Delta Blues” and…

Video: Robin Williams’ Raucous Ditty on Conan’s Show Thursday Night. (Here’s the Chorus of the Song, Directed to NBC: ‘F— the bast—- if they can’t take a joke’ )

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Besides Fox, Here are the Other Nets Known to Be Interested in Conan

Fox and its cable sister FX aren’t the only networks that are expressing interest in providing a new home for Conan O’Brien in latenight, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Several cable networks, including USA, TNT and TBS, Comedy Central, HBO and…

Attention HBO: Cast Rosie O’Donnell as John Edwards Wife Elizabeth, and Sarah Palin as Herself

HBO has optioned the rights to the book "Game Change" about the 2008 presidential race. The book is co-written by Mark Halperin, who spoke to the New York Post’s Page Six this morning.  According to the article, no one in the…

Executive Who’s Been with Discovery for All of Its 25 Years Explains the DNA of Success

Clark Bunting, who is currently the President and General Manager of the Discovery Channel, was one of company’s first employees when it launched 25 years ago.                                                                                1985 logo If there’s a job he hasn’t done at the company it’s…

Nielsen Disputes Study That Says Youth TV Viewing is Down

Nielsen is disputing the results of a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation which found that live TV viewing by youths between the ages of 8 and 18 had dropped by 25 minutes per day in the last five…