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Golden Globes: ‘Glee,’ ‘Mad Men’ Best Shows; Lots of Zingers Directed at NBC Late Night Situation

As "Glee" and "Mad Men" took the Best Comedy/Musical TV Series and Best Drama TV Series awards at the Golden Globe awards Sunday night, NBC, which broadcast the show, was the subject of a number of barbs. The list of…

Being Allowed to Fail May be Behind the Success of Animal Planet

We continue our series of interviews with the top executives of Discovery Communicaions, TVWeek’s "Cable TV Programmer of the Decade." Today we speak with Marjorie Kaplan, who’s been with Discovery for 13 years, the last three overseeing a major transformation…

Attention Hollywood Talent: If You’ve Got a Good TV Idea, Starz’ Chris Albrecht Wants to Hear It

New Starz chief Chris Albrecht, who had an award-winning run putting great TV shows on-air at HBO for a number of years, has put out call for talent to bring projects to Starz, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Albrecht told THR, "I…

Book ‘Em, Danno: CBS Picks Up ‘Hawaii Five-O’

CBS picked up a remake of the classic cop show "Hawaii Five-O," reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series will be some major talent behind it: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and "CSI: NY" executive producer Peter Lenkov. Says the article,…

Leno Staffers Say Don’t Blame Their Boss

Jay Leno staff members have come to the defense of their boss in the finger-pointing taking place over what caused NBC’s late night drama, reports the Associated Press. Producer Jack Coen said Leno is “being a good soldier, and he’s being trashed,"…

Nat Geo Wild Will Launch with Large Slate of Originals

National Geographic Wild, the wildlife channel that replaces the Fox Reality Channel in the spring, will launch with at least five new series and specials, Multichannel News reports. New shows include a documentary series, “Expedition Wild,” whose first episode will…

Wide Airing for Clooney-Organized Haiti Telethon

"Hope for Haiti," the telethon that George Clooney is organizing and MTV Networks is presenting to help victims of the Haiti earthquake, will air commercial-free on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, The CW, HBO and CMT, as well as the…

Discovery Teams with Spielberg

Discovery Communications and Steven Spielberg are teaming up on a documentary about rebuilding the site of New York’s World Trade Center, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Titled "Rebuilding Ground Zero," the six-part series is planned for Discovery’s Science Channel in 2011,…

TV Guide Network to Keep ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Edits to Minimum

When the TV Guide Network premieres the first basic cable run of Larry David’s "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in March, it will keep edits to a minimum, reports TV Guide. The network said that the award-winning HBO series, which ran without…

‘Damages’ Reveals More Upcoming Casting

Two popular stars from former HBO series, Dominic Chianese from "The Sopranos" and Craig Bierko from "Sex & the City," have been cast on the upcoming third season of FX’s "Damages," reports Theatermania.com. The series returns on Jan. 25. Chianese…