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One More Season of HBO’s ‘Conchords’ May Be Too Much Work, Star Says

HBO’s hit comedy series "Flight of the Conchords" may have flown for its last full season, according to Reuters. The show’s star Jemaine Clement revealed in an interview that a third season is not a certainty because of how much work…

Barry New NBA TV Analyst

Brent Barry, a former NBA star forward who played for 14 years for a few teams including the San Antonio Spurs, has lent his expertise to NBA TV, reports Multichannel News. Barry is now a full-time analyst on "NBA Game…

YouTube’s Hoffner Moves to Silverman’s Electus

Jordan Hoffner, YouTube director of content partnerships, is departing the company to become part of IAC’s Electus, the Barry Diller-backed content-creation venture headed by former NBC executive Ben Silverman, reports B&C. Hoffner was responsible for bringing accomplished content from established media…

WE tv Scores With ‘Bridezillas’ and ‘My Fair Wedding’

The Sunday night sixth-season finale of WE tv’s series "Bridezillas" was a winner for the network. The finale was the network’s best-rated telecast ever among women 25-54, pulling 493,000 viewers in that demo, according to Nielsen. The season six episodes overall were…

OMG, This Can’t Be Good: Guess in Which Country the Debut of ’30 Rock’ Got a Zero Rating

We’re willing to take the high road here and blame this one on lousy distribution and promotion. The debut of "30 Rock" in Germany on Sunday night pulled a 0.0 rating, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That means less than…

News Corp. Abandoning Travel Channel Bid

News Corp. is pulling out of the race to get control of the Travel Channel, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing “people close to the situation.” Bidding had escalated to close to $1 billion, far above the $600 million to…

TV Comedy Star to Try Hand at Drama

The star of a long-running sitcom is teaming up with Diane English (“Murphy Brown”) and Barry Levinson for an hourlong drama, in which he’ll play a defense attorney, Variety reports. Jim Belushi of the ABC comedy “According to Jim” would star in…

With Leno in Primetime, Who is the New King of Late Night?

No one was buying NBC’s declaration of its opinion, made right when the season started, about who should be crowned the new king of late night. TV Critic Aaron Barnhart, of the well known TV Barn, in an Open Mike…

Bravo Looking at Getting Into NYC Nightlife Scene

Bravo is funding a pilot about New York City’s club scene, with Bungalow 8’s Amy Sacco as the star, the New York Post reports. The show, if it gets picked up, would follow the behind-the-scenes life of Sacco as she…

HBO Developing Film About Crash of Record Industry

HBO is developing a film based on the book "Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age," reports The Hollywood Reporter. Playwright Victoria Stewart is writing the adaptation of Steve Knopper’s book, which covers…