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Studio Bringing Continuation of Vintage Nighttime Soap to Cable

After a failed attempt as a big screen adaptation — with Shirley MacLaine as Miss Ellie — Warner Bros. is now settling its sites on a "Dallas" reboot for the TNT network, reports the New York Times. This time around,…

Baseball Playoffs a Ratings Winner for Cable Network

On Wednesday, the first day of 2009 Major League Baseball postseason, TBS drew an average of 4.9 million viewers, up 16% from last year, according to B&C. The New York Yankees vs. the Minnesota Twins game scored the highest Nielsen…

Pay Cable Net to Telecast Updated Version of British Terror Documentary

An updated version of "Terror in Mumbai," a British documentary about the terrorist activities in India last year that left 170 people dead in Mumbai, will be aired by HBO, according to Multichannel News. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria hosts the documentary, which…

Warner Bros. Animation Restructuring Completed

Warner Bros. Animation named Peter Girardi to the new post of senior VP of series and alternative animation, and named Ed Adams as senior VP of business and legal affairs and administration, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The moves, along with…

Sony to Shed its Stake in Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine

Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to sell off its stake in Shine, Elisabeth Murdoch’s drama and reality production company, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Sony owns 21% of Shine, the fast-growing parent of Reveille and Kudos. In a statement, Shine said it…

Doesn’t Scripps Already Have One Food-Focused Network? Soon It Will Have Two

Foodies who think the Food Network doesn’t have enough actual cooking shows on the air may soon get their wish: Scripps Networks Interactive will turn its existing Fine Living Network into the Cooking Channel next year, reports Multichannel News. The…

‘Project Runway’ in Your Living Room: Create the Clothes and Model Them Yourself

“Project Runway” is about to become a series of videogames, reports Variety. The first Atari game, for Nintendo’s Wii, will be available in the spring. Players will be able to compete to design clothes and outfits, and then become the…

Forbes Report: Comcast’s Rivals Who Are Also Interested in NBCU (Hint: The Winds Are Blowing Strong Off the Rocky Mountains)

Forbes has come up with its list of who–besides Comcast–might mount a bid for NBC Universal. Confirming our own TVWeek speculation, Forbes thinks it’s likely that Liberty Media, led by Denver-area based John Malone, will make a bid. And, like…

Big Star Quits Tweeting Despite More Than a Million Followers

One of the most popular celebrities on Twitter, with more than 1.1 million followers, has closed her account with the microblogging site, according to the Associated Press. Sixteen-year-old "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus, in one of her last posts, wrote that her…

Pay Cable Network to Make Animated Version of Hit Series for the Web

If you haven’t had enough of blood, guts and serial killing on TV, the Internet is about to get into the game. Showtime is launching an animated version of the TV series "Dexter" for the Internet called "Dexter: Early Cuts,"…