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Comedy Central Turns to Don Mischer to Revive ‘American Comedy Awards’

Comedy Central has teamed up with Don Mischer Productions to relaunch its "American Comedy Awards," an annual television event honoring the best of comedy in film, television, digital shorts and performance, says the network. Mischer, who has produced the Primetime…

Michael J. Fox, Bob Newhart Join Emmy Presenters

Emmy Award winners Michael J. Fox, Patricia Arquette and Ellen Burstyn are among the latest big names added to the list roster of presenters at Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards, according to the Futon Critic. Other stars joining the lineup include…

Handicapping the Emmy Races for Best Actor and Actress in a Comedy

Open Mic contributing blogger Hillary Atkin handicaps the Emmy races for best actor and actress in a comedy at TVWeek.com.

Discovery Communications Confirms It May Run—Not Buy—Travel Channel Again; Scripps Also Looking at Channel

Discovery Communications sold off Travel Channel, but it soon may be at least running its advertising and sales again, Discovery CEO David Zaslav said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, B&C reports. Bloomberg reported this week that private equity firms…

Spike Lee, Robert De Niro Team for Showtime Series About Gritty Manhattan

New York filmmakers Spike Lee and Robert De Niro have teamed up to take on the gritty 1980s past of Manhattan’s Alphabet City—now a much gentler East Village—in a drama series for Showtime, reports The Hollywood Reporter. John Ridley will…

Vivendi Declines to Comment on Fate of its 20% NBCU Stake, but Hints IPO Could Be an Option

Vivendi CEO Jean-Bernard Levy, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, wouldn’t say what the company plans to do with its 20% stake in NBC Universal, but he did talk about possible scenarios should the company decide to get out,…

Jann Wenner, Tom Hanks on Board for HBO’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner and Playtone’s Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman have signed on as executive producers of HBO’s four-hour concert special celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Variety reports. Bruce Springsteen, U2…

‘Laugh-In’ Poet Henry Gibson Dies at Age 73

“Laugh-In” poet and flower child Henry Gibson, who more recently appeared as Judge Clark Brown on "Boston Legal” and was the voice of newspaperman Bob Jenkins on "King of the Hill," died Monday of cancer, Variety reports. He was 73….

Lifetime the Latest Cable Network to Get Cooking

Lifetime is getting into the TV cooking genre with the pickup of a pilot for "Search for the Greatest American Recipe," hosted by Tyler Florence, Variety reports. The show will follow the TV chef as he travels the country looking…

MTV Plots More Than Just Reality

Expect to see live-action, animation and other genres on MTV, in addition to its standard reality shows, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia conference, B&C reports. The new shows, which include one called “Disaster Date,” will roll out…