Laura Linney will executive produce and star in a dark comedy series about cancer for Showtime, reports Daily Variety. In the half-hour series, entitled “The C Word,” Linney plays a cancer patient. Showtime has ordered a pilot and production will begin in…
Results from the Council for Research Excellence’s Video Consumer Mapping Study has shown that DVR usage is the highest-rated "sole medium used with no other life activity," according to MediaPost.com. More than watching live TV, reading, using the computer and…
Time Warner Cable signed up at least seven partners for a test offering TV programs via the Internet to paid subscribers, says the Wall Street Journal, via Reuters. Participating networks are expected to include Syfy, TNT, AMC and BBC America….
“Leverage” has been renewed for a third season by TNT, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The cable network has also renewed “HawthoRNe,” while “Raising the Bar” and “Daark Blue” are awaiting pickups. –Alex Jacobius
Beau Bridges is set to guest star on TNT’s “The Closer,” reports TV Guide. “The Closer” just finished its summer season, but will be back for a new season in December. –Alex Jacobius
Epix, the Lionsgate, MGM and Viacom TV HD movie network joint venture, will air an hour-long Lewis Black comedy special, entitled "Stark Raving Black," as one of its first programming events, says The Hollywood Reporter. The special will also have a limited theatrical…
VH1 tells the Los Angeles Times it is rethinking its dependence on dating and relationship shows, in the wake of pulling two programs that featured contestant Ryan Jenkins, who was an apparent suicide last weekend after being sought in the…
The Tennis Channel is discussing its legal options after Cablevision unilaterally said it will begin carrying the network on its digital sports tier before the Monday start of the U.S. Open, reports the New York Times. The two sides as…