Hilary Duff will star in “The Business of Falling in Love,” a two-hour romantic comedy for ABC Family based on the book “Diary of a Working Girl,” by Daniella Brodsky, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Duff, who is also an…
Country music star and Grammy winner Clint Black has signed on as an executive producer of the upcoming “American Storytellers” anthology series, reports Variety. No network is yet attached to the project, which will mine country music songs for drama…
New corporate earnings reports indicate that pay cable networks including Starz, Encore, HBO and Showtime are feeling the effects of the economic downturn, says The Hollywood Reporter. Subscriber growth is slowing or, in some cases, user cancellations are leading to…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age In October 2007, the executive team at the National Geographic Channel huddled together to figure out how their cable outlet was faring under a new ratings metric that measured how many people watched the commercials, not…
Lifetime has acquired the basic cable rights to Sony’s feature films “Julie & Julia,” “Obsessed,” and “The Ugly Truth,” The Hollywood Reporter reports The movies are scheduled to air on Lifetime Movie Network beginning in 2011. Lifetime will fork over somewhere…
Cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that killed Billy Mays, the Associated Press reports. The famous pitchman, who died in bed, built a career out of hawking cleaning products and gadgets on TV. In addition, he was the star of…
A comedy pilot tentatively titled “Louie,” staring Louis C.K., has been shot by FX, Daily Variety reports. Louis wrote, cast, directed, and edited the project in New York with $250,000 from FX. "It’s a unified stream of consciousness," he said…
There’s a price to pay for calling President Obama anti-white and a racist, according to the Huffington Post. Advertisers, including Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance and Lawyers.com, have pulled their commercials from Glenn Beck’s Fox talk show, citing his comments…
According to TV Guide, CBS’ “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen collects $875,000 per episode, making him the richest actor on television. Among women, ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” – Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria Parker and Teri Hatcher —…
After years as the stalwart anchorman on ESPN’s Sportscenter, Dan Patrick is finally getting a chance to talk off the cuff on radio — and TV — with "The Dan Patrick Show," TV Squad reports. DirecTV tapes the show and…