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New Details Emerge About Proposed Twitter TV Show

UPDATE: We’ve been told that this Twitter show has nothing to do with the one written about in Variety in May. More details have surfaced about  that proposed Twitter TV show that was originally written about in Variety last May. The new…

Full List of 61st Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations

The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards and 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Nominees (Alphabetical, by category) Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) American Dad • Sixteen-Hundred Candles • FOX • 20th Century Fox / Underdog / Fuzzy Door…

Former HBO CEO Albrecht Developing Drama Show for Starz

Chris Albrecht, the former chairman and CEO of HBO, has teamed up with another premium cable service, Starz, to develop a one-hour drama, Variety says. The show revolves around a young female photographer trying to make her way in the tough…

Dave Chappelle, Who Walked Away From a $50 Million Deal With Comedy Central Some Years Ago, Twitters His Way to Portland, Oregon

In an odd–but modern–way to promote a personal appearance, thousands of people in Portland, Ore., learned through text messages and Twitter that comedian Dave Chapelle was going to perform a free show in a downtown Portland square at 1 am…

Cox Might Sell ‘The Travel Channel’; Hires Goldman Sachs

Cox Communications has received unsolicited inquiries regarding its Travel Channel, and has hired Goldman Sachs to sort out the options, The Hollywood Reporter says. Cox, which has owned the channel for two years, didn’t mention a sale in what the…

Discovery Channel to Keep ‘Pitchmen’ Going Without Star Billy Mays

Two weeks after infomercial host Billy Mays died of a possible heart attack, the Discovery Channel has decided to renew the show he starred in, “Pitchmen,” the New York Times says. For its second season, the cable channel said it…

Just Released Video: Michael Jackson’s Hair Catches Fire During 1984 Pepsi Commercial Shoot

Entertainment and celebrity news magazine Us Weekly has released footage of a Michael Jackson commercial shoot for Pepsi gone wrong. In the clip from 1984, during the sixth take of the commercial–which was filmed before a live audience filled with…

Debmar-Mercury, TBS Convert Film ‘Are We There Yet’ To TV Series

Using the formula it developed with success for Tyler Perry shows, Debmar-Mercury and TBS are making a TV series of the 2005 film "Are We There Yet?" The star of the film, Ice Cube, will have a recurring role in…

ITV Studios (Formerly Granada America) Partners With Parade for New Reality Show With $1 Million Prize

A new reality show is coming to cable TV in which the winner will get $1 million. It’s from ITV Studios (“Hell’s Kitchen,” “Nanny 911”) and the publishers of Parade magazine and Parade.com., the companies announced. It’s a 10-part series…

Don Ohlmeyer’s New Job: ESPN Ombudsman

Veteran television executive Don Ohlmeyer was named ESPN’s ombudsman, and will write a monthly column critiquing its content and journalism for ESPN.com, starting next month, says the Los Angeles Times. Ohmeyer, who retired in 1999 as president, NBC West Coast,…