Lindsay Lohan and her fashion-line partner Kristi Kaylor have set up Unforgettable Prods., which will develop TV and film projects, The Hollywood Reporter says. One project is a TV show called “Faux Real,” described as a fashion world-version of “Entourage.”…
An ad that pitchman Billy Mays taped prior to his death June 28 from a heart attack will be introduced posthumously, the Associated Press reports. The commercial for a product called Mighty Tape will start airing July 20. Other ads…
Starz Entertainment will contribute about 300 movies to Comcast’s test of a new program that allows cable subscribers to watch programs from their cable packages online for free, Broadcasting & Cable says. The initiative has been dubbed “TV Everywhere” by…
According to a contract given to participants, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” don’t get paid to appear on the hit Bravo show. Adding insult to injury, according to a contract signed by one cast member, participants have to pay Bravo 10% of…
The University of Utah has sent a cease-and-desist letter to HBO, saying that the HBO series about a polygamist family in the Salt Lake City suburbs can’t use the school’s name or logo without permission, the Associated Press says. University…
Lifetime bought the rerun rights to CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” to begin airing in Fall 2010, Variety says. The cable network paid about $350,000 per episode for the series, which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a single mom….
Comedian Robin Williams has booked his first solo standup show on HBO since 2002 for December, Variety says. The show will be taped in Washington, D.C. during his upcoming tour, “Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction.” –Elizabeth Jensen
Of the average total size of the audience of 31.1 million people who watched the Michael Jackson Memorial Service yesterday—across 19 networks—about 16 million watched it on cable TV channels, according to Nielsen Media Research. The remaining audience—just over 15…
About 6 million TV viewers watched the Michael Jackson Memorial over the five channels that carried the event in the United Kingdom last night, the British press is reporting this morning. On average about 6.3 million viewers tuned in. One of those channels, News…