Sony Pictures TV has extended its agreement with “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan, Daily Variety reports. The pact, coming as AMC has picked up “Breaking Bad” for a third season, will allow Gilligan to create other projects, the trade paper…
Beyonce Knowles will provide the voice of Shine, lead singer of a girl group on the Nickelodeon cartoon “Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!,” USA Today reports. Knowles signed up for the cartoon because her four-year-old nephew is a big fan, the paper…
Showtime, whose executives are screening pilots in New York, is considering “Ronna & Beverly” and the Tim Robbins-produced drama “Possible Side Effects” as top contenders for new series, Daily Variety reports. The pay-cable network has passed on “End of Steve,”…
Food Network has renewed “Viva Daisy!”, a Latin-themed cooking show starring Daisy Martinez, Daily Variety reports. The network has ordered six more episodes, which will debut in July, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
Peter Gallagher has been tapped for the third season of “Californication,” Daily Variety reports. He’ll play a university dean who deals with David Duchovny’s character, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
FX’s “Rescue Me” returns Tuesday with a 22-episode fifth season after a long absence, the Associated Press reports. Michael J. Fox guest stars in several episodes as an obnoxious guy in a wheelchair dating the wife of star Denis Leary’s…
The MLB Network will mix vintage film of famous plays with computer-generated graphics to create vignettes that will lead in to the channel’s schedule of Thursday night ballgames, USA Today reports. The plays include Willie Mays’ 1954 back-to-the-plate catch and…
News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch doesn’t think the economy will bounce back any time soon. “I think the long-term situation is still very dangerous,” Mr. Murdoch said, responding to questions at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable…
Shed Media US (“Real Housewives of New York”) has beefed up its executive ranks, hiring five new staffers in its development department. Among the additions: —Alchemy TV’s Burrad Marsh has been named VP of scripted development. —Tom Huffman, most recently…
Oxygen has renewed “Bad Girls Club” for a fourth season, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series’ most recent season averaged 727,000 viewers among adults 18-49 and 397,000 among women 18-34, marking the network’s most popular show in the key young…