HBO is starting an aggressive advertising campaign to remind people about “Big Love,” the drama about a polygamous family that last aired a new episode in August 2007, the New York Times says. Part of the campaign, with the tagline…
Actors Christine Lahti and Johnny Sneed have been tapped for USA Network’s 90-minute pilot of “Operating Instructions,” a show about a former marine who returns to work in a military hospital, the Hollywood Reporter says. Lahti will play the hospital’s…
TLC has ordered a series called “NASCAR Wives,” which follows the lives of the women married or related to NASCAR veterans, the Hollywood Reporter says. TLC president Eileen O’Neill said 40% of NASCAR fans are women. The show will debut…
TNT is close to making decisions on pilots, with one from Ray Romano a top candidate, Daily Variety reports. “Men of a Certain Age,” produced by and starring Romano, is about four 40-something men approaching midlife. Another pilot under consideration…
QVC will be on-site at the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, selling coins, stamps, jewelry and a small handbag to mark the occasion, the Associated Press reports. Doug Rose, vice president of multichannel programming for QVC, said, “Frankly, if we…
Leonard Nimoy will be a guest on William Shatner’s Biography Channel series “Shatner’s Raw Nerve” Tuesday night, Wired.com reports. Shatner’s former “Star Trek” co-star will talk about his new book, his love for photography, and the love of his life,…
The battle for late-night TV may have another contender in “The Soup’s” Joel McHale, Broadcasting & Cable says. While many of the usual names have been tossed around during the talk-show shuffles, McHale’s was another that came up as one…
In a TV landscape that finds itself cheering on the bad guys, Newsweek observes that “what once was seemed daring now feels predictable,” as the antihero on TV becomes the norm for gripping programming. The proliferation of bad-guy TV shows…
HBO is working on a U.S. version of the award-winning British series “Shameless” with “ER” and “The West Wing” producer John Wells, the Guardian reports. The deal comes after years of attempts to bring the series to U.S. audiences, the…